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3-4 years ago, i was in middle school. i went to a really ghetto school and i was a good, proper girl. i was kinda the odd one out because i lived upper middle class and most students didnt. i didnt really fit in even tho i tried. girls would always pick on me. i never got in a fight tho, but once a girl came up to me and was like "i wanna fight u". i never did anything to her. ive never even seen her in my life. i just ignored her and everything. then she started spreading rumors about me saying that i called the police on her cuz she was tryin to fight me, which NEVER happened. then, after a while, she started calling me ugly and i know im not ugly. i suspected jealousy, but im not gonna conclude that. then i went to a prestigious school. it was way different. people looked up to me. i was considered most likely to be on the cover of a fashion magazine and voted best smile. how can two different classes of people be so different?

2007-08-18 04:12:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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Your question is tricky because it is easy to make a generalization. I can somewhat relate to this situation. I grew up extremal poor, and now I am very successfully. It is in my experience that alot of people who do not have alot are very angry, and often look for someone to blame for their situation. I hate to sound judgmental about it, but that's the truth from my perspective.

2007-08-18 04:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by Apollo's Revenge 3 · 1 0

I had a similar problem see my middle school was really ghetto and they always made fun of the way I talked so properly andd for some reason I made enemies with people I didn't even know though like you I never fought them on the other hand when I went out in to the mall or something all of the adults would compliment me on the way I talk and I've even gotten free stuff for it. For some reason I was always the odd on out inside of a ghetto school because I figured "Hey , this is exactly what every stereotype wants me to be why should I prove them right I don't want to be ghetto , I want the same job opportunitites as anyone else so if I've got to put up with being called white or a nerd out of someone elses ignorance so be it but chances are those same people who made fun of me will be the same one's without a job.
Honestly though what really made me decide on this was the movie "Birth of a nation" you could pick it up at blockbuster but once I learned about it I devouted my life to killing those stereotypical images and politically skewed pundary from our proud black race. Just because we are the descendants of slaves doesn't mean that we have to be like them like the white man expected us to act if anything be the exact opposite then maybe they'll take our reparations rebellions seriously.

2007-08-18 04:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

This was a good experience and I must commend you for handling it with such maturity...you will encounter these types of situations in everyday life...specially as you grow older. I personally don't think its about "social classes" if that's what you meant. I have seen educated, well-prepared individuals be mean to others for no apparent reason. This could be due to many factors, people are just mean sometimes, they can be jealous and envious, they don't feel good about themselves so they want others to be miserable. I would advise you not to change and stay strong. As you grow up and go to college and eventually engage in a career you'll need to be stronger b/c the world is not nice unfortunately. Again I commend you and I know your parents must be very proud of you! Good Luck! :)

2007-08-18 04:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by TC 3 · 2 0

People are all the same inside - all insecure.

It's the culture and the external activities and experiences which differ only.

Humanity is made up of such combinations and experiences and none are totally bad or totally good, they are a billion shades of grey.

Wherever you go, try to be a positive didactic influence even if just by example then.

2007-08-18 04:42:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I think you already know: NV.

People have a tendency to hate their circumstances and to hate those who seem to have things better with no effort.

As an example, I always believed myself to be fat, though I knew I wasn't grossly fat. Everybody called me "stout." Oh, how I hated that word.

Many years later, a little girl living down the street from me brought her friend to my house while I was cleaning. The little girl walked over to me, put her arm around my waist and put her head on my breast. Her little friend did the same thing. The first girl turned to the other and said, "See! I TOLD you she's soft!"

OK. So I'm pudgy. The grandkids love my lap. But you know what? I look back at those old pictures, and I was not fat. I was well built.

Goes to show you what others' perceptions of you can do to your own perception of yourself.

2007-08-18 04:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by felines 5 · 1 0

I don't think it is two different classes. I think it's something else. That girl was just jealous. She knew you had it better. To her you where a threat. She needed to discredit you, so that others would follow along with her. That's real pathetic.
It sounds like things are going great for you, now. I'm very happy for you. If the other girls really think you are that pretty, why don't you try modeling.

2007-08-18 04:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

the first group of people were jealous of ur looks maybe and they did'nt admire u..and the second group of people u met admired the specialities u had ... and tht was the difference in these people..

2007-08-18 04:23:50 · answer #7 · answered by sweet_fsy 2 · 0 0

Sounds like the first school people were jeolous of you.

2007-08-18 04:18:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

When someone is full of hate they think that if they project it onto others it will be gone from them. But, We are taught that what you give "IS" what you receive.

2007-08-18 04:19:04 · answer #9 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 1 0

thats the kind of school that if you dont fit in, you shouldnt go there at all. see the difference? thats what poverty does.

2007-08-18 04:18:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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