Hello everyone!
If you've been observing my forum posts, you'll see that I often post things that really make you think. Things that make you want to comment your feelings, and get your opinion out there.
So I decided to make a segment for myself! Introducing the new "show": EunTalk!
These posts will be on thoughtful topics, and I'd like the community to respond to them! Let's begin!
Today's topic is "High School Upperclassmen". Or more specifically, upperclassmen vs. underclassmen.
A couple days ago, I was on my way to a track meet. We were taking the school bus as usual, and our bus was all girls as usual. However, something that was NOT usual was the behavior of the upperclassmen.
If you are unclear of what an upperclassman is, it's basically 11th and 12th graders in high school. Underclassmen are considered the 9th and 10th graders. For reference in this story, I'm a 9th grader.
Usually, I notice that the senior and juniors on our bus are relatively quiet, and like to talk with themselves. And I don't mean they're quiet and antisocial, they're the opposite of that. I would say they're the "popular" high school group, and I mean 90% of them. Each of them is snappy, rude, and they disrespect the underclassmen like in the movies.
My friend Hannah and I are sitting right behind the group of 7-8 upperclassmen, which we originally don't think is a problem. We begin the ride by slouching down to get comfortable. Immediately a senior turns around and snappily asks me to "stop kicking her". So I'm like ok, I wasn't even kicking you but ok?
A couple minutes in, I start telling Hannah how I'm going to get so little sleep that night, since I have a boatload of homework to do. From the corner of my eye, I can see two upperclassmen putting on this ignorant face and rolling their eyes at each other. I honestly want to go up to them at snap at them in their faces, but I'm too respectful to do that. But seriously, how ignorant are they? They don't understand that I have Chinese School, or play piano, or have any extracurriculars. They think that since I'm a freshman, I have no work and all I do is complain about high school. Gross.
A while into the ride, the upperclassmen start talking about prom, and how you shouldn't bring another boy to prom if you already have a boyfriend. In my opinion, this topic is very clear. Why would you bring another boy to prom if you have your own date? That's nothing to fight over...? But no. These upperclassmen started screaming, and by screaming I don't mean yelling. They started SCREAMING at each other, and a few started standing up and asking the entire bus what they thought of the topic. One girl ran to the back of the bus and sat in the aisle in a rampage. If they were trying to look mature as upperclassmen, they were definitely failing now.
It got to the point where the two coaches had to stand and shut them up, and eventually the rumble boiled down. But oh no, this was not the start of it.
The meet went pretty well, I hit a personal record on the 100m, and we were there until 9 at night. Nobody had expected the meet to go so late, and we ended up riding home at 9:30 at night. Everyone was silent. It was dark and silent and one of the upperclassmen was complaining about how her family didn't save her potatoes for dinner. But freshmen, being the peppy kids we are, decided that sleep is for the weak. My friend Yaman and I started making creepy faces at each other in the dark, which honestly gave me nightmares that night, mind you. But eventually it got to the point where Yaman, Hannah and I were all making creepy faces and laughing. Keep in mind that we are only laughing a little, not even close to yelling.
Immediately the upperclassmen start complaining, yelling at us to be quiet.
"Oh my god, it's 9 at night, shut up already!"
"Freshman, be quiet, God!"
Ok, first of all, hypocritical much? Immediately I snap at them;
"We weren't the ones screaming on the ride there...!"
Every single one of them is quiet. They didn't expect a freshman to yell at them, because they thought they had power over us. And before you say anything, yes, this is the kind of person I am. I love to stand up for my beliefs. I never take ANYTHING from anyone, regardless of how much higher they are than me. If I believe someone is morally wrong, I WILL call them out.
Second of all, don't they have so much more homework than us, as stated in the start of my talk? They should be used to staying up at this time, am I right or wrong?
Anyways, what are your thoughts on this? Have you ever experienced anything like this? Isn't it disgusting how they treated me?
Thanks for joining me in the first episode of EunTalk! Cya later! <3
If you've been observing my forum posts, you'll see that I often post things that really make you think. Things that make you want to comment your feelings, and get your opinion out there.
So I decided to make a segment for myself! Introducing the new "show": EunTalk!
These posts will be on thoughtful topics, and I'd like the community to respond to them! Let's begin!
Today's topic is "High School Upperclassmen". Or more specifically, upperclassmen vs. underclassmen.
A couple days ago, I was on my way to a track meet. We were taking the school bus as usual, and our bus was all girls as usual. However, something that was NOT usual was the behavior of the upperclassmen.
If you are unclear of what an upperclassman is, it's basically 11th and 12th graders in high school. Underclassmen are considered the 9th and 10th graders. For reference in this story, I'm a 9th grader.
Usually, I notice that the senior and juniors on our bus are relatively quiet, and like to talk with themselves. And I don't mean they're quiet and antisocial, they're the opposite of that. I would say they're the "popular" high school group, and I mean 90% of them. Each of them is snappy, rude, and they disrespect the underclassmen like in the movies.
My friend Hannah and I are sitting right behind the group of 7-8 upperclassmen, which we originally don't think is a problem. We begin the ride by slouching down to get comfortable. Immediately a senior turns around and snappily asks me to "stop kicking her". So I'm like ok, I wasn't even kicking you but ok?
A couple minutes in, I start telling Hannah how I'm going to get so little sleep that night, since I have a boatload of homework to do. From the corner of my eye, I can see two upperclassmen putting on this ignorant face and rolling their eyes at each other. I honestly want to go up to them at snap at them in their faces, but I'm too respectful to do that. But seriously, how ignorant are they? They don't understand that I have Chinese School, or play piano, or have any extracurriculars. They think that since I'm a freshman, I have no work and all I do is complain about high school. Gross.
A while into the ride, the upperclassmen start talking about prom, and how you shouldn't bring another boy to prom if you already have a boyfriend. In my opinion, this topic is very clear. Why would you bring another boy to prom if you have your own date? That's nothing to fight over...? But no. These upperclassmen started screaming, and by screaming I don't mean yelling. They started SCREAMING at each other, and a few started standing up and asking the entire bus what they thought of the topic. One girl ran to the back of the bus and sat in the aisle in a rampage. If they were trying to look mature as upperclassmen, they were definitely failing now.
It got to the point where the two coaches had to stand and shut them up, and eventually the rumble boiled down. But oh no, this was not the start of it.
The meet went pretty well, I hit a personal record on the 100m, and we were there until 9 at night. Nobody had expected the meet to go so late, and we ended up riding home at 9:30 at night. Everyone was silent. It was dark and silent and one of the upperclassmen was complaining about how her family didn't save her potatoes for dinner. But freshmen, being the peppy kids we are, decided that sleep is for the weak. My friend Yaman and I started making creepy faces at each other in the dark, which honestly gave me nightmares that night, mind you. But eventually it got to the point where Yaman, Hannah and I were all making creepy faces and laughing. Keep in mind that we are only laughing a little, not even close to yelling.
Immediately the upperclassmen start complaining, yelling at us to be quiet.
"Oh my god, it's 9 at night, shut up already!"
"Freshman, be quiet, God!"
Ok, first of all, hypocritical much? Immediately I snap at them;
"We weren't the ones screaming on the ride there...!"
Every single one of them is quiet. They didn't expect a freshman to yell at them, because they thought they had power over us. And before you say anything, yes, this is the kind of person I am. I love to stand up for my beliefs. I never take ANYTHING from anyone, regardless of how much higher they are than me. If I believe someone is morally wrong, I WILL call them out.
Second of all, don't they have so much more homework than us, as stated in the start of my talk? They should be used to staying up at this time, am I right or wrong?
Anyways, what are your thoughts on this? Have you ever experienced anything like this? Isn't it disgusting how they treated me?
Thanks for joining me in the first episode of EunTalk! Cya later! <3
