BUT I DON'T NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE!!!!!!! trust me this problem is not a result of my social skills. I am respected but it is not only because of magic. It is because I love to make people laugh and I am multitalented. I am involved with other things like track/field, piano. I only do magic when my friends need cheering up or whenever I am begged to. I always Interact with people WITHOUT magic. Joey is trying to expose my tricks not because I have poor social skills but because he is jealous!! One day my friends basically forced me to preform to the upperclassmen. I ended up doing a great job. the problem was the whole hallway was watching as the seniors yelled out things like, "your the best freshman ever" Or "your my new best friend". this obviously got joey jealous and instead of asking me he decided to copy me then try to expose my tricks!!
THE POINT IS: Even without magic I would have what you call "social acceptance" the problem is I cant practice my tricks in school anymore. Next time before you bash somebody on their own thread remember ask questions and dont assume I am some socialy retarded weirdo who cant get freinds.
I am afraid you are showing that is the problem...since you are giving too much deal to Joey...if it wasn`t your social skills the problem, you wouldn`t care this much...I don`t care when somebody heckles me...since the audience quickly take care of him...since I connect with them before even doing my first routine
Magic is a lot more than tricks and showing off...for what I read, you
It`s been a long time since I was heckled...even when I find guys that heckled me before...and it`s simply because I have authority and showmanship...and I think you really need to find what you are not doing...
I would stop doing magic for sometime, improve myself, and learn how to get confident not only in magic, but in life in general...confidence is also about not caring about what a dumba** is trying to do against you...
You should really take in account what baller has to say about it...