Who were you back in school?......
good morning...happy hump day!
after reading an email i got this morning i got to thinking about if i would ever go back and do high school (or any school time) again. i would say yes...but then i still have some of those insecurities i had back then. sure im (slightly) more confident in my looks after losing a lot of weight (weighing less then i did in high school now)...ability to speak up now more so then i did when i was in school. i just dont know....i still dont like attention drawn to me either. i do know i would be more active in activities offered at school. i didnt do anything back then...i went to school...did my work...and walked home.
before i started thinking about this issue....i noticed something this morning driving home from dropping off the kiddo at school. first off...im very proud of her for now wanting (finally) to go a little early so she can hang out with the friends she does have...they are good kids. one of them is a boy and they get teased a little cuz they are such good friends. but we explain to her that you can "boy" friends too...just hope he understands that same thing about her.
but anyway...back to something that struck me. when driving back up my street i saw a group of kids heading down....as i got closer i realized it was a group of girls in my daughters grade 4 class. for the most part the girls themselves are good...most of them. i question a couple of them already on how they are. you know what i mean? as i drove by all i saw was "the cool girl" group...the kind i hated when i went to school. the girls that thought they were the best and wouldnt give anyone else the time of day if they were in that group...but alone they would be all nice and friendly.
talk about flashing back. i really do hope my daughter does ok with all these school "politics" and "class" division.
oh the joys of growing up....again....i would think i would do better now if i had to do it again...but then again...i feel so insecure still about things and would fall right back into that same catagory i was in back then.
so....were you one of the "cool" kids in school that made it hard for those that werent? a jock? a nerd? an outcast/loner? i was an outcast/loner...and i think i still kinda am.
on that note.....hugs to you ....
after reading an email i got this morning i got to thinking about if i would ever go back and do high school (or any school time) again. i would say yes...but then i still have some of those insecurities i had back then. sure im (slightly) more confident in my looks after losing a lot of weight (weighing less then i did in high school now)...ability to speak up now more so then i did when i was in school. i just dont know....i still dont like attention drawn to me either. i do know i would be more active in activities offered at school. i didnt do anything back then...i went to school...did my work...and walked home.
before i started thinking about this issue....i noticed something this morning driving home from dropping off the kiddo at school. first off...im very proud of her for now wanting (finally) to go a little early so she can hang out with the friends she does have...they are good kids. one of them is a boy and they get teased a little cuz they are such good friends. but we explain to her that you can "boy" friends too...just hope he understands that same thing about her.
but anyway...back to something that struck me. when driving back up my street i saw a group of kids heading down....as i got closer i realized it was a group of girls in my daughters grade 4 class. for the most part the girls themselves are good...most of them. i question a couple of them already on how they are. you know what i mean? as i drove by all i saw was "the cool girl" group...the kind i hated when i went to school. the girls that thought they were the best and wouldnt give anyone else the time of day if they were in that group...but alone they would be all nice and friendly.
talk about flashing back. i really do hope my daughter does ok with all these school "politics" and "class" division.
oh the joys of growing up....again....i would think i would do better now if i had to do it again...but then again...i feel so insecure still about things and would fall right back into that same catagory i was in back then.
so....were you one of the "cool" kids in school that made it hard for those that werent? a jock? a nerd? an outcast/loner? i was an outcast/loner...and i think i still kinda am.
on that note.....hugs to you ....
posted by CaliGirl at
9:09 a.m.
