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Thank you King of the South for your advice. I already informed my school counselor about my Biology's teacher's behavior, nothing was done. I suspect because my school counselor is friends with my Biology teacher( I have seen them eat lunch together often) which is why nothing was done about it. I will try again though.
I have to ask what happen to honoring and respecting those who choose to serve God? I fear for future children who wish to serve God but are discouraged by bullies. What a sad world we live in today.
yes I know it is sad when security guards also take their loaded guns home and cuddle the new baby.. its so sad...........isnt it..
People honestly seem to hate me because of my devotion to my religion.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."
John 15:18-19
THAT'S why the world hates you.
(On the bright side, though, things do get better after high school.)
My classmate know about my religion because I am active in my Church which does a lot of projects for my school. I also mentioned that I wanted to be a nun to close "friends" who I guess spread the word. I am not one to rub my religion in other people's faces, I find that distasteful and rude.
Sorry, honey, but either this is a troll post as somebody upthread said or you have some serious psychological issues that are coming out as religious obsession.
Why does a teenage girl who wants to become a nun go to Sunday school and not go to Mass? Claiming that "I'm active in my Church" is what some Protestant kid would say, not a Catholic kid. I was raised Catholic, taught in Catholic schools for several years, and have several friends were are/were nuns. Your posts just do not ring true. If one of your teachers sent you for counseling because he/she thought you were obsessed with religion, my guess is that you are obsessed to the point that everybody notices it even if you deny it.
Everyone who went to HS knows that life gets so much better after graduating in terms of people bullying or shunning or making fun of kids who are even a little bit different. With age comes maturity.
After HS people won't know everything about you including religion or politics or anything unless you tell them.
After HS people will not mock you to your face if they know. Online? that's where the immature people hang out (sometimes in City-Data but not in this thread--so far).
If you believe in something strongly you'll need to learn to not be hurt by what non-believers say or do. Quiet people watch you and take strength from your strength.
Find a group of people who share your beliefs and enjoy that feeling of belonging.
When I was in grade school (Catholic) I and one other girl wanted to be nuns because we loved our teachers and wanted to be like them. Neither of us became a nun and I am an atheist and she got married had 2 kids and divorced, still a strong Catholic. No lesson from that except be who you are meant to be.
I think the problem is that everyone knows about all your devotion. Stop talking about. That's weird. It's not normal to walk around all day telling everyone how much you love Mary and how devoted you are to religion. It's not normal not to be able to write about anything else. It does sound obsessive.
I'm not saying bullying is OK - if you are being bullied, then you need to speak to the administrators of your school about that. That is wrong and you should definitely report it, and it does sound like that is the case. Definitely the picture thing and the comment from the teacher should be reported immediately. (although I don't believe any of this is real)
But as far as people thinking you are weird because of your religion- no one likes it when people talk about their religion unless they share that religion. So don't talk about it. No one wants to hear it. Join a bible study group or talk about it with the priest or other church members, but leave your classmates alone.
Best response in this thread. The OP does sound like she is obsessed with her religion, and someone who has that kind of mindset is absolutely talking about it a lot or there is no way all these kids would even know. And when she's not talking about it, she is walking around with a sanctimonious, holier than thou air of being better than the rest of them because she is so devoted. And the way we know that is because that's exactly how her OP comes off. I was raised Catholic, too, but I've never known anyone who professed a profound devotion to Mary, except maybe my grandmother who had a second grade education.
I had a friend who, in our final year of high school, became a born again Christian, and she became insufferable. I eventually just avoided her because spending time with her was spending time being proselytized at. Note, I said at, not to.
OP, your religion should be a private, personal thing. Had you kept it that way no one would be hassling you now. People don't like to be made to feel that someone feels superior because of their beliefs. As the poster I quoted advised, go find a Bible study group of like minded people and keep your religion to yourself at school. Admittedly, it sounds like that horse has already left the barn, so you will have to ride it out for the remainder of your high school years. But it will be a good life lesson for you after high school, as the real world will not treat you any more kindly for such behavior.
Ever since I was young I have dreamed of being nun or serving the lord in a positive way. I work hard in school( I am currently a senior in high school) and attend sunday school/dutifully every week. I also volunteer for my church to help with various of volunteer projects often. Anyways I wanted to mention all above so you can get the sense of how devoted I am to my faith.
However I guess the problem is that everyone seems to look down upon me because of faith. Now before you think I am being a drama queen let me recount some incidents that have happened to me a lot every time I am asked about my faith:
1. My biology teacher asked my classmates and I what we wanted to do when we get older, I mentioned the possibility of being a nun. My biology teacher gave me a weird look and then snickered. He then preceded to say," Well you always did strike me as being a bit of a prude Nancy," which of course caused the whole class in burst into laughter.
2. This one girl in my English class has this annoying habit of referring to me as "Sister Nancy," I have repeatedly told her to stop do that but she ignored me. She does it on purpose and in a very condescending way.
3. One boy, who knew how I much I love The Virgin Mary, thought it would funny to photoshop the The Virgin Mary's head onto the body of Nicki Manaji in a provocative pose and post it on my locker. I wasn't amuse but apparently every other person in my grade thought it was funny. This boy also wrote Mary is a wh*re on the paper, which I guess was in an attempt to anger me.
4. My English teacher forced me to attend a counseling session at school because she worried about how "obsessive" I was about religion since most of papers I tried to relate to religion. I tried telling her I was not obsessed but religion is the thing I know best compared to other subjects which is why I naturally try to relate it to my papers. She still thinks I am crazy .
5. Another guy who is an atheist(I have nothing against them) straight up told me I was delusional nut because I still believed in God. He also went on say that deep down I was probably a sl*t of will become one in the future(for some reason he doesn't believe that I am a virgin?!). I was honestly so shocked by how nasty he was to me I didn't know how to respond. This another classmate of mine.
I have tons of stories similar to these. People honestly seem to hate me because of my devotion to my religion. I have been picked on since the ninth grade and I am getting tired of it. When did people start to openly hate those who chose to devote their lives to God? Wasn't that once an honorable position? Please help me, I don't think I can take this anymore.
I have a lot of doubts about this thread. I have a child in high school and neither the remarks attributed to the biology teacher or the students sound real to me. Nor does the writing sound like that of a high school student. Sometimes I think people come on here to trot out ideas they have for novels to see what works and what doesn't.
OP, sorry if I'm wrong. You'll graduate soon and can be whatever you want.
I have a lot of doubts about this thread. I have a child in high school and neither the remarks attributed to the biology teacher or the students sound real to me. Nor does the writing sound like that of a high school student. Sometimes I think people come on here to trot out ideas they have for novels to see what works and what doesn't.
OP, sorry if I'm wrong. You'll graduate soon and can be whatever you want.
oh god..... whatever will this poster come up with next havent you read his other thread on carrying a gun and his new baby..... relenteless..
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