So now I'm here to tell you I survived. And although it may have taken me a while I did, indeed, find a place in the world where I am welcome, acknowledged and valued. I saw Phantom Menace on opening day even though I knew it might suck. The Matrix is one of my favorite sci-fi flicks, and South Park makes me laugh til I'm sick. I read voraciously, love the Net, socialize occasionally, and even found a soulmate with whom to share my life.
High school is but one, small part of a long life of possibilities.
In a perfect world schools would support the intense, passionate, odd, creative, bright kids that are shunned by their peers. They would discourage the bullies, the intolerance, the cruelty rather than looking the other way. Kids like I was wouldn't get pushed, have their hair-pulled, or generally feel outcast. But we don't live in a perfect world. However, we can try to change it.