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I liked to lay low in school, not causing any problems and staying off most kids' radars. So I really didn't get teased too badly.Sometime during second or third grade I was categorized as gifted and sent to a self-contained program for my 4th-6th grade years. There were fifteen kids from around the city of Bristol placed together in a classroom. We didn't change classes like the rest of the 4th-6th graders that went to that public school, so we stuck out as different. Our teachers always had special days planned for us and neat interactive, learning activities. When the weather was nice, we did all sorts of things outside, like working in groups to build a tent out of ordinary materials, cooking hot dogs on foil-covered grills that we made, etc. So you can see that we were always going around the school doing all sorts of weird things. The kids in the school who weren't in our program often made fun of us at recess or when we passed them in the hallways just because we were different. I remember in 6th grade we celebrated Greek Day. We all wore togas to school, ate Greek food, learned about Greece, and made Greek crafts. Yes, wearing a toga around the school is pretty embarassing for a 6th grader. But what made it only slightly worse (ha!) was the other kids in the hallway chanting, "Greek geeks! Greek geeks!" Yes. Yes we were. =)
In earlier elementary school, I remember one of my "friends" making up this stupid line: "Heather feather what's the weather. Can I have a piece of leather?" It has a nice ring to it, right? Haha! Well, whenever my "friends" wanted to annoy me, they would just say that. Got old.
So what did you get teased for?
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What type of bus did you take to this "special" school?
I see I'm still getting made fun of... =) YES IT WAS A SHORT BUS. Happy?
Though this post is a week old, I really have to comment! I still hear about the bus, but in my case, my husband calls it the blue bus, though one year it was green. He also says that everyone was so jealous of our various strange Epic activities (in addition to those mentioned, I'd like to add throwing eggs encased in jell-o off the roof, practicing for countries around the world, and wasn't there another day we dressed up as something else other than ancient Greeks?! I'll remember it some day..) I still remember those years fondly, though we were made fun of a bit. I do wish towns still had gifted programs...thanks for reminding me of those years!
Alicia, wow! How could I have forgotten countries around the world? And my husband teases me too, for riding the short bus to school.
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