Elanivalae wrote:
I was always picked last. I remember being picked after all the Down Syndrome kids for kickball in gym class, despite the fact that most of them couldn't really play. :/ Once the kids actually got into a yelling argument about who had to have me on their team, and the teacher thought this was hilarious.
I was in dance at that point, so I was in pretty good shape, and I liked games...I wasn't even particularly bad at most of them, so I'm not sure what the problem was. I assume it was a popularity thing, and since I take to popularity contests like a fish to asphalt, that wasn't going to help me any. I prefer solo athletic pursuits, at any rate. *shrug*
I know the feeling. Always picked last for team sports. I have also witnessed team captains argue over which team had to take me. They would say "You take her" and "We don't want her".
I also hated group projects because I was always the last person left over without a group and the teacher would always have to ask the other groups to take an extra person to which they reluctantly did so.
I remembered one class project which we all had to work in groups of two people. As usual, I was the one with out a partner. The teacher made me pair up with this other girl. This girl grumbled and griped about it. This girl said, "Let's hurry up and get this assignment over with because the sooner we get done, then the sooner I don't have to deal with you anymore." I said "Whatever _itch! I don't want to deal with your snotty @$$ either." We ended up getting into a fight and getting sent to the principals office. I didn't get suspended or anything but we got off with a stern warning. But that girl didn't mess with me anymore.