<p>Not only do I get crap for being a top student at my school (people fail to realize how hard I work), I and a few others got crap for being good at swimming. During high school season this year, people who were also on the club team were forced to swim both practices every day. The high school coach made us come to every practice, and since her practices were too short and easy for us hard-working club swimmers, we ended up going to club practice too, totaling 12k-14k yards per day. It was brutal.</p>
<p>It wasn't this way the year before, as we had been able to swim club four days during the week, and high school the remaining day. It worked out just fine, as we got the hard practices we needed, yet we still got to be a part of the high school team. Well, as it turns out, one of the high school-only swimmers was jealous of us getting preferential treatment the year before even though we weren't at high school practice all the time. Well we DID deserve preferential treatment, as the four of us were WAY FASTER than the rest of the high school team. All the people who got past districts and made it to regionals had all swam club at one point in their high school careers. Yet, the high school-only swimmers failed to see how hard we worked and how much we deserved it over them. We were never cocky about it, but we certainly didn't give up relay spots that they wanted, and we knew that we scored the points on the team.</p>
<p>Next year, the policy will return to normal. Club swimmers with certain times will be able to practice club four days a week. It's good because a rising freshman will be the fastest girl on the team next year, likely setting all the school records, and her swimming high school practices would be a waste of time.</p>
<p>^ I think they did it in a way that made it seem like they were victimized.</p>
<p>They say during lunches that everyone is afraid to volunteer in English class because everyone is afraid that me and my friend will contradict everything they say. I'm sure they must've said the same thing to the guidance counselor. </p>
<p>I've never corrected anything she has said. My teacher has. My friend has done it once or twice. So have other people. I have no idea why she singled me out. I don't think my friend and I create an environment of fear in class.</p>
<p>She also said that we talk behind their backs. I try avoiding that. I have had no reason to say anything bad about them. I was actually indifferent to them until now. I didn't mind them, I didn't hate or like them. Now I just plain dislike them.</p>
<p>Is there any way that I can ever fix this situation? -_-</p>
<p>this is why i hate class ranking, it creates way too much competition. at my school many go to stanford, berkeley, and all the ivies every year. it is kind of competitive, but no class ranking. so everybody is pretty friendly and the popular kids are not jocks but rather the smart ones. </p>
<p>class ranking is so pointless, it creates way too much unnecessary pressure on students. resulting in these crazy backstabbing schemes.</p>
<p>don't you think you're overreacting? what makes you think that they said so much crap, or that they really care so much in the first place? if teachers see you as hardworking, highschool drama shouldn't change their minds.</p>