School Survival Guide 3: Dealing with Humiliation!

[Min la Reine]

DymondPryncess

oh gosh i remember once i fell off the bus in front of my school. and EVERYONE turned around at that EXACT moment..oh the humiliation!! gonk .....it was horrible they didnt even laugh right away everyone just stared eek and then all i heard was OOOOOOHHHHHHH......those bastards.....but i just larned to laugh at it...een though im dying on the inside

lol yeah. That happens to me on a weekly basis. The distance from the bottom bus step to the ground is way to far for people of short stature. I don't know how the elementary kids do it. eek

At least I don't have to climb in.... anymore.

[XxElizabeth MiddlefordxX]

lol i do not have to deal with it im in home school lol sucks fore you all i get pizza in the middle of my home school oh and soda and icecream sucks fore you all lol

[Emodemonicvampire]

Cashmere Cactus

High school is many things to many people, but I think we can all agree on one basic fact: beneath the thin façade of "education" and "socialization," it's mainly just a treacherous gauntlet of humiliation and indignity. Luckily, a little know-how will let you navigate the perils of teenage embarrassment with your soul mostly intact!

I've asked some of Gaia's most familiar faces about their most embarrassing moments and how they coped with the humiliation. As usual, we've been rewarded with some truly terrible advice...

Sasha: I got stood up on prom night and it was totally the most embarrassing thing ever, but I'm totally over it now. Now I just, like, think back on it and laugh. Hahaha... heh... *sob*.... BAAAWWWWWW!




Ian: I guess the most embarrassing thing was when I tripped over my shoelaces and fell down two flights of stairs on the first day of school. Everyone was laughing at me, but I just told myself, "hey, nobody knows me, nobody will remember this in a week." But they did, of course, and every time I walked down the hall, people would do impressions of my girlish screaming and flailing.




Moira: For some reason I decided to try out pole vaulting in gym class, and there was kind of an incident. I'm not gonna get into the whole story, but let's just say I spent the next two years walking sideways, like a crab. But if anyone looked at me funny, I'd just slap the taste out of their mouth.




Edmund: Ah, yes, I remember it well: in my biology class, I accidentally called my teacher "mom." If it happens to you, it's best to just cut your losses and move on. I transferred to another school and never looked back.




Sam: I was kinda absent-minded, and I was always going to school with mismatched socks and backwards shirts and both feet through the same pant-leg. I mean, not all three at once, but... well, yeah, one time it was all at once. I just played it off by pretending to be crazy, and people mostly left me alone.




Liam: What? Nah, I've never been embarrassed, dude. Not once. Y'see, the trick to never being embarrassed is having no conscience, dignity or sense of shame. No shame, no pain, bro!




Natasha: One time I dropped a beaker full of hydrochloric acid on a kid's foot in chemistry class and it pretty much ate right through it. That was pretty embarrassing. I guess it ruined his basketball scholarship, too, but on the plus side it started my lifelong fascination with body modification, so it all worked out. I still see that guy sometimes, driving a hearse.




Gino Gambino: I went to a private boarding school, so we all had to change into our pajamas in the dormitories. All the other boys used to make fun of my sunken chest. One time they held me down and took turns eating soup out of it. How did I deal with it? Oh, mostly by crying, I guess.




Agatha: I mispronounced the word "gabardine" while I was reading a poem in literature class. Everyone chuckled at me, and I just wanted to hide forever. I got my revenge, though... I got my revenge on all of them.

So, yeah... let's just pretend we never read that, shall we? Anyway, if you'd like to dish out some advice of your own on coping with embarrassing situations, please do!

Ive been dumped infront of the whole school when me and my ex were voted homecoming prince and princess...

[DiaNoir]

alana aie

Most embarrassing thing in my life? I feel asleep in class in high school (i had sleep apnea so i didnt get much REM sleep at home) and one time while i was sleeping in english class i farted loud and then i said in a very happy voice, "Mmm that was so warm." now the worst part about this was that there was this student who had bad memory and so she was recording the teachers lesson and she sat right infront of me. >.<

People started farting at me while walking through the halls for a few months asking me if it was warm enough... i didnt get over it untill after it stopped.

omg... sweatdrop

[Killer Kiwi Fruit]

I called a teacher mom before...

[XxAnimieLoverxX]

7-upperz

lol i do not have to deal with it im in home school lol sucks fore you all i get pizza in the middle of my home school oh and soda and icecream sucks fore you all lol

ikr i am home schooled to xD

[Doodle_Neko]

Well, there was one time I was leaving class, but instead of walking to the door, I was hopping over desks. I happened to hop over the only desk for left handed people in the classroom when I fell, taking the desk down with me. I jumped back up, righted the desk, and walked the rest of the way out of the classroom with the teacher laughing. The students waiting around the door kept giving me funny looks.

[CX Sunny]

,.-~*"*~-.,.-~*"Lemon, Lime, blackcurrant"*~-.,.-~*"*~-.,
~♥♥♥~

The most embarrasing thing was falling from a flight of stairs onto a 6th former - though she diverted attention from me by swearing loudly and continuously whee

[7raindrops]

My professor was handing back papers. We thought he said Noah, who had gone to the bathroom my friend Eric tells the professor Noah is in the bathroom. Then I loudly annouce to the suddenly quiet classroom that "NOAH IS MAKING POTTY WATER" I blushed so hard I started to sweat.

[DiaNoir]

Harllie Quin

DymondPryncess

oh gosh i remember once i fell off the bus in front of my school. and EVERYONE turned around at that EXACT moment..oh the humiliation!! gonk .....it was horrible they didnt even laugh right away everyone just stared eek and then all i heard was OOOOOOHHHHHHH......those bastards.....but i just larned to laugh at it...een though im dying on the inside

lol yeah. That happens to me on a weekly basis. The distance from the bottom bus step to the ground is way to far for people of short stature. I don't know how the elementary kids do it. eek

At least I don't have to climb in.... anymore.

I AGREE!!! and it didnt help that it was the dead of winter and there was slush and gross-ness on the ground. life is so unfair! lmao

[eimigolfer]

yeah at least i'm in the page before 10! yesss 4laugh
actually i don't think i did any BIG embarassments cause
i don't remember any lol
thats goo right? 3nodding

[alana aie]

DymondPryncess

alana aie

Most embarrassing thing in my life? I feel asleep in class in high school (i had sleep apnea so i didnt get much REM sleep at home) and one time while i was sleeping in english class i farted loud and then i said in a very happy voice, "Mmm that was so warm." now the worst part about this was that there was this student who had bad memory and so she was recording the teachers lesson and she sat right infront of me. >.<

People started farting at me while walking through the halls for a few months asking me if it was warm enough... i didnt get over it untill after it stopped.

omg... sweatdrop

yeah that was horrible. crying

[Earyn]

No one really embarassed me because most of the stuff they tried didn't work wink and since I never cared when they tried to call me names, they just gave it up xp

[Although]

wow lol these are cool

[Lord Makaze]

Cashmere Cactus

Liam: What? Nah, I've never been embarrassed, dude. Not once. Y'see, the trick to never being embarrassed is having no conscience, dignity or sense of shame. No shame, no pain, bro!

Yep, I sometimes even stroll around naked because I just "Didn't want to get dressed" : I've got no shame. Lol.