This picture was taken going into the 5th grade. I was in dire need of orthodontics and we could not afford it at the time. My brother though it would be funny to nick name me “Uncle Buck.” This was long before the movie ever came out. In a small town, word of my nickname […]
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As a teenager in high school we deal with the constant battle of fitting in. We’ve all seen it in movies and shows how the pretty popular girls have it made. There’s a certain image we have to portray to be liked. Well that was very hard for me. I was the shy quiet girl […]
This photo was taken in Junior High, at the peak of my childhood awkward years. I was skinny, shy and didn’t know how to talk to anyone who wasn’t interested in comicbooks, video games or Dungeons & Dragons. I was the kid from all the clichés: ate lunch at his locker reading comics, always got […]
Although my ‘Awkward Years’ photo was of me in the first grade, my years after then have been far more awkward. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of those times that I’m willing to share. I am currently a sophomore in high school, and throughout the years, people have picked on me for my brains, […]
I grew up in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. My years in elementary school were years filled with neighborhood bike rides and fireflies. But early on, I knew I was different when I was one of only two kids in my school who had red hair. We didn’t call what the 2 of us put […]
Going into my sophomore year of high school I was 4’11”, 125 lbs and I had a year left on my braces. I was the shortest male I knew and there weren’t a lot females shorter than me. It was tough. I wasn’t happy with physical appearance and it had its challenges. I lacked confidence […]
Hello my name is Anna. This is a picture of me holding a picture of myself from the ninth grade. That was the most awkward time in my life. I was homeschooled every year before then. Being thrown into the public school system was an extreme change. Of course I had my share of bullies being the awkward quiet homeschooled […]