<p>Not having a FB is my secret rebellion against society. 
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<p>I don’t speak much in my larger classes, but sometimes I find myself speaking too much in my smaller classes. I’m often overlooked by people eg. my golf team/coach. They thought I was just a quiet girl until they actually started paying attention to me and they started calling me their “secret weapon”. (I’m also very short.) The same thing also goes for some of my classes where it takes them a while to realize who I am.</p>
<p>Let me chime in to suggest reading: </p>
<p>Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain</p>
<p>Quite a bit of responses!</p>
<p>I’m a junior in a high school, BTW.</p>
<p>I do speak up. Thing is, they simply ignore me. That’s the problem…I told my teachers and counselors that I want to attend a prestigious university. I even told them what majors I was considering and questions regarding involvement in my community. But I never heard from them. </p>
<p>I’m not exactly introverted per se, I get along fine with adults and my college friends. However, my peers are another story. They act immature and conceited. Trying to have a serious, meaningful conversation with the majority of my peers is impossible. They laugh at my “advanced talk”. I don’t want to discuss who’s dating who, the recent fight, etc. That’s of no importance to me.</p>
<p>Oh and I do raise my hand. The club meeting was open discussion – I wasn’t even assigned a role (president, VP, secretary, tech etc.) in the club, even though I have some talents no one else in the club has. The loud people were assigned roles in the club, regardless of intelligence and/or experience. That’s the point I’m trying to make.</p>
<p>I wasn’t even asked to be president or any supporting roles. I was using the bathroom. When I came back, I saw the nominations and club roles. The club coordinator simply picked the loudest kids of the group. Feels bad.</p>
<p>Well kind of but I don’t see how its ghetto to want to go to an in state school,atleast they want to continue their education and not pay extra $ for out of state tuition.</p>
<p>Anyways people probably don’t inform them b/c people assume they know what they’re doing or aren’t going to be involved.
…it sucks even more when you have friends like that.</p>
<p>By ghetto, I mean drugs, sex, low-life gangstas/harlots, and ghetto speech (ratchet, n-word, dis, dem, dey is).</p>
<p>Lol ratchet I thought it was just my area using that phrase.
Well I still think its good they’re atleast trying the ones at my school don’t really talk about it or want to go straight to working.</p>
<p>Most of these people had such low grades they had to go to our continuation school to graduate on time but that school has less credits needed.</p>
<p>Yeah my high school was the same, white trash all the way. If you weren’t a football player, you didn’t exist. No one ever talked about goals or anything worthwhile. They even loved to draw swastikas on their arms. The teachers were too resigned to the futility of it all to control their classroom, let alone tell the few with any potential about ECs, not that there were any other than sports. </p>
<p>All i can tell you, consider dual enrollment to get out of there, and never look back. They’ll be living it up in trailer parks and prisons in a few years. You’ll have to figure things out for yourself and not let useless admins or antagonistic classmates get in your way.</p>