Florencienne
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is always at least ...? .... a little bit accurate?
People seem to think of me as innocent, and sort of 'child-like'. I'm 16, quite short and very slim, but I don't think I *look* as childish as I used to. I feel tempted to post a photo at the end of this question to get your opinion, but whatever. Someone described me today as "100% straightedge" and said he was shocked to see photos of me on Facebook drinking at a party. I'm actually trying to get the pictures removed because controversies related to photos and things posted online have formed in my school with other people previously, and I don't want to be suspended or get my leadership role revoked. But that's another story.
I feel like people at my school think I'm smarter than what I am, and I feel pressure to not let other people know that I'm not what they perceive me to be. I was smarter in earlier grades of high school and primary school and now I'm slipping behind because I'm trying to juggle everything. Well. My grades haven't slipped. I'm just more prone to cramming beforehand and I'm not coping with the workload. I was elected as school captain, and they use that as a testimony to their assumptions about me. It sounds insane and slightly delusional, and it might just be the cough medicine talking, but I'd rather be known as a slut than how I am currently perceived. And it's not like I'm dressing like I'm from the 1800s or acting different to the majority of kids in my year level. We wear uniforms so it's not like you can identify and stereotype people as easily, too.
I'm sorry if you think this is a rant or whatever, because it sort of is. And that I rambled incoherently. Have you ever been annoyed with what other people thought about you? Do you think being perceived as 'innocent' and 'child like' is necessarily a bad thing? Because right now I feel beyond frustrated. I'd just like your comments, brutal honesty, advice, encouragement or support. : )
http://s1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa369/Florencienne/?action=view¤t=Bracesoff.jpg
I don't think I look too much younger than my real age. And my hair's not done or anything in the photo, so that would make me look younger as well. Idk. I'm just really frustrated right now because I've been getting similar comments for months now, and it seems like nothing I do can budge people's impression of me.
I'm going to uni next year and I'm just going to look like a high school kid touring the campus. I don't want the impression I've made in highschool to stick at university either. Part of me thinks it's stupid to be annoyed over, because innocence isn't really a bad thing, but still.
People seem to think of me as innocent, and sort of 'child-like'. I'm 16, quite short and very slim, but I don't think I *look* as childish as I used to. I feel tempted to post a photo at the end of this question to get your opinion, but whatever. Someone described me today as "100% straightedge" and said he was shocked to see photos of me on Facebook drinking at a party. I'm actually trying to get the pictures removed because controversies related to photos and things posted online have formed in my school with other people previously, and I don't want to be suspended or get my leadership role revoked. But that's another story.
I feel like people at my school think I'm smarter than what I am, and I feel pressure to not let other people know that I'm not what they perceive me to be. I was smarter in earlier grades of high school and primary school and now I'm slipping behind because I'm trying to juggle everything. Well. My grades haven't slipped. I'm just more prone to cramming beforehand and I'm not coping with the workload. I was elected as school captain, and they use that as a testimony to their assumptions about me. It sounds insane and slightly delusional, and it might just be the cough medicine talking, but I'd rather be known as a slut than how I am currently perceived. And it's not like I'm dressing like I'm from the 1800s or acting different to the majority of kids in my year level. We wear uniforms so it's not like you can identify and stereotype people as easily, too.
I'm sorry if you think this is a rant or whatever, because it sort of is. And that I rambled incoherently. Have you ever been annoyed with what other people thought about you? Do you think being perceived as 'innocent' and 'child like' is necessarily a bad thing? Because right now I feel beyond frustrated. I'd just like your comments, brutal honesty, advice, encouragement or support. : )
http://s1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa369/Florencienne/?action=view¤t=Bracesoff.jpg
I don't think I look too much younger than my real age. And my hair's not done or anything in the photo, so that would make me look younger as well. Idk. I'm just really frustrated right now because I've been getting similar comments for months now, and it seems like nothing I do can budge people's impression of me.
I'm going to uni next year and I'm just going to look like a high school kid touring the campus. I don't want the impression I've made in highschool to stick at university either. Part of me thinks it's stupid to be annoyed over, because innocence isn't really a bad thing, but still.