Why does my friends and family think I have a huge ego?

Anonymous

Since I started college, they think I have a big head. No I don’t mean like having a natural big head. I mean like having a huge ego and thinking they’re better than everyone else. Not true. I didn’t wanna do special education anymore so I decided to go to college. I try to help my friends solve something and I’m getting smarter because of college. They got annoyed with me because I always act like a smart aleck which I disagree with. Even my family says I’m way too proud and boastful and I need to humble myself. My former classmates said I pushed them away and ignored them when they tried to talk to me. One girl yelled at me for ignoring her for a couple years after reaching out of me and said that don’t give a crap about her and I never once called her. She said I forgot about where I came from and I’m too good to speak to her just because I am more advanced than her. She scolded at me to call her but I didn’t have her number. Peers mocked me because I was thinking highly for myself. I do admit that I tried to think I’m good at everything, get upset when someone is better or when someone else gets the attention. I hated being told I was wrong. I would fight with people and I get told off that I need to stop being so self centered. Even my older sister said I better humble myself and told me just because I’m in college doesn’t mean I am better than anybody else or my peers. She said I’m just like everybody else (which is true) and I’m not special. One of the guys used to mock me for thinking highly of myself and purposely ignore me, skip high fiving me and flat out said, “You ain’t all that. Just because you’re in college doesn’t mean shit. You don’t need college to get great jobs and be successful. You had to repeat classes because of your inability to ask for help and put the work into it. I’m high advanced special education and I can’t be seen with my former special needs classmates.

Why does my friends and family think I have a huge ego?
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