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*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 02-13-2004, 05:55 PM

At least every week I hear some damn comment from the sophmores, juniors and seniors about how much they hate freshman...what the hell? What'd we ever do to them? I'm sick and tired of hearing it. They think that since they're the big bad kids (what? at most 4 years older than us?) that they're so much better or something. I'm sure it's mostly just for fun, because we're the little kids of the school...but it gets annoying hearing it after awhile, like they really actually can't stand us for some reason. I'm sure us "little kids" can get annoying sometimes, I mean, I hate kids my age, and I'm sure I'll hate the ninth graders next year, too. But hearing everyone constantly bitching about it is annoying...so...can any of you sophmores/juniors/seniors tell what's so wrong with us? Or maybe, in fact, what's wrong with you.

Rhiannon · 02-13-2004, 05:57 PM

Being mean to freshmen makes upperclassmen feel more important.

PZelda · 02-13-2004, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Vera Wang
Being mean to freshmen makes upperclassmen feel more important.

Amen to that

I didn't really have that problem when I was a freshman in HS...My sister was a HS senior that year, so she told everybody not to do anything to me.

Rhiannon · 02-13-2004, 06:21 PM

I am in band, so I made a lot of upperclassmen friends when I was a freshmen. I didn't have a problem with getting picked on. Now that I'm all a sophomore I don't pick on freshmen, I don't think it's that much fun.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 02-13-2004, 06:23 PM

I don't really get picked on...I just overhear it all the time. Like...it was either today or yesterday, these two girls we walking up the stairs bitching about how people go down the upside. Her friend goes, "yeah well you do it." and the other girl goes, "Yeah, only when there's no one on the stairs or when it's freshman just to piss them off"

Hollow · 02-13-2004, 06:39 PM

im a freshman. we got laughed at because we couldnt go to frolic. who cares. i wouldnt go anyway.

Blair_Warner02 · 02-13-2004, 06:40 PM

When I was a Freshman, the Seniors would call us "The Little Freshman" (I never heard it though) and some of the freshman asked the teachers and principal why they did it and they said they only do it because the Seniors did it to them when they were Freshman.

Chelsea · 02-13-2004, 07:22 PM

I don't get it, I just don't get it. For the last 2 decades, by all accounts, there were NEVER any huge class-conflicts. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, AND Seniors ALL got along quite fine. Seniors treated Underclassmen with respect. We, the current senior class, STILL try to treat them with respect. But, it seems like starting with the current Sophomore class' Freshman year, the incomers have been strutting around as if they own the place. None of the classes before then did that (We didn't, the Current Junior class didn't, none of the already-graduated classes did), but, in the last year and a half, things have gradually gone, well, stereotypical.

I'm glad I'm graduating. Next year's gonna be BAD. And the year after? (shudders)

IownTheDivision69 · 02-13-2004, 07:23 PM

heh... i loved being a freshman.

but the freshmen this year suck.

AKA · 02-13-2004, 07:25 PM

I didn't get picked on for being a freshman. I did, however, get teased for being a drama nerd.

I didn't get teased too badly, though, because at 6'4," I was a big guy.

IownTheDivision69 · 02-13-2004, 07:28 PM

i'm picked on for being a band nerd

but i give you drama***s kudos! i went to drama camp over the summer and must say it wasn't really my cup of tea, it took too much work. So i give you kudos for putting up with all the dancing and singing. *salutes*

ArmoredFist · 02-13-2004, 08:34 PM

I think the real problem is when the freshmen go from being the top of the middle school to being the bottom of high school. They don't realize they don't run things. When they try to act tough and try to force their will upon others, that's when the trouble starts.

Plus, I'm not sure if this happens in other schools, but at the high school I went to, the juniors always went after the freshmen girls. This caused tensions between the freshman boys and the junior boys.

I never really had trouble during my freshman year. That could have been associated with the fact that two of my best friends were juniors and my brother was a senior. My brother was also 6'6", +300 lbs, pure evil, and (due to a rumor from his best friend) was widely known for eating puppies.

Bang A Gong · 02-13-2004, 08:37 PM

I hated being a freshman. But I never got any trouble from upperclassmen for being "a little freshie" [a term my older sister used when she was in high school]. I just kept to myself and didn't bother anyone. They all pretty much just ignored me, thankfully.

I hated my freshman year. I just want to forget it.

Central Perk · 02-13-2004, 08:38 PM

No one at my school really picks on freshmen, we all seem to get along ok.

Brent88 · 02-13-2004, 08:56 PM

I got out of Public school in my freshman year. It SUCKED! I constantly got picked on, but I got picked on in earlier years too, it just got really bad in my Freshman year.

I'm now homeschooled and couldn't be happier. I don't miss school at all.

02-13-2004, 05:55 PM	#1
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	What's wrong with freshman? At least every week I hear some damn comment from the sophmores, juniors and seniors about how much they hate freshman...what the hell? What'd we ever do to them? I'm sick and tired of hearing it. They think that since they're the big bad kids (what? at most 4 years older than us?) that they're so much better or something. I'm sure it's mostly just for fun, because we're the little kids of the school...but it gets annoying hearing it after awhile, like they really actually can't stand us for some reason. I'm sure us "little kids" can get annoying sometimes, I mean, I hate kids my age, and I'm sure I'll hate the ninth graders next year, too. But hearing everyone constantly bitching about it is annoying...so...can any of you sophmores/juniors/seniors tell what's so wrong with us? Or maybe, in fact, what's wrong with you.
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02-13-2004, 05:57 PM	#2
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	Being mean to freshmen makes upperclassmen feel more important.
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02-13-2004, 06:40 PM	#7
Blair_Warner02 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 11, 2002 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 270	When I was a Freshman, the Seniors would call us "The Little Freshman" (I never heard it though) and some of the freshman asked the teachers and principal why they did it and they said they only do it because the Seniors did it to them when they were Freshman.
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02-13-2004, 07:22 PM	#8
Chelsea Semi-retired Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Washington Posts: 5,727	I don't get it, I just don't get it. For the last 2 decades, by all accounts, there were NEVER any huge class-conflicts. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, AND Seniors ALL got along quite fine. Seniors treated Underclassmen with respect. We, the current senior class, STILL try to treat them with respect. But, it seems like starting with the current Sophomore class' Freshman year, the incomers have been strutting around as if they own the place. None of the classes before then did that (We didn't, the Current Junior class didn't, none of the already-graduated classes did), but, in the last year and a half, things have gradually gone, well, stereotypical. I'm glad I'm graduating. Next year's gonna be BAD. And the year after? (shudders)
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02-13-2004, 07:23 PM	#9
IownTheDivision69 LOL! Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2002 Location: chocolate pop tarts are the shizz! Posts: 1,229	heh... i loved being a freshman. but the freshmen this year suck.
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02-13-2004, 06:21 PM	#4
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	I am in band, so I made a lot of upperclassmen friends when I was a freshmen. I didn't have a problem with getting picked on. Now that I'm all a sophomore I don't pick on freshmen, I don't think it's that much fun.

02-13-2004, 06:23 PM	#5
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	I don't really get picked on...I just overhear it all the time. Like...it was either today or yesterday, these two girls we walking up the stairs bitching about how people go down the upside. Her friend goes, "yeah well you do it." and the other girl goes, "Yeah, only when there's no one on the stairs or when it's freshman just to piss them off"

02-13-2004, 06:39 PM	#6
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	im a freshman. we got laughed at because we couldnt go to frolic. who cares. i wouldnt go anyway.

02-13-2004, 07:25 PM	#10
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	I didn't get picked on for being a freshman. I did, however, get teased for being a drama nerd. I didn't get teased too badly, though, because at 6'4," I was a big guy.

02-13-2004, 07:28 PM	#11
IownTheDivision69 LOL! Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2002 Location: chocolate pop tarts are the shizz! Posts: 1,229	i'm picked on for being a band nerd but i give you drama**s kudos! i went to drama camp over the summer and must say it wasn't really my cup of tea, it took too much work. So i give you kudos for putting up with all the dancing and singing. salutes*

02-13-2004, 08:34 PM	#12
ArmoredFist Soldier of Fortune Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 27, 2003 Location: MA, USA (Best country in the world!) Posts: 166	I think the real problem is when the freshmen go from being the top of the middle school to being the bottom of high school. They don't realize they don't run things. When they try to act tough and try to force their will upon others, that's when the trouble starts. Plus, I'm not sure if this happens in other schools, but at the high school I went to, the juniors always went after the freshmen girls. This caused tensions between the freshman boys and the junior boys. I never really had trouble during my freshman year. That could have been associated with the fact that two of my best friends were juniors and my brother was a senior. My brother was also 6'6", +300 lbs, pure evil, and (due to a rumor from his best friend) was widely known for eating puppies.
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02-13-2004, 08:37 PM	#13
Bang A Gong Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 16, 2001 Posts: 545	I hated being a freshman. But I never got any trouble from upperclassmen for being "a little freshie" [a term my older sister used when she was in high school]. I just kept to myself and didn't bother anyone. They all pretty much just ignored me, thankfully. I hated my freshman year. I just want to forget it.

02-13-2004, 08:38 PM	#14
Central Perk ~~~~~ Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 10, 2002 Posts: 4,553	No one at my school really picks on freshmen, we all seem to get along ok.

02-13-2004, 08:56 PM	#15
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I got out of Public school in my freshman year. It SUCKED! I constantly got picked on, but I got picked on in earlier years too, it just got really bad in my Freshman year. I'm now homeschooled and couldn't be happier. I don't miss school at all.
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