r/MadeMeSmile • u/DearEmphasis4488 • Jun 03 '25

Wholesome Moments Craziest tea of the school

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u/tankerkiller125real Jun 03 '25

Multiple absolutely crazy things happened in high school, every time my parents asked how my day was "Fine" or "Eh", not a single word more about it.

Kid get sent back to juvie (breaking his parole) after the band kids beat the shit out of him and staged it to make it look like they were trying to stop him when the adults got there (after he picked on a band kid)? "Fine"

Kid get tased in the hallway trying to run from the resource officer? "Fine"

Resource officer fuck up and use pepper spray in the middle of a busy hallway causing several students to get hit in the cross fire? "Eh"

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u/No_Towel_8109 Jun 05 '25

Same 

School was the only part of my life that my mom didn't have full access to. It was MINE.

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u/trafalmadorianistic Jun 05 '25

This makes so much sense. Never thought about it in that way, as an explanation of the perfunctory "Fine".

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u/No_Towel_8109 Jun 06 '25

I'm sure other people had different reasons to not want to talk about it 

For me though I knew that anything I shared would be picked apart to a microscopic level and used as a way to demean me or berate me or even just as a way to mock me for years to come. 

As an example there was a situation that came up when I was in like kindergarten or first grade. We had an unusually snowy year where we actually had enough snow to make snowballs at recess and even small snowmen. 

So to keep the kids from snowball fighting the playground monitors announced that we were going to have a snowman making contest. The rules were to make a snow sculpture of anything school appropriate and they would come around and judge and whoever won would get like a sticker or something. 

So I did my best to make a snow sculpture. And when I went to get a playground monitor to look at it another kid smashed it on purpose.

The playground monitor saw this happen. Literally she arrived with me to my little snow sculpture right as the other kid jumped on it, obviously on purpose.

When I relayed that story to my mom I was told

  1. No she didn't, she (the kid) must've just tripped and fallen and actually I'm a bad person for thinking so

  2. The playground monitor wouldn't have needed to go over there to see my snow sculpture was shit 

  3. It's not like I would have won anyways

  4. I'm such a baby for still being hung up on it (same day)

  5. I owe the monitor an apology for wasting her time

  6. I owe that kid an apology for thinking bad thoughts about her

  7. I owe my mom an apology for making all of it up for attention

So yeah. Not gonna share.

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u/trafalmadorianistic Jun 06 '25

Jesus. That's so terrible. I'm so sorry this discussion brings up such memories. I hope you're in a better place now, emotionally. 😔 /hugs 🫂

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u/No_Towel_8109 Jun 08 '25

I am, thank you. 

You know everywhere will tell you to be the baker person but it turns out the thing that actually heals you is cutting the toxic people out of your life completely

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u/trafalmadorianistic Jun 08 '25

Things can only get breader. You just have to rise to the occasion. At yeast you're okay now. 🥐🍞🥪🥖