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First off, let me say that it's a great thing that you don't decide to be mean just to "fit in". This kind of thing happened in my school. I really hated it, it was really frustrating. Everyone thought that I was kinda weird though, even a lot of the nice people, but that was just me. So I didn't have any "real" friends to speak of. All I can say is try to seek out the nicer people as much as you can and try to be friends with them. At least then you'll have a circle. Try to forget about the massive popularity of the mean people.
Most of those "mean" people are really insecure and thus trying to pick themselves up by making other people feel bad. High school is not the best time of most people's lives because, not surprisingly, many adolesents are generally pretty insecure about everything. I would agree with nuckinfutz and advise you find a group of people you get along with a stick with them and screw the "popular" crowd. It's not easy, but try and just forget that they exist. Besides most of the people who are in the "popular" crowd now end up working at Walmart in 5 years while all those nice geeks are getting good jobs and signing bonuses after finishing college. You really don't want high school to be the best time of your life.
The 'popular' people are mean because, well they're popular and reckon this gives them good enough reason to do what the hell they like. People like the mean people because they are probably afraid to say any different.
Whoever said school was the best days of ones life were really ...well, you know! :p
As people have summed here, it essentially comes down to the benefits. Yes, benefits. If you are popular, then you have it made even if the popular people are scum.
I experienced this garbage when I was in high school, so went over to the dark side. In other words, I started hanging with the bad crowd. Landed me in a continuation high school, but then I made friends with the intelligent wrong crowd. All of us were straight A (or nearly so students), all of high scorers on our SATs, and we knew how to score the good dope and beer. All of a sudden, I was quite popular with about every segment and clique.
I don't recommend this though. It was just a fluke of my universe.
Being nice is one thing, being a pushover is another.
One should always try to be nice, but one should also always standup for ones self. It sounds to me like all those people have a serious lack of respect for you. One way to get the respect you deserve is to stand up for yourself.
The next time Karen want's to copy your homework tell her you didn't do it. Just like she did to you. The next time ignore her. The time after that tell her you didn't do it again. And so on. She'll get the hint. And she'll know why you're doing it too.
The next time Karen asks you to explain something the teacher said, when you see her comming move away, do something so you can act like you don't hear her. After that tell her to stop asking you because it's annoying. You don't need her.
As for the rich girl,the next time she tries to steal your pencils and such, stop her, ask her what she's doing. Don't let her take anything without asking. Nicely. Or if she has it, take it back. It not hers. It's yours. She's a thief. You have ever right to stop her from stealing from you. Do SOMETHING! If you wanted a pencil from that girl, and she didn't want to give it to you, she would do or say something to let you know.
You asked for advice so I'm giving you what's basically the same advice I would give my own daughter, don't let people walk all over you. The way that everyone is treating you, is the way you're LETTING them treat you!
Never stop being nice, but only act nice to people who deserve it.
Listen to the Boomtown Rats song called I Don't Like Mondays, that should answer some of your questions.
That's Koreans for you. Ask her to cease and desist with this behaviour, if an amicable solution can't be reached, threaten force, if that doesn't work, maybe a bribe may be in order. :o)
WOW! All that sounds awful. To be honest, I don't think someone can give you a 100% certain advice on this (and saying that really hurts me, since I am somewhat famous for my advices!). You must be doing something wrong! One thing that is wrong is letting people to push you around. I am a nice guy. Everybody says that, but from time to time I kick someones ass, just as deterrent for those who think they can profit my kindness.
Let me tell you a story of something that ended a few days ago (not to brag, but maybe this is going to be useful). I have a fried that I know for 4 years. He is older than me and he has a degree in literature. He is quite smart and I always enjoyed talking to him. I am no master in literature, but after reading a good book I always like sharing my impressions and the guy was my partner in conversation. However, he always patronized me (in other words he always acted like between me and him, he is the smarter one). His attitude never bothered me (doe I have quite a big ego), because that behavior was caused by his character; it wasn't something he was doing on purpose, to humiliate me; he is just the kind of guy who thinks he's smart no matter what. But recently he started lecturing me about history. And this time, I am the one who has a degree. I graduated history college and also a postgraduate course in history: I teach history. So his attitude struck a sensitive cord. One weak ago I registered on a romanian forum (he is a member of that forum for 2 years) and kicked his ass. I humiliated him, I proved to him (and to the other users) that his history knowledge is shallow and annoyed him enough to react using "strong" words. Doe I was on that site for only a few days, many other users joined me. At the end of the day he was humiliated! I thought he would never speak to me again (I didn't really care). But you know what? He still speaks to me, but now he is carefully avoiding certain subjects and (what I like best!) not only that he abandoned any attempts to patronize me, but he actually struggles to prove me how smart he is. In this moment he is scarred of me and unsure of him. The moral of this story: I am a nice guy with a very sensitive tail.
Don't let others to step on your tail! Fight back! And the easiest way to submit people is to know what they think about themselves and prove them how wrong they are. Everybody has an image about himself. I bet the easiest way to push you around it would be to "prove" you what a mean person you are. If I'd do that, you'll be "fallowing" me trying to prove me that you are nice. If you challenge someones view about himself, he is at your mercy. But to be honest I don't know if this will work in your situation, because it seems that you are somehow isolated and this "tactic" only works if you can isolate "him". But one advice will certainly work: don't let them push you around. If you manage to remain untouched by their behavior, that could, in time, puzzle them enough to find a breach in their "defense". Stop trying to gain their sympathy, because they don't care! They have each-others sympathy! Many people enjoy seeing how others try to gain their sympathy, because in this way they feel important. So stop making them feel important, by stopping your nice behavior.
Wow thanks a bunch guys,I really appreciate your help,Im really grateful because it is helping me alot!
-Nuckinfutz : Yeah,ur absolutely right,I should just hang out with nice people and not care about the populars.
-cdubatrc : Yep,thats what I always imagine!They'll probably spend their years working at some lousy shop!
-tera_ble : I will try to make my schoolyears better!
-THX1138 : Thanks for the recommendation!
-malckdaddy :Thank you,your advice helped me so much.
-Guy_Cabbelero:I sure will.
-InternalColonel:Yes,Ill try that someday!
- johan_moritz :Good for you!Ill try to use ur technique.
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