So I'm starting grad school this week, and my nerves are out of control because I'm worried that it's going to be like college all over again.
When I was a senior in high school, my teacher told me that people don't bully each other in college and that people pretty much mind their own business. I found out pretty quick that this isn't the case!
First day of freshman year, I was taking a class within my major, and the professor was taking attendance. I have a very unusual Polish last name that has a part in it that kind of sounds like a crude American slang word, when pronounced the English way. I was really shocked by how many students giggled when the professor read my last name! I was so embarrassed
There was a girl in the same major as me who was in a lot of my classes and she and her friends bullied me pretty relentlessly throughout the entirety of college.
In the dining hall I used to drop my tray a lot and spill stuff and everyone would laugh.
I'm an easy target for bullies because I stand out like a sore thumb. I'm really small and feminine looking, and I think I mentioned in another thread that I have issues with muscle coordination which affect my facial expressions. I have "resting bitch face" all the time, basically. I also stutter!
Anyway, enough rambling- what I'm scared of is that grad school is going to be the same deal as college. I'm sincerely hoping that at the graduate level, people are more grown up and not as involved in drama and bullying. I'm really nervous around peers because it seems like they always have something negative to say!
Has anyone here been to graduate school and found that it was a different experience than college? Or has anyone been through something similar in school? I don't want to feel alone
When I was a senior in high school, my teacher told me that people don't bully each other in college and that people pretty much mind their own business. I found out pretty quick that this isn't the case!
First day of freshman year, I was taking a class within my major, and the professor was taking attendance. I have a very unusual Polish last name that has a part in it that kind of sounds like a crude American slang word, when pronounced the English way. I was really shocked by how many students giggled when the professor read my last name!
I was so embarrassed There was a girl in the same major as me who was in a lot of my classes and she and her friends bullied me pretty relentlessly throughout the entirety of college.
In the dining hall I used to drop my tray a lot and spill stuff and everyone would laugh.
I'm an easy target for bullies because I stand out like a sore thumb. I'm really small and feminine looking, and I think I mentioned in another thread that I have issues with muscle coordination which affect my facial expressions. I have "resting bitch face" all the time, basically. I also stutter!
Anyway, enough rambling- what I'm scared of is that grad school is going to be the same deal as college. I'm sincerely hoping that at the graduate level, people are more grown up and not as involved in drama and bullying. I'm really nervous around peers because it seems like they always have something negative to say!
Has anyone here been to graduate school and found that it was a different experience than college? Or has anyone been through something similar in school? I don't want to feel alone
