My experience in high school Back when i was in elementary school, everything was just like a dream... i could surround myself with the ones who were my friends and everything would be ok. I have always been really shy so when we started high school, everyone started opening themselves and they belonged to a bigger group but i didn't, it didn't appealt to me though. I guess wanting to remain in my confort zone made me go through a bad secondary period. I would go skating, walking, to the cinema or to the bowling with my friends but they didn't see eye-to-eye with me anymore. My conception is they felt accepted in that group and they didn't want to go with Jorge, the nerd, so their popularity wouldn't decrease... How superfitial teenagers life can be, right? To be honest, i have never forgiven them for doing so. They wouldn't hang out with me but they wanted me to listen to them everytime they were into trouble. Because i had been bullied before i just stayed quiet everytime and try to avoid eye contact with another human as much as possible so i wouldn't get hurt The only reason i wasn't crying in the bathroom every single playground was i had my muslim friend Aisha, however, nowadays we are not friends any longer because islam forbids friendship between men and women so... Probably when you have low self-esteem people do what they want with you and it can be a tough time. When 3rd grade arrived i was a ruin out of a person. The student who was repeating course was behind me and she seemed scary and dangerous. When she got closer to ask me if we could eat together because she didnt want to go with neither of the preppies or thugs, i was amazed by how kind she actually was. Nowadays i can't believe how i was scared by my best friend at that time. Meeting her is one of the best things that have ever happened to me, she demonstrated me what true friendship is and has never let me down since the first shared laughter. Teenagers can sometimes be cruel but we have to stand up for ourselves because with attitude, we can change whatever.