I think it helped that I pretty much made an amazing group of friends going into that new school. Plus not long after that I started swimming not long after that and turned out to be good at it. Very, very good. I had something that I could do that took my mind off it and was with like-minded people.
And my parents rock! They helped like you wouldn't believe.
Plus, I'm stubborn. I figured that if I let them affect the way I lived my life then they've won...and I hate losing in those sorts of things. (remind me to tell you the story about my encounter with the school guidance counsellor one day).
I was one of the nerdy/geeky ones in high school (glasses, braces, and a Star Wars fixation), but I sorta floated from group to group. I was as comfortable talking to the popular kids as I was talking to the ones hiding out the back of the bike shed smoking. It also helped that I was literally one of the fastest swimmers in the school and I was also on the cross country team and played leads in the school musicals. I was pretty well known around the school.
*HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS* Being ignored couldn't have been much fun either.
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Date: 2010-05-11 12:12 pm (UTC)And my parents rock! They helped like you wouldn't believe.
Plus, I'm stubborn. I figured that if I let them affect the way I lived my life then they've won...and I hate losing in those sorts of things. (remind me to tell you the story about my encounter with the school guidance counsellor one day).
I was one of the nerdy/geeky ones in high school (glasses, braces, and a Star Wars fixation), but I sorta floated from group to group. I was as comfortable talking to the popular kids as I was talking to the ones hiding out the back of the bike shed smoking. It also helped that I was literally one of the fastest swimmers in the school and I was also on the cross country team and played leads in the school musicals. I was pretty well known around the school.
*HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS* Being ignored couldn't have been much fun either.