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10 Ways to Cure Invisibility Syndrome

By Contributor

March 10, 2010

MistySilvermace? Is that you? We can't seeeeeee yooooouuuuu. Just kidding. —SparkNotes editors

Many kids struggle to be noticed during middle/high school. With all the cliques running around campus, it's hard to know where you fit in. People wonder every day about who will notice them, or if they’ll even be noticed at all. And there you have it: INVISIBILITY SYNDROME. It’s a curse! It’s a plague! It’s a cursed plague that is almost equivalent to the Stressed Out Teacher Syndrome that pops up every year just around the time of your ACT tests!

Luckily, the cure for Invisibility Syndrome is currently being tested in labs, and will one day be at a store near you! But since the cure will take a few years to perfect, here are a few ideas on how to get noticed, or at least change the clique-y nature of your school.

1. Buy a cape, preferably a bright, shiny one, and a matching top hat. If you can’t find a matching top hat and cape, go to a craft store and buy some shiny fabric. Make your cape using safety pins. On second though, scratch the top hat. Otherwise, you’ll end up looking like this.

Go to school dressed in your cape. Be sure to have at least one extremely shiny object attached to your person, be it a strobe light necklace or flashing lightbulb earrings. The goal here is to look as ridiculous as possible. The key, however, is to pretend like you’re being completely normal.

2. Paint yourself purple. Film it, and play the video (during an assembly, during class as a project, etc.) so that a large number of people will see. Remember, the goal is to be noticed. This will be embarrassing, but worth it. Just look where it got this guy.

3. Find a knight costume. Challenge anyone you meet to a duel. Don't take “no” for an answer. If they attempt to walk away, attack them. In a nice, legal *cough* way, of course.

4. Skip down the halls singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Toss corn kernels throughout the halls as you sing.

5. Turn yourself actually invisible. Wander into classrooms and make growly cat noises. Wreak general havoc. (And if you find a way to actually become invisible, tell us.)

6. Find an old dress/suit similar to those in The Scarlet Pimpernel, and wear it to school. Don’t forget to talk in a British accent.

7. Fly. Over your school, in an airplane, on some sort of bird, in your (CHEESE ALERT!) soul…we don’t care. Just fly.

8. Publish a post on SparkLife. Become a famous writer, and bask in your celebrity. Mock those who ignored you.

9. Whenever you see someone with blue on, point at them and yell, “AVADA KEDAVRA!”

10. Learn to yodel. During study hall. Show off your skills throughout the day. Never answer anything in a normal voice—you MUST yodel all answers.

Looking back on this list, Sparklers, these would seem more like “10 Ways To Appear Completely Insane To The Rest Of The Student Body,” but trust me, they work. Just remember, the important part: insanity = surefire way to be noticed.

Have you ever done something crazy to get attention?