This is probably going to sound stupid, but here goes. I'm 15 btw.
Basically, until Year 7 or 8, I was a geek. Not like the stereotypical kind of nerd with thick glasses and stupid hair and reading science and maths books all the time, none of that, but basically a cocky little boy who liked people to know he was clever, thought he knew everything, and was a bit of a teacher's pet.
I don't think it was because I was up myself or anything, its just how I was.
Anyway, after that time, I began to realise how stupid I was. How I'd spent my life being a bit of a loner and I realised that I wasn't happy being like that.
I made efforts to change, and I have done that. I got really interested in music, I made loads of new friends, I now spend my life going out, going round my mates' houses, cinema, shopping, listening to music, going on msn, basically things people do.
The thing is, although I have made loads of new friends and stuff, I think people in my school who don't know me very well still see me as a bit of a geek. I mean, I get good grades, and tbh I'm not going to stop trying to succeed in school over a stupid image thing. Anyway, lots of cool people in my school get good grades, its nothing to be ashamed of.
Its just little things, like people talking to me as if I'm thick because they see me as immature or pathetic, or people muttering if I answer a question in class (which I do no more or less than everyone else).
I've been trying so hard to get rid of that stupid image I made for myself, but its not working as well as I'd like.
Help.
Also, I enjoy being who I am now much more than I did being a geek. I feel more loved and more sociable and just generally happier. The geeky me is not "who I am".
Basically, until Year 7 or 8, I was a geek. Not like the stereotypical kind of nerd with thick glasses and stupid hair and reading science and maths books all the time, none of that, but basically a cocky little boy who liked people to know he was clever, thought he knew everything, and was a bit of a teacher's pet.
I don't think it was because I was up myself or anything, its just how I was.
Anyway, after that time, I began to realise how stupid I was. How I'd spent my life being a bit of a loner and I realised that I wasn't happy being like that.
I made efforts to change, and I have done that. I got really interested in music, I made loads of new friends, I now spend my life going out, going round my mates' houses, cinema, shopping, listening to music, going on msn, basically things people do.
The thing is, although I have made loads of new friends and stuff, I think people in my school who don't know me very well still see me as a bit of a geek. I mean, I get good grades, and tbh I'm not going to stop trying to succeed in school over a stupid image thing. Anyway, lots of cool people in my school get good grades, its nothing to be ashamed of.
Its just little things, like people talking to me as if I'm thick because they see me as immature or pathetic, or people muttering if I answer a question in class (which I do no more or less than everyone else).
I've been trying so hard to get rid of that stupid image I made for myself, but its not working as well as I'd like.
Help.
Also, I enjoy being who I am now much more than I did being a geek. I feel more loved and more sociable and just generally happier. The geeky me is not "who I am".