GEEK TO CHIC? BEING POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT MATTER
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So
I've finally reached that stage in my life where I start reminiscing
about my days in high school and college. Ah yes, fun times they were!
But those times of laughter and merriment were not without their share
of tears, tantrums, and just the general feeling of awkwardness about growing
up.
br Sure, I had a
healthy number of close friends, but I wasn't a cheerleader, I didn't
date the cutest jock in school, and by no means was I anywhere near a
size 2. It was more like 2 x 4 - hehe.
I remember being completely unpopular in high school. There were times when I used wished I could trade with the most popular
girls in school, just to see what it would feel like. Even now, as I
watch my sister go through her high school years, I sometimes get that
"Never Been Kissed" moment where I wish I could go back the way I am
now, wow everyone, and be the envy of all the other girls.
Well, I used (keyword "used") to wish that. That is until I noticed
something in the last couple of months that made me realize how much
life can change. I have had the fortunate or unfortunate
(depending on how you look at it) circumstances of running into old
classmates from elementary school to high school.
I was rather shocked by the appearances of these old colleagues. The
thinnest, most popular, or girls considered to be the hottest gained a
lot of weight and just had this general look of individuals who
apparently let themselves go. The heavy girls from high school were now
slim, beautiful, and looked like they just stepped out of a magazine.
The geekiest guys were now buff in tight muscle shirts. The kind of
guys you do double takes with. Believe it or not, 9 times out of 10 this was the case with every meeting.
So what exactly happened here? *scratches head*
Is this one of the great ironies of the world?
This is teaching me a great lesson about growing up. Individual
definition is constantly growing and evolving, (physically,
emotionally, spiritually, etc) so to worry about whether fitting in or
not at any age, is just plain silly!
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DO YOU KNOW OF AN OLD CLASSMATE THAT WENT FROM GEEK TO CHIC?
DO YOU KNOW OF AN OLD CLASSMATE THAT WENT FROM HOT TO NOT?
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Comments (106)
Oh most definitely. Yes to both.
It just goes to teach everyone the most comforting fact that appearances aren't everything and that our pasts are by no means the determinants of our fate. Not to mention it sheds some ray of hope for the rest of us who weren't the coolest ones in town. Maybe someday later on in our lives, we'll be able to live a life unlike that which we've been living thus far.
I love how you make me think! *hug*
me. i look like a geek in high school.
btw, has my cousin replied to you yet?
I think it's the pressure to fit in from our younger years that drives us to improve ourselves. Somewhere in the process we find out who we really are, as we're constantly looking inward on ourselves. None of the popular kids seemed very genuine to who they were. Now it seems as if they're lost in a world that no longer adheres to social barriers.
At least that's my spin on it =P
WOW, does this whole geek turns into hot guy thing happen everywhere, or just in your area? If it's everywhere then there's hope for me yet
You look very sexy in that outfit
ttyl
Again, it's silly, but something that I've expereinced many times, and still am, and still will be, because right now I'm right in the middle of high school.
wow im happy for u and others that changed so much from hs...people say i look and act EXACTLY the same since middle school...which is true...ive been 5'11 and skinny since 8th grade...=(*
anyways it doesnt matter how people look on the OUTSIDE, its whats INSIDE that matters!!!
we all pretty much stayed the same....
though i'm trying to go from not to hot myself
hehe yeah. all the time. on the maury show (:
how ARE you?
<3
im still a dork.. haha =P {s}
hmmmm lets see, i was 250 lbs in high school, had an afro, and was into the whole goth metal head thing. Now I'm 170, moved back to New York, Have a real job, and have no problems getting a girl....I visited florida, half the kids I knew...well it breaks down like this
1. Girls I liked...they were alwasys too good for me, now they are or have been prego and/or get smacked around.
2.Friends......Most of them smoke crack now or have some fucked up shit going on
Whos the better person now? lol
I'll admit, I am one of those geek to chic girls and I am damn proud. {p}
Kiera
Me.
Looking sexy - esp working the pilot sunglasses. c'est la grande classe.
Thats a hot picture!
I use to be a geek in school. The popularity did not come until college years.
Love:Matthew
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(now that i look at it, i didnt take that many pics of the fatter ppl)
Ppl that were less accepted in HS still have that drive to show the world how misunderstood they were. They continue improving themselves every month, meanwhile the "popular crowd" wrongly thinks of itself as having a lifelong pass of social acceptance. Just be careful not to let this misunderstood status consume your life. I know ppl that were so preoccupied w/ this inferiority complex that they let it run thier lives, constantly trying to prove that they were good enough. No one has to prove anything to thier past.
talk more soon.