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15/f sophmore.

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so i'm at school and my vie principle wanted me any my 3 other friends to do this relay thing. And each person had to spin around on a bat 10 times around...so after i spun around the bat 10 times..i was REALLY dizzy. and i fell...but i got up and ran across the gym.

so my question is i know on monday people are going to make fun of me..or make jokes about this situation. So how do i act like i don't care ?!!!..what would you do in my situation?!!

please give me all of the advice you can think of.

You want people to be laughing WITH you, not AT you, right? And they can't laugh with you if you aren't laughing too. So go ahead and laugh it off! Just say, "Omg that was so embarrassing!" or "Yeah, I felt so stupid!"... and laugh about it and then move on to another subject. That will let people know that you're a good sport and that it doesn't bother you.

And trust me... even though people might tease you and joke about it with you, I can promise you that no one will be talking about it behind your back or thinking that you were clumsy or dorky for falling. The whole point of the spinning thing was to get you all dizzy so you'd do something funny. So you were a good sport to go through with it and provide everyone with some entertainment. People will respect you for that, not look down on you for it. So don't worry!!

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