Yesterday we discussed a situation where we were trying to fit in. I'm going to post my experience on here.
So, at the end of sixth grade, I was invited to a party by Micah Riggins. It was suppose to be a "End of School / Beginning to Summer" type party. I thought I was so cool being invited to this party.
The day was very dismal and cold and rainy and I was driven there by my mom. When she left, I was alone with people I wasn't very well acquainted with.
Everyone was in Micah's basement. I won't name names but they know who they are. They were all dancing and being nasty little 6th graders. Someone knocked over a drink onto the floor near where I was sitting and I was quickly becoming bored.
When I decided to leave, somebody who I won't name, confronted me and I guess she was pissed off still that I use to like her, hence why her and Lydia put diapers in my locker earlier that year. But I won't go into that.
Anyways, after this situation I decided it wasn't worth it being "cool" and "popular" and doing what everyone else was doing. To tell the truth, 7th grade wasn't my best year.
Today, I'm not antisocial like I was after the incident. I still think people who try to act unlike them selves are just pricks who will only end up bagging my groceries in the future.
end rant.
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Interesting story, and let me tell you that I don't think 7th grade was ANYBODY's best year!
ReplyDeleteBut I do really agree that trying to keep up a "cool" social status isn't really worth it in the end. You only end up with a fragmented high school career because you're too afraid of straying from the lines of the status-quo. I've seen people who refuse to do certain things because of "what people would think". I'm happy to say that I've never fallen for any of this nonsense and if people don't like me for me, they can go somewhere else!
Middle School is... enough said, everyone has a legit excuse to rant about it. That was a rather intense post. Your statements above I think hold a lot of merit. I stayed rather in the background at IMMS which at the time didn't feel fun at all, but looking back on it it was probably the right thing, not falling into drama. But we all go through something like this in life. It's a learning experience, all part of growing up.
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