Rose among the thorns...

Here's the deal:

So today, i was sitting in maths, with my head in the clouds (as per usual) and I was thinking how we are all expected to fit into a box!
Society is very single minded, and frowns upon those who are different.
I am not your average teenage girl. I'd rather be seen in combat boots than most heels, would DEFINITELY rather listen to Def Leppard than Justin Bieber, and would rather wear a band tee than dress up as a skanky hoe.
but, there is more then that that differentiates me. when I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed as mentally gifted. this means that my mental age is higher than my numerical age, and i have a higher IQ than most. before I went to a school to accommodate this, most of my lessons went something like this:

“Grace! Focus! Now, does anyone have any topic-related questions class?”

“I'm sorry sir, but I it read somewhere and was wondering if it was true.”

“Well, you can learn it next year. We are trying to accommodate the needs of the whole class, and the majority doesn’t understand yet, so stop trying to get ahead.”

“I was just asking. And by the way the correct answer is 344.432, because of ‘Bodmas’ not 2132.563”

“That’s not the point. We are learning about decimals not 'Bodmas'.”

“Yes sir.”

The thing that I never used to understand was why I didn't fit in. people didn't like me, and I didn't know why, but i always used to do my best to try and be like them, walk like them, talk like them, like the same boys that they did, listen to the same music, dress the same etc.

I went to a school for mentally gifted, but for personal reasons I left, and am now at a mainstream school. and I couldn't be happier. I learnt a lesson. I know this sounds cliche, but I learnt to be myself. I'm not a freak; I just percieve things differently to most, and if that makes me weird, so be it. so this is me. some people like me more, some people not so much, but the beauty of it is that I really couldn't care less.
as Kurt Cobain said, "I'd rather be hated for who i am than loved for who i am not."