Do kids in Junior High always be mean to kids that arent as popular I mean do they have to?
142924
of course they do (unfortunately) because thats the only way they get to feel superior and be distracted from their own insecurities... hang in there, they're not all bad... & even though it seems light years away, once you've graduated & are out in the real world people tend to focus a little less on whether or not you wear name brands or how you wear your hair...it just seems easier to find your niche as an adult, don't worry, be happy! good luck to you!
492327
WHOA. You've recieved some really rude answers.\n\nBTW, nobodys a poser.\n\nI'm just going to say it like this. Jr. High is where you start finding out who you are. People are always going to try and be something they're not. It's life.\n\nI bet you are truely unique. Take me for instance. I am unique, I don't try and act like everybody else, because technically "everybody else" sucks. Everybody is different, but it's up to them whether they choose to live that unique life, or live like everybody else.\n\nIf your different from those kids who "claim" they Emo screamo bisexual creatures, or those "wanna be" gangsters...BE PROUD. Cause I'd seriously shoot myself if I EVER acted like that.\n\nYou can only be you. Like I said, people are going to try and act all Emo or Gangster, truth is...they're not. They using words/phrases to describe a life they WANT to live. But then again, its Junior High, kids aren't quite mature enough to see how they act is ridiculous.\n\nOh and cussing is in now a days, they seem to thinks its "cool" when it's really not.
599353
This one is for my daughter-- She's seven\nThis girl at school is always picking on her and she just takes it.\nThe mean girl has a crush on the cutest boy in class.  As the mean girl was tormenting my daughter the boy came up and threw a mud pie in the mean girls face and told her to shut up.  Everyone laughed at the mean girl. Now my daughter knows that other people don't agree with the mean girl and she stands up for herself.  Kids can be so cruel.
897779
ok im sorry, but who cares about her inmature attitude anyway -honestly. shes prbly kinda freaked out that u invited her since sometimes people in grades higher than u are mean and yur nice. if u want her to think your kool then act kool and dont cling on to a little kid
625386
I am a Jr. High teacher and I can tell you that we really don't just "PICK" on students...If you feel that one of your teachers is being extra hard on you, maybe he/she sees that you aren't trying hard enough and that the teacher sees potential in you and has a belief that you have it in you to excel. Maybe that teacher wants and believes that you can do more than even you thnk you can.
339924
Oh hell yeah!\n\nI was being hated by my friends because I was not popular. My father was a teacher in that school as well, so they all went to see my dad and told him thing I did. They exaggerated those facts so my dad actually scolded the hell out of me. I could never forget those girls who pretended to be my friends but they went to harm me behind my back!! Sorry if I gotten abit personal.
100754
Your daughter needs to learn to adjust and to be part of a social peer group. Over-achievers and under-achievers tend to be ridiculed by other students. This is part of the school experience. My suggestion to you and to your daughter is for your daughter to become involved, to create friendships and to join social, atheletic, and academic school clubs or write/edit the schools newspaper. I don't think it is overachieving or under-achieving that is the problem that causes other students to ridicule other students. I think it is the tendency of such students to distance themselves from their peers and as a result their peers ridicule them because they feel that the other student is out there. Have your daughter do things with her friends because this will make other students like her much more and be less likely to ridicule her. It will also help her to take such ridicule much better since she will have a social group that she belongs to.
263394
Yes I was pick on when I was a kid.  Hay people still pick on me. I just learn to laugh along with them.  And I poke right back at them
900606
Sometimes nothing, its just that some people call them by different names.  HOWEVER sometimes middle school would be grades 6 & 7 and Junior high would be grades 8 & 9.  Hope this helps.
440182
LOL! No you are not. When I was in high school about 16 years ago I remember looking at people and thinking HE/SHE IS CONSIDERED COOL??? HE/SHE IS POPULAR AND BEHAVES LIKE THAT??\n\nI remember a guy that was considered cool and the girls just draped all over him and he would go around picking on other people just to make the girls laugh\n\nPeople that were supposed to be cool were the bullies and people that did stupid things like shoplift\n\nPeople that were supposed to be cool were the people that were arrogant \n\nPeople that were supposed to be cool were the disruptive ones in class and the ones that were bound to get bad grades or get suspended. \nNope you aren't a lone. I never understood it. To this day I never will.
959372
I have a daughter in the 6th grade. All I hear about is how her homeroom teacher will get mad at them for something, this really bothers her. She tries to please everyone. And then there is "the in group" if she doesn't have the right hair style or the right clothes, God help us all. In 6th grade it isn't all about boys, yet! I think it is really hard with the transition from little girl to young lady that concerns them most
368143
They might be jealous of you. People like to mess with people and hurt their feelings. When I was in school they always called mr names. You might be a cool person to be around. Be yourself and don't think what others think of you. You're just as good as anyone else.
694488
I am a junior in high school and let me tell you the age difference and maturity level is huge between high school and middle school, not to mention how much bigger the difference is when you get to college. you might not see it now but to them it's almost like babysitting you. You might make them laugh because you're probably a funny kid, but that doesn't mean they are best friends with you...they can't talk to you about their relationships, teachers, tests, friends, ext. because you are so much younger. it would be so awkward for me to talk about normal stuff with someone still in middle school. it's fun to be the younger one hanging out with older kids but you need to understand that they have their own lives just like you do. but when you get to high school it will help to know some of the upperclassmen. say hi to them in the halls once in a while, but don't try hanging with them at lunch, they could take it as annoying.
684125
Screw the kids at your school. I've had this happen before, it sucks, but the best thing to do is keep your head and laugh along with them, show them it doesn't bug you any. Sooner or later they'll realize they're immature and that it doesn't bug ya.
868462
Yes and they still judged me by what they thought was acceptable behavior. In the long run, my best friend turned out to be myself. Being popular doesn't have it rewards, especially in grade and high school, more like a beauty pageant. \n\nYou have a good night too!
1030314
I wouldn't be mean to some of the people I was mean to when I was in school. Makes me feel bad now that I was such a stuck up bitch\n☺
342095
Just be yourself.  Being popular is overrated, and at my school, the "popular" people aren't really that popular - they think they are, but the majority of people don't like them.  You're awesome the way you are.