“I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never liked me, and I was always the new kid.” PeopleMadeKidsSchoolFunGrowing UpGrowingFitHigh School Author:Magda Apanowicz
“I grew up in a remarkable home, the middle of seven children. My parents raised us well. They loved us well. We laughed hard growing up. But being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home, whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three. When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some bad decisions about who I hung out with, I dropped out of high school, got kicked out of the house.” KnowsWellsChildrenMadeHardHomeSchoolYoungThreeHouseParentDecisionGrowing UpGrowingMiddleFiguresGrewFitGrew UpHigh SchoolRaisedSevenDesperateRemarkableLaughedHungBad DecisionMiddle Child Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I think girls are especially worried about being judged, and when you're in high school, everything seems like a bigger deal than it is. As soon as you're out, it feels like forever ago-zip-a-dee-doo-dah! So do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsSeemsMightCareSchoolGirlDealsForeverJudgingFitHigh SchoolOkayBiggerWhat You WantWorriedJudgedWho CaresZipsBeing Judged Author:AnnaSophia Robb
“High school was hard for me. I tried really hard to fit in and said the things I thought people wanted to hear. But I was unsure of myself. I was self-conscious, and I didn't really know my place or where I fit in.” PeopleKnowsSaidSelfHardWantedSchoolFitConsciousHigh SchoolSelf ConsciousUnsure Author:Meaghan Rath
“I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.” WritingTryingStoriesSchoolHappenedFitHigh SchoolCollectionsShort StoryEighteen Author:Sarah Dessen
“I kissed my first girl when I was 15, and then I lost my virginity when I was 17. So that's pretty good. It was just that when you're in high school, you're sort of forced into the normal world, where you're competing with the football players, just kind of in that world where somebody like me didn't quite fit in.” WorldFirstsKindSchoolGirlLostPlayerFootballFitNormalHigh SchoolLike MeCompetingVirginityFootball Player Author:James Mercer
“It's hard sometimes when you're in a regular high school, you just feel like the odd kid out. The great thing about going to an art school [is] it's kind of like it's all the odd kids. It's all the kids that don't fit in at their regular schools, because you're into something and excited about something that other kids really aren't into. When you go to art school, everybody's kind of on the same page.” FeelsKindArtSometimesHardKidsSchoolFitPagesHigh SchoolExcitedGreat ThingsOddArt School Author:Anthony Mackie
“I think thinking for yourself is such a hard thing to do, because you just want to fit in in high school. So being comfortable with who you are is such a massive thing for a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingWantHardSchoolFitComfortableHigh SchoolWho You AreThings To DoMassiveHard Things Author:Lexi Ainsworth
“I didn't necessarily fit in in high school. I felt very awkward. I still feel completely awkward and weird in my body sometimes. I'm hoping that's going to go away, but I've just embraced it as reality.” FeelsStillsSometimesBodyRealitySchoolFeltFitHigh SchoolGoing AwayAwkward Author:Amy Adams
“Everybody's got a worldview, whether they know they have it or they don't. They might even get it when they are little tiny kids. Suppose they get it when they are in college, which is often the case, or in high school, whatever. Everything they learn after that or every thing they see after that, they fit it into that worldview. And they are making coherence of what's good, what's bad, what will work, what won't work, what's noble, what's ignoble, and so on... all through this filter.” KnowsLittlesMightKidsSchoolCasesCollegeFitHigh SchoolNobleTinyWorldviewFiltersCoherenceIgnoble Author:Jane Jacobs
“To be honest, I wasn't crazy about the kind of poetry I found in high school English books. I didn't get really excited about poetry until I discovered Lorca in college. If it wasn't for surrealism, I'm not sure I'd have become so involved in poetry. I was attracted by the extravagant imagery and elements of fantasy. This was in the '70s and it seemed to fit the psychedelic mood of the times. I found it liberating.” IfsKindBookSchoolFoundFantasyCrazyHonestCollegeInvolvedFitElementsHigh SchoolExcitedMoodBeing HonestNot SureLiberatingImageryGet RealPsychedelicSurrealismExtravagantLorcaSchool English Author:Elaine Equi
“Let's face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.” FeelsKidsSchoolFacesFitHigh School Author:Stephen King
“I think Japans work really hard, and when they have a chance to listen to music, they just go crazy. And the Ramones would be a natural fit for Japan, because Japan invented the cartoon, and the Ramones, especially in Rock 'N' Roll High School, are very cartoonish. So it'd be a perfect group for them.” ThinkingSchoolNaturalChancePerfectCrazyFitHigh SchoolCartoonListening To MusicRamones Author:P. J. Soles
“The point of life that I'm currently at is a 'me right now' type of attitude. I am 37 years-old, my son is in college and my daughter is in high school. I'm becoming okay with me. I can't live life as an artist or person being someone that someone else has tried to mold me into. I'm not going to put on a dress that's two sizes too small. I'm custom making my own clothes so that they'll never fit anyone else if you know what I mean.” MeanSchoolArtistAttitudeCollegeSonFitDaughterHigh SchoolOkayLive LifeMy DaughterMy Son Author:Kelly Price