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Zombie
Ace Trainer
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:24 am Posts: 412 Location: credit goes to afonso for the avatar, and the "faceplant"
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We don't really have labels, but I guess there are minor groups:
1-the flirters(aka, cool kids):the pretty people who go around touching each other and giggling.
2-the band: the band kids who are always with each other.
3-the preachers:they really get on my nerves, pretending to be so religious.
4-the thugs: troublemakers
5-the athletes: they're usually part of the thugs too.
6-the sensitives: I really hate these guys.
7-other
I'm friends with all these guys without exception, even the thugs.
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Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:18 am |
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DatVu
Gym Leader
Joined: Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:35 pm Posts: 1350 Location: C-Town
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Everyone carries labels of themselves, and their labels are generated from others who have given them throughout their lives. If anyone has been considered anything, one would try to live to those standards or break them to prove he is his own person. Labels, for the most part, are terrible. It can limit a person's potential, or it can destroy one's sense of selfhood and force one to prove himself as his own. In this sense, judgment is both positive and negative, regardless.
"You're very lazy."
"Oh, she's so smart."
"Do I want to prove I'm not lazy, or do I believe I am?" "Am I pressured to use my intelligence, or are my goals my own?"
We all want to be ourselves, but are we? "Am I my own, or am I merely living to (or against) others' standards and the labels I was given?" It's hard to find confidence in oneself when we face difficulties in identity and conformity. However, more than anything, it is important to ignore labels, and be comfortable with who we are. It seems so banal to say "Be yourself," but I don't believe you can claim to be anyone if you can't claim to be who you are, regardless of what others say.
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Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:28 am |
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drakonezduskmoon
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:27 pm Posts: 122 Location: temporal tower
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i make a 24-7 effort to be myself, and i don't give about what others think about it.
i am sure that there are more people out there that are weird in their own way. if anyone asks you something along the lines of "why can't you be like everybody else" or tries to change you into a person other than who you are, you need to stick it to them in whatever way you choose that "Yeah, I'm here, I'm weird, GET USED TO IT!"
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Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:10 pm |
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Zombie
Ace Trainer
Joined: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:24 am Posts: 412 Location: credit goes to afonso for the avatar, and the "faceplant"
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I'm weird, but it's not frowned upon, like I said I'm friends with everyone, even the gang bangers, because everyone knows that I am what I am, and if they don't like it, they don't need to have anything to do with me. I've also become very social in the past few days, making an effort to meet new people and do stuff with them, and I tell you it feels soo good
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Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:27 am |
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BloodRush
Bug Catcher
Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:49 pm Posts: 24
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I am kind of labeled as a skater or a dumb kid. I am fine with the skater part even though I don't skate. THe dumb kid kind of sucks. The only reason people think I am a skater is because I shop at skater stores. I like there style of clothes.
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Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:07 pm |
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ricabrightfox
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:47 pm Posts: 76 Location: neopia
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i know. i am labeled "weird kid" and "dee dee dee" and "OCD*" and "stoopid". WTF?! that is NOT how you write stupid!
*Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:55 pm |
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drakonezduskmoon
Dragon Tamer
Joined: Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:27 pm Posts: 122 Location: temporal tower
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i am in a biology class with three other people at my table. we sometimes do these puzzles and the first table that completes it gets extra credit points. my table hasn't failed to win yet. the other kids at different tables say that it is because they have me at the table.
sometimes it pays to be the smart kid in the class
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:37 pm |
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redt
Ace Trainer
Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:53 pm Posts: 296 Location: hopefully a place where your not
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my school doesn't have labels really. everyone's a mix. we judge by class(ex: band, sport,etc).the jocks are usually the gay wannabes, band is anyone, popular girls are the smart ones, and druggies are the emos and so on and so forth. I'm band but I'm basically everything else also.
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:50 pm |
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ricabrightfox
Psychic Trainer
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:47 pm Posts: 76 Location: neopia
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we were just talking about this in my ela class... how all girls are suposedly wimpy wannabe frou frou freaks, and all guys are masculine smart guys and are the superior gender.
i truly pity the dork who beleives this is true.
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Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:21 pm |
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