<p>Alright, so here's what goes:</p>
<p>I'm in the STEM magnet program in my high school, the top public school in my state (Dutch Fork, in South Carolina). Because of this, I go to school with a lot of rich kids who are really smart. Mind you, I am a middle class freshman with a 5.062 weighted GPA whose parents are hardworking, strict, and went from Punjabi villages to the top technical colleges of India, so I am pretty much on par with them as far as competition goes because of the pressure they place on me. Though I am cool with a lot of these rich kids, there is this one who keeps trying to throw me down. He IS really smart, however he thinks he is all that and better than everybody else just because of this and that his brother is ranked number 2 in junior class. I am close with a lot of his friends, however he is always trying to throw me down and calling me "stupid" and "scrublife" and excludes me from everything he does with my friends simply because they went to the same elementary school (River Springs aka Rich kid land) as he did (a childish and archaic way of thinking). I used to not really care but now I am growing tired of his elitist attitude. Simply ignoring him is hard to do since I hang out with a lot of his friends. How am I supposed to put up with his BS? I hope I won't have to deal with any of this sort of garbage later on in college...</p>
<p>Why do you hang-out with people who are friends with him? </p>
<p>If he is as smart as he says then he has the right to be arrogant. That being said he doesn’t have the right to belittle you about it. Talk to him about it and tell him that you don’t want to be belittled anymore and if he’s a jerk about it then just ignore him. You will have to deal with people like this all your life, you’re just going to have to get used to it. </p>
<p>You could do what jimmyboy23 said but I don’t think that will work because of how arrogant this guy is. I suggest that when he makes a mean remark about you you take it as a joke and not let it harm you.</p>
<p>Just tell him bluntly to stop harassing you and possibly add some expletives to make it sound like you mean it. It’ll show that you can stand up for yourself and bullies are usually insecure about something so they just want to take it out on others. Chances are, if you think he’s being arrogant, others do too. You can also try to ignore him, but given you’re circumstances, I guess you can’t.</p>
<p>Fight fire with fire my friend, it’s the only way you’ll win with people like that</p>
<p>His attitude may catch up with him in the end. I know at my kids’ school, the teachers writing recommendations would be somewhat lukewarm about the personal characteristics of kids who are jerks. The most arrogant kid in my D2’s class ended up at a 3rd tier school – reject by all his HYPS-type, didn’t apply to any matches because he was too arrogant to do so, and didn’t bother to look too hard at his safety. Where he now (unhappily) attends. There is some karma.</p>
<p>Regarding his behavior now, hang out with who you want to hang out with, and ignore him. If other kids join in his bad behavior, they aren’t really your friends. Dump 'em. Better to have a small number of friends who are decent people then try to hang with a crowd that encourages a jerk like that. Don’t let him deter you from signing up for the extra curricular activities you want to do, either.</p>
<p>You may find that some of this attitude fades even in high school. And you are right, you won’t find it in college.</p>
<p>Define arrogance. </p>
<p>Here is one more thought He may think that you are his strongest academic competition in the class, and may feel threatened by that. He will never admit it… so your best offense IS to beat him academically whenever possible. :D</p>