<p>My friends find me arrogant and think that I brag about myself too much. I guess I do do that, especially since I like to flaunt my accomplishments in front of underclassmen. I really think I should stop though, but I can't stop my big mouth from opening. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>duct tape</p>
<p>Post in the Parents Cafe and you'll likely get some good advice.</p>
<p>Live with and accept it as part of your personality. That's what I did. If your friends complain, get new friends...</p>
<p>-The Arrogant Coot66</p>
<p>Brag on this website, instead of to underclassmen at your school. That way you'll only upset faceless strangers. Besides, there's plenty of bragging going on around here already.</p>
<p>post your stats all around here...</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree that that's not the best trait to have...I think I sometimes come off as bragging, but that's never my intent especially because I know most people at my school are wayyyy below me. ("OMG you got a 29 on your ACT and you're ranked #1?? You can go to ANY COLLEGE!!") They just don't understand...</p>
<p>I do that, but only amongst my intellectual peers (wow... that sounds pompus). For example, I'm ranked 2nd, but I'd only talk about my grades and accomplishments with the top 10. most people towards the bottom of 10% and under would be like, "A 2000+ SAT SCORE GETS YOU INTO HARVARD -- YOU'RE SO SMART!" -_-</p>
<p>I like being known as a "smart kid," but honestly I'm a humble and modest guy (close friends would like to give a shout out: "Yea, right!").</p>
<p>you can flaunt anything worth flaunting.</p>
<p>flaunting anything less makes you an idiot.</p>
<p>I don't flaunt anything. When people ask about my accomplishments, I tell them. You just have to get over yourself, and you're good to go :P</p>
<p>My friends pester me to learn my grades and standardized tests scores. Then, they get angry and complain that "I'm so difficult to be around because I make them feel bad about themselves."
And then, I get mad at THEM and remind them that, even though I hid my report card, they went through my backpack to read it.
And THEN, they apologize =)</p>
<p>This happens every quarter.</p>
<p>Haha, I hang out with idiots so when I'm not failing any classes, they'll think I'm bragging. If I happen to be doing homework at lunch, they think I'm bragging. If I'm READING A BOOK they think I'm bragging. We all went to go get our schedules and books together and, uh oh, they saw my schedule and THAT was bragging. Gah! Lol. I love 'em though =].</p>
<p>^ are you serious? because i'll be disturbed if that was true..</p>
<p>for some reason people think i'm super smart and they all think i'm getting into harvard lol.</p>
<p>and you're completely flattered, right?</p>
<p>hahaha a little arrogance is good from time to time</p>
<p>are you talking to me? or the OP?</p>
<p>at first yes, but after a while it gets annoying because they always expect you to have perferct test scores... boo.</p>
<p>haha yeah i was talking to you athenegoddess. I know what you mean though. i guess we're all just jaded</p>
<p>It's tough when you try to complain about your 2100+ SAT score to your friends who would love to get the same score as you</p>
<p>It's hard when i have the highest SATs in a class of 387</p>
<p>I used to have a problem of keeping comments to myself. Now, I just feel that i do not need to express my opinion in every chance i get. My 9th grade teacher shut me up during a class when she was speaking about a visitor... I said "Pssh! who the hell is that.." she said "DAVID! WE DID NOT NEED YOUR OPINION!" </p>
<p>That hurted.. So I'm quiet now.</p>
<p>Besides I'm better than you anyway. =)
(just kidding.)</p>
<p>^^ That post was priceless. It made my day/night. </p>
<p>I used to have a problem w/ bragging in Jr. High but now I'm over it, I hope. I try not to talk about my grades/scores unless asked and when people ask, I just tell them. It makes it so much worse to keep them to yourself after someone has asked b/c people just make a bigger deal out of the whole thing. It also ends up coming off the wrong way if you try to shrug off an obviously really high grade/score. Just say it and move on to something else.</p>
<p>i can't complain even when i want to about my scores cuz my friends will just yell at me for getting As in other subjects. seriously, an A+ in APEC does not mean that you're a whiz at chemistry !!</p>