Anger management thread (Page 10 of 23)

Thanks, everyone.

Daenna, I never thought of that, that they might have been trying to give her hope. It might be possible. And, yes, she does take advantage of the situations and doesn't really care who it hurts, I don't think she ever once tried to share with the rest of us. btw, I'm 19 and she's 17. We're a lot better now, mainly cause we ignore each other for the most part. But that is a good idea, that they might have been trying to help her more. She was always more obvious in needing help, like more open about that, showing it on her face and in the way she acted. But, meh, it's mainly over, I just go on the rant about her now and then.

Thank you for helping.

I'm going to leave the talking for it it ever comes up again, though. I hate confrontations with people. And, yes, I think time's done a lot to make things better.

This pet peeve of mine is kind of related to the same problem, except...opposite. Completely opposite. Which is weird...but oh well.

I can't stand when people say my brother is inferior to me. We're really close in age (just a year and a half apart), but the differences between us are really shokcing to people who don't know we're related. As far as they can see, we're complete opposites, which is true to a degree, I suppose. In a societal setting, sure. At home, when no one else is around, we're the exact same person.

But in school, we're different people. I'm the quiet but brilliant kid (I don't think I'm brilliant. Everyone else seems to >_<), valedictorian, who is somehow liked by just about everybody. Respectful, minding my own business, and excelling in just about everything I do, that's me.

Jon, on the other hand, is smart, but he doesn't apply himself. He argues with the teachers, is almost universally hated among the entire school ("Chris, your brother freaks me out. I don't like him."), and is disrespectful to most of his teachers. He's very opinionated, and argues constantly about just about everything. Disruptive, annoying, he doesn't get get involved with much of anything, and if he does he loses interest quickly.

We go to the same school, so quite often teachers who have had both of us will ask our parents, "What happened between the two of them?". Most people who know both of us believe (joking, but not really) that our parents must love me more, because I'm the successful one.

But you know what? I hate that, I really do. Because while he's not successful to these people, he's his own person. He speaks out in class because he believes that the teacher's policies are unfair. He doesn't do well in school because he refuses to cater to a teacher's whims; he does what he wants. In this world, that's considered a rebellious teen, a failure, while the kid who takes it all quietly and doesn't stand up for anything is hailed as a little angel. He's an actual person, something I just can't be. It doesn't work for me. I'd love to be that way, but it's just not in me.

He has a sense of humor. He has a personality. I have neither, really, except with my very closest friends. As far as our material-oriented society goes, that's not what counts. What counts is getting a good job. But I admire his accomplishments far more than I do my own: he's more of a triumph to the human race. He is who he is and not who he's told to be. I find that amazing.

I got off track there, and it probably makes little sense. But basically, I hate it when people say I'm superior to him because of my grades, scholarships, accomplishments, whatever. His stuff may not go on a college resume, but it's what I think really counts in life. He's been my best friend my entire life, and no one's going to tell me I'm better than him. He's the coolest kid I've ever known, and I look up to him, not the other way around.

(By the way, for those who didn't know, my brother is SciFifreak90. make more sense now? )

I know what you guys are talking about.

I get passing grades in all my classes. I sit in the front, or try to. My height doesn't help any. The only class I really ever speak out in is history; my favorite class. I'm the girl next door type. Never doing anything I shouldn't. One day, just one day, I go to school with black fishnets armwarmers, my Godsmack tee, and a pair of cargo shorts. Everybody flips out. Suddenly, all the teachers think that I'm doing drugs and crap. Hello? Me, the person who saw what meth did to my birth mom and what it caused her to do to me, do drugs? No. Not my style. Plus, I play rugby. I would get caught in two seconds flat. I may act retarded, but I'm not stupid.

Gunslinger: I figured you knew SciFIfreak90; I just didn't figure you were related. Cool.

Same here. We were talking about the EMPs in Science. And I brought up the topic of EMP grenades that they use in StarWars, asking how he thought they worked and I got detention because I brought up a disruptive topic to the lesson. If anything, EMPs would have got people to stop drooling in class. That's when I got into my writing, in detention. lol. Daenna did you ever notice that when a teacher didn't like a kid for some odd-ball reason that they first resort to in-school-suspension?

DUDE!!!! That sucks!!! ARGGGG!!!

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Thank you True Warrior. I think that atleast one of my teachers thinks I am quite depressed, because I always have my head in my hands. I am just bored, not depressed (ecxept for when my dog died).

  MandoSpy, my mom tells me that ALL the time!!

You know what I hate? I hate hangovers. Ever heard of a person having a hangover from drinking too much kool-aid and not enough water?? Your talking to one right now. *groan*

I am a self-proclaimed di'kut.

See, that's my problem. I try and be the good, quiet kid, with some very odd perks. I like StarsWars, I wrote qoutes on the history board, and just happen to like heavy metal (ACDC, Godsmack, Metallica, etc.). I loved history and got along with just about everyone. But, sometimes, the way people stereotype others just...just infurates me. I go out of my way to be friends with what the popular kids labled as 'odd' and most of the time the so-called 'odd' ones were really cool people. perhaps it's just early teenage-angst but, I get really mad, for lack of better word, when a see a person getting picked on because who they are. I get tortured all the time for being one of the few independent girls in my school and other things but, it's nothing to what some people have to deal with. there's this one guy at school that I'm very good friends with and he happens to be gay. I don't care. He's a good person and treats me with respect. I just get so mad when they make fun of him .

I'm done none. Ph3ar, this thread was a very good idea. Props to you.

RC-3222, Atin: yeah, well... we'd have to throw a lot of people into the "immature" basket for acting like that. It's easy to feel superior when you're pushing others down Self-esteem, greed, pride, power... there are many reasons for someone with no self-respect to start bullying another, it's easy to be mean. Whatever they see wrong in someone who's not like them is in fact the expression of their own self-loathing. They're sad, that's all.

What upsets me more is when adults do it to kids (and to eachother), and when kids repeat the scheme on other kids because they think it's "the way to go" in life. It's a freakin' vicious circle

I'd teach own future kids about respect, trust, comradeship and sacrifice as soon as they can speak so that nobody could try to corrupt them with those sick behaviors.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Sniff* Finally, *Sniff* Someone I can relate to!!! I HATE MYSPACE!!! "Do you have a myspace? Do you have a myspace? Do you have a myspa-" *POP!!* Right in THE FACE!!! NO!! I HAVE NO FREAKIN MYSPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yeah people who pick on others are total herbs. See at my school, Picking on people is the quickest way to be UNcool. Weird. At my school all you need to become cool is a sense of humor, nonchalant attitude, minor athletic ability, and show disobedience for the teachers.

I HATE MYSPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!