YOUR PERSONA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR INDIVIDUAL WORDS OR ACTIONS.
You say something funny, and no one laughs; for this reason: the kid with social status would make the whole classroom burst into laughter if he said the exact same thing. Everyone is conditioned to seeking out this person's approval. And no matter what you do or say, you're coming out of nowhere, so they think you're trying to get everyone else's approval.
It's not that different from India's caste system. Once the jocks, nerds, 'gangstas', slutty girls, shy girls, find their group, or variations of these generalized groups (like many of us, who don't fit into any, we're sort of invisible/"filler" kids) in the beginning of school, you're pretty much stuck there. There's an unspoken sense of who's "cool" and who's "uncool".
What am I trying to say? I dunno. Its just an observation/rant on how once people get a sense of your overall persona, anything you do outside of it will be seen as "weird" or "trying to fit in". No matter how much talent you have, how funny you are, or even how good looking you are, if it goes against your placement in whatever social group you are or aren't in, it'll have no effect, or a negative effect on your image.
Sucks, doesn't it?
You say something funny, and no one laughs; for this reason: the kid with social status would make the whole classroom burst into laughter if he said the exact same thing. Everyone is conditioned to seeking out this person's approval. And no matter what you do or say, you're coming out of nowhere, so they think you're trying to get everyone else's approval.
It's not that different from India's caste system. Once the jocks, nerds, 'gangstas', slutty girls, shy girls, find their group, or variations of these generalized groups (like many of us, who don't fit into any, we're sort of invisible/"filler" kids) in the beginning of school, you're pretty much stuck there. There's an unspoken sense of who's "cool" and who's "uncool".
What am I trying to say? I dunno. Its just an observation/rant on how once people get a sense of your overall persona, anything you do outside of it will be seen as "weird" or "trying to fit in". No matter how much talent you have, how funny you are, or even how good looking you are, if it goes against your placement in whatever social group you are or aren't in, it'll have no effect, or a negative effect on your image.
Sucks, doesn't it?