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It's ridiculous how cruel people can be. Even when they don't actually say anything. You wouldn't believe the looks some of my friends and I get when we go out and walk around the the clothes we like. You can freaking smell the dislike and contempt. It's horrible. And then the same people turn right around somewhere else and are like, "Oh, yes, I am such a perfect angel! I love everyone and everything and no I would never be mean to anyone!" We had a discussion like that in Health class once. Me against the rest of the class because they're all preps and don't understand shit.
I was like, "You know, it's pretty pathetic that some people don't understand that they enjoy others' pain. I mean, they laugh when some poor kid trips and then pretend that they're the sweetest thing to walk the earth." And the class was like, "Why are you always so mean, [INSERT NAME HERE]? You just want everyone to look bad and think that they aren't worth it and blah blah blah [INSERT PREPPY DRABBLE HERE]." I wanted to hit them. So bad.
There was a while when we were on our bullying/cutting/suicide/drugs/etc. unit. The teacher gave us this article to read in class. And the other kids read it and they laughed. There were a whole bunch of stories about real kids who cut themselves and committed suicide because of bullying and whatnot and they fucking laughed. And they were like, "This crap is emo! Why do we have to study this? It's not like we're ever going to be stupid enough to be emo." And then I went around and gave the half of them that were listening a piece of m mind. I got the other half by slapping them and then ranting at them after school. But it was horrible. Totally horrible. Especially because the teacher was like, "Wait, what does emo mean." And I kind of just turned around and looked at her like 'Seriously? You're trying to teach our health class, yet you sit by quietly while your students make fun of a poor group of people who are dying because of kids like them, and then you don't know what emo means? Update your vocabulary, please.'
I was like, "You know, it's pretty pathetic that some people don't understand that they enjoy others' pain. I mean, they laugh when some poor kid trips and then pretend that they're the sweetest thing to walk the earth." And the class was like, "Why are you always so mean, [INSERT NAME HERE]? You just want everyone to look bad and think that they aren't worth it and blah blah blah [INSERT PREPPY DRABBLE HERE]." I wanted to hit them. So bad.
There was a while when we were on our bullying/cutting/suicide/drugs/etc. unit. The teacher gave us this article to read in class. And the other kids read it and they laughed. There were a whole bunch of stories about real kids who cut themselves and committed suicide because of bullying and whatnot and they fucking laughed. And they were like, "This crap is emo! Why do we have to study this? It's not like we're ever going to be stupid enough to be emo." And then I went around and gave the half of them that were listening a piece of m mind. I got the other half by slapping them and then ranting at them after school. But it was horrible. Totally horrible. Especially because the teacher was like, "Wait, what does emo mean." And I kind of just turned around and looked at her like 'Seriously? You're trying to teach our health class, yet you sit by quietly while your students make fun of a poor group of people who are dying because of kids like them, and then you don't know what emo means? Update your vocabulary, please.'