Manny broght up an interesting question about popularity in high school translating to success later in life, so here's the poll...
I hung out with all of them. I played tennis and ran a little track so theres the athletics thing, played drums in band so the band geek, hung out with the stoners cuz I was kinda sorta, was in some accelerated classes so many brainy friends, oh and I also hung out with the cheerleaders alot too I was "other". Now I'm a recluse so I don't hang out with anyone.
I am still in high school, i am not very popular, but i think a lot of people know who i am since i am on the basketball team at my high school. I am not going to vote since i am not out of high school yet (2 more years). Unless something drastic happens i will prob be a ahtlete/jock.
"Marge, in college there's only two types of people: the nerds and the jocks. As a jock, it's my job to make fun of the nerds." -Homer going back to school
I think many of us are like mr oily and have/had many different interests. It's hard to categorize people in this way. I wasn't prom king or queen and I wasn't a total outcast, but most of the other things fit at one time or another. I'm interested where and when my fellow bbs members went to high school. People have different definitions of success, too. It's hard to judge who is "succesful" or not. There are a lot of people who make a bundle of cash who I would not consider succesful, but they themselves might. Is Mike Tyson succesful? Sometimes, I guess. I'm sure everyone can think of some better examples.
I was kind of a loner in H.S. I had a few friends and two close friends, but I was never into any extracurricular activities... I took art classes, shop classes, had some stoner friends, had some jock friends, I wasn't into computers too much back then, I had few advanced classes, I even worked in the school office, I guess I would fall under other...
I go to a private school, so there are only about 75 people in my grade. I guess I'm sort've popular. Like I'm not like on the people that go around trying to act all cool and everything. I try to be nice to everyone, so I have a lot of friends. I am also on the basketball team. I am friends with almost everyone in my grade, since it's so small.
I wasn't opular in the sense that I hung out with popular people, but the popular folks at least acknowledged my existence, would have conversations with me and were polite and nice to me. I assume most of that was because the several of the popular kids had parents who were friends with my parents... and I had nice cars and money, too, which was a trait prized by people in my high school. But I was one of those long-haired musician types, and I pretty well kept to myself and a small group of like-mided friends.
I agree with right1, it's kind of hard to group yourself into just one category. For myself, I'd say i'm probably closest to the nerdy people, but I'm not the type of guy thats so nerdy he can't say "hey" to the "popular" people or even go to the same party as some of them. Do I enjoy hanging with most of the "popular" people, no, but then again, I don't really enjoy hanging with most of the people at my high school. I've always been active in high school, but in a way I'm sort of a loner. I only have a real small group of people that I like to hang out with outside of school, but that small group is made up of true friends, I think.
I was fairly popular. I was one of the top atheletes, always up for prom and homecoming awards, in advanced classes, and was student council president. But most of my classmates would likely call me a stoner. Oh well, I don't even drink anymore. As far as success, I have carved out a few notches. I have owned my own record/promotions company and clubs. I lived like a rock star, partied like a p*rn star. But that phase of my life is over and I am most likely behind my fellow classmates, monetarily. However, the best is yet to come.
Well I do track... I hang out with the jocks, brains, druggies...anyone who's not conceited and/or curses nonstop. Guys and girls who make me laugh.
I was in the popular group. Everybody knew me or knew of me. No big deal, though, I went to a loser school (and I recently heard it will soon no longer even be a HS - but some kind of half-way, special needs, high school since so many kids were dropping out and no one was learning anyway). Lol. Many teachers hated me, though, and would always try to insult me or make me look stupid in front of the class. How tragic.
I know I am an Enigma, however I was also King of my senior prom (1993) so, well I guess I had to vote prom king. I have ONE MESSAAGE for all of you in highschool Its not over yet, please dont classify yourself. the person I would classify myself as during freshman or sophmore year would be totally diferant then the preson who OWNED the school my junior and especially senior year. I was president of every club, captain of the 3 sports I participated. I was also a male cheerleader, and in student gove. did I do everything yes sure did. but no way science club and computer club were cool. I was president of them, but I didnt make them cool. My presence did make cheerleading cool, but I think that was more of a spectacle thing. as a sophmore I was just a good athelete, and nerd that most people knew. well every knew, but not well. after that the skillsd in speach and debate made me... Un-shy so to say, and being un-shy propelled me to the top baby I think I just decided to be cool and somehow it happened. I should also add that i role played, and i was still the coolest kid in school. whats up with that. anyhoo, HS isn't over till its over so make of it what you want PEACE
Ran cross country track 4 years Played JV basketball one game and 4 straight years of Varsity basketball Varsity Football (2 years) Pole vault and 100m dash in track (3 years) Student council (3 years) Choir(lots of hot babes in there lol) I never did pick on anyone I was not some upperclassmen who took pride in torturing people who did not fit in as they would say. When you are a student athlete you always set a positive example for your school and always remember the one thing some of those people they classify as "geeks" "nerds" etc cheer for you in the stands as well. I remember one year their was this kid everyone seemed to pick on because he wore Pro-wings which to me back then a shoe was a shoe but I wore Nike anyhow. To make a long story short I had gotten 2 pairs of Jordans for christmas and decided to slip a pair of these shoes in his P.E locker so kids would not make fun of him anymore. Next day I come to school and he is wearing them with pride. I never did tell him it was me who gave them to him.
I'm easy to get along with so I had lots of friends in every "group." I don't know how "popular" I was though... I was part of the jock clique and hung out with them and everything, but most females didn't acknowledge me. Half-popular, I suppose?
LOL!!! I spent my Saturday nights playing D&D and Rifts with a bunch of 26 year-olds, but never told anyone. There were only like two other people that gamed at my school anyway.
I would say that I was in between. I wasn't really a jock, even though I played 1 year of baseball and ran 2 years of track. I also played 3 years of soccer in the fall. I never was one that got voted in student council, class officers, or anything like that; however, all the teachers loved me. I was picked along with 11 other kids as one of the outstanding seniors in my class. Yet, I failed to get a single "senior superlative" - which were nothing but popularity contests. At my high school, at least, it seemed that you were ostracized for hanging around or even talking to kids who were not popular. Jeff: I didn't mean to really criticize DJ Qualls, but all I was trying to say is that he didn't seem to fit the prototype of someone that would become an actor in Hollywood, at least to me, he didn't. But I do see where you are coming from....I guess I let outside appearances cloud my thinking sometimes.
I was definatley the "popular type" when I graduated. But I didn't start out that way. My freshman year I was 5'6 and 170lbs, ratty hair, and braces. But between my Junior and Senior year, I lost 50lbs, grew 2 inches, had my braces taken off, and learned the art of hairstyling and makeup. I went on to win beauty pageants, and the title of Prom Queen. Man those were 2 good years in my life
