I find it kind of sad that there was no ambition among the "Popular People" from my old high school

[KnightInShiningArmorDis92]

I went to typical middle class public school district in a semi rural suburban area during the 2000s.

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular Girls" from my school became high powered corporate women, scientists, engineers, actresses, or musicians.

The American school system and American culture needs to be improved.

 

[SirDuff]

And what great things have you done with your life?

 

[kanerf]

And perhaps the geeky girl that probably no one looked at is now a billionaire.

 

[DCLMP]

I went to typical middle class public school district in a semi rural suburban area during the 2000s.

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular Girls" from my school became high powered corporate women, scientists, engineers, actresses, or musicians.

The American school system and American culture needs to be improved.

Are you disparaging nurses and SAHM, both seem like fulfilling selfless roles to me?

 

[focusondisney]

Hope you never need medical care so those lowly nurses won’t have to waste their time & expertise on you. Do you know anything about what it takes to become a registered nurse or how many candidates can’t get thru the education or the licensing exams?

Your priorities are way screwed up if you think actresses are more valuable than someone who is trained to save your life.

 

[Frwinkley]

I went to typical middle class public school district in a semi rural suburban area during the 2000s.

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular Girls" from my school became high powered corporate women, scientists, engineers, actresses, or musicians.

The American school system and American culture needs to be improved.

Oh please share with us how you'd improve the American school system.

You seem to be only concerned with the male athletes and the popular girls....what about the rest of your classmates or are you not really interested in them?

 

[Marrila]

I went to typical middle class public school district in a semi rural suburban area during the 2000s.

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular Girls" from my school became high powered corporate women, scientists, engineers, actresses, or musicians.

The American school system and American culture needs to be improved.

How long ago did you graduate from high school? College?
What did kind of work do you do?

 

[mylilnikita]

I went to typical middle class public school district in a semi rural suburban area during the 2000s.

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular Girls" from my school became high powered corporate women, scientists, engineers, actresses, or musicians.

The American school system and American culture needs to be improved.

Perhaps the “popular “ girls changed their minds when they got into the real world of what they wanted to do. Life is kooky that way.

I went to high school in the 80’s. I didn’t keep track of what h cool kids did after high school.
One girl who was always nice I ran into a few years after high school ( was home coming queen and had 3 escorts for the different festivities) built a real estate company and did well.

Then there was this guy somewhat popular :
Years later would kill 2 people for different reasons one was for revenge of a witness who testified against his brother, another one was for a guys Mercedes and dumped their bodies at a “haunted “ road.
I saw him before he killed the guy a few months before he was high but showed me a pic of his son and said he may stop by my job but I don’t think he did. It was a shame on so many levels . For the guys murder it was in Americas Most Wanted . His wife turned him in. She was afraid of him.
I recall him being shown on the news and my mom was hey isn’t that Juan? Total disbelief.

 

[tvguy]

I think you might have used a more delicate way of describing things, but 50 years since I graduated from High School, I certainly have noticed that many that thrived in High School, seemed lost in life afterwards. I first noticed this at my five year High School reunion with the number of classmates who still had not complete College yet. They had been full time students for all five years, passed all their classed, but had changed majors, or schools multiple times. I was lucky, while I had changed career paths and majors after my first year of College, I was done, and out in the working world. So High School was a let down for me, I found myself in College.

 

[citruscurtis]

1970s popular kids failed in life not because of the school system but because they had no ambition and I never saw them working in the misery of summer as us unpopular peers. Sweat is the number one reason to rise above the popularity clique and make something from nothing and more importantly.. contribute

 

[Dan Murphy]

How were the 90's different than the 2000's?

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Thread 'Are there any people who went to school during the 90s who were not popular and athletic who wanted their children to end up being pretty & athletic?'

Aug 25, 2024

I am curious.

Were there people who were nerdy kids in the 90s who ended up wanting their children to be jocks?

Or were they too smart to want something like that for their children?

Were there any 90s kids who would go on to advocate for gene engineering that would create a future where everyone is good looking, athletic, and smart?

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[disykat]

I think tvguy and citruscurtis have the right idea. The things that are important to adolescents start to pale in comparison to life in general as we move on beyond high school. I certainly know some people who the "peaked in high school" phrase might apply to in terms of public perception. However, I also know quite a few who were successful in both - including nurses, moms who took time off with kids and/or worked office jobs.

My own SAHM years were some of my most fulfilling, productive years - no pun intended - very purpose driven.

 

[longboard55]

There is nothing wrong with the public schools. 99% of those Asian kids that get into Harvard which everyone complains about, went to public schools. Lets be honest, most Genzers are lazy. My nephew has tissy fit if he is asked to work overtime. When I was that age we were delighted to work overtime. They have this thing now called work life balance, my direction was more money makes a better life.

 

[John VN]

 

[Dug720]

In my high school, the popular ones weren't the ones in the higher level classes. Their ambition was to be the most popular - or as popular as they could be.

In my experience (both from high school and after), popularity rarely equals the brains to be super ambitious in other areas.

 

[slo]

Yikes!
I wonder what this person would think of me?
Apparently the American school system did a lousy job for me

 

[White Cat]

It might just be the high school that you attended.

 

[easyas123]

Most of the male athletes went into the military or blue collar work.

The "Popular Girls" went into nursing, lower level office work, or became SAHMs.

Well...I would argue that there is great honor is serving our country, and I think it goes without saying that a great deal of us would be lost without 'blue collar' workers! Enjoy getting tires on your car, driving it over a bridge and into a shopping center to go grocery shopping in a air conditioned building with running water for a start!

In my opinion Nurses & stay at home moms are some of the more dedicated, hard working and needed people in this society.

And of course, one need not be a male to go in the military or be a blue collar workers, just as one need not be a female to be a nurse, and of course Dad's stay at home to raise children as well.