A List of Reasons I Was Called A Know-It All At School

Daribha Lyndem
The Lit Squib
Published in
1 min readApr 14, 2017

Wearing thick glasses since age 10

Looking like a snob

Talking like a pedant

Reading

Always having a book in my hand

Using the dictionary

Telling people when they are using words incorrectly

Correcting grammar

Correcting ‘facts’

Having a contrarian viewpoint because someone was wrong

Having a contrarian viewpoint to piss people off

Having a contrarian viewpoint just because

Using ‘big words’

Subscribing to Solipsism

Knowing what Solipsism means

Referencing classical myth

Doing badly in school

Always being skeptical

Not being sporty

Wearing ill fitted clothes

Not participating in anything

Not having friends

Making only one friend

Answering a question in class

Not answering a question in class

Drinking juice

Liking Lisa Simpson

Not having a boyfriend

Being a know-it-all

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