<p>Hey guys, there's this Asian at my school. Typical Asian, excels are math and science. Can probably get a 4 on the AP Calc exam now, despite probably not being able to name the capital of South Africa. He's convinced that he'll get into MIT, Cornell, other ivies because he can already get a 2100 on the SATs are maintains mostly A+'s with (seriously, he says getting into Cornell is guaranteed with a 2100 SAT score). Idc about that, I think he deserves crying when his adcoms throw his app in MIT's 'Applications that are a list of test scores' trash bin.</p>
<p>But anyway, I think he's a bully. Like seriously, he's normal and all, like he wouldn't hold up at all to a bully, but he is. Anyone who in his estranged mind who doesn't EXCEL at math is an idiot to him. He has the worst attitude possible, honestly. He seriously just walks up to people at gym who are talking about a test and just start bombarding them about how he has a 2100 and how they'll end up failures. It really started bothering me today when my friends and I were talking about a test coming about for Alg 2 (we're taking it as sophs, while he took it as a freshman). He comes up and starts telling us how we suck at math and shouldn't be publically discussing such 'embarassing' classes (when we're in honor's). </p>
<p>I'm an above average student for sure, but I try not to boast it in other people's faces. In fact, I'm pretty sure I got a couple people out a really bad rut (family issues, then from A's to C's). But this guy... he's a D-bag. If you met him, you'd just say he's a typical stereotype Asian, but idk.
Any ideas on how to get this guy to shut up and make him realize he's no more useful than a calculator? I think it's just sissy to tell a teacher, especially if the best I can say is 'he called me dumb'.</p>
<p>^^^^ I concur. It makes no sense to tell anyone since he’s not really doing anything to you, and I hope he’s not hurting your self esteem because he really hasn’t got a level of superiority to be able to do that</p>
<p>What you wrote about him is actually amusing, at least, to me. He sounds a little like an ex-friend of mine, they should totally meet up, they can discuss how superior they are. Okay, basically, he’s probably insecure.</p>
<p>Hahaha that’s pretty hilarious. Not to be haughty and all but that SAT score isn’t much to be proud about. Especially since most likely his Asian parents forced him to take a bunch of useless SAT Prep classes to achieve that score. </p>
<p>Anyhow, he seems terribly insecure. Maybe you should talk to him about how smart he is and continually flatter him and see how he responds.</p>
<p>South Africa has three capital cities. Cape Town is the legislative capital while Pretoria is the administrative and de facto national capital. </p>
<p>Lol guys, the South African capital thing was just to say he lacks any sort of knowledge outside of math problems and the science he’s told to memorize for quizzes. But yeah. Though after the tremendous show they put up with the World Cup, I’m pushing for a capital change to Johannesburg :D</p>
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<p>You know that John Hopkins SAT test thing? He started studying like how a normal high school jr/soph would for their SATs THEN. </p>
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<p>That’s what I’m saying! He’s the epitome of the Asian stereotype. Except due to laziness, he dropped out of band and tennis. Other than grades and an SAT (not ACT, since he’s convinced that it’s made for idiots to dumb for the SAT and would look bad to take unless your from the MidWest), he honestly does nothing. Except Rubik’s cubes and math puzzles.</p>
<p>His behavior seems very cocky. I HATE people who think that he/she is better than everyone else just because their stats are pretty good. Sure he has a reason to be proud, but if this is more than a one time occurence then he definetly has some issues. </p>
<p>The best thing to do is to just ignore him. If he does have a bully-like mental state, your agony is his pleasure. Next time, give him a nonchalant “nice job” and move on with your life. If he only wants to make himself feel better than you, then if he is unable to phaze you he has no choice but to move on. If that doesn’t work, then have a direct conversation with him about it. Kids who are as smart as he claims he is tend to not be as socially developed; he could not even know that he is acting arragant. The second he realizes what he is doing, though, he’ll stop. And if THAT doesn’t work, just send him to me next time he does it; I am technically taking all senior level classes as a sophmore. :P</p>
<p>Wow, I don’t see the benefits in the outcome if we all just pick on this ‘bully’. We’re not exactly being classy when we say “by what the OP has said this guy doesn’t even seem that smart”, that just sounds very pretentious, meaning that just makes one on par with him.</p>
<p>^ I definitely agree - the point isn’t that a 2100 isn’t that great, it’s that his attitude is simply misguided. Even if this person does think they are better than you, it doesn’t mean you have to prove to them otherwise. We should all have our own expectations for ourselves</p>