How popular were you in high school?

[j511180]

I definitely was not popular - I was the socially inept underachiever with acne and no drivers license who hung out with his parents on the weekends. Fun times.

Things are better now but I'm still not popular (nothtattheresanythingwrongwiththat)

 

[angminas]

I was well-liked by just about every kind of people, but I didn't know how to make or keep friends until I was older. I was always the smartest, though not anywhere near the most successful. I was the kid that the smart, nice, middle-class kids looked at with both awe and pity. I have Asperger's (and several other disabilities), so I'm kinda cold on the outside, and I don't know how to balance my social life. I don't usually feel a healthy amount of desire for a social life, so I spend too much time alone, as I did then (though now I have some sort of social life through the internet). I sometimes indulge in regret for the waste of my high school days, but then I leave it behind, because it's pointless to root through garbage. Better to move ahead and make the most of today. Besides, it wasn't a total waste- I learned a lot of important things, both social and otherwise, that I make use of every day. And education is what school is for, right?

 

[FallenHero]

popular loner. I didnt actually know I was popular until recently when some people I went to HS with told me. Now, just like then, I really don't give a ******. My friends are all that matter.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Had lots of friends but wasn't "popular". Hung out with people from all different crowds, except those on the extreme ends of the spectrum. The asshole jocks and the boo-hoo-life-sucks emos and goth kids. Was shy, especially when it came to girls. Didn't have a GF in HS. Didn't go to parties, but also wasn't invited to many because I never stuck out as a fun guy.

Almost completely the opposite now. My friends circle is less diverse, and my close friends are much more like me than my close HS friends were. I don't care as much about what people think about me anymore, which means it's easier for me to be myself and let loose; and people respect that and acknowledge me more than in HS. I party and go out more. And as far as women are concerned, they've practically started falling in my lap ever since I left home for college.

 

[Philippine Mango]

To say that I was 'well known' is an understatement...

 

[DarkKnight69]

Pretty much the geek with no gf and sat on compu whole day.

Now I have a gorgeous gf, a decent retail management position, and I am telling some of the people from my highschool what to do.

Not bad considering of the 22 that were in my grad class, 3 of us went to college...and only I graduated college.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I was a geek and a social outcast back then.

I'm still the same way 10 years later, but at least I'm a well paid one

pretty much the same, minus the well paid...

i hung out with like 3 other people all through HS. i talked with a few other people too, but was never popular. i never got invited to anything unless it was one of those 3 friends doing the inviting.

 

[meltdown75]

friends with pretty much everyone, hung out with both the jocks and the geeky crowd. geeky jock FTW!

 

[j00fek]

i was and still am the town moron

 

[engineereeyore]

1.) Geek
2.) Current status - Computer Engineer. You tell me.

 

[Abel007]

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "extremely unpopular" and 10 being "extremely popular", I would give myself a 5.

2. Now, at the age of 26, I would say I am definitely the most popular kid in high school.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Antisocial
Antisocial

 

[SparkyJJO]

I was a geek. Not exactly a popular guy, unless somebody had a computer problem Never really been popular, but that sometimes can be nice because I can get stuff done.

Currently I'm in college, so I'm dirt poor right now. Still not really a popular guy, just another person.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

I was a white kid in a predominantly black high school in the "low-income" section of Nashville. I think that adequately states how popular I was.

 

[archiloco]

1. hung around a little bit with every group (smart, jocks, alcoholics, overachievers, band geeks, artsy folk), and every group thought i hung around with kids from another school (true but not that close to them anyway) basically a loner. college about the same hung out with someone different people every night, but everybody thought i had a mysterious group of people i would hang with (not them).

2. now it's about the same thing, i hang out with different people but nobody in particular, and everybody thinks i have like 3 different girlfriends stashed away in different cities (not true )

 

[K1052]

Geekish and not terribly popular or unpopular, still had a relatively diverse group of friends. HS was pretty clique organized though.

Not as geekish any more. Still moderately social but more particular about friends. I could give two sh!ts if I'm popular.

 

[DaShen]

1) I had a tight circle of friends (geeky nice guy <never stepped on anyones toes, never hurt a fly> )
2) Still the Geeky nice guy, but definitely more mature. Still a tight group of friends but definitely more interesting hobbies and things to do.

 

[gsellis]

I was the nerd before the term was coined. My yearbook has "George and his science jokes" and "always carries calculator". Dad was assistant headmaster, head of the science dept, and priest at the school. But balanced it with being on the swim team year round, road bike rider, and duck hunter (At School! - Different times as occasionally would have the shotgun in the car AT SCHOOL - used the headmaster's canoe to go out on the lake.) Did not hang with the recreational drug users/smokers. Class was only 49.

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: Canai
I was the heavy metal weirdo, but then junior year I started smoking pot and became a "cool kid"

Senior year I was in a band that rocked the school, so that helped too

and where are you now?

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Considering I homeschool and the only other student is my twin brother, I'd say I'm fairly popular! :laugh:

 

[FDF12389]

Popular, pitcher for my HS baseball team til I wrecked my shoulder.

Age now: 19
Job: IT Consulting(Intern) $18 hr
Still pretty popular/easy going, but focusing on school and career much more now than in HS.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
Considering I homeschool and the only other student is my twin brother, I'd say I'm fairly popular! :laugh:

You can be popular and homeschooled at the same time, get out and go hang wherever the highschoolers from your public school hang.

 

[ForumMaster]

still in the jungle. originally kids annoyed me cause i wasn't as rude as the typical israeli (the sad truth) but overtime i got more respect. i haven't changed much but people don't bother me much anymore. i have plenty of friends. i am one of the few "computer" guys and help anyone that needs it.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: The Godfather
After, do tell about your current job/living conditions?

I just told Hef to run and get me a bourbon on the rocks. And make it snappy.

 

[Aikouka]

I was quiet for most of high school, but became somewhat popular during my junior and senior year after I started talking to some of the "more popular people" often and got invited to parties and stuff :Q. It was definitely weird going from one end of the spectrum to the other relatively quickly.