Have you ever been bullied for getting good grades?

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I'm a freshman in high school, and I've always gotten good grades. I've been laughed at or called teachers pet and stuff before, but lately the mean names and jokes have been getting to me. Its okay if other people from my class make fun of me I guess, but now I have to deal with sophmores, juniors and even some seniors saying that I'm an over achiever and stuff. Also, getting good grades sets a standard and expectation to get good grades, so when I don't get a 95 or what have you, I'm apparently an idiot. Today when I get an 88 on an Enlish grammer quiz, this one girl in my class said "wow, I thought you were supposed to be the smart one"... I don't know about you, but I took that kinda hard. I don't think people understand how hard I work to maintain these good grades, yet they act as if I'm dirt and worthless compared to them. School is stressful as it is, and this unnecessary harassment is getting unbearable.

Mind to share any stories of your own?

brandonlee12 · Accepted Answer

the whole way through my school life I was bullied, people always called me gay, thick etc. I never had any friends in any school I went to. School is tough if you are getting bullied. but I always stood up to the bullies and I always told the teachers. I was not going to let them get away with. I would rather being lonely, than be bullied.

one tip don;t let them get away with bullying you. they are bullying you because you are letting them.

you have the right to be at school. and you have the right to achieve the grades you want. they all can laugh at you now, but you will be the laughs at them last. if the teachers, don;t do anything make a record of they are saying to you and doing and report them to the police. they can done for harassment. don't be scared of bullies. they are very insecure people themselves. so they pick on people like yourself to make themselves feel better.

being successful like yourself and working hard is a lonely road, with success comes with having little friends.

It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if you're too well behaved and don't want to break the rules. You have to think outside the box. That's what I believe. After all, what is the point of being on this earth if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and avoid trouble?trust yourself, no matter how and what anyone else thinks, because you believe in your vision.

Be tough school is only a short period of your life. Don;t end your life over them. Trust me from someone that never had any friends at school, and bullied all the way my school life. life for me now is so much better. I have lots of friends. and everything going great for me.

TedStar · Accepted Answer

Yes. I was teased in high school for being a "blerd" (apparently black guys aren't supposed to be intellectual). it never hurt because as much as there were haters, there were also those kids who saw me as some sort of role model in that they believed that social economic status have the potential to be improved through doing well academically. Also what I chose to do was to show these ignorant folk that I am more than a one trick pony. I played sports and partook in arts and cultural activities. if you make an effort to remove yourself from the box you have been placed in it will prove to be good for the remainder of your life

Pluviophile · Accepted Answer

Ahahahahhahaha no.. Oh my god, honey own it!! They are just jealous, and when you get into a magnificent college, they will still be jealous. Also try and stand up for yourself, don't take crap from anyone. They obviously have some type of insecurity to want to treat someone else in a condescending way. They aren't worth your time. Don't let them know that they are getting to you. I've never been bullied, so I'm not exactly sure what you're going through, but I do know that you shouldn't let other people's words define you. You aren't worthless, or dirt.

Mikishti · Accepted Answer

I'm coming from exactly the same standpoint. I'm a sophomore in college, and you'd think people would get over this stuff by now.

I've been called those names, and thensome. One person even wrote "Gretchen Wiener" on my parkingspace in chalk after school. I don't know who, but the name stuck, and people I don't even know are calling me Gretchen.

I was once asked "What do you consider a bad grade?"

I answered truthfully: "Anything lower than an A." I got mocked for that.

I'm an overachiever. I get that. But at least I'm ACHIEVING.

nikola-kola14 · Accepted Answer

Well let me tell you one thing they are only jelous of you because you are smarter than them and they arr only jelous and bullieng the people who they can't ever be trust me and if there calling you an idiot or stuff like that ask them how much points they got and if they got less then there you go you are smart but if they got more then they just got lucky

Raccoonn · Accepted Answer

Back in 7th and 8th grade, the morons would call me "Owl". Sure, I could see why they said that. I had/have huge eyes and I'd always get 100% between 90% on tests no matter what the subject was. Mainly, 100%. Don't let their rude insignificant remarks get to you.

Anonymous · Answer

Not as a kid, but I do get made fun of by my friends now (college-aged level) for the schools that I have attended and the programs I am enrolled in. I chose to go to graduate school after college and not straight into the work force like the others. I don't understand why people can't just be happy for another person? If you work hard at school, in an office, or in a blue-collar job and make a lot of money- people hate you for it. Who knows why. It may be jealousy, or it may be because they never amounted to anything "successful" themselves. It's just too bad.

yopyopyop · Answer

Don't worry about this. Just remember them in 10 years, when they serve you a coffee at starbucks.

michael0314 · Answer

I had a similar experience in junior high school, but I grew like a weed and became more of a threat to pound the ones who bullied me than they ever were to me LOL

Lj236 · Answer

no I never really have

Anonymous · Answer

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