Is it normal for people to target introverts?

What kind of shitty class are you taking?

There's introversion and extroversion, but most people will fluctuate between the two depending on mood.

It's common to stigmatise the extremes of both - extroversion as being needy, attention-seeking, arrogant, high maintenance, introversion as being socially awkward, arrogant, weird.

Because society relies upon human interaction and most of us have an instinctive desire to socialise in some capacity, the avoidance of human interaction is seen as a negative; perhaps as counter-productive, rude, unhelpful or as a rejection.

Your co-workers, for example, probably assume you don't want to socialise because you don't like them, so react negatively to the feeling of rejection.

In fact I'd say a lot of the negative reception you're getting is due to presumptuousness, and you could save yourself a lot of trouble by being open about your introversion. When people ask you about why you're so withdrawn or evasive, explain that you're quite introverted, that you just naturally keep yourself to yourself and it's nothing to do with not liking people or being shy. Or even if they don't ask, if you get the impression they might be unhappy about it, pre-empt them and explain how you feel.

If you clear up any misunderstandings in a friendly manner before they arise, you might be able to avoid the negativity.

Yeah, people are starting to be real assholes about it.

The lesser elements of society are apparently threatened by anything that strikes them as too peculiar; their feeble minds just can't comprehend or tolerate such things, so they lash out. After all, it's said that the strongest form of fear is that of the unknown.

It seems as if these people act in such a way out of pure cowardice; after all, it's easy to team up with your homies and pick a fight with a loner, with someone who you damn well know won't have anyone to back them up. Again: pure, filthy cowardice.

With that said, just wait until you have to put up with the type of stuff that I've been through. All I can say is that these people do nothing but validate and fortify my misanthropic inclinations.

Then again, victims have long memories.

Both introverts and extroverts are capable of having mental disorders or social "problems"... Wow, what a pompous group. Do some research on the introverted geniuses that contributed greatly to society and knowledge and kindly hand that to your teacher with a classy and intelligible "pwn'd" kind of response on it. How could he not respect that, right? Maybe he just wants to see some kind of fire, even if a little bit, in your own way, and doesn't know how to get it. He might realize that he can actually learn from you and treat introverts better. It is true, society is alienating the introverts. However, I have seen articles where the introverts fight back and bring this issue to light. Introverts are important. Sorry you have such a sucky class setting. That's not cool at all.

Not necessarily introverts but people who are quiet. I have experienced this first hand and it really hurt me.

Whatever happened to the old stereotype of quiet people being mysterious?

What class is this anyway? I'm curious, don't cha know?
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Just ignore them. These people are what True described. Try to talk to some of them individually and you'll realise they won't have the balls to make joke of you anymore. And, if that professor try to mess up with you again, you may just respond with a sarcastic remark about her and she'll be pissed of.

Anyway, you shouldn't think every extrovert act this way. You're surrounded by retarded and immature people and you should be proud you aren't one of them. You still have to try to open up and search for social connections in your class. Talk to the ones that you feel you could relate to.

Introverts shit all over extroverts.

Sounds more like a shitty small town high school. If you weren't using "professor" asa cover-up for your age, get the fuck out of that place! Such prejudices are supposed to dissipate with age. Disthing's comment was a great all around; use your introvert mind to eliminate the prejudice of you're peers.

well im a strange balance of both, but it hard to expect the masses to be sensitive or logical.

Some people would just rather have an intelligent conversation instead of a simple one.

It's Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest, at it's most basic level.
The species is dying because society protects the weak and infirm, but nobody gives a shit, because being politically correct now is much more important than the eventual extinction of the species.