I need help deciding witch school to go to?

Question

i live in roswell its a small city but growing bigger.. anyway i go to mesa middle school and every body keeps telling me to go to sierra and ive been thinking to go to sierra because everybody makes fun of me calling me g*y, but i still have some friends... but not like best friends. and my cousin gos to sierra and hes popular so he said if i go to sierra i could make friends easy. i want to go to sierra bu t im afraid il get bullied or not make any friends. which school should i go to?

Answer 1

Dear Isaac, I know what it's like to face  being bullied in school.  I was not in the popular crowd either and I didn't have any really close friends either.  But you have at least one advantage.  You have a cousin at Sierra who says he will help you.  Kids will be far more likely to give you a chance there because your cousin seems to be a leader.  You need to take that opportunity and use it to let kids see you for who you really are.  

A lot of bullying comes from two things. First, people believe they can get away with it.  A big part of it is that the person being bullied doesn't defend himself, usually out of fear. We talk a lot about the teachers allowing bullying to go on, but the victim is allowing it also.  The second major cause of bullying is being different.  If kids see you as being very different, they will latch on to something that sort of defines that difference and tease, degrade, ridicule and punish you for it.  Something you need, Isaac, is to be confident in yourself and know that the person you are right now is just as important as any of the other kids around you.  You have talents and intelligence too, so assert yourself as a person worthy of trust and friendship.  I never thought I was as good or as handsome or as talented or as fun as any of the kids around me, so I never let them know what I was like as a person.  

Isaac, I have never met you but I believe you to be a person who I would like to meet and get to know.  You have a brain and a heart so you are capable of great intelligence and deep love.  You need to be confident in your ability to be a good friend and that if you are g*y, all that defines is your sexuality. You need to develop your personality knowing that you are a good and worthy individual that other people will like if they get to know you.  Make yourself approachable and be friendly. Even if you don't know someone, say hello and ask how they are: "Hey dude, what's up?"  or "My name is Isaac and I'm in your English class, do you like this book we're reading?" Talk to people who have similar experiences to yours and meet them in a way that's familiar to you both, but then you can develop a friendship over time.

The last thing I want to say to you, Isaac, is that this isn't going to be easy. You can, with this new way of approaching people, go to any school and make yourself a lot of friends, maybe a few really close ones.  I wish you the very best.

Answer 2

If your cousin is popular there what makes you think that  they'll bully you. Surely if they know who your cousin is they wouldnt touch you. I would go to the school that has  better academic record, just because everyone is going to Sierra doesnt mean that its a good school. Regardless of what school you end up picking you can still have friends in other schools. Pick the schol your most comfortable with, besides its MIDDLE SCHOOL your not gonna be there much longer