Today, I received the honorary title of "Student of the Month," because I'm the only quiet kid during class. Truth is, I just have no friends. I was given an award for being socially awkward. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at the awards ceremony at my school, I ended up winning the top achievement award in my grade. The principal spent at least ten minutes talking about my success to the audience, the whole time referring to me as a "he" as I stood right next to him. I'm a girl. FML
Today, out of my whole class, I received no awards. All my teachers thought that I would get plenty from the others. Now people think I'm stupid. I have a 3.66 GPA and they won't believe me. FML
Today, my class had a group project. The teacher allowed people to opt to do it alone. I, an introvert with crippling social anxiety, was the only one to do it alone. I still finished before everyone else, with an A. The other students called me a "freak" and many other names, simply because I work better alone. FML
Today, yet again I was made to feel how talentless and boring of a person I am. I have great academic achievements, making me one among the top 0.02% youth of my country, but am so uninteresting and introverted that people don't want to be friends with me. FML
Today, I won an academic award during an assembly. Everyone laughed, followed by booing. FML
Today, I've noticed a pattern with my classmates: Every time a new student shows up, they are treated by my classmates as though they've known each other for years. Everyone except me. When I first came along, I was more or less a wallflower. No one wanted anything to do with me. The same is true today. FML
Today, I found out that my classmates affectionately refer to me as "the kid whose eyes are really far apart." FML
Today, we were having a school prize giving. I heard my name called and I walked up to the stage waving and smiling, feeling rather proud of myself. I stood by the microphone and started my acceptance speech, only to be tapped on the shoulder by the girl they'd actually called up. FML
Today, I was one of five people called up to the front in class to receive a special notice from the school administration. The first four people received awards for outstanding effort in school. Mine was a notice that I had overdue library fines. FML
Today, I went to an Honors Convocation for my school. I received a letter a few weeks earlier telling me I received an award. Surprised and proud, I invited my family to join me to see what award I was receiving. I couldn't find my name in the program. I was invited by mistake. FML
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Redoxx_fml 22
Who says social awkwardness won't get you places
Tripartita 45
Thanks to your spiffy new title, your friendlessness is about to change!
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Comments (65)
WorldClassFvckUp 13
There will never be a more appropriate time to hit the YDI button
Psycho_Babydoll 26
Aren't you delightful?
disasterlydeed 26
How does she deserve it, though? Making friends doesn't come as easily to some people as it does for others. Reasons being anxiety, depression, shyness, etc. I'm genuinely curious as to why you think op deserves something she probably feels is embarrassing to her enough.
rojoesydney 6
Better than nothing,or is it?
Graceful99 11
Be proud of who you are! At least you get recognized for being social awkward
TheJawsman 18
As an active English teacher, I will tell you the award you received is more valuable than you realize. Respectfully speaking from the other side of the classroom, you have no idea what it's like to not teach material at the level you want because the kids won't be quiet enough for you to teach it or they just aren't getting it...and the few that actually do want to learn, you have a hard time keeping the room quiet enough for them to learn it.
Sourmena 2
In the society of tomorrow (more like modern dark ages), kids have to look like slaves. Quiet, submissive, smart enough to do their job but not to think outside the box, be active and fun. The fact that they give award for a student who's not social just makes me sad.
SirreASDF 17
Like some others, My group of friends are all from middleschool. We're like 6-7 guys, with the addition of any cirrent girlfriends to the group. Best friends in the world.
Hann0rslovsu 21
The Same Exact Thing Happened To Me At My Old School, literally for thee same reason. I feel ya
ericp96 10
Look at the bright side You got an achievement like if it was an xbox or playstation game
foxy4353 10
Yeah.. the same thing happened to me when I was in middle school. I was really confused to why I received it, but now that I think about it, I think they just felt sorry for me since I was "shy awkward kid" with no friends. Things got better when I got to high school though, I now have a circle of friends I talk to on a regular basis. :)
fantasyworld 39
In middle school I got a superlative for most shyest. I hated it, who wants to be remembered for that?
disasterlydeed 26
Ugh so did I!!! Like, why would anyone even include this as a category anyway? It's already enough that I hate being put on the spot, being voted "most shyest" just makes it worse, imo. But at least I was in the yearbook for something other than just my name and photo lol