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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Fall
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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inolongercare 19
Still counts.
disasterlydeed 26
Being socially awkward is tough. I was the same way in middle and high school (and let's be honest I pretty much still am now even in my junior year of college) and it just suuuuuuuuucks! It's good to know that you're not alone, though, op...and look on the bright side, at least you got an award!!! Also here's a word of advice: don't worry if you don't have any friends, either; after high school nobody cares whether you do things alone or not; eating alone, movies, etc. It isn't a bad thing at all to have friends, but it's important to know how to enjoy your own company. Who knows...after high school while you're doing something like taking a cooking class, for example, you could make a new friend and with time, maybe even have your own squad! I hope this makes sense what I'm saying, lol. In the meantime, though, you have people on here that can relate to you and care about you. Stay sweet and don't let this get you down! ?
Jaidens_anguish 3
I got the same type of award for the same reason