To: rhema
Melissa, a quiet and gentle girl who was the smartest in the class, was described as "a nerd,"ugly" and "weird." Her hair, her clothes, her looks were brutally criticized -- but not her demeanor or her academic skill. After all, there was nothing to criticize there. Kids sometimes like to be plain mean. If they can get the nerds to cry, they feel they have really scored something.
15 posted on
07/27/2005 5:02:30 AM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: HiTech RedNeck
Kids sometimes like to be plain mean. If they can get the nerds to cry, they feel they have really scored something.The positive lesson in this for kids and adults is "take your own counsel and live your life your own way. If you need the approval of others to be happy, chances are you'll never be happy."
17 posted on
07/27/2005 5:15:32 AM PDT by
Dark Skies
("The sleeper must awaken!")
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