hey! im doing a project for school and i need to collect some data about things some teens do that they realy dont want to just to fit in. if u could tell me all the things that u did just to fit in, it would help. thanx
ps: annyone who ansers will get a 5 rateing unless they r joking or being rood or whatever
x3bEstOfmEx answered Monday April 18 2005, 8:17 pm: some people change their whole personalitly and their clothes style how they wear their hair normally and their interests in after school things [ x3bEstOfmEx's advice column | Ask x3bEstOfmEx A Question ]
oneandonly345 answered Saturday April 16 2005, 6:37 pm: okay.. i have done a lot. i have changed the things i do.. the things i say, the stuff i wear, the people i talk to .. everything. but im happy with all the changes i did make. and so i donno if that counts? [ oneandonly345's advice column | Ask oneandonly345 A Question ]
mitsugi answered Saturday April 9 2005, 12:23 pm: -Well, I didn't do this, but a close friend of mine took *and still takes* brain pills and overdoses himself on purpose because in our school, it's kinda cool to be smart.. *which, i know is weird*
-change attitude
-change looks
-go on crash diets
-diss other people to be in the "in crowd"
-ignore old "uncool" friends
-smoke
-sex
-cheat
-have gfs/bfs to be cool
HereWithOpenEars answered Wednesday April 6 2005, 6:21 pm: ~Made fun of ppl to seem cool
~Acted like someone I wasnt
~Done activities(nothing dangerous or sexual) that I HATED
~Gone out w/ a person so I would be seen as a boyfriend
redxroses answered Sunday April 3 2005, 8:08 pm: -wear makeup
-wear certain clothes
-ignore certain people
-get certain hair styles
-have sex
-take drugs
-drink alcohol
-take up hobbies (like skateboarding or basketball)
-date certain people [ redxroses's advice column | Ask redxroses A Question ]
askmeanytime answered Sunday April 3 2005, 4:36 pm: ok. so many teens wear what the exact same clothes to fit in. they do their hair, makeup the same.. sometimes even go to buy the same shoes. also, some guys make fun of their best friends to fit in... same with girls.
Peachgirly answered Sunday April 3 2005, 4:01 pm: ~gossiping and talking about people behind their back
~dissing and ignoring my friends
~wearing clothes and shoes that were in style but i hated it
~letting them copy my homework
~giving the answers to a test(like cheating)
~listening to the music they liked even though i hated it
~drinking and smoking
the thing is i learned from my mistakes. you shouldn't try to act kool or try to fit in by doing things that you don't want to do. if the group of people don't like you for the way you are then you shouldn't be friends with them.
xoxo peachgirly [ Peachgirly's advice column | Ask Peachgirly A Question ]
Lovely2 answered Sunday April 3 2005, 3:59 pm: well i know now to be my own person but when i did try to fit in i...
1. color my hair blonde ( like models )
2. where name brand clothes
3. only talk to the " cool " people
4 once i got transferd out of on of my classes because there where only nerds and no " cool" people. because i dident want to talk to a nerd
they all sound so dumb. lol! good luck on your project. hope i helped
rememberxforever answered Sunday April 3 2005, 3:49 pm: Well i stopped doing most of these but i used to:
-buy clothes and sneakers i didnt like but everyone else did
-cut my hair the way my friends did
-listened to rap/hip hop (which i now hate)
-talked about someone just because everyone else did (jeez i was mean in elementary school...)
-bought cool glittery pencils and/or gel pens.
- got a screen name
- almost dyed my hair
SouthernGirl323 answered Sunday April 3 2005, 3:25 pm: one thing ive done is been pretty loud in class. like to stand out and be noticed. it drove me crazy, but i still did it anyways.
another thing that others might do is ditch old friends thinking that they could get "better" or "more popular" friends. nuhuh bad bad idea.
xcuriousx0 answered Sunday April 3 2005, 2:52 pm: umm...
*most teens smoke so they seem tougher and so they will fit in with the people who seem to rule the school
*dress to impress...they feel like they always have to look good or people will make fun of them.
*do sexual activity...to impress a date...
i dont know thats all i could think of. [ xcuriousx0's advice column | Ask xcuriousx0 A Question ]
PT answered Sunday April 3 2005, 2:33 pm: - Buying clothes they don't like
xXxpinky615xXx answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:44 pm: I'm not saying anything that I did to fit in but it's just teen statistics that I've known about for a while.
kayjayhcheer answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:37 pm: Ok, yeah yeah i know it sounds stupid but if someone is mean to me i'm always all tough about it and i say that they need to watch their backs...see the bad thing is im NOTHING like that...i just do that to make people laugh or something stupid like that! i dont do a lot but here are some thing people DO do!:
*bother the teacher
*don't do their homework
*make fun of the teacher as well
*and make fun of all these nerdy kids
:-D i hope i helped
**XOXOmArIsSaXOXO** [ kayjayhcheer's advice column | Ask kayjayhcheer A Question ]
FunkyHoMoSapien answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:25 pm: my personaliy and athletic abilities really helped me fit in. being funny yet serious on a level. i almost had to show off on a level to get attention. its really hard to explain casue everybody different and everybody has a certain group they would naturally fit into. hope i helped [ FunkyHoMoSapien's advice column | Ask FunkyHoMoSapien A Question ]
BeautifulMadness answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:22 pm: I personally don't THINK I do anything to fit in, but here are some suggestions of what people might do -
*Change their opinions on something to something that the popular kids think (i.e. if all the popular kids support George Bush, someone trying to fit in would do too)
*Spend all their money on fashionable and designer clothes
*Try and date a 'hot' and popular guy
*Ditch their old 'unpopular' friends and try and make friends with the popular people
*Suck up to the popular people - compliment their hair and stuff
*Listen to the same music and watch the same TV programmes as popular people do
*Slag off their old friends behind their backs
*Tell the popular people the unpopular people's secrets
*Pretend they are straight when they're gay
*Hide the fact that they are of a minority religion or whatever
*Dye their hair blonde (if they're a girl) or get highlights and use lots of gel (if they're a guy)
*Smoke, drink, or do drugs.
lostinside answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:19 pm: A lot of teens will do drugs to try to fit in, or smoke. They also change their looks, as well as their personality.
feverdancer03 answered Sunday April 3 2005, 1:18 pm: ok will this is dumb..but sometimes i swear....like lots of people at my school swear like al the time..but im like a good girl lol, so sometimes i swear i guess......or i talk a lot...then people notice me and all start talkig with me. Now i dont do this, but girls always where all the skimpy clothes. Also people wear like all abercrombie &Fitch and Holister and stuff to fit in, because thats the "in" clothing, welli kinda wear it too..but hats cuz its cute....so u do get attention from it.i also where lots of varitety of colors to get noticed like pinks, yellows, greens, blues, reds, n e colors! Hope i helped! [ feverdancer03's advice column | Ask feverdancer03 A Question ]
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