So I give up. I'm a senior in HS, and I've got an art class last hour. There are mostly freshmen in the class, and there are some real jerks in the freshman class. They torment me all hour long, when the (awesome) art teacher isn't looking. I set my stuff down (just my agenda and water bottle) on a table in the corner of the room and go to a different part of the room to practice lines (the art class is putting on a play). When I got back, my water bottle is kicked under the table and my agenda is nowhere to be found. Not a problem, I don't really write much down in my agenda, I just need it to get out of class, it is how hall passes are written at my school. I give up. We've only had three weeks of class. I want out of last hour art. Is leaving the right thing? Or can I do something else? Why am I the target for such attacks? They don't bother anyone else like this. FML! ugh... /rant
Aww Luna <3 kids are so MEAN. Idk why they just go after you, maybe because you don't say anything to them? I mean, they tend to mock the people that don't do anything back. Just say: yeah, that's a lot of fun, IDIOTS!!! Or try contacting the teacher? You might feel stupid, but seriously, tell the teacher. They HAVE to do something about it.
Confront them. They're only immature freshmen (no offense to any freshmen out there) and they need to be, "put in their place". Or just talk to the teacher, that would work too. However if things don't lighted up, I would switch out. No point in ruining your senior year because a bunch of annoying freshmen desided to mess with you in art class, right? Good Luck <3
Yeah, I'm with Megs on this one. Feed em a knee to the belly, and then a nice uppercut should finish them off.
Ugh I so want to beat them till they bleed... but that's so wrong -_- I already told the teacher. She's awesome, and can't do a thing about it. I just can't stand being tormented for the whole class.
and I just can't stand how its affecting me. I drove waay too fast (alright, only 60 - the roads are crappy and my jeep is old) on the way home today. I don't want to do anything that can get me in trouble... I just want them to stop. They're probably doing this because I yelled at them for tormenting an autistic kid that's in art. He's just a little different, and they pick on him for it. He just doesn't stick up for himself is all... UGH! this is not good for me...
Well if they do it again just tell them to back off. I'm glad you stuck up for the Autistic kid, that was nice. :rhett:
I used to get teased for no reason at all in 5th grade. It was terrible; bullying is horrid. Not responding didn't solve the problem, telling the teacher didn't solve the problem, fighting back didn't solve the problem. As a senior, I think that's especially bad. Try talking to one of them one on one. If they're alone and without their buddies then they won't submit to that mind mentality. Tell him that you really hate it, ask him to stop, and when he gives you some stupid reply ask him WHY he does it. He won't answe,r keep asking him patiently and don't let him leave without answering.
Seriously, the best advice I can give is don't let it get to you. Don't do anything at all about it. Let them be mean. Don't ignore them, fight back, tell a teacher, or confront them. Just let it kinda roll off of you. When they see it doesn't get to you at all, they will stop. If you blow up on them, it eggs them on a little. They just won. don't let them be able to do stuff like that to you. take your stuff with you. Don't be paranoid about it though. Casual, calm, and under control. The only tough thing about this is... it's an art. You have to ignore them so they don't get to you, but you can't ignore them to the point to where it's obvious or else they've won. You can't directly fight back, but if you just let them walk all over you, they've won. Above all else, don't tell a teacher. Then you're a teacher's pet and hell will reign. Not caring really is an art form. These kids are all the same. Doing stuff eggs them on. Don't confront them, don't do anything. Let them tease and do whatever. All they want is a reaction. Okay, here is my last edit. What does it even matter if they tease? Yeah, words hurt. They know that. But they only hurt if you let them. Go over to the autistic kid and tell him they are assholes and that he doesn't have anything to worry about. Let them know that you heard and saw what you did via your actions towards others, not towards them. Reassure the people they hurt that they are only doing it to get a reaction and that whatever freshmen say doesn't matter.
as much as i wanna say run them over with your car since youre a senior and theyre freshmen this really is the right answer. as rhett said you need to let things just roll off of you. If you ignore them completely then they know they're getting into your head. You need to find the perfect middle ground of ignoring them while still acknowledging them because then it shows them that they aren't having any effect. You also need to remember though that you can't have just a drastic change in youre attitude, if you currently get mad at them and get really paranoid you've gotta slowly back it off otherwise they'll catch on because i bet they're actually fairly smart kids just using they're brightness for the wrong reason. I also had a spell like this all three of my middle school years because i was the really scrawny kid that always had like 4 books with him and had a huge backpack and my brother hated it so he got a bunch of kids together. At first i did all of these, physicaly fighting back, getting angry, trying to beat them at their own game, eventually i just built up the immunity and realised that i was too smart for them and it's actually made me a lot more secure about myself and who i am so if you can get this down with letting things just roll off of you then you'll actually notice a big change in how you're life runs because you end up being able to switch it on and off when you want and it lets you have a lot more fun than if you cared about and held onto every single word that everybody said.
Do you know anybody in the class? If you are practising lines elsewhere, you could get them to look after your things. And even complaining about the freshmen to your friends would help you feel better.
Awesome advice guys ^_^ I'm already the teacher's pet - I help her with her computer stuff. I've always been the teacher's pet kind of person - top of my class, I'm always on speaking terms with the teachers. The rest of the teachers like me too, I actually listen in class. and Commy - I know /everyone/ in my class - there's only 150 kids in my HS... I'd ask someone else to watch my stuff, but all I brought to class was my agenda and water - and I don't care if someone trows out my water bottle or something, it's a soda bottle filled with water.
Just ignore it and they'll stop. It seems like cliché advice, but they are really only looking for a reaction (as Rhett said). If you just brush it off and pretend that it never happened, it will be easier not for just you (by not having to take crap from them anymore) but also for them because there won't be the akward barrier between you that's caused by confrontation.