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24 Ridiculous, Sad, And Even Creepy Stories Of What Made The “Weird Kid” In School So Weird
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In a sense, we are all strange because of how different each one of us is from the other, but as adults, we try to keep this “weirdness” under control. However, some kids don’t really have a filter and they just do what comes to their mind, and often get labeled as “weird kids”.
Apart from getting called so, their antics also make them memorable, to say the least. That’s why when Reddit user Ch3ks posed the question, “What made the weird kid at your school weird?” folks online could easily remember these antics and shared them. Ready to check them out? Just scroll down!
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#1
He was obese, with greasy hair and body odor. He was smart but weird.
Years later we got in touch through FB and he told me how difficult things had been in school, growing up with no father and a mentally ill mother.
That's a lesson to learn: sometimes the weird kid seems weird because they are doing their best to try and live in a bad situation.
LilliVB 11 months ago
While I agree with you, it's not always easy for kids to understand it. An adult with empathy should be able to pick up the signs and arrive to the right conclusion, but for kids, due mostly to ignorance of life I guess, it's not always obvious.
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#2
He wore a cape and fake vampire teeth throughout the year. He’s a Hollywood visual effects artist now. I’m happy for him.
#3
I was the weird kid.
It was autism .
Tiger 11 months ago
Autism wasn’t as understood and discussed when I grew up in the 90s and 00s. I had several autistic friends who were considered the “weirdos” in class but now that it’s 2025, I understand where their “weirdness” came from and I wish our class had treated them better. They were just kids trying to learn about life like the rest of us.
Fun Size 11 months ago
Same, though I wasn't proud at the time because I was bullied so badly.
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Huddo's sister 11 months ago
My sister was part of a whole group of 'weird kids' and they all had ADHD or ASD. They thought they were weird and that others thought it too, but I don't know that they did. They seemed fine to me.
Evelien Stijger Martens 11 months ago
I had that when i was 19, all of us weard and popular, we didn't get that last bit.
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Andrea Zaccaria 11 months ago
Same… I didn’t get diagnosed until my early 20s but it explained so much!
Well, as you scroll through the list, you will realize that some of these "weird kids" are not really what they were labeled. In fact, we understand that there are quite a few underlying factors and issues that come to light.
To understand more about it, Bored Panda reached out to Shazia Lalljee, who has over 2 years of experience as a teacher. She stressed that "weird" is a social construct formed to criticize someone.
"I personally believe that labeling someone as 'weird' has less to do with the individual's quirks and more to do with society's inability to embrace differences," she added.
#4
So, i have a great story. We had a bit of a weird kid we called ‘Storyteller’. He was always making up story’s that were really far fetched but he swore they were all true. This was in the 90’s. For example, his dad was a German spy, he himself (at 14) was already working on some classified ‘computer stuff’ that he couldn’t talk about. Also, he was dating a German model. And so on.
Well, a few years ago I randomly moved in across the street from him. He’s fully retired from a cushy IT job when he was like 45 and he’s married to a smoking hot German woman.
#5
Weird in a good way really. He was simply too smart. In a high school with many smart kids - suburban high school in a wealthy area with - 99 percent going to college and lots of kids going to Ivies and high academic publics - he still stood way way above us.
I looked him up not too long ago as we were talking “whatever happened to ….. Not a surprise I guess; he is involved in deep space research. Has a couple fellowships and writes papers about stuff that I can’t even understand the titles.
Ron Man 11 months ago
Being in a "suburban high school in a wealthy area" doesn't make people smart, it makes them privileged.
cecilia kilian 11 months ago
I can only speak of what I experienced in California. Wealthy or well-off people will choose where to live in part because of the good school districts. Educated, successful parents, in my time at school, tended to pass on the same values to their kids,and give them opportunities like travel, sports camps, math and science clubs,and cultural events. Also, the school district had better funding for sports, theater, the school newspaper, etc.Through common interests, some more middle-class children formed friendships with these privileged classmates, and a whole network of acheivers moved on to Stanford, the Ivies, Pulitzers, a fairly major politician, and at least one starring role in a popular tv series. So growing up in a wealthy suburb does not make you intelligent, but it increases your chances for success.
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Marnie 11 months ago
This is weird: "In a high school with many smart kids - suburban high school in a wealthy area with". This implies that a suburban high school in a wealthy area is going to have a higher percentage of smart kids than is average. That makes no sense. Having more money does not make your brain smarter. It can of course affect how many go to college.
cadena kuhn 11 months ago
But it can afford better equipment access to tutors and councilors and typically a more comfortable learning environment so no more money doesn't make you smarter but does provide more resources to become so
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#6
He would pull out his glass eye and chase people with it.
Fire Singer 11 months ago
What school age kid with a glass eye wouldn't do this? I would have done this if I'd had a glass eye!
detective miller's hat 11 months ago
LOL there was a guy I went to uni with who would just casually pop out his glass eye in the middle of class, polish it, and then pop it back in. At parties, he would do it in the middle of conversations like it was as normal as blowing your nose.
WalkieTaco 11 months ago
sometimes I pull out my glass brain and chase people with it, this makes total sense
To further elaborate on her point, Shazia explained that children in their formative years are learning to conform to the societal norms and expectations that they are taught. As per her, when they encounter a different child, they label them as "weird", usually mimicking adults' biases of what is considered "normal" in society.
"Labels of any kind can impact a child. Being singled out and being labeled 'weird' definitely impacts their self-esteem and might also lead them to suppress their individuality to fit in or isolate themselves," Shazia noted.
#7
At my school, the weird kid was this guy who used to bring a pet lizard in his pocket every single day. Like, he wasn’t sneaky about it either he’d pull it out in the middle of class and just casually let it chill on his desk. He also talked to it like it was a person, and once told everyone the lizard gave him “advice on life.” Honestly, it was kinda iconic, but at the time, everyone just thought it was super weird.
Bonesko 11 months ago
In 4th grade, there was a kid that would occasionally bring a snake in a tiny box to class and throw it at me. I'm sure the snake was at least as terrified as me
KombatBunni 11 months ago
When I was in year 9, this girl I knew bought her pet rat with her to school for some reason and as it was exam time needed someone to mind him while she took hers. Since she knew I liked animals she asked me. So ratty came with me for math class and chilled out until it was time to give him back. My teacher was surprisingly okay with it as long as I kept an eye on the rat to make sure he didn’t escape. Most he stayed in his box or came out for pets . Best class ever :)
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
I had a green iguana when I was a kid in the early 90s. I named him Patriot. He was very chill and I used to take him with me everywhere, generally sitting on my shoulder or my head. He had a little harness and leash that I made for him, and I used to make him Halloween and Christmas costumes as well. My mom forced me into a musical theater group and I used to take Patriot with me to all of the rehearsals. The group director even let me include Patriot in our performances! One of my tasks was to carry around a sign that said which musical the next song was from, and I would walk across the stage with Patriot on my head or on the sign itself. I'll have to find one of the photos XD
Winnie the Moo 11 months ago
So that’s where the storyline of Leo came from! Also the pic of thiz lizard is breathtaking!
#8
There was this girl a few years older than me who thought she was a werewolf among other things. As you can imagine a lot of kids who made fun of her. She was a sweetheart once you got to know her though. I'm not an expert but I always wondered if she went through some super traumatic event when she was little that triggered some of her behaviors.
Bonesko 11 months ago
Getting bit by a werewolf is traumatic. I know there has to be more to it, just trying to keep things light.
Jessie 10 months ago (edited)
Could be caused by a traumatic experience but not necessarily. I went through a 2-year phase when I was like 10 where my friends and I pretended to turn into bats at night. We would tell everyone stories about what we saw at night and everything. Obviously, we are not bats. Nobody believed us but we tried so hard to convince everyone that we almost convinced ourselves that it was real. Sometimes kids are just that weird.
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When my youngest sister was about 6, she decided she was a dog. When people would come over, she would hide behind the couch, and growl at them. She'd bark at people. She kept this up for a couple years. It's not because we didn't have a dog, we had beagles. She also ate only hot dogs. For at least 2 years she ate only hot dogs. She's all grown up now, early 60's, been a dog groomer for 20 years?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
I was very much like your sister as a child XD I grew up with dogs, and they were my best friends. I didn't make friends easily at school (surprise) so my general opinion was that dogs were better than people XD Whenever I did play with other little girls and they wanted to play House, I always said I wanted to be the family dog. I was known to run around on all fours at home, and howl, bark, growl, etc. XD I'm adopted and I was POSITIVE (as a child) that my bio father was a werewolf or maybe an actual real wolf (I was weird) and I'd "grow up" to become a werewolf too. I didn't limit my diet exclusively to hot dogs, but I DO love meat XD And I still think dogs are better than most people XD
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LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
Oh, you KNOW that I was this kid, 100%! XD I had all kinds of fantasy stories I told myself as a child. Because I'm adopted, I was positive that it was ENTIRELY possible that I was a werewolf, because my bio mom or dad might have been a werewolf. Or a wolf. Or I was possibly a mutant (a la the X-Men) and my mutant power would be shapeshifting into a wolf. I was pretty convinced I'd develop my powers (either mutant or werewolf) when I hit puberty XD I didn't have a lot of friends, but I referred to our small group as "The Pack". I always drew myself as a wolf. Alas, no shapeshifting powers emerged at puberty, but I'm still weird XD (and yes, I spent some time as a part of the furry fandom in my 20s, but I'm not into most of the aspects of the fandom.)
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Chris the Bobcat 11 months ago
Has she ever been seen drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's? If so, was her hair perfect?
#9
He loved Doctor Who so much that he dressed up and spoke like the 4th doctor. This was before anyone knew what Doctor Who was and 80% of us were Mexican American (including him).
Robert Larson, LPN, JD 11 months ago
That was me in high school, loved the Tom Baker doctor so much I learned how to knit and made my own scarf. I have two (2) scarfs to this day that are both about 20 feet long!
Huddo's sister 11 months ago
We had a kid who did this too but he dressed like the tenth doctor.
We spoke to Shazia about her thoughts on being “weird” in school, and whether it is something students grow out of or just a sign of creativity and uniqueness. She smiled and said, "That's a tough one to answer, simply because every child chooses their own path."
She expressed that some choose to grow out of it because being liked and feeling a sense of belonging to the group matters to them. Other students, according to our expert, retain their creativity and uniqueness.
"This also depends on many factors. I have seen some children with a strong support system at home or a friend circle that accepts and motivates them for their uniqueness. Some enjoy being in the spotlight and embrace being different, so they never grow out of it," she emphasized.
#10
I was the weird one.
Someone once referred to me as "the cat girl with the socks". I wore cat ears and thigh high socks to school almost every day. 😂😅.
#11
He’d sit alone at lunch but bring a whole orchestra of action figures with him.
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
These kids sound awesome and I'm mad at myself for not having the mindset as a kid that I do now... In hindsight The Loser's Club seems so much more fun than trying to be popular
#12
They used to sit on the sidewalk and eat ants.
It was me. I did that.
Kelly H. Wilder 11 months ago
I don't remember picking them off the sidewalk, but I used to stand around the trees during recess and eat the ants off the tree. I remember them being kind of sweet.
Lastly, while concluding the interview, we asked Shazia about how, as a teacher, she approaches encouraging individuality while managing behaviors that might disrupt the class. She replied with some really wise words that every new teacher might find helpful.
Shazia said, "It's actually easier than it seems. Teaching students while retaining their individuality is all about channeling their unique qualities through creativity. It simply requires observing them carefully and acknowledging their strengths."
"Once children feel seen, heard, and accepted, they naturally regulate their individuality to ensure the class functions smoothly. As a teacher, I never miss an opportunity to give a child their moment to shine, allowing the entire class to view their individuality as a gift rather than a subject for debate or acceptance," she added.
#13
Kid smelled like he bathed in cat pee every day.
Hissed at anyone who came near him.
Used to run through the hallways from class to class.
Threated to [end] me in a computer lab because I used internet explorer instead of firefox.
Rob D 11 months ago
"Well, you really shouldn't have been using Internet Explorer..." Is objectively funny and people need to lighten up.
Hmmm hmmmm 11 months ago
Lol , more people upvoted you than the original comment !!
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Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
I know you are being downvoted but this made me laugh
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Bill 11 months ago
We had similar. Kid allegedly said he had relations with his cat. Very strange guy. Everyone called him Catman, put cat food in his lunch, very mean. I dint tease him but I didnt help him either. Who knows what his home life was like. Several years ago he caught his next door neighbor with a little girl as he walked by the house and rescued her, called the police, all that. Poor kid I know he went through hell in school
LakotaWolf (she/her) 11 months ago
It's very likely that he had very few friends, and possibly abusive adults in his life, and his cat was his only friend and only refuge. My dogs were like that for me when I was a kid. I was already a weird kid and no one wanted to be my friend, so the family dogs were all I had. And my mom was a very abusive parent, so I spent a lot of time in my head, making up stories about the grand adventures I'd go on with my dogs, etc. And yeah, I behaved like a dog/wolf sometimes too. Please don't feel bad for not helping the weird kid - you didn't tease him and that already shows you were better than most. I promise we weird kids remember those who didn't participate in the teasing and are grateful for them :)
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#14
He brought a raw onion to school every day and ate it like it was an apple. Never explained why.
Warren Peece 11 months ago
Not so unusual. I have known people who ate vidalia onions that way.
Fire Singer 11 months ago
My aunt does this, I don't think every day, but she'll eat an onion like an apple sometimes.
#15
Well, for one he stockpiled an entire desk full of spoons from the lunch cafeteria over the course of several months (all clean).
Then one day they all fell out.
He was strange, but pretty harmless.
Our expert really got me thinking about how social constructs can actually harm these young, budding minds, and what a loss it can be if they lose their creativity in the process. Many netizens confessed that they were the weird kids in their school, but only because they were going through something and nobody sympathized with them.
Well, as you scroll through the list, take a closer look at these antics by the so-called "weird kids" and see if you can figure out the underlying issues. Also, feel free to share such instances in the comments as we'd love to hear from you!
#16
He responded to everything with "I know you are but what my I?" regardless of whatever was said. Eventually people just stopped trying to talk to him.
I remember seeing him sitting alone and asking if he wanted to sit with us, and he replied
"I know you are but what am I?"
I said "mm yeah, but do you want to come join us?"
"I know you are but what am I?"
"I'm being serious, come join us"
"I know you are but what am I?"
"Okay nevermind"
"I know you are but what am I?".
Carrie de Luka 11 months ago
Don't they normally repeat back words just spoken to them?
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Had a kid that s**t his pants all the time and seemed to get pleasure out of it. Always asked people if they wanted to see his s**t. Very weird but I imagine there are tons of mental issues that could be involved.
Tyranamar Suess 11 months ago
Or constipation. Kids can get so backed up that the new poop oozes around the hard rock turd and they constantly s**t their pants.
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#18
He used to bark at people randomly in the hallways. no context, no warning, just full-on barking like a dog. definitely memorable!
highwaycrossingfrog 11 months ago
I know a guy through work who quite often quacks at me like a duck. He's a professional photographer and must be in his 50s. It's unnerving
Feathered Dinosaur 11 months ago (edited)
Sometimes it's a tic, like when you have Tourette's
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#19
Adam. He was just weird. Like, kinda dumb, and just...weird. I remember at grade 8 graduation I met his dad. Thought "wow, I've never known a kid to look so exactly like his dad before". Then I met his mother and realized he looked exactly like her, too. .
Tiger 11 months ago
I mean, kids looking just like their parents isn’t evidence of inbreeding but some of these stories make you wonder 😭
Load More Replies... Kitty 🥀 11 months ago
Yeah, that’s literally how genetics work. The child looks like both parents. 🙄
Robert Trebor 11 months ago
On one of my ships in the navy there was a young man whose facial features made him look like a rabbit. When we came back from deployment, his mom and sister were there to meet him, and they, too, looked like rabbits.
#20
He’d talk to his backpack like it was his best friend.
Bonesko 11 months ago
Are we sure there wasn't someone or something in the bag?
Load More Replies... Lila Allen 11 months ago
Had a student whose parent refused to admit the student was delusional. Frequently talked to the backpack. I really hope the student is ok, but I highly doubt it.
SheamusFanFrom1987 11 months ago
I'd like to put a more positive spin on it: Maybe he had a Ralts in his backpack that doesn't like its Pokeball much so he has to keep it hidden and entertain it at intervals.
#21
When I was a freshman in high school, there was this kid I sat next to in math class. On several occasions, he brought handcuffs to class. He also had made a hit list of everyone in the school he despised. I don’t recall being on the list, but I do remember being told by a friend that he said he would chop me into pieces and stuff me into his trunk.
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
The scary part is likely not and this guy is out walking around somewhere as an adult with the same proclivities
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#22
There was a kid in my school who was obsessed with Mario. He had Mario sweatshirts and notebooks, and a Mario backpack. Well someone figured out that if you told him “Mario is dead” he’d flip. Scream and cry “f**k you no he’s not” every time. He got in trouble multiple times for attacking kids who said anything about Mario dying (even if they were talking about in the context of smash bros or something). This happened 8th-10th grade then I never saw him again.
#23
For the schoolwide talent show he put a plastic bag on the back of his head on which he had hastily scribbled something resembling a smiley face, he faced away from the audience and touched his hands behind his back. That was his talent, touching his hands behind his back.
Serena Myers 11 months ago
I thought nearly everybody could do that! Or was he touching his hands upside down?
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
I don't like plastic bags as shown in that picture. Ever read the book Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chlbsky?? Terrifying
Learner Panda 11 months ago
Possibly means one arm over his shoulder and the other round his side, then linking his hands behind him. I never could do that.
#24
He was afraid of Inspector Gadget for some reason., Kids would sing the theme tune and he'd have a meltdown.
Bored Sailor 11 months ago
So you bullied a kid who told you he had a fear, who are the weird ones, the bullies.
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
Well based on that photo I don't blame him. I hated that stupid show
Bored Trash Panda 11 months ago
That's mean. Reminds me of an ex of mine that would purposely put his feet in my face till I cried. ( I absolutely HATE feet)
What do you think ?
Ron Man 11 months ago
I feel that articles like this one really just serve to persecute the 'weird kid' even further. Growing up is tough, and kids rarely have any say in their lives during this period. Not sure what the point here is trying to accomplish, other than to continue making those kids weird, and not recognizing them as people who were trying to survive the best they could while dealing with may be a very difficult home life.
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
There was a kid named Tony who was poor and really overweight and had emotional issues. The PE teachers were the ones who really were horrible, not so much the kids. In 6th grade our class had to make Christmas cards for everyone else in class and I kept mine. His was really sweet but the one from my teacher said "thank you for helping Tony with his cards and being so kind to him." I thought I was an a*****e as a kid but maybe that was only towards jerk offs. I don't know it made me feel better than anything in awhile.
Captive 11 months ago
In 8th grade or so we made some hearing test in biology and some of us had to clap once and the blindfolded kid had to point at the direction it came from. This one kid had to clap next and he missed his hand. He failed to clap once. After that he was trolled a lot but not in a toxic way
G A 11 months ago
Sounds like he had coordination issues. He might have had problems that required help, not being abused.
Load More Replies... Ron Man 11 months ago
I feel that articles like this one really just serve to persecute the 'weird kid' even further. Growing up is tough, and kids rarely have any say in their lives during this period. Not sure what the point here is trying to accomplish, other than to continue making those kids weird, and not recognizing them as people who were trying to survive the best they could while dealing with may be a very difficult home life.
Nice Beast Ludo 11 months ago
There was a kid named Tony who was poor and really overweight and had emotional issues. The PE teachers were the ones who really were horrible, not so much the kids. In 6th grade our class had to make Christmas cards for everyone else in class and I kept mine. His was really sweet but the one from my teacher said "thank you for helping Tony with his cards and being so kind to him." I thought I was an a*****e as a kid but maybe that was only towards jerk offs. I don't know it made me feel better than anything in awhile.
Captive 11 months ago
In 8th grade or so we made some hearing test in biology and some of us had to clap once and the blindfolded kid had to point at the direction it came from. This one kid had to clap next and he missed his hand. He failed to clap once. After that he was trolled a lot but not in a toxic way
G A 11 months ago
Sounds like he had coordination issues. He might have had problems that required help, not being abused.
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