How can I get my classmates to stop treating me like a geek (and stop being so disrespectful to me)?

I'm sick of the way they treat me. They trip and kick me while I'm walking in the halls. They joke about me. They make fun of me, just because of the fact I work hard to get good grades.





I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I have eight friends. I socialize. I don't keep my head in the books 24/7 (I still keep my eyes on my goal, though). I study. I answer questions in class. I've never talked trash about anyone. I dress in Baby Phat and South Pole. I try and say something back but they reverse it and make me look like a loser or a fool. I'm not good friends with the popular people because I don't like the way they treat others sometimes and when talking to them they fail to acknowledge me and/or see me as boring (I try to talk with them on TV shows, fashion, and hip hop.)





I don't understand why they're doing this to me and not doing this to the "normal people". Why is being smart and being nice so wrong?





I'm sick of it and I want to do something about it. Stand up to them

How can I get my classmates to stop treating me like a geek (and stop being so disrespectful to me)?
I used to be in a school just like that before, thank god, I moved. The only thing I did was exactly what most people say ignore them. Stick close to your friends and try to make new ones. As others have stated there jelous of the brains you have and that you never made the mistakes that they made and usually can't fix. Name calling I would once again just ignore, but when they start physically hurting you it should be reported. If its also in the class room see if you can get put in more advanced classes and it might help being with people of your intellectual level I wish I could do that, but its to late for me good luck and dont let those immature posers get you down and keep it up.
Reply:Sometimes, they are threatened by your intelligence and it is a "get you before they get them mentality" plus, by trying to humiliate you, they believe they pull any positive attention away from you.





Avoid them whenever you can. If you see them down the halls while chatting with your friends, blatantly make eye contact and laugh and smile as if nothing they do really affects you. Unfortunately, this whole culture in school has been going on since the beginning of time.





And never stop standing up for yourself. The more you act like you don't care, the less rewarding for them. I know you can't see what life is going to be like after high school--but trust me, you will be so far ahead of them all, it's going to be crazy. It's really fun to meet up with these people ten years later, they become really humble and pathetic.
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