Kids and model railroading

As stated; teasing goes with the age. 

It's the training you recieve to know yourself and how to deal  with all types of charachters when you are out supporting yourself. 

No one is respected for everything they do it's how you learn to be true to yourself that gives you the self-respect it takes to gain respect..

Is it modeling RR or is it creativity, planning, organization, setting priorities, executing your plan, being able to adjust, learning new skills, making mistakes and learning that's OK if you correct them?

Could you do diaroma?  Model a scene w/ a train that's familar to the students.

 tchamp5

Honestly, I'm 14 and have never been made fun of. I have told many about my hobby and all my friends that come over think my layout is really neat and are always disappointed when I don't run the trains because I've got a huge ballasting project going on. I did a speech in my speech class about model trains and the whole class had tons of questions and was intrigued. I hope you see that this hobby really isn't nerdy and there are many people that would find it interesting

I am 17 and a junior in high school i never really talk about trains that much school, my friends know I like trains and have no problem with it in fact one of them is turning into a railfan. I have been made fun a couple times but that was a few years ago.

BTW: I have found this girl who likes trains to and is rather good looking

DRGWfan wrote:

I am 17 and a junior in high school i never really talk about trains that much school, my friends know I like trains and have no problem with it in fact one of them is turning into a railfan. I have been made fun a couple times but that was a few years ago. BTW: I have found this girl who likes trains to and is rather good looking

Now it cant get any better then that........A GURL who likes trains and she is good lookin boy you better take her asap or you'll luck out....lol

In school I was never made fun of for being a MRR.....I was taunted  for being a "SpEd"..... I was called a "car dork" in high school (because I like Volkswagens), and in middle school I was "lego kid" (guess why....)

None of that was fun, but to this day, I am astounded that no one ever picked on me due to trains...

Davo

Look out, because certain sleazy ADULTS who are into snap-judgment psychology will take your teen age interest in railroad modeling, claim you are obsessed with trains, and call you autistic.

If you are not into sex, alcohol, and fast autos you might get labeled as mentally disabled by the sleazy psychologists. As we know all the normal teen have better things to do than play with their trains and talk about trains.

Railroads are real big time businesses and not fantasies from a troubled teen imagination.

Andrew Falconer

Andrew Falconer wrote:

Look out, because certain sleazy ADULTS who are into snap-judgment psychology will take your teen age interest in railroad modeling, claim you are obsessed with trains, and call you autistic. If you are not into sex, alcohol, and fast autos you might get labeled as mentally disabled by the sleazy psychologists. As we know all the normal teen have better things to do than play with their trains and talk about trains. Railroads are real big time businesses and not fantasies from a troubled teen imagination. Andrew Falconer

Sez ye.

Railroads were a good pasttime in my teen years. Yes I had the sex, the girls and the usual troubles and took on a few bullies in my time. But there was always time for trains.

As for the shrinks, they can draw thier own conclusions. I came out of that time in good shape, not like a few peers who cannot get out of the bottle, drugs or other trouble.

If those shrinks were any good at thier work they will recognize autistic behavior as such, not necessarily anything to do with anything. People who fight handicaps are very special people. Especially when they live thier lives very well despite thier limitations (Or perhaps a refusal to submit and quit living)

Yes railroads are big time business, but ever wonder that they might be BUILT to meet a BIGGER Business's Industrial needs?

Andrew Falconer wrote:

Look out, because certain sleazy ADULTS who are into snap-judgment psychology will take your teen age interest in railroad modeling, claim you are obsessed with trains, and call you autistic. If you are not into sex, alcohol, and fast autos you might get labeled as mentally disabled by the sleazy psychologists. As we know all the normal teen have better things to do than play with their trains and talk about trains. Railroads are real big time businesses and not fantasies from a troubled teen imagination. Andrew Falconer

These haughty academics consider anything "trains" to be irrelevant and not the way the real world works. If a teenager is reading and talking about "trains" for any reason, they have now become disconnected from society while in school.

Sorry, psychologists, but that stereotype of the wild teen lifestyle does not get the work done in the real world. People have to be responsible and learn about business.

Andrew

The best answer to getting made fun of:

Anti-conformity