Were you the popular kid in High School? - Page 4

AlphaSigOU · #46 09-13-2003, 06:07 PM

Definitely on the "B" list. I had quite a few "A" list friends and acquaintances, but pretty much stayed in the perimeter. My sophomore and junior year at North Miami Senior High School (North Miami, Florida), I didn't stand out very much in the crowd, since part of the school day I attended another school (George T. Baker Aviation School in Miami) to learn how to be an aircraft mechanic -- though I never became one.

Somewhat of a chronic underachiever -- brilliant in some subjects (social studies, history, English) and a total dunce in others (math, especially algebra and higher). I lived very much of a sheltered life until my senior year, where I really became involved with the senior class and student government. My crowning achievement was being named the 'Unsung Hero' for Student Government in 1983, as well as being the team captain for the school's social studies College Bowl team (county champions) and the 'Brain Brawl' team (school champions). Graduated in the middle third of my class.

If you want to read more about my senior year and what happened to me after graduation, I did write a book about my experiences titled Senior Year: Memories of the Class of 1983 of North Miami Senior High School. You can order a copy of the book online (in paperback and hardcover formats) at http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/b...95%2D28784%2D0 .

starang21 · #47 09-13-2003, 07:22 PM

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cntryZTA5 · #48 09-13-2003, 07:35 PM

I would also say I was a member of the "B" list. My best friend was Homecoming queen, and I had friends/ acquaintances that were a part of the "A" list.

I played volleyball, which was popular sport on campus and was also voted "Miss Congeniality" (by members of the "A" group) in my town's pageant. However, I was extremely shy and had low self esteem in high school.

Unfortunatly, I don't talk to anyone from my high school. We'll see how my reunion goes in 2006.

CC1GC · #49 09-13-2003, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by Kevlar281
Yep

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Hootie · #50 09-13-2003, 09:01 PM

I don't think I was popular in high school, but I had a lot of friends...from my class and the classes above and below me. In high school I was super involved - one of those "over achievers"...hmmm things haven't changed much.

I did speech, music, musical theater, national honor society, volunteer's in action...etc. etc. I wanted soooooooo badly to play basketball, but athletics at my school were very competative and after getting cut from volleyball I sorta didn't want to be rejected again

What's funny though is that for not being popular a lot of people know me or know of me because of my accomplishments in theater and speech. So I guess at least I made SOMEwhat of an impression!

FAB*SpiceySpice · #51 09-13-2003, 09:09 PM

Well in high school I guess I was what you would call popular. Just b/c I was stuck up as were all my friends. We thought we were god's gift to the earth b/c we were cheerleaders and tennis players and our parents had lots of money.

I was mean to a lot of people and i really regret that now, b/c like everyone has said once you get out of high school, no one gives a crap. My senior year though I was the yearbook editor and captain of my cheerleading squad so I tried really hard to work at being friendly b/c everyone in the school knew me and I didn't want to seem like a hugggge bitch.

angelic1 · #52 09-13-2003, 10:09 PM

hhmm.. Im not really sure if I was popular or not.. people sometimes ask this, but to me it seems like it depends on who asks and stuff...

My school was a small-medium size (when I compare this to my friends class sizes up in nova)... so i mean everyone really knew who everyone else was and were friends with most people. I was a cheerleader in high school, honor classes, and other stuff.. though my friends were a real mix. I had friends who were in my honor classes, friends outside of these classes who were from all different groups, and then I hung out with my boyfriend's friends a lot too (who werent into school that much). So sometimes I would go out with my friends from one group, but go to a party with my boyfriend and other friends.

Honestly a lot of the people who thought they were the A-list at my school werent liked by the majority. They were just a small group who honestly no one cared about.

I think my school was different though bc most people either hung out together or were friends since we werent that large. I loved high school bc of this.

oh yeh.. and AKA_Monet.. I went to Patrick Henry as well.. not the same one of course

tinydancer · #53 09-14-2003, 07:08 PM

My high school was pretty well divided depending on which junior high you came from! I had lots of friends in both groups, but I'd consider myself on the "b" list. I hung out with several of the rock bands so I was a "band pet" which sorta gave me an in to other groups that I wouldn't have hung out with otherwise.

Now, many(!) years later, the lines are not so well defined and I have re-connected with a lot of folks, including many who I once considered out of my league. Funny how time changes these things.

phikappapsiman · #54 09-15-2003, 12:31 AM

The thing about popularity at my school was this...It was all well and good for stuff like Homecoming Queen and Senior Class President, but I quickly learned that the teachers at my school really had the power, and the better you were in with the administration, the better off you were! I was in the "smart" group (AP classes, Honor Society stuff), but the teachers all liked me (I was a bit of a kiss ass!), so I got away with all sorts of stuff (Boys State, Outstanding Senior, Yearbook Editor-all the stuff that students had no control over). But I was also able to get elected to stuff like Student Council Vice-President (what a joke office-did ANYBODY'S Student Council ever do anything memorable???). So high school for me served only one purpose-to get me the college acceptances that I wanted! Basically, the smart crowd was pretty small at my school, and we were the elitist ones-our classes were smaller, and we all knew each other pretty well, so we just laughed at the jocks and the cheerleaders and all those who thought that they were in control. In our yearbook, it was OUR candid pictures that were all over the book, not the so called "rulers"!!!

Jeanne Garafalo in "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion"-that's how we were about the "popular" crowd!

RUgreek · #55 09-15-2003, 12:33 AM

I was the guy during junior and senior year of highschool that would show up to a party, drinking and hanging out, and everyone would say "Wow, what's he doing here!" Oh yea, popular like a pet rock!

KSigkid · #56 09-15-2003, 08:03 AM

I kind of just got along with people in all groups - I played baseball, so I was friends with a lot of the athletes. I also went all through school (from about kindergarten on) with a bunch of the more popular kids, so I was really good friends with a bunch of them - didn't drink a ton, but went to some parties and that kind of stuff.

I was friendly with people from just about every group - as far as my own popularity, I was pretty popular, but by no means one of the most popular.

MareImbrium · #57 09-27-2003, 03:44 AM

I was average in high school...actually sort of a loner. All I did was hang out in the library during my lunch hour. I never went to any of the socials in hs, except for one which was my first and literally the last dance of the year and it sure wasn't Senior Prom! I had a BIT of a social life when I joined the newspaper staff so sometimes my lunch hour was spent in the newsroom, especially during Press Days. That's why I got featured a lot our senior edition of the paper...haha. I really doubt I'd go to my high school reunion because no one would even know me. The people I did hang out with I was an outsider to them because I was very Americanized and they would never go to things like high school reunions. It's more like if one person doesn't go then they all won't go.

AlphaFrog · #58 09-27-2003, 08:48 AM

This is going to sound stupid, but I honestly don't know if I was popular or not. Everyone knew who I was (I guess), and I didn't have many enemies. My Sr. year my car's licence plate was in the yearbook under the "Gee, I wonder who this belongs to" section. (My liscence plate said "FROG 176"). So I don't think I was totally unpopular. I think I would have been more popular though if I didn't do band and choir.

sigmagrrl · #59 09-27-2003, 10:43 AM

I went an all-girls Catholic school, and I loved it. We, the student body, as a whole, were snobs because we were proud to have been admitted into one of the hardest HS to get into in NYC. We were very sweet, supportive, nice, kind, and loving towards one another. There wasn't any Homecoming Queen competition, etc like in a "typical" HS. You were "well-known" in my school, not "popular". Sure, some girls were more liked than others because they had great personalities, but in my school, the smarter you were, the more admired you were. We really did base school elections on grades, overall school involvement, volunteer activities, etc. We were very ahead of our time, very mature. Since there were no guys to worry about, we focused on helping each other and never cut each other down. Teasing was extremely rare, and if it DID happen, it was frowned upon by your peers. I can't tell you how many girls were my cheering squad every time I announced I was on a diet!!LOL

I was well-liked because I was (and still am) so damned funny, wacky, and kooky!

My wonderful HS experience helped fuel my desire to belong to a sorority because I thought it would be the same, and it is...and it isn't...LOL I've figured out that there are others that still think of life as HS and always will. I love being a very diplomatic woman. My HS taught me a lot. My children will attend single-sex educational institutions for HS....

*Sigmagrrl heads off to look at her HS yearbooks and smile over all the signatures!! BFF FOREVER!!LOL*

Rio_Kohitsuji · #60 09-27-2003, 11:01 AM

Arg..I hated high school.

Basically in my town if you didn't have the right last name you were screwed. Thankfully I was involved in band in which I made some pretty core friends and they made me keep my head above water, heh. I guess I was on the B list. The A list kids irritated the hell outta me and tried to make a lot of lives miserable at school.

But..karma does come around..they are all now either pregnant or they flunked out of college. Sorry..I'm a little giddy on that part..*evil giggle*