Would it be a good idea to start a furry club at my high school? The only problem is that I'm only going to be at the school for another year and a bit until I graduate hopefully. I also don't know what people think about the furry fandom at my school and so I'm opening up to your advise because I only have a basic plan setup so far. So should I do it or not if so what should we do during the meetings if not why shouldn't I do this. I will eventually put up my plan and the rough copy of the poster Ive made for this even if it looks terrible
If you plan on doing it, make sure the school is involved. Making a furry club at a highschool without some support from the school itself is basically asking to get beat on. High schoolers are just mean people, and furries are prime targets. Sadly.
Personally myself, people find it cool that I'm a fur at highschool and like to ask me questions about it :x
Anyways, it matters how many people you can get as a base number that will be there pretty much every meeting. It would probably look pretty lame if you started a club by yourself and not a single person showed up what so ever. The idea itself is pretty cool though, I can imagine easily what you'd do, considering I do majority of that already with my local furfriends ^^ Also if you're thinking your drawing skills is lacking in the poster department, I'm sure someone in our community would love to help :birdy:
: RangerRivet May 05, 2015, 11:04:56 -06:00
If you plan on doing it, make sure the school is involved. Making a furry club at a highschool without some support from the school itself is basically asking to get beat on. High schoolers are just mean people, and furries are prime targets. Sadly.
my intentions are to link the group to the school as much as possible via negotiations with the teacher who room I choose to stage the first meeting at and principles. As well as making my part of the group to be relatively secret ill be the follower not the organizer. As well as the fact i plan to have the meeting place change every so often so no one will be able to jump me in the hallway while I'm on my way to the meeting place of choice
PS. when I was thinking about this I thought "this will either be a brilliant idea or ill be signing my own death warrant"
You have thought this through, then. I say if you're that determined, go for it. Good luck.
: TimePages May 05, 2015, 11:39:13 -06:00
Personally myself, people find it cool that I'm a fur at highschool and like to ask me questions about it :x
Anyways, it matters how many people you can get as a base number that will be there pretty much every meeting. It would probably look pretty lame if you started a club by yourself and not a single person showed up what so ever. The idea itself is pretty cool though, I can imagine easily what you'd do, considering I do majority of that already with my local furfriends ^^ Also if you're thinking your drawing skills is lacking in the poster department, I'm sure someone in our community would love to help :birdy:
most of my close friends don't even know I'm a furry yet. but they know I'm starting an "art" club. So they will be able to put two and two together when I put the posters up.To be completely honest for the poster I did something evil and traced someone else's art because I cant draw to save my life :-[
: RangerRivet May 06, 2015, 12:05:54 -06:00
You have thought this through, then. I say if you're that determined, go for it. Good luck.
thank you
well as I kind of knew would happen this whole ordeal would exploded in my face the posters where put up early before any one showed up but the news spread quickly when they where noticed and people where laughing at them and some tore them down (which in hind sight was probably in my favor) so I'm debating whether to see if i get any serious emails in response over the next two weeks or so(I have one from a person i don't trust at the time I am writing this ) or to let this whole thing become part of the past
P.S. I'm tempted to screw with the obvious troll :evil: but on the other hand i should treat this like an adult :angel:
Unfortunately, man, just wait till you get to a university. I do mean university, not just a community college or whatever. People will be more accepting there (hopefully)
well right now I'm going through another email that could be legitimate but I need to find a test that would be a appropriate
: Bandit racoon May 15, 2015, 05:07:32 -06:00
well as I kind of knew would happen this whole ordeal would exploded in my face the posters where put up early before any one showed up but the news spread quickly when they where noticed and people where laughing at them and some tore them down (which in hind sight was probably in my favor) so I'm debating whether to see if i get any serious emails in response over the next two weeks or so(I have one from a person i don't trust at the time I am writing this ) or to let this whole thing become part of the past
P.S. I'm tempted to screw with the obvious troll :evil: but on the other hand i should treat this like an adult :angel:
Whoever replies ask them this... At midnight tonight your human form will cease to exist. You will be reincarnated into another creature such as animal, bird, or dragon, or anything else. Real, imagined, or total fantasy, what creature would you become, why, and what would you call yourself?
I think the answer will tell you volumes.
Here's a question that one should ask at this point: what is the goal of your club? Is it to bring people together? Is it to be an exclusive gathering?
If you have to be paranoid about members joining, having to test them before coming in to your club, it isn't going to be a very open club and could easily filter our people who might just be curious. In that respect you are slightly defeating the point of having a school club, which is to have a visible access point for people who have interest at the school.
If you are concerned about trolling and about the true intentions of people joining having a real interest, the venue and audience may not be the right one. I am not saying do not follow through, but make sure you have a goal and that both your venue and promotion of your club fit in with your intentions.
The point of the club was to meet furries around my age from my local area that I might know already.
The point of the paranoid security was to discourage dickheads and trolls from finding the location and showing up in a mob and proceed to ridicule and or beat up any of the legitimate furries, curious people and myself. The reason they became so extreme was because the initial reaction to the posters was mockery and that made me feel terrible. That not being helped that I am a pessimist by nature. I can see how that could look hostile from the curious bystander who is just curious on what this is all about.
The three things that killed it entirely was: that the posters where very unprofessional looking (the ten I made where made by hand),they where put up in the early morning on a Friday and taken down around midday or early afternoon by either janitorial staff or students and the aforementioned mockery and security led by me being paranoid as hell and nervous (possibly being blinded by my feelings due to the initial reactions).
but in a couple of months or possibly weeks I intend to try one last time with better and more posters as well as little to no security and to apologize to the two people who responded to me originally on the note what should I put for the writing for the new poster if I make any
Your determination to start a furry club at your high school is remarkable. Yet high school is a ground of a lot of diverse individuals who try to define and test themselves. It seems college is more open to develop different and personal interests. Luckily with the internet age it is much easier to find groups with common interest.
Depending on the size of your school, you might be the only one who is a furry. See whether you can start a group that is open to otherkin or students with interest in fantasy art, anime or cosplay. It may reach beyond the furry fathom yet you will cover a broad interest and gather more likeminded individuals.
: Wereman May 24, 2015, 03:13:13 -06:00
Your determination to start a furry club at your high school is remarkable.
*blush*
: Wereman May 24, 2015, 03:13:13 -06:00
Yet high school is a ground of a lot of diverse individuals who try to define and test themselves.It seems college is more open to develop different and personal interests.
why are post secondary schools more accepting?
Depending on the size of your school, you might be the only one who is a furry.
at this point I wouldn't doubt it that is why I'm making one last chance to make this club a reality before I give up until i got to collage or university
See whether you can start a group that is open to otherkin or students with interest in fantasy art, anime or cos play. It may reach beyond the furry fathom yet you will cover a broad interest and gather more like minded individuals.
other than the groups previously stated who else should I advocate the group to and when i have some of those groups should I introduce them to the fandom?
People are more accepting in post secondary for a few reasons.
A) You're paying to be there. Which means you're paying to learn, not piss people off.
B) It's an adult environment. You're there to qualify for a career path, and careers are for adults only.
C) That shit just don't fly in college. Discrimination will get you kicked out. In many cases, it will also make newspaper headlines "Local student expelled for being racist / sexist / etc."
D) By the time people join college, most people realize the childish trolling and discrimination is pointless. Unfortunately, many don't, but some pull their act together.
Well Put Ranger, yet this is mostly true even though some degree of bullying feels to happen in college. Beware of the students who want to team up with you because they know you are smart and will do the work while they are too "lazy" to do it. Yet this is rare.
: Bandit racoon May 24, 2015, 11:18:25 -06:00
other than the groups previously stated who else should I advocate the group to and when i have some of those groups should I introduce them to the fandom?
Introduce it as a group who is open to different fan groups, cosplays including science fiction and fantasy. Once participants feel comfortable they start sharing their interest yet this may take several meetings.
Actually wereman, I'd be more careful giving other fandoms the ability to join. Not saying its a bad idea, but it's also a potential method to getting your furry group quickly derailed into trekkies and league of legend players ;p
that is exactly why i want to advertise to groups that are very similar only because I know for a fact that our fandom is a minority at my school and i don't want the group to be too diverse only to be slowly assimilated by a larger group
How about starting a furry club at a community centre, backed up by your school? that way they can distribute the activity to the school board!.. i'm not sure what the costs would be but its an idea to explore