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This might sound weird, considering you are all mostly high school/ middle school. Teenagers freak me out. I am in fifth grade, and in theatre everyone is constantly on the phone, or doing some comfortable teenage thing. So, not to be bossy, but please, if you are ever with younger kids, acknowledge them and be nice. It is hard, I know. But it would really happy if I knew that soe elementary kids were comftorable with you scary peeps.
submitted by S.E., age 11, Woburn,MA
(December 16, 2013 - 9:20 pm)
(December 16, 2013 - 9:20 pm)
Um, you realize we are being normal.
(December 16, 2013 - 9:41 pm)
I remember I used to be terrified of high schoolers when I was younger. Now everybody terrifies me. Go paranoia! Whoo-hoo! I agree that a lot of older kids and adults treat younger kids like they're lesser beings. I try really, really hard to treat everyone as equal people no matter their age, gender, race, religion, etc. I get really mad at myself when I use a "little kid voice". So I think it's important to treat everyone equally.
On a side note, I see a lot of young kids with phones nowadays. It makes me feel old. My three-year old second cousin already has a phone and she got mad when I couldn't show her mine.
(December 17, 2013 - 12:03 am)
Speaking of creepy little kids, about a month ago, this kid came out of nowhere while I was walking home and was walking on the same route I was using. Mind you, I walk home on a long, busy street, but most people turn off the street before they get to the end. This kid wasn't wearing a backpack and he had a hood over his head so I couldn't see his face. He followed me almost all the way home, until when I turned onto my street, he kept going straight. I told my friends, and as helpful as they are, they told me "He wanted to know what street you live on".
I forgot about that kid until today, when I reached the end of that long street, I looked behind me and THERE HE WAS ABOUT TEN YARDS AWAY. I look back behind me all the time on my way home to make sure I'm not followed and I swear he wasn't there a minute ago. I went across the crosswalk and he STARTED RUNNING TO CATCH UP. And then, when I turned onto my street. He. Followed. Me. Down. My. Street. Now he knows where I live. The creepiest part is that I know he doesn't go to my high school and my school let out two hours early today because of finals. No other school is doing that today. I have a feeling he's not real, but that just makes it all the creepier. If anyone not real is following me, they always have malevolent purposes.
I bet that creepy kid is going to knock on my door and say something like, "You dropped this pen," and give it back to me.
(December 17, 2013 - 4:12 pm)
Stalker kid is real! Whoo-hoo! Two classmates of mine saw him today as well! Honestly, I'm pretty sure he's not following me. He probably only lives in the area and walks this way home every day. I'm just paranoid.
(December 18, 2013 - 4:00 pm)
Have we done anything to bother on here? if so, I'm sorry. I'm always nice to younger kids, because I know how it feels to be ignored by an older person you look up to. There was this girl who my friends and I all looked up to at dance, but she never acknowledged us at all.
(December 17, 2013 - 12:58 am)
My sister is my age, and she's quite comfortable around high schoolers. I, on the other hand, don't talk to people. Spammy says: haat. Almost a real word. Wow!
(December 17, 2013 - 5:01 am)
You are all awesome.
(December 17, 2013 - 3:36 pm)
I'm edgy around most people, high schoolers, middle schoolers, elementary kids, no offence, I just always get the feeling I'm being... judged. But I understand. I usually am able to talk to younger kids fairly naturally. But young kids having phones to me is weird, and unnecessary. I own a really old dated phone that is constantly gettling lost and I always forget I own. My parents only let me have it because a) my dad was upgrading so actually the phone belonged to him first, and b) I was hanging out with friends (back when I actually associated with people) a bit more, so they thought I should have one just in case.
@ Ruby: That is just downright creepy. You should really tell your parents about him. Maybe you could ask a friend or someone to walk home with you, and see if the kid follows you.
(December 17, 2013 - 8:35 pm)
I'm 14, and I agree heartily with you, S.E.! I don't really like other teenagers, for your same reasons. And all my friends are younger than me, anyways. And, so ya know, I am very nice to younger kids. I HATE the teenage stereotype, so I try as hard as I can NOT to be anything like them. I follow my own rules, thanks. And I don't see what's wrong with little kids. :)
(December 18, 2013 - 5:30 pm)
When I was younger, I would be thinking that every boy or man was after me. Especially if they were tall and muscle-y. My neighbor's kid didn't help by explaining what kidnapping meant. I wouldn't go out to play for a week and a half.
I'm just usually shy with new people, and with boys (no offence to anyone) but with girls who I know well, I will be striking up a conversation easily.
I try to be kind to younger kids, but am used to zoning out when my youngest sister is talking about how she plays the game of Scrabble. I'll bet I'm like that sometimes in public, but I try not to be.
(December 18, 2013 - 6:16 pm)
I'm the opposite. I get along with boys no problem. They just don't mind the dirty work, I guess. I am a complete social outcast around girls. Most boys too, actually.
(December 18, 2013 - 8:38 pm)
As a rule, yes, the typical teenager isn't all that compatable to me; henceforth, I am not friends with any of them. Case in point: What typical teenager would use the word "henceforth"?
However, if someone is very similar to me in personality and just has the misfortune to be a teenager at the time I know her/him, obviously, it doesn't matter.
(December 19, 2013 - 3:33 pm)