53 Insane School Rumors That Seemed Impossible—Until Shocking Truths Came to Light
“Rumors can involve just about any topic and often run the gamut,” adds the expert. “Most of the time, people who spread rumors do not bother to determine if there is any truth to what they are saying.”
Gossip, on the other hand, usually involves shocking or personal details about someone, and is spread behind their back. “Gossip almost always causes pain and humiliation,” warns Gordon.
That a 12-year-old 6th grader had gotten pregnant over summer break. Our Los Angeles county suburb (it was a small and far-separated from LA itself, see how large that county actually is on Google if you are unawares) was so scandalized by this “rumor” that a newspaper article came out with a cartoon drawing of a pregnant girl in a pretty little girl dress and ribbon in her hair — playing with dolls and kneeling next to a doll-house — accompanied the story about the “little girl who got pregnant and planned to keep the baby.” She was interviewed. I remember her name but it’s unnecessary— the whole town knew who it was.
What’s wild is that the kids in Jr. High actually had a baby shower for this 7th grader as she got close to full-term, and all brought in packs of diapers and formula for her on a designated day. With the teachers, principal, and probably the school district in support of this.
The year was 1984-1985.
Paige WAS pregnant….none of us believed her. We were 13 and we were just about to start S*x Ed classes in a few weeks to learn about s*x so we all thought she was making it up. Then she started to gain weight but she had always been kind of overweight and so no one really believed her then either. Then she brought sonagram pictures in because she was sick of people not believing her. Most people believed her after that. Then she got taken out of school and this was back when FB was super popular and everyone was talking about her baby a few months later she had posted all these pictures. Sorry I didn’t believe you Paige….I looked her back up when I was 15. She had a second kid.
There was an 18-year-old freshman who was pregnant, and there was a joke spread that this was her 4th kid. They said she was first pregnant at 12 years old and that was why she never finished 9th grade.
I actually made friends with her because we both walked the mile in PE, and I felt bad that people were spreading this rumor and making fun of someone who obviously is trying to better themselves for their baby.
Well, turns out, it was actually her 5th kid. She had one set of twins at the age of 13. Then at 14 she was trying to be a mother of 2 and finish 9th grade, but she got pregnant again and dropped out. I realize now that the entire situation was very concerning. I hope she got some guidance.
One is to make cover up their own shortfalls. “When people feel bad about themselves, they sometimes target other people to try to make themselves feel better,” Gordon explains. “As a result, they talk about others to deflect attention from themselves.”
Another is to be part of the circle, fit in, or be seen as cool. They may feel like they won’t be accepted if they don’t join the nasty rumor mill, and often, says Gordon, peer pressure plays a big part in spreading rumors or gossip.
Australian educator, writer, speaker, and consultant Linda Stade says for some kids, gossip is a form of currency. “The amount of information you have about others is a measure of how connected you are,” she explains. “Connection is status.”
The head lunch lady was stealing from the kids, turns out the last year I was there she had stolen more than 100k from us.
That the History teacher was gay. He was a well groomed guy and had a sort of high pitched voice. Kids started getting really s****y about it, and then someone found him on a gay dating app with a topless pic and spread it around school. S**t hit the fan and parents started complaining because god forbid an adult man go on a dating app for adults. He wasn’t fired but he ended up transferring schools.
This was in 2010 in NY, so it wasn’t even some redneck podunk town. It was just a bunch of s****y homophobic suburban parents encouraging their s****y homophobic kids.
“When teens know a secret that nobody else knows or are the first person in the group to hear a rumor, they become the center of attention,” explains Gordon. “As a result, kids who are trying to fit in or climb the social ladder might use gossip and rumors as tools to gain popularity.”
Then there are the power-hungry gossipers. These people will go to great lengths to be be in control, even if it means putting others down.
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