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The Cow

Fatty stands up for herself

Written by: CL P., Reporter – Posted: Fri Jan 12th, 2007
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High school is different for everyone. You have your jocks and your cheerleaders, your preps and your Goths, your couples and singles, and all the people in between. Then there is always that one girl, that one girl that everyone picks on because she's different. She's called names because she's the one thing that you would never want to be. She's fat.

I was that girl. I was the fat girl. I was taunted and teased. People called me names that I dare not repeat. Still I survived, and this is my story:

It was the first day of school my senior year, and I was determined to make this a better year than the one before. I had worked all summer trying to lose weight, but still only lost five pounds. I knew that I would have to face the barrage of names and taunts as usual, but I had decided that I wouldn't let them hurt me this year. I knew what was coming, I was prepared, and I was ready to make people think of me as something other than the fat geek.
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great story! i am a COW! and i am proud! so get over it! kind of
story awsome!
i love this story i used to have a problem with people teasing me
about the way i dressed but as long as you're confident in your
own skin the problem will eventually go away
well, that was a great story that will have inspired alot of
people and just because she didnt live this story out herself i
asure you that alot of people acctually have so you cant say that
this is not true...
impressed and inspired!!!
very original and down to earth.
your story is grounded in daily life. love it!
thanks for sharing
wow that was an inspiring story.i really liked it and there are
probably a thousand girls that can relate 2 it.
nice story i can relate my freshmen year ii was really over weight
and people made fun of me for that but i didnt let them get me
down i stuck up for myself now i am thin and beautiful i have the
man of my dreams as a bestfriend and i think soon he will ask ro
prom like he did last year i love my new life and i think i showed
people yo ucant mess with me because you wont win you wont destroy
my life

Because she posted saying it wasn't true. No where in the story
did she say one way or another.

hey x
By: petrowsky Make a Friend Date: 1/31/2007
I'd just like to note that this is fiction. I never lived through
this, but I would like to think that i could've!
why do i think that this isn't true? geez..
I see your point, iMac. I prefer to see a little more creativity,
though. I was expecting a totally different story.
Very inspiring story... could have had some more details and more
events... overall pretty good
DogBait... big difference in how the two handled it... Carrie came
back to haunt everyone... the protagonist of this story though,
learns how to cope with it all. MAJOR difference.
I too am a bigger girl. No one really ever said anything mean to
me. The only comments that hurt me were the ones from my friends
that werent meant to be offensive. I had a friend tell me that a
store didnt carry my size when they did. I have a friend who is a
lot larger than me thinking we are the same size and she's always
trying to get me to borrow her clothes. Thats the sort of stuff
that gets to me. Oh... there was this one guy who messaged me
after seeing my pictures on myspace and he was saying a lot of
mean stuff to me telling me to go on a diet and go to the gym. I'm
happy I dont have to see him in my life. I'm sorry that people
were so cruel to you. There are a lot of mean jerks out there. I
just hope they matured. I'm proud of you for having to courage to
continue with that play.
Is this supposed to be a rip-off of Stephen King's "Carrie"? I
agree that it's a good story and I enjoyed it, but that was
basically "Carrie" in a nutshell. Maybe a little more creativity
next time?
Awesome story. I was that "different" girl in high school. I was
picked on for my lack of social skills from AS, then went to
further being picked on through my experience of anorexia. People
aren't kind to people who are underweight either. I can tell you
that right now.

But, whatever happens, keep standing up for yourself, and it will
bring you far. God Bless.

-Anna
A very inspiring story.
Such a beautiful story.
People can be so mean. But it's so great that you fought to
overcome what you've been through, & show people you are strong.
This was an amazng and beautiful story...I am totally shocked that
people can be so mean lke that. But you have honestly inspred me
to be more confident in myself and I am so glad that you have
grown so much through that experience.
I'd just like to note that this is fiction. I never lived through
this, but I would like to think that i could've!
I'm a happy cow
this was a reallyyyy good story and you should be extremely proud
of yourself for living it
that's exactly my story! i was an idiot and worried about what
people thought of me for the first three years of high
school...then my senior year i cut my hair short and dyed it black
and started talking to more people. being on the other side can
have its downsides too...but ohhh it was so much more fun than
being the fat quiet nerd ahahahah!
:)
I really enjoyed this.
blonde chucky color.




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awesome story....! I kinda know what it was like, but I did the
same thing, i let my attitude run wild! I earned some respect!
that was so sweet i love that story
i am sorry that you were fat. but i can't help it... it was a good
story though!!!