Are there innocent people like Carrie who get treated really bad by bimbos and jackasses and she didnt even do anything to them? Thats really cruel.
In my school people are so nice, even if you don't know how to play baseball they will still say that you are a pro.
If Carrie was at my school she woulda never gotten bullied by all those worthless bitches.
I thought the cruelty of the kids was badly overdone in the remake. The original was a lot less strained in giving the kids convincing motives to want to do such an awful thing. Chris is portrayed as extremely popular, yet blatantly callous and cold? It takes more than beauty to be popular in the real world, however shallow highschool kids may be. In the original Chris had far more about her.
In the same way.. Angelia Bettis's Carrie would have probably gotten by in the real world, whereas Cissy Spacek's was the kind who could turn even the nicest person into a bully.
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I hear that. Anyone who thinks people aren't that mean apparently has never been in any kind of situation where they might be perceived as every so slightly *different* from everyone else. Be they from another country, have a different physical make up, or even just has different interests (classical versus rock, eg.) Most of my personal schooling from elementary through highschool was virtual hell, for the most part.
Yes, people are that mean. Now that I am an adult I take joy in the fact that I can choose who I spend time with. If any one shows an inkling of 'meanness' they are officially out of my social sphere.
My husband looks like Rutger Houer.
I know EXACTLY what you mean...anyone who says they would love to go back to their "younger days" has got to be out of their minds!
And yes, to the o.p., sadly people can be that mean...not only teens and young adults (just ask Phoebe Prince, Jamie Rodemeyer, and Tyler Clemente) but sometimes adults (actually, spoiled brats masquerading as adults...google "Jennifer Lyn Petkov" for a horrific example...)
The difference is...as an adult you have a multitude of options as to how to deal with them.
Wondering what school you go to...If I ever have another kid, I'm movin there! o.O;
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Um, iriz03, I don't know where you're from, but I think we should all move there! I've lived and gone to school in 3 different states and found that there were always people who got treated that bad, no matter where you go. If they're nerdy, overweight, have emotional problems... whatever. The popular cliques prey upon these people. I, myself, was terrorized for a time by those types, for pretty much the same reasons bandimal stated. School sucks, particularly high school, which is probably why "Carrie" has survived so long and been popular in every incarnation.
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Had you better *beep* believe it. I had an absolutely shitty time in both Elementary and High Schools; I also happened to be overweight, shy and awkward... Just like now... I'm smart, though no one stops to notice this...
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I was treated really nasty in high school. People said nasty things to my face and behind my back. There was one incident that was really mean. I liked this guy "Joe" (name has been changed). We were friendly but he always said it would never go to the next level. Well, one day I'm on the bus and one of my friends hands me a letter saying it's from Joe. Well, I read the letter (it's even in his handwriting)and in the letter it says how much he likes me and how he wants me to be his girlfriend but he was too shy to tell me himself. (He really was shy). Since this was on a Friday, I spent the whole weekend being on Cloud 9 thinking I finally had the boy I was so crazy about as a boyfriend. Well, come Tuesday (we had off that Mon due to MLK day) I come to find out it was all a joke set up by Joe and all his friends. I was heartbroken. :( So yes people can be that cruel. Believe me.
shareAlex Iriz, I wish I'd have gone to your school. People weren't mean to me in high school, but they sure were mean in middle school.
Kids have no mercy for a girl who's in the awkward "unpretty" stage.
That's all I have to say about that.
-Amanda
People weren't mean to me in high school, but they sure were mean in middle school.
I know this is 11 years too late but that is horrible! What a prick. I would have kicked him right in the balls. I wonder how the asswipe would feel if someone did that to his daughter.
I'm sorry ;(
"Notice how I ride side saddle, it proves I'm a lady of quality." Witch Hazel
Girls in School can be extremely mean & cruel especially if you don't stick up for yourself, are shy or whatever. I was picked on a lot at school cos I was seen as an easy target although I was nowhere near anything like Carrie it still hurt but I was lucky as well because I had a circle of friends that I have to this day.
Now I look back at those people who were mean & laugh because I see where Iam & what I have & I see where they are & what they don't have.
I really hated this movie but the thing that rings true is what the teacher says to Carrie about the 10 year reunion. I saw the former school beauty one day 10 years after school dragging her screaming kids down the street while fighting with her partner who I recognised (under the fat beergut)as the hot guy she used to flaunt at everyone. I was greatly amused.
I would like to say you are lucky to have gone to such a school.
Due to my eyesight issues I haven't gone through ALL the posts...
But I have to say that people are definately capable of being that mean. From Kindergarten to my H.S. graduation, I was picked on at least once every day by someone. Thank God in H.S., it went from brutal to normally rather petty. In Middle School I was tripped, kicked (IN FRONT OF CAFETERIA LADIES WHO DIDN'T EVEN GLANCE UPWARD WITH A GIRL EGGING HIM ON LOUDLY AND PROUDLY) and mocked in numerous other ways. I almost even got suspended for mooning someone in the locker room. For chrissakes, my underwear stuck to my shorts! I can't believe someone would say I had mooned them! Petty.
There was also an incident where we were going to the buses so there was the general stampede, and I was shoved from behind into the wall and it broke off one of the brakets on my braces. I never saw who did it, my reaction time for things has always sucked.
In High school, I made one good friend and a few days after graduation someone I'd talked to briefly for the whole four years became my best friend, we'd never really talked or hung out until then because of the type of nasty group she hung out with, but she herself was actually okay in spite of it all.
On my prom night someone came up to me right on the edge of the dance floor and swung me around twice as though dancing with me. Someone I didn't even like but figured 'what the heck' when he tried dancing. Then he let me go hard and fast and disappeared. I get emotional during slow songs so that and a slow song some minutes later had me in a few tears because I never had a boyfriend until I turned 21. Anyways I found out months later that one of the witches who had set up the prank approached my "adte" -- my best female friend at the time, and actually told her that I was crying because of their prank. Announced it proudly, too.
On graduation night, they were still throwing in their last punches. I told them they were pathetic and if they wanted to enjoy their success, they'd better let me enjoy mind because it wasn't too *beep* late for me to tell someone and keep them from getting their diplomas. I don't know if that was really true but it got them somewhat off my back. I think I was even tripped during the procession but I just shrugged it off. By then, thank god, I'd learned how to go "I am what I am and who I am and if you don't like it, then read between the lines then shove the whole story up your *ss." I'm still that way.
Liking broadway musicals doesn't make you popular in school even if you're in a huge chorus full of people who love them. LMAO.
So yeah people are rotten.
The kids in my high school are like this. Most of them are so cruel and mean. I am one of the kids who get tormented by them.
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People in my school arent that mean i mean we have some ppl who agg it on themself and just give ppl reasons to pick on them but my school has a few mentaly ill kids and everyone is so sweet to them and well since im friends with all the popular kids i dont get picked on, i've never been picked on but i've seen kids be picked on...and i used to pick on some kids but they stood up for themselves and dont think anything about it
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