My first three years I was that foreign kid that not alot of people wanted to hang out with. I had friends, but I was not popular by any means. My senior things changed a little bit. I had a few more friends, but still I hated high school. Didnt have a good car or money or anything that would attract one of those hot chicks. Now, things are slightly different if you know what I mean. Got rid of my funky hair and that little bit of accent I had. Not shy to talk to anyone anymore either. I still dont have bazillion friends. A small group of special friends is good enough for me.
It's interesting...at my high school the "good kids" were the popular kids. I hung out with a group of guys who did well in school...played sports...didn't do drugs...only a few drank a whole lot....and we were the "popular" group. I never ran for any office that I didn't win in school...never really had a tough time getting dates or getting asked to girl ask guy dances...kinda remarkable really, because I think at a lot of schools I would have been a dork!! not sure how i got so lucky...but I feel like the positive influence from my friends had a huge impact on my life. i never really knew the whole peer pressure bit about drugs/alcohol. hope my kids are ultimately that fortunate. about two years ago a guy from high school called me up out of the blue while I was studying for my last finals in law school. he was a guy everyone kinda picked on...he said he remembered a time where a friend and i defended him in front of a large group of people, and how that stuck with him. i didn't even remember it. it's amazing how little things you do can have such a big impact on people...if you're in high school, try to look past the "he's not in the cool group" mentality and treat everyone with respect.
I was in all honors classes so I was one of the smart kids. I played baseball and tennis so I knew some of the jocks. I never did any drugs nor did I drink in HS. The first time I ever drank was at my senoir prom. I knew most of the popular people and I could in passing talk to them if I wanted but I never sat with them at lunch or anything. Nor did I go to their parties or crap like that. I think I was right in the middle. I had some popular friends and some geek friends. I liked both and I wouldnt crap on either. I probably was closer to a dork than popular though and that was fine with me.
I chose other. I fit into several categories in the poll. I went to a private school and took lots of honors classes. I was in athletics and also took several computer classes. I was not voted prom king, however I was voted as a homecoming duchess(yes I am a male. It is a long story...) my soph. year. I was also pretty straight edged. So I was probably popular with several different groups.
I was semi-popular in high school, in part because everyone in my neighborhood knew me and I was in ROTC every year. I was also class clown in Biology and Algebra. Ah, those were the days.
Ok Manny. the H.S. I went to had a long standing tradition(as do many schools) of letting the student body choose Homecoming court members. However, at my school only the girls were chosen. Most of the males in my class decided they did not think this was a fair practice. You choose the girl and whomever she asked to be her escort was automatically on the court. The school even so much as allowed students that did not attend our school to be on the court in a couple of instances. During my sophmore year my fellow classmates and I hatched a plan to right this wrong. On the ballots we always received the school listed every girl in our class and also listed a section for write in votes. Now it never made much sense to us why they included the write in section since all the girls in our class were on the ballot, but never the less yo probably see where this is heading. A bunch of the guys in my homeroom got together and nominated me to be the patsy. Word went around to all the guys to write me in for Sophmore duchess. Needless to say I got all the male vote and some of the female vote. I won by a fairly handy margin but the administration threw out the vote. Incidently the runner up was a girl that we should just say was well past portly(my worst fear was that they were going to declare her the winner and force me to be her escort). The administration spoke with the student council and decided to change the policy and let us start voting on both boys and girls. In the re-vote I was promptly defeated by someone way more popular than myself. In fact I did not even go to the game. I got hurt in football practice during the week and spent the weekend getting treatment on my knee. CK
