Augen on 08 September 2014
| Sareth said: When I was middle school, the black kids that cared about their education were usually treated like shit by other black kids. I always thought it was pretty sad that working hard to be educated and successful was treated negatively and stereotyped as white person pursuit. |
Growing up in rural, largely white community I remember this being based more along gender lines with boys mocking "nerds" like me that cared about their school work and wanted to learn. Girls often celebrated scholastic achievement. On graduation day the top 20 GPAs were in select section and break down was 18 girls and 2 boys (myself included). So, I definitely can see how peer pressure molds views on behavior in that regard.
