[mrbob1000]

I can relate to this thread, with the pressure in school and the fact that almost every girl (and alot of guys) think that anyone in the robotics team is "wierd" and "dorks" i have been picked on alot, single for a long time, and the pressure of some of my classes take a big toll on me. I usually have A's and B's in every class and a C in french or a class that is terribly difficult, but my parents always say that i should do better even though i study like crazy and work hard. I no longer take french and am doing ok but im in an honors world history class and i have a high C in the class because i didnt do well on a test. do the parents say "you did great except on this test. but you can still easily get it back up to a B"? no... they say "YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR THAT CLASS!" even though they see me studying the book every day. they have made it so i have no social life and so i am picked on constantly (mainly in aviation... where im in a class with a bunch of idiots that couldnt tell a plane from a helicopter) but i need the credit in that class to graduate. so i lead a pretty grim life and im always feeling down. I try to hide it but it just never works, people always notice. The only good part to school is that i am doing a dual completer, im involved with FIRST, and im in the academy of tech (or some other national program) and so im in pretty good shape for college. the person that keeps me from being totally sad is the girl that sits next to me in algebra two. she has a heart of gold and is really sweet. we talk alot and shes even trying to get me a nice social life by setting me up with one of her friends but i doubt it will work well because i generally am wierd and freak people out when im nervous and so most people dont like hanging around me but its better to have false hope than no hope at all that i might end up with a girlfriend or a group of really awesome friends.

sorry for writing so much and being so in depth on my life. i just needed to say this so that at least one person knows how i feel just about every day.