I went to graduation but... (Reply #69)

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69. I went to graduation but...

while everyone was cryng, I was so fucking thrilled to get out of there I could have done handsprings.

I was a brain thru school, and always harassed for that. Because I cared about my grades, and didn't have that much trouble passing tests, I was "different", which is the ultimate sin in high school. Plus, based on my friends, I was pegged as being gay (which was true), and that really made high school a challenge.

I can't say I ever thought of opening fire on everyone though, or of taking my own life. I knew back then that it would get better after getting out of there.

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87 replies	Author	Time	Post
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	OP
Never even went to graduation I was so glad to be out of that hellhole n/t	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#1
I went to graduation but...	MotorCityMan	Dec 2012	#69
+1. It was like getting out of jail.	bemildred	Dec 2012	#74
Pretty much, yea	tech3149	Dec 2012	#2
I was always an outsider.	hobbit709	Dec 2012	#3
thanx for your honesty	marions ghost	Dec 2012	#4
What ever happens to those "bullies?" They grow up to become GOP, no doubt. nt	kelliekat44	Dec 2012	#5
Mitt Romney was one	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#6
for real? in your case?	rateyes	Dec 2012	#15
No, but romney beat up a gay kid in his high school	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#39
or as in my case...	Javaman	Dec 2012	#22
Sometimes, they become police officers...	backscatter712	Dec 2012	#59
I'm thankful everyday for finishing high school	LeftofObama	Dec 2012	#7
I'm having nearly the same experience.	TahitiNut	Dec 2012	#18
Me too...	appamado amata padam	Dec 2012	#54
Wow, this is four of us.	Scruffy Rumbler	Dec 2012	#70
Small homogeneous towns are garbage.	Dawson Leery	Dec 2012	#62
Yeah	jollyreaper2112	Dec 2012	#8
Even cheerleaders get the blues	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#9
I was on the cheerleading team and was still one of those kids. Was constantly	GreenPartyVoter	Dec 2012	#10
I was one of those who defended the kids people picked on	lunatica	Dec 2012	#11
My pal!	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#12
Bullies are cowards...	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#32
Folks like you are my heroes!	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#81
I'm not sure what I was	The2ndWheel	Dec 2012	#13
I fit the profile pretty well back then	IDemo	Dec 2012	#14
I worked at columbine after the shooting	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#16
It would be interesting to know how many of the murdered Columbine kids were actually	Nay	Dec 2012	#78
It was a long time ago	grahamhgreen	Dec 2012	#85
yep me too	dembotoz	Dec 2012	#17
Well it is not just nature...far from it.	zeemike	Dec 2012	#19
yep ... former HS teacher ...	rtassi	Dec 2012	#24
+1	tama	Dec 2012	#53
American secondary schools are inferior.	Dawson Leery	Dec 2012	#63
There are the "typical" types and the not so typical types...	Javaman	Dec 2012	#20
In high school I was socially awkward in some ways, but...	Orrex	Dec 2012	#21
I was one of those kids.	easttexaslefty	Dec 2012	#23
Powerful OP	H2O Man	Dec 2012	#25
Tell your son there is at least one other like you...	Sekhmets Daughter	Dec 2012	#34
+1	LiberalLoner	Dec 2012	#76
On kind of a different edge ..	rtassi	Dec 2012	#26
that is horrible on top of unimaginable....	renate	Dec 2012	#83
Yes, that was me exactly	IDoMath	Dec 2012	#27
I think I had the same thoughts.	JanMichael	Dec 2012	#58
Thank you, Philosoraptor.	Myrina	Dec 2012	#28
Thank you Philosoraptor for posting this.	Bohunk68	Dec 2012	#29
I was the school crippled kid, & I befriended the gay kids	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#42
My two years in high school were hell. I had gay friends too.	hunter	Dec 2012	#50
I had to get ready for gym in a seperate room because the bullying was so bad.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#82
I was one of those kids too	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#30
I'll just leave this here.	Sentath	Dec 2012	#31
There were times myself. . .	DinahMoeHum	Dec 2012	#33
I was one of those kids	get the red out	Dec 2012	#35
To all of you.	Lilma	Dec 2012	#36
I don't know how old you are, Philosoraptor, but, I saw lots of bullying in my school days.	bulloney	Dec 2012	#37
I'm 61, graduated HS in 69	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#44
I agree. Good point on the access to drugs.	bulloney	Dec 2012	#47
We need to end the violence and bullying.	ananda	Dec 2012	#38
Bullies should get punched square in the nose & kicked in the groin	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#45
Great story! I saw a similar thing in 6th grade. Super bully...	JanMichael	Dec 2012	#57
I was bullied	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#40
Disabled kids are targets	Philosoraptor	Dec 2012	#46
I feel the same way	JesterCS	Dec 2012	#41
It starts with lack of discipline in elementary school	FarCenter	Dec 2012	#43
You're not alone. I suffered severe depression and suicidal tendencies in those years.	Selatius	Dec 2012	#48
I was too	tabbycat31	Dec 2012	#49
First of all, thank you for sharing this with us	bixente	Dec 2012	#51
I was too.	Kablooie	Dec 2012	#52
I was in that hellish low/middle caste/class	JanMichael	Dec 2012	#55
Having a really mean streak, a family rife with professional killers to teach me, and connected	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#56
I was a strange high schooler.	erinlough	Dec 2012	#60
I was a geek and a misfit.	Aristus	Dec 2012	#61
I was one of those kids and it sucks. nt	white_wolf	Dec 2012	#64
I was not a loner and was both a bully and bullied.	The Midway Rebel	Dec 2012	#65
I wasn't weird or a loner but I didn't fit in and I was bullied.	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#66
My mind went off by itself.	sibelian	Dec 2012	#67
I was, but I wasn't	hfojvt	Dec 2012	#68
Thanks for sharing that Philosoraptor	allrevvedup	Dec 2012	#71
Slightly.	LWolf	Dec 2012	#72
Yes.	Still Blue in PDX	Dec 2012	#73
I Think This Post	RobinA	Dec 2012	#75
This old therapist greatly appreciates this post.	JohnnyLib2	Dec 2012	#77
From a few years ago...	WilliamPitt	Dec 2012	#79
I was one of "those" kids.	Odin2005	Dec 2012	#80
This	WilliamPitt	Dec 2012	#84
Thanks for sharing your story	vankuria	Dec 2012	#86
My twin brother got picked on but I was actually a girl who kicked the bullies asses. You mess with	Michigan Alum	Dec 2012	#87

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