What were your first impressions of everyone here at the TB?

[metsluva57]

I can't really remember, but i was scared no one would like me because I wasn't a teenager yet.

 

[imabrat]

Oh, and being friends with the SPED teacher wasn't dorky at all. I had to go with the SPED classes for fire drills because I moved a little too slowly, and I had one of my friends come along as an aid. I got to know the boys in the SPED room pretty well, they were all really cool. (It was all boys, no girls. Although I do have to admit, the one boy gave me the creepies. He would stare me down like a hawk whether I was in the SPED room, in the halls, or if I saw him outside of school at Walmart or something. I'm sure he couldn't help it though) They get made fun of a lot because they have "issues" which is totally idiotic, IMO.

I guess a part of me does it because I feel bad for them. They get looked down upon in my school and don't really make friends outside of SPED classes. But if I do see them in the hall, I make sure to say hi and ask them what's up. But another part of me does it because I kind of know what it's like to be the oddball out. I got a lot of whispers this past year because I wasn't in school much. It hurt, so I kinda get that.

And that was sooooooooo ot, lol!


ETA: I just wanted to add one more thing on the whole brain issue thing. I just realized it kinda sounds like I'm contradicting myself - I'm still as smart as any other. I'll be in some honors classes this year, which I can definitely handle. It's just that I need to spend a little bit more time learning and studying and practicing, making sure it all stays in my head.

 

[m!ssemmx0]

Oh, and being friends with the SPED teacher wasn't dorky at all. I had to go with the SPED classes for fire drills because I moved a little too slowly, and I had one of my friends come along as an aid. I got to know the boys in the SPED room pretty well, they were all really cool. (It was all boys, no girls. Although I do have to admit, the one boy gave me the creepies. He would stare me down like a hawk whether I was in the SPED room, in the halls, or if I saw him outside of school at Walmart or something. I'm sure he couldn't help it though) They get made fun of a lot because they have "issues" which is totally idiotic, IMO.

I guess a part of me does it because I feel bad for them. They get looked down upon in my school and don't really make friends outside of SPED classes. But if I do see them in the hall, I make sure to say hi and ask them what's up. But another part of me does it because I kind of know what it's like to be the oddball out. I got a lot of whispers this past year because I wasn't in school much. It hurt, so I kinda get that.

And that was sooooooooo ot, lol!


ETA: I just wanted to add one more thing on the whole brain issue thing. I just realized it kinda sounds like I'm contradicting myself - I'm still as smart as any other. I'll be in some honors classes this year, which I can definitely handle. It's just that I need to spend a little bit more time learning and studying and practicing, making sure it all stays in my head.

Not to go OT on everyone, but I've had the same sort of thing happen to me. There've been tons of times where I'm the oddball out, and when I get talked about behind my back. People have even gone around saying that I can't walk or talk. It got me really angry, because most people don't even bother to notice that I made the honor roll all 3 years of junior high, and that I'm not stupid just because I'm different than them.

Ohhh-kay, rambling over.

 

[crazytp93]

ohmygheey i hated that em girl
favorite quote by her "okay so i have a girl question.. so when i have dreams about guys i wake up and my underwear is wet? what is that, and what does it mean?"
EL EM AY OHHHH




how ignorant of you!
i swear this board is just like highschool

You're mocking me because I said I hate one word replies, aren't you? Hmph.

Yes.

 

[Sparx]

Oh, and being friends with the SPED teacher wasn't dorky at all. I had to go with the SPED classes for fire drills because I moved a little too slowly, and I had one of my friends come along as an aid. I got to know the boys in the SPED room pretty well, they were all really cool. (It was all boys, no girls. Although I do have to admit, the one boy gave me the creepies. He would stare me down like a hawk whether I was in the SPED room, in the halls, or if I saw him outside of school at Walmart or something. I'm sure he couldn't help it though) They get made fun of a lot because they have "issues" which is totally idiotic, IMO.

I guess a part of me does it because I feel bad for them. They get looked down upon in my school and don't really make friends outside of SPED classes. But if I do see them in the hall, I make sure to say hi and ask them what's up. But another part of me does it because I kind of know what it's like to be the oddball out. I got a lot of whispers this past year because I wasn't in school much. It hurt, so I kinda get that.

And that was sooooooooo ot, lol!


ETA: I just wanted to add one more thing on the whole brain issue thing. I just realized it kinda sounds like I'm contradicting myself - I'm still as smart as any other. I'll be in some honors classes this year, which I can definitely handle. It's just that I need to spend a little bit more time learning and studying and practicing, making sure it all stays in my head.

Yeah. I mean it sounds kind of silly because I had bone cancer, but the chemo goes everywhere and kills everything, good or bad. My defects weren't severe by any means, but I've lost enough of it to cause issues when learning something new.

I think IEPs are a good thing, but they can be put into the wrong hands. I know some kids who would do ANYTHING to get that extra time to just sit and pretend to do more work.

my iep was for being gifted, and yes, i definitely abused my privileges, but we kinda had to sometimes. we could be pulled out at any time, no questions asked to go to our file holder. sometimes substitues would get grumpy over us leaving and we would have to pull the "i have an iep, feel free to call mr. (principal) about this"

we would have 2 class periods a month where we would be with other gifted students, and we would kinda just sit around and talk about teachers and stuff. since i was a senior, a lot of the younger kids had me help them make their schedules. to avoid certain teachers. and i could do that. we got teacher pull.

for example, there is one really good art teacher at my school and one really bad one. i didn't want the bad one, so when i made my schedule, and submitted it, i named my teacher. and they can't override me. sped got first choice, always on teachers. so we would never get blocked out of a class because it got filled up, if we wanted to be in it.

we could also change our schedule at any time, for any reason, and no one could stop it. (i dropped journalism halfway through the year, which pissed off my journalism teacher, but she was awful and a bully!)

i always took full advantage of everything i had offered to me, like the pull-out sessions, and the ability to change/pick classes that other students didn't have.

in my free time, at school, i would tutor. my favorite were biology and read alouds. they never gave me math kids, but i would do english and history sometimes too. i had a set of three students that i prepped in the biology gateway (a state mandated graduation requirement test) over the course of the year. i was their only biology class. i'm happy to say that all of them passed with flying colors.

i just love special education, i think that sums up my whole post. lol

 

[I Am What I Am]

Meggerz-Instant bond. Sandbox anyone?

Apple-I remember we met over a disagreement about pie. Good times, good times.
..........

What AIM chats? and who's Sean?

........
I knew that Cohen was fake. He just seemed like it. Plus, his "girlfriend" looked so familiar to me but the name wasn't

 

[PosessedEeyore]

Meggerz-Instant bond. Sandbox anyone?

Apple-I remember we met over a disagreement about pie. Good times, good times.
..........

What AIM chats? and who's Sean?

........
I knew that Cohen was fake. He just seemed like it. Plus, his "girlfriend" looked so familiar to me but the name wasn't

me and you would have never become friends if it wernt for our great pie debate ;D
i effin love you xD

 

[I Am What I Am]

me and you would have never become friends if it wernt for our great pie debate ;D
i effin love you xD

Who knew that pie could start a friendship? XD

Love ya too XD

 

[PosessedEeyore]

Who knew that pie could start a friendship? XD

Love ya too XD

pie is just such an amazing topic that it could start an amazing bond
LOL remember josh's song he made about apple pwning pecan?!
gooood tiiimees

 

[I Am What I Am]

pie is just such an amazing topic that it could start an amazing bond
LOL remember josh's song he made about apple pwning pecan?!
gooood tiiimees

Everyone should start a conversation with a new person talking about pie. Pie is amazing.

Yes! One of the weirdest songs ever. XD

 

[PosessedEeyore]

Everyone should start a conversation with a new person talking about pie. Pie is amazing.

Yes! One of the weirdest songs ever. XD

pie deff. brings friendships together! LAWLZ
and it was weird but amazing.

 

[imabrat]

my iep was for being gifted, and yes, i definitely abused my privileges, but we kinda had to sometimes. we could be pulled out at any time, no questions asked to go to our file holder. sometimes substitues would get grumpy over us leaving and we would have to pull the "i have an iep, feel free to call mr. (principal) about this"

we would have 2 class periods a month where we would be with other gifted students, and we would kinda just sit around and talk about teachers and stuff. since i was a senior, a lot of the younger kids had me help them make their schedules. to avoid certain teachers. and i could do that. we got teacher pull.

for example, there is one really good art teacher at my school and one really bad one. i didn't want the bad one, so when i made my schedule, and submitted it, i named my teacher. and they can't override me. sped got first choice, always on teachers. so we would never get blocked out of a class because it got filled up, if we wanted to be in it.

I've had to do that. A substitute was in and I was feeling very faint, and I know my limits - if I didn't get to the nurse pronto I was going to pass out. The substitute was giving me a hard time because some girl just left for the bathroom, and I just said "Listen lady, I am seconds away from passing out. I have a 504 which allows me to leave for the nurse anytime I need it. Would you rather me get to the nurse in time or pass out right here?". She let me go.

I can kind of pick and choose my classes. Like, this year there was absolutely no way the school could deny me for going into vo-tech. They tried to, and said that the classes were still filled up, but because no one informed me of the deadline I was allowed to get in the classes.

 

[Axel]

Everyone should start a conversation with a new person talking about pie. Pie is amazing.

Yes! One of the weirdest songs ever. XD

This is trufax.

 

[Pirate Me]

I remember the Tag Fairy parties. xD When she/he(?) would go tagging us on that thread and turned a lot of us tagless DISers into tag..ful DISers.

 

[Cinderelli16]

i remember feeling vey alone xD

shelby= most definitely in charge, HBIC .

she is really the only person i remember from when i first joined
then i didn't come on at all then a few months later i started coming on regularly and..

i remember that night on SYF with kayla, collin, and tom.
ohmahgawd .

then everyone hated us after that xD

and i HATED alyssa
but its okay cause i love her now
but we fought like crazy! xD

i dont remember meeting rach at all.. sorry girll ily

i thought george was a girl

caitlin was super cool (even though she was tagless xD) and i always wanted to be her friend

john was a fat guy named phil with a sense of humor good enough to put it in his username in my brain

tom was someone who was bad a drawing cause i never looked to closely at his old avvie xD oh & his brother = cutestt thing evuuurr

allyson was someone i never talked to, sadly.

kayla was instantly my bff
i'll add more people later as i remember them xD

That was the best night ever! Everyone pretty much hated us, but now everything is good again.

& heck yeah girlfriend! Me & you hit it off immediately. lol
I remember the FIRST time I talked to you was when I commented on your pictures on the SYF thread. hahah