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High School doesn't mean anything!!!

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I have not talked to 99% of the people I went to HS with since HS
I graduated 15 years ago

I had a lot of them on FB because they all sent me requests a long ass time ago but I have since deleted them. I got bored 1 day and deleted all the people I never talk to
 
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I hated HS. I was a skinny pale kid and was constantly verbally and even sometimes physically abused by a lot of kids. I couldn't give a crap about any of them. This was in the 90s so schools weren't so clued up on bullying then and just let it all slide, even when it was happening in front of them. Basically my HS was a stereotypical HS you see in the movies. All the jocks got breaks and leniency from the teachers and ran the place while the rest of us plebs would get hammered for the smallest infringement. It did teach me a valuable lesson that life isn't fair and you have to push yourself and make it happen to succeed.

I like how these same d-bags tried to friend me on facebook, like years of abuse somehow made me like them.
 
I don't keep in active contact with my high school classmates, but a number of them found me on Facebook. For the most part, the top of our class (I graduated #1 in the class 26 years ago) seems to have done very well for itself with many professionals -- scientists, engineers, business people, IT, etc. Even some of the kids who were probably second tier have done well for themselves. The one sad thing was that one time, someone on AT posted a link to one of those databases that lists child molesters living near you and I found one of the popular kids from my high school (a very nice guy) was on the list. :|

I wouldn't bash some of those "wage based" folks either. For all you know, some of them might own their companies and make a ton more than you do. At any rate, high school may not matter, but in the grand scheme of things, neither does college or grad school after you've worked a few years. In this world, if you support yourself and are reasonably happy, you're doing well.
 
DaveStall said:
You can have more than one if they all end tied at rank #1. As I recall we had three students with perfect marks in my graduating class, so they were all named valedictorians.
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We had 6 or 7. The portraits I'm referring to where throughout history (sorry should have been more specific). They went by Grades. I'm sure there was a ranking.... But all of them sat in the front during the graduation and wore a tie.... They made no distinction at that point.
 
JM Aggie08 said:
OP's responses are painful to read.
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What's painful to the sociologist in me, is all the people arguing over anecdotal experiences.

Yes high school does matter. Studies have repeatedly shown this.

http://ideas.time.com/2013/11/18/does-high-school-determine-the-rest-of-your-life/

"And yes, there’s some truth to the yearbook predictions, social scientists find. Broadly speaking, the brainy grinds and the glad-handing class officers achieve success as adults. The jocks are fitter and in better health. The outcasts and dropouts are more likely to be depressed and unemployed. The kids who drank and smoked pot under the bleachers are mostly still drinking and doping, sometimes to excess."
 
DaveStall said:
You can have more than one if they all end tied at rank #1. As I recall we had three students with perfect marks in my graduating class, so they were all named valedictorians.
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That's pretty sad. It cheapens the title, particularly given the insane amount of grade inflation that's been happening in schools for the past few decades. They had to go all the way back to 6th grade records to find a tiebreaking year between the two top people in my grade...so they did.

There can be only one!
 
Speaking of school/college etc, has anyone noticed people seem to be getting higher and higher grades? I went to do a few papers a couple of years ago and even really stupid people that had no idea about computing where getting B+ etc. Almost no one seemed to fail unless they didn't actually do anything, and even C's seemed rare. I did 8 papers and got over A in every single one, and let me tell you, I was never a great student. I was happy getting B's.
 
StinkyPinky said:
I hated HS. I was a skinny pale kid and was constantly verbally and even sometimes physically abused by a lot of kids. I couldn't give a crap about any of them. This was in the 90s so schools weren't so clued up on bullying then and just let it all slide, even when it was happening in front of them. Basically my HS was a stereotypical HS you see in the movies. All the jocks got breaks and leniency from the teachers and ran the place while the rest of us plebs would get hammered for the smallest infringement. It did teach me a valuable lesson that life isn't fair and you have to push yourself and make it happen to succeed.

I like how these same d-bags tried to friend me on facebook, like years of abuse somehow made me like them.
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Pretty similar situation.

My School was out in the suburbs.

The High School Football jocks had high social power. They wore those "carpet jackets" and made a big deal out of it. They were the one banging the chicks and getting the attention. Teachers pretended it didn't matter, but we all know people are biased.

The cheerleaders were all the cute girls who were loose with themselves and weren't really that smart. In general those jocks ended up mediocre. The cheerleaders who were smoking hot ended up ugly. Honestly some of them look like men now!!!!1
 
steppinthrax said:
Pretty similar situation.

My School was out in the suburbs.

The High School Football jocks had high social power. They wore those "carpet jackets" and made a big deal out of it. They were the one banging the chicks and getting the attention. Teachers pretended it didn't matter, but we all know people are biased.

The cheerleaders were all the cute girls who were loose with themselves and weren't really that smart. In general those jocks ended up mediocre. The cheerleaders who were smoking hot ended up ugly. Honestly some of them look like men now!!!!1
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just as everyone thought...

explains why you are so bitter.
 
Isn't it funny how things work out for people over the years. There are some that were so popular in high school and now they are no popular than the others out in the real work force. Sometimes the tables turn and sometimes they don't. Life is always full of surprises.
 
madoka said:
What's painful to the sociologist in me, is all the people arguing over anecdotal experiences.

Yes high school does matter. Studies have repeatedly shown this.

http://ideas.time.com/2013/11/18/does-high-school-determine-the-rest-of-your-life/

"And yes, there’s some truth to the yearbook predictions, social scientists find. Broadly speaking, the brainy grinds and the glad-handing class officers achieve success as adults. The jocks are fitter and in better health. The outcasts and dropouts are more likely to be depressed and unemployed. The kids who drank and smoked pot under the bleachers are mostly still drinking and doping, sometimes to excess."
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I read this article when it came out. Complete bulshit. At least the article doesn't describe me.
 
I would say this thread and all your replies in it indicate that your high school experience still very much matters to you...
 
IndyColtsFan said:
Who cares? If he is happy, what difference does it make?
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The point is the person is UNDEREMPLOYED. They are the mental capacity to do much more, yet they choose a dumbed down field. I'm sure it doesn't take a near perfect SAT score and high gpa to install solar panels on roofs.
 
purbeast0 said:
just as everyone thought...

explains why you are so bitter.
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not sure how describing the typical HS experience makes him bitter

I went to a school in the boonies and its was the same thing


I was the odd person, Played 3 sports but not the big ones and was really smart. cpl people used to give me shit until I snapped and sent one of them to the hospital,
 
steppinthrax said:
The point is the person is UNDEREMPLOYED. They are the mental capacity to do much more, yet they choose a dumbed down field. I'm sure it doesn't take a near perfect SAT score and high gpa to install solar panels on roofs.
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No, that isn't the point. Not by a longshot. People aren't cogs to be plugged into where someone else thinks their abilities would best suit others. People have choice and this guy apparently enjoys what he does. Is he capable of "more"? Perhaps, but I promise you, most people are but choose to "settle" for various reasons. A job is just that -- a job, not your entire life.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
No, that isn't the point. Not by a longshot. People aren't cogs to be plugged into where someone else thinks their abilities would best suit others. People have choice and this guy apparently enjoys what he does. Is he capable of "more"? Perhaps, but I promise you, most people are but choose to "settle" for various reasons. A job is just that -- a job, not your entire life.
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I guess I don't agree, but that is ok.....
 
SamQuint said:
You do realize the Valedictorian is the highest ranked person in your graduating class. This means there is only one per year. That is why the question was asked how a school could have many.

I assume you meant that the pictures represented the Valedictorians throughout your schools history? One for each year your school has been open?
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While I agree that there can be only one valedictorian in a given class, it has NOTHING to do with grades, class rank, or any of that other bullshit. Though the valedictorian is usually given the honor over such achievement, it is not necessary. The valedictorian is the student who gives the farewell speech at graduation, period. If there is more than one student speaking, the LAST speaker is the valedictorian.

Any school that calls more than one student valedictorian knows as much of the definition as you.
 
steppinthrax said:
The point is the person is UNDEREMPLOYED. They are the mental capacity to do much more, yet they choose a dumbed down field. I'm sure it doesn't take a near perfect SAT score and high gpa to install solar panels on roofs.
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You sure have a lot of contempt for the choices other people make.
 
steppinthrax said:
The point is the person is UNDEREMPLOYED. They are the mental capacity to do much more, yet they choose a dumbed down field. I'm sure it doesn't take a near perfect SAT score and high gpa to install solar panels on roofs.
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If I could get paid well for not having to think AND enjoy what I'm doing... he sounds like he's a hell of a lot smarter than I am and "winning" much more than most people that I know.
 
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