The Weird Kid In ClassThere was a kid in my class who stood up every day and told everyone he had new shoes. This went on for weeks, and we all thought him nuts. Then, one day, he stood up and told us a long story about why his family were moving to another part of the country, and how excited he was. The next thing we heard was that he'd died in a plane crash.
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Fraser has joined the Moomins., Fri 19 Jan 2007, 10:18)
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I think you'll find that was me1987 - Started primary school. Owing to having parents who listened to Radio 4 constantly, no siblings my age and no friends, I spoke like an over-educated adult. None of the other kids understood a word I said.
1988-1993 - The violent geek years. Top of the class in everything. Very poor parents, which meant that all my clothes came from Oxfam. Ferociously unpopular. Settled everything with my fists, to great success. Crowning moment of glory? Making a boy literally twice my size cry.
1993-1995 – The hated years. Became the object of a hate campaign involving every kid in the year group against me. Eighty-nine to one. Girls telling me I was so ugly nobody would ever want to have sex with me. Boys setting fire to my clothes (whilst I was still wearing them, of course). Teachers turning a blind eye because they hated me too.
1995-1996 – Anorexic freak girl. Every school has one – it was me.
1996-1999 – Took up the cello. Practised constantly. Had no other interests.
1999-2001 – The only girl who took maths and physics A levels. This earned me a reputation as an ugly lesbian, neither of which I am (well, definitely not the latter anyway. The former is a matter of personal opinion).
Meh. I’m still a freak.
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