Having been the oddball, there can be a penalty to taking out the cretins raggin' on you - if you stand out too much, it's hard to get the support and representation you deserve - you'll be the one to get the boot from school in the event of an altercation (but, from my experience, it might be worth it - if you don't mind the police, angry parents (yours and theirs), and the possibility of not going to the college or getting into the profession you want to get into) - and don't say never! I freak so many of my classmates out when they find out I work with kids with special needs and have for nearly two and a half decades...Apparently they thought I'd be dead - or have a boyfriend while living in a very enclosed space. Goes to show what "they" know.

Frog