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She slips in after class, just to be away from them, waiting till the sound of shouting and laughter has subsided, till it's safe to walk home alone.School occupies a strange place in my mind. It wasn't so long ago, but when I look back it seems foggy; so different from the life I experience now. I was bullied, a lot, at first it really hurt, but I learned to not let it get to me. I was the 'weird' girl, who drew anime. I relised people would always judge, and knew it's you who has to be happy with yourself, you shouldn't change to please them; I noticed the things people would tease me about were the things they were insecure about in themselves. The most valuable lessons I learned weren't in the classroom. I got very comfortable with my own company
My art teacher told me "Cartoons are not art" so I drew in my spare time and let myself indulge in a world all my own.
Schools such a strange place, and this girls having a hard time of it... I can certainly relate to feeling trapped there sometimes, for many reasons...
~How is/was it for you?
Edit: Wow, thanks so much for the response on this one guys
I've enjoyed reading about your experiences, all those having a hard time- It will get better! School is temporary. Use the time to better yourself. While I do read all comments it is a tall order replying to hundreds, so I'm sorry if you don't get a personal response from me, but please do know myself and others support you Peace, Love and beating the bullies,
~Blue x
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At least I know I'm not the only one that feels like high school and below are totally worthless. One of the main reasons is there were enough bullies to build a personal ship for that I'd have been more than happy to sink with them on it. v_v Quite likely many teachers that didn't do anything about the issue would have been on it as well. >_> They say to ignore it and not let it get to you but that only works if they give up, at that point you either fight back or get beat into the ground. The main thing I hated back than is a lot of the teachers didn't do anything about the problems and it just made it more infuriating.
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Wait till schools over. Youll be trapped at work too for the rest of your life.
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School and art don't mix. That's what they say to us.... :C
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Look at picture, then read the desc. If ya figure out when I mentioned you, I'll be in my bedroom. On my bed. With my Sonic stuffie. Cause reasons. Ya. *darts upstairs*
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For your teacher to tell you 'Cartoons are not art'.. . when I was in middle school, my choir teacher told me something similar. I didn't enjoy choir that much that I was always drawing something while she was up there 'blah blah blah'-ing until she said, "Andrea, put the drawings away. Music and art don't mix."
I obeyed, but I just couldn't believe she said that. I kept my mouth shut but I said in my head, "Yeah right. Tell that to Walt Disney."
Of course I quit choir later that year and moved on to band class.
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I have to say that I love the little bit of glow that is showing from the girl. It reminds me that although she's trapped inside that cage, there's still a bit of hope left for her. It also makes me feel warm, and I think "Keep fighting, you can do it."
The colors you used really bring meaning into the art. Well done ^-^
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my art teachers have been telling me that cartoon and anime aren't art...
but i really love drawing the way i want and yes, i will take their advice on important things, but i want to continue doing what i love.
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WHY DO YOU write so small?
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Well, I was just asking why.. it's hard to read ;-;
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sorry if i sounded rude QAQ i like the smaller font bc it's cute
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It's fine c: idk it just annoys me when people do that sometimes ;-; we all have our own opinions tho
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Would you say that art is your escape? Mine is writing, music, and writing poetry
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i really love your art 
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I love the meanings you carry out with your art. It's so beautiful.
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This is powerful. School can be very beneficial but when you get hurt in school you really get hurt. I was bullied in fifth grade.
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That's so beautiful.
And so true
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THE BIGGEST MISTAKES PLENTY OF SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD KEEP DOING:
1. Make it obligatory: that fills school with angry students that turn into bullies. Also, that totally makes school feel like prisons indeed.
2. Punish violence in self defense...and don't even try to watch over the students: School Autorithies really need to grow up and realize that life is not perfect, that authorities are still human beings, and some students really deserve a punch on the face.
3. Grades are totally useless: plenty of teachers don't realize that they are not even teaching anymore for caring just for a score.
4. Middle School are a TOTAL BAD IDEA! It's even scientifically proved.
Pretty dramatic work (in the good sense). Beautiful!
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I'm still in school, and it's ok so far.
Well, I'm not getting bullied anymore, but a few years ago I was; now I do have many lovely friends who care about me, so that's not the problem.
But the teachers are.
They hate me, and thanks to one of them I probably won't pass this school year.
One even said "It would be better if you leave this school.".. Very nice, nh?
But well, my problems aren't the worst.
Some of you do have by far worse problems than I have.
Keep your chin up, somewhen it'll find an end.
Stay strong!
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Away from the nasty bullies and mean girls...
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Cartoons aren't art? That's a laugh. I see cartoon art displayed on the wall at my school ALL the time. It counts as art as long as it's something you put your mind to.
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Your art teacher told you cartoons aren't art? That's a load of crap. Teacher sounds full of them self.
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School was relatively OK for me. I was smart enough to learn everything, but then again my peers probably held me back academically. I was bullied some in middle school, but it really wasn't that bad in hindsight. I was just a lot more thin-skinned back then, and it went away in high school. Which was fine, because I found the bad kids just as insufferable when they weren't directly picking on me. I question the wisdom of allowing young women to be teachers in co-ed high schools. They seem incapable of controlling the average teenage boy, who has zero respect for them. Sure, my peers demonstrated a lack of respect for the male teachers as well, but usually not to their faces. In middle school and high school, I was always reasonably popular in school, but didn't make myself very accessible outside of it, and my interaction with my friends was limited outside of class and sports. I didn't have a cell phone, for one.
College was maybe better. Sending a lot of the lowlifes off to work at McDonald's and making class attendance optional for the rest helped, but my social life actually tanked in college. With fewer structured activities bringing me closer to my peers, my introverted tendencies took over.
Lol to that teacher saying comics are not art, though.
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Some of us made it
But no one deserved it
I'm silent
I'm screaming
Sticks and stones was
The rhyme that they taught us
To fight off our monsters
To hep numb the darkness
But what they forgot was is
You don't need to break my bones for you to break me
The voices won't stop
Don't let me be alone
Please someone I just wanna go back home
I know That I'm stronger
Broken heart of a fighter
My scars remind me that I'm a survivor
This life is a tough game and I don't wanna play it
I'm reaching for a hand,
Help me make it
But it's too much
So I give up
Just please don't hate me...
My letter's on the pillow with a kiss good bye.
I'm sorry mom but I promise that I tried.
kknkbaker.deviantart.com/art/T…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsi3OV…
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Got bullied and was invisible to others for more than 2 years. It's okay now cos then I found out that I shouldn't care what others say and I actually found out my personality (before: dull, quiet, shy NOW: Bubbly, happy, Funn!!) I have friends but I want to be friends with everyone! I'm so happy I can meet new people on deviantART!! My life has been a gr8 experience and I can't wait for more!
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I know what it feels..
I'm new iin my school this year, and everyone calls me infant
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I've never been bullied, only ignored.
I think in some ways it's worse.
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I feel the same way
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But cartoons are art. It takes effort to make them, so don't worry and do what you love!
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School takes control of you to me. The thing is, one time I was drawing in class while paying attention also and people judge me because of that. It crazy.
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The thing is... I'm not sure if I do have friends. Yea, sometimes, some of my classmates joke a bit with me,but I'm unsure if they really regard me as a friend,or a classmate only. School has been stressing all of us like that. I feel like that when I'm running out of time to do my homework.
*Love how you played with the lightings. ^.^
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Be yourself no matter what. Don't let the mindless sheep tell ya how ta run yer business. Tell dose two-faced witches and de backstabin' losers ta take a hike ta never-come-back land. Remembers me of a very interestin' quote: "There is one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the world is telling you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world: NO, YOU MOVE!!"
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This is amazing
Totally relates to my problems in school.
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Hello DestinyBlue I've found your art recently and I love it. You are a really amazing artist and I hope you keep at it.
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I love all your art!!! This drawing is amazing
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And yup, I got bullied too u.u
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I'm always bullied because I Pixelart.
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People think I'm weird because I wear black all the time and I'm obsessed with dolls and draw kinda... creepy stuff. Needless to say I don't have that many friends, haha XD
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YES! School as a symbol for conformity, the threat to individuality.
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gfhryhgfgfybychfbgfdhyb, i love thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
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I love this art and texture.
I've been bullied mostly in schools more or less one third of my life.
It feels like an eternity since i last had such problems.
The last time it did happen to me, I stopped it by confronting the bully. However, he was just one bully.
Sometimes there can be a group of bullies that you have to confront alone. Even then you must fight back instead of just trying to tank it. It's not like they are not already doing their worse, so there's nothing more to be afraid of.
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"Cartoons are not art"? For an art teacher, they seem to know very little about the art world. It doesn't take a lot of searching to see that "cartoons" play a HUGE part in art history. Sounds like a "textbook artist" type, living in the past and the hard definitions instead of going with the flow.
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U have Amazing arts keep it that way
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Amazing work, nice touch with drawing the cage on the chalkboard. Really captures the message.
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Ah, what the teacher said is bullcrap. Anything you make is art. It doesn't matter how bad it is, how detailed it is, you made it. It is art.
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