Friday, November 5, 2010

RE: Why with all the drama? By Stab Anderson

These past two weeks at school have been very... interesting. There has been a lot of rumors spread and drama that has happened this week and it seems like it is starting to get way out of hand. In Stan's post he says :

 I don't understand why everyone starts all this drama at school... Especially at this school, we came here to learn, we did the application and everything, not once did it say "There will be copious amounts of drama.". Rumors are stupid and are most commonly not true, they are usually made when a boy likes a girl and the friend of that girl likes that boy. I know it may sound a little confusing but from what I've noticed, that is always the main source of drama. ...Someone who starts drama is often outcasted and ignored. After a while no one pays attention to them. So nothing good can become of you if you start rumors.



I completely agree with what Stan says here. I remember when I came on my shadow visit and to the orientation at ASTI and the teachers and students all said that one of the best parts of this school was that everyone was like a family and that there was no drama so everyone could focus in school. Now it seems like this was all a lie. I do enjoy some parts of ASTI. I like all of the friends I've made and enjoy the teachers I have, but it seems like there is a lot of drama at this school because of its size. Since this school is so small, rumors spread around fast and it causes a lot of trouble and many people get their feelings hurt because of it. I'm not going to mention specific names, but I have a friend who was strongly impacted by a rumor that was spread that she was accused of starting, when she didn't. It really hurt her, and a lot of other peoples' feelings.



When I was deciding what schools I wanted to apply to, I was very against just applying to an all girls school. It always seems like girls have a lot more drama with each other than guys do. Boys normally just handle their arguments physically and, event though this isn't really any better, it's kind of not as bad as the way girls handle their arguments. Even though violence is never the answer, at least when guys do this they are confronting each other. Girls normally either talk about each other behind one anothers backs, or gain up on one person which can be very very hurtful. Some people may say that this is better than getting beat up, but having a group of girls talk bad about you and turning against you can be very hard to deal with.



I usually try to be pretty nice to every one in the beginning because I don't like people talking crap about me behind my back. However, if someone upsets me or just really irritates me, I sometimes include myself when other people talk about them. I think the reason I do this is because it feels good to know that I'm not the only one who feels a certain way about the person. I don't start rumors about people, though because I just don't think it's worth it to make up stupid stuff about other people. Also, if you start rumors, people will end up hating you and eventually you will have no friends. It's kind of sad , but at the same time I find it difficult to sympathize with a person that talks about a while bunch of people behind their backs. I hope this drama will eventually stop.

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