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well, today was the first day of school. it is also my 17th birthday. wheeeeeeeeeee.

the good:
the three assholes who i was having a fucking war with last year are still in my classes, but i don't think i hardly ever am around them at the same time. when they're split up the mob mentality dissolves and they're much easier to deal with. also, most of my teachers are ok (my British Literature teacher is awesome; he's Irish so he calls it "Literature of the Oppressor" LOL), although my spanish teacher is sort of annoying and my chem teacher seems nice but strict as hell. Principles of Engineering looks like a great class, we get to make ping pong ball guns in there. also my bus route got fixed so i don't have to walk all the way down the street to the bus stop even though the bus PASSES my house. and we're doing archery in PE so i get to shoot things in school. nice.

the bad:
besides the obvious school crap, hardly any of my friends are in classes with me, so i'm stuck with the same old "Kevin's a pariah/weirdo/retard/nerd/ticking time bomb" attitude that i'm pretty much used to by now. and NOBODY i know has lunch my period. at least the assholes aren't together in there, but i was sitting alone at an empty table for the whole period, while people casually came up and took all the chairs away without even acknowledging my existance. in fact, at one point these 2 girls sat down on the other end, and i said hi and they still barely made eye contact and acted like i wasn't there. on the one hand i'm glad they're all leaving me alone for once, but it's still lonely as hell.

so, that was pretty much my day. it's lonely, but maybe i'll finally get a chance to extract myself from all the stupid infighting among kids and concentrate on the big enemy in the office. it may turn out better than last year, but that really isn't saying much. overall, it wasn't much of a birthday.
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Happy birthday dude and sorry it was also your first day back.
Man I don't even bother saying hi to the kids in school because they are not worth it..

Oh and to get the message clear...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
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Rebelnerd Wrote:hardly any of my friends are in classes with me

why don't schools listen to schedule requests? it's like they put you in class with the opposite people that you ask them to. happy birthday! they should really give you school off for your birthday...
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