Surviving junior high - The essential self esteem guide... It happened on our school trip. He sat next to me, glancing over at me all the time...and in the end whispered a "compliment" in my ear, a compliment that I didn't forget for years: "You could be really beautiful if it wasn't for your nose..." Oops...had I heard right? I'd never had a problem with my nose, but I did after that... There are no two ways about it - all of us at some time or other...