Posted by WorryGirl on April 29, 2003, at 1:33:33
In reply to Re: Am I Dumb, Boring, Invisible, Fake or Weird? All? » WorryGirl, posted by leeran on April 29, 2003, at 1:08:59
7th grade must just be the curse every child has to endure until they make it into high school and beyond. I do wonder if the kids who seemed popular during that time turned out OK? Maybe they went through their miserable phase later? I think a lot of them were probably bullies, or just plain insecure.
It must have really pained you to see your son go through that hard time in his life. I actually think it might be every parent's worst nightmare. But we all managed to somehow appear to get through it, didn't we? Why do the scars remain deeper for some than others? Maybe some of us are simply more sensitive.
Leeran, I was teased about the way I talked almost every single lunch break during my entire 7th grade year, and even during part of my 8th grade. Either my 8th grade teacher was intervening behind my back on my behalf or they just got sick of teasing me. I'm embarrassed to say that it turned me into a rather freakish character through junior high. I never took off my jacket, I rarely washed my hair, I avoided eye contact, totally freaked when called upon in class, and was usually hunched over somewhere on the sidelines. It's amazing that I assembled myself to some degree of normalcy in high school. Heck, I was actually kind of cute by senior year (and had very clean hair)! Definitely not one of the popular girls, though, but I was getting attention from some of the boys by then. Adolescence stinks. I pray for my daughters when they have to go through it.
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