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im a girl and i play like 500000 sports, but people say im a prep. can someone explai

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im interested in all sports and pokemon , yet people say im a prep can someane please explain!!!!!?????? i am anything but a prep!!!
 
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Who CARES what 'people say'? Why give them that much power over what after all is YOUR life, or define YOURSELF by what 'people say'?

'mom
 
Really, it doesn't matter what people say about you. It also helps if you don't really care what social stereotype you're being crammed into, because that's just not good on any level to be in one. Problem is that throughout school, people are basically taught to believe that what others say about them is somehow true, but that's really not the case at all. If you like sports and Pokémon, then go on liking sports and Pokémon, regardless of what people say. Them calling you a prep doesn't make you one. If they persist, just ignore them and they'll eventually stop.

Problem with "eventually" is that in high school especially, it's often a very long "eventually" and most people don't have the patience to wait it out.
 
first of all it doesnt matter what they say. second they are probaly joking (i call my friend a prep all the time. third there is nothing really wrong about being a prep. last of all ignore them!!!
 
prep = hated popular people to put it simply

the reason they think it is because you are different =/
people hate that
 
Orange Soda said:
What the heck is a prep?
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From my understanding, a prep is the type of airheaded girl that's invariably a cheerleader or on the dance team or both, and usually associate themselves with the "dumb jocks" as it were. Stereotypically the head prep would be dating the captain of the football team. That's merely the most stereotypical version, but others exist too. Basically, they're the girls you see off chattering with each other about nothing. They ostracize anything and anyone that they don't consider popular—and they tend to do this in the must humiliating and/or cruel ways possible. Basically, watch Mean Girls (haven't seen it, personally, but from the trailers, those girls capture the spirit exactly).

They're easily avoidable, just don't listen to them and they'll just get fed up with you and stop.
 
1. prep
Noun (Prep): Comes from identifiying one who goes to a prepratory or "prep" school (typically on the East Coast), or a school with the intent of preparing its students for college (often Ivy League).
Has come to be an label for those who conform to typical teenage behavior, in areas like clothing, school behavior, and sports participation, because preps usually are more ambitious and/or image-conscious than others.
Popular belief is that preps hate nerds/goths/punks/etc, however, generally, preps pay little attention to other "types," and those who hate preps with the most passion are those who were once preps and have recently gone away from their previous behavior, and often people who are posers intent on protecting their alternative-ness.
Prep has become to be nearly synonymous with conformist, to the point where most preps have been in denial of their typecast, and it is seen as an insult in the eyes of many.
Preppy is the adjective form, Preppily is the adverb.
The prep dreamed of going to a school that wasn't too far from where her quarterback boyfriend got a scholarship.
Bob wouldn't talk to Annie; He thought her interest in MTV and popular culture made her too preppy.
Tiffany started dressing very preppily over the summer, shedding her all-black dress code for the latest styles.

Source: Urban Dictionary
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Basically, just don't get into labels... Just be who you wanna be, listen not to strangers... :thumb:
 
Without realizing they are giving you a complement (to be a prep generally requires intelligence). Don't let it get to you because they haven't bothered to get to know the real you. From your words I can tell that you are a little bit of what they see and a whole lot more. Take comfort in what you really are and those who really matter in your life will know the real you.
 
Yeah, and I've never heard of a prep who likes pokemon anyway. Then again, you don't often heear of anybody that likes pokemon in middle school X_X
 
SD PokéMom said:
Who CARES what 'people say'? Why give them that much power over what after all is YOUR life, or define YOURSELF by what 'people say'?

'mom
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Its nice to have a good 'social status', but it really doesn't matter as long as you feel you are doing what is right. I have not only a great status, but I'm also smart and friendly! No wonder I have so many friends! :biggrin:

And if I were judging you by the 'social status system' from what you say, I would say jock, but you are a girl and there really aren't any girl jocks. There are, but it isn't common.

Also, music has a lot to do with your status as well. What music you listen to can directly affect where you fall in cliques and such.

Just my 2...3....4 oh darn it, I lost count on my cents.
~Hyp~ :thumb:
 
Those of you who think that it doesn't matter what people think are simply ignorant to the biggest flaws in the human race. Fear of man (that is, fear of the opinion of your peers) is what causes so many people to care so much about what others think. It's only natural, although completely incorrect, for you to be so worried about what regard your peers hold you in. People can pat you on the back and say that you make yourself who you are, and that you shouldn't care about other people's beliefs, but that's not going to take away the concern or the pride. You can't tell people they should disregard the opinions of others and just watch it happen. It doesn't work that way.

However, these people have no right to call you a prep, not because it's a wrong judgement for them to place upon you (even though it really is), but because they are using the word incorrectly (as far as I can tell). Prep was a word that used to describe people in preparatory school, who would wear khakis and polo shirts, but over time the word has come to mean something different. It now means a person who is too concerned about their outward appearance. Not just in the sense of being obsessed with the image your peers hold of you, but just obsession over how you look to yourself. If you spend too much time in front of the mirror or buy really expensive clothes, you're a prep. I've heard several different meanings from different people from different places, but this is the meaning that is most commonly used.

Preppy kids usually wear clothes like American Eagle, Aeropostal (spelling?), and Abercrombie and Fitch. They always have the newest clothes, and are typically fairly well-off, because they need the money to buy the clothes. Their house is in a nice neighborhood, their parents (or they) own a cool car, etc. They're usually on the more popular end of the social spectrum, although everybody else "hates them because they're not individual enough", as the saying goes.

If being a prep annoys you enough that you had to come to us about it, you're not going to get the kind of answers you want. If it really bugs you though, change something about yourself that you think could be the cause of the problem. We can't really help you with this problem, but you can.
 
Or...if you are REALLY angry at them for saying something about you...you can go hulk on them RARGH!!!
Then they'll be to afraid of death to mess with you :biggrin: but im sure that doesn't help at all
So yeah thats life...human kind is just plain out mean and at this time in a childs life we all for some reason or another feel the need to fit in or be accepted...but don't worry being a prep means popularity and popularity is good :thumb:
 
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shiny squirtle said:
third there is nothing really wrong about being a prep.
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you are so wrong its not even funny XD

not only are preps up on the latest fashion and always have expensive clothes and such, but they are completely self-centered, and constantly worry about what other people think about what they will do. an example of a preppy dilema would be ''omgosh! katlin is a really good friend, but she isn't popular, and clothes herself in that gothic stuff! if i hang out with her, then all my 'friends' won't think im normal ''

so, if you are not anything like what i just described, then ignore those people. rebellion against all those north-face jacket clad people is a great thing ,builds character, and inspires others to think outside the box.

and one last note, if you are so athletic, then just punch them in the face :clap: .
 
Flareon said:
you are so wrong its not even funny XD

not only are preps up on the latest fashion and always have expensive clothes and such, but they are completely self-centered, and constantly worry about what other people think about what they will do. an example of a preppy dilema would be ''omgosh! katlin is a really good friend, but she isn't popular, and clothes herself in that gothic stuff! if i hang out with her, then all my 'friends' won't think im normal ''

so, if you are not anything like what i just described, then ignore those people. rebellion against all those north-face jacket clad people is a great thing ,builds character, and inspires others to think outside the box.

and one last note, if you are so athletic, then just punch them in the face :clap: .
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im not a prep. im very popular but the preps at my school arent wat u described
 
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