What was your niche in high school?

[HSMndLKfan92]

Band geek

 

[tonilea]

I had a couple of groups. "The goat ropers" lol I was a farm girl and very active in FFA and I partied like crazy. I didn't do drugs, but I was definitely a lush. I didn't put much effort into school and skated through with a 3.25.

 

[CharliNye]

"Switzerland" - I was neutral. I had a lot of friends, from all the groups, but I wasn't actually popular myself. I was smart and in National Honor Society, but I wasn't nerdy. Not into sports, wasn't very artistic at the time, didn't play an instrument...

I just kind of existed

Yup kind of the same. I had friends in all groups from stoners to hippies, to punk to cheerleaders and jocks to geek types. I flitted about depending on who I just wanted to hang out with. I definitely felt a bit more in tune with the alternative/punk crowd though(this was mid 80's) as I liked the music, was a writer and a bit on the reclusive side.

Then I also happened to be in school plays a lot too, so I just went where the wind blew me. haa

Oh hey, by the way I squealed a little on the inside when I saw you had a picture of Neil Gaiman there. I love, love, love that man. Love his writing, would marry him if I weren't married and he wasn't engaged to AP(and if he'd have me of course, hahaa). Very nice

 

[PrincessKsMom]

I had a couple of groups. "The goat ropers" lol I was a farm girl and very active in FFA and I was partied like crazy. I didn't do drugs, but I was definitely a lush. I didn't put much effort into school and skated through with a 3.25.

Love the nicknames that I wasn't aware of before the DIS. Got a big out of the "bunhead" too. Never heard either of these.

 

[disneybound2010]

I was the loner or outcast. I never fit in, I was bullied on a regular basis. I didn't have any real friends at my school. Most of my friends were in college. I stayed out of the way and to myself and just tried to blend into the concrete as much as possible. Yeah,HS was definitely the worst time of my life.


(I was involved in the drama classes, but the only plays I was in were at the local community theatre. I was able to open up a little bit there and feel like part of a crowd.)

 

[DaisyLynn]

I think I would best fit into the "prep" category, as far as high school goes. I was acquaintances with many different "types" of people, though I only had a handful of close friends...all of whom I am still friends with today.

I got honor roll type grades, played field hockey, excelled in art classes. I also was all about the clothes! I kept a calendar in my closet...I had a schedule of outfits. Monday, Wednesday, Friday was when I would wear "normal" clothes, Tuesday was dress/skirt day, and Thursday was casual day (aka sweatshirt day). I would not wear the same pants/jeans in a two week period and I would not wear the same top/dress in the same three week period and I would not wear the same complete outfit in the same month. My parents were very generous and were able to fund my shopping sprees to a point, but I also started working a part time job at 15 to have my own money - where else? The mall, of course! Oh, the worries of a teenager!

 

[::Snow_White::]

Myself and my friends are the good, smart kids. We volunteer in our free time, do all of our work, are at the top of our class, but we're not popular or nerds. We are in a lot of clubs, but when it comes to class decisions we don't have any power. People like us, but we just watch everyone on the sidelines, we're kind of the kids that are just there. We're more interested in our education than anything. I'm really the bookworm/writer type though.

I really like high school, I'll be a Senior this year. I'm excited for our reunions in the future, our class gets along pretty well.

 

[princessmom29]

Let's see... this is kinda a hard one. I was by no means part of the "popular" group(cheerleaders, jocks, ect) they ran the SGA. I was on ALL the school academic teams and graduated 2nd in my class so I guess that made me a nerd, but I hung with a subcategory of "stoner nerds". I wasn't into substance abuse myself, but most of my the group was. I was also a dancer from the time I was 4 so I hung with that group. I was on the colorguard so I was a band nerd too.

 

[NotUrsula]

I've consciously blocked out that 3 year period of my life. Nothing there now but white noise. I wouldn't go to a reunion if you paid me to.

 

[Kitty 34]

Prep

 

[simba20]

I wouldn't have fit into your typical niche.

I was a theatre geek, band geek, and cheerleader. However, I was the cheerleader who was picked on by the other cheerleaders and I felt unpopular. I never got it until I was chatting with an old high school frined a few years ago and lamented about being picked on and how unpopular I was. He said (and he is/was an old high school crush -- although we kinda had a "relationship" too long of a story to go into) that they way he saw me, I WAS popular and picked on because I did have so many friends. I had friends from all different cliques.

But I will also add, that I hated high school so much (umm the whole teasing/taunting thing) that I am no longer see anyone. I have a few friends from high school on FB (and enemies), but there is no one in my life that I was close to in high school that I am "besties" with.

 

[m!ssemmx0]

I'm considered "smart", but I'm not very "popular"... teachers seem to like me though. I'm not a loner or an outcast either... I'm kind of shy and fly under the radar most of the time. But my group of friends is great, and that's really all that matters, right?

 

[kirstenb1]

Jock/prep/weekend partier. My dh was a full time partier, who stopped in college and graduated with a BSEE. He was such a stoner in HS, but really straightened up.

 

[ilovejack02]

Not sure where I fit in. I was friends with all, very neutral . Friends with the band, cheerleaders , geeks, you name it I was there. Never had a problem finding something to do on the weekends , have fond memories of school . Prob was considered a prep , whatever that means lol.

 

[TwinsinCA]

There was no group I fit into. I joined one "team" as a freshman and hated it. I wanted to spend as little time at school as possible and after that year I never joined another sport/club/activity again.

I had a few good friends but they weren't really friends with each other so we weren't one big group who hung out. One was involved in drama, but the rest of my friends weren't really considered part of a specific group.

High school was generally unpleasant. I spent most of my time listening to music and counting the days until I could go to college and move back to Minneapolis.

 

[aprilgail2]

Fellow stoner. Where I grew up, we were called 'burn-outs'. We all turned out well, though!

LOL---was burn out when I was in school too---- I was burn out, sports, good grades, rocker.... I was one of the kids hanging in the bathroom smoking pot between classes with others yet managed to be on all star sports teams and honor roll....

 

[NatashaDisneyCM]

lol, I grew up a jock, and in high school 12th grade I discovered drugs ...so I guess a burnt out jock that makes jewelry! I also hung around with kids from the next town over...I hated the people I went to school with!

 

[CharliNye]

I've consciously blocked out that 3 year period of my life. Nothing there now but white noise. I wouldn't go to a reunion if you paid me to.

My ten yr reunion was great, everyone was fantastic, had a blast. 20th? ha, I have never felt more awkward in my life.

People I thought were my friends were jerks. Plus I mostly hung out with the class ahead of me in HS. So it was just weird, and way crowded and blah.

I left after an hour.

 

[PatsGirl]

Stoner who got good grades and friendly with anyone that had a good heart I wasn't real popular and only played a few sports during 9th and 10th grade but I always stood up for the underdog. Could really hand the nasty girls a bit of their own and detested the cheerleader/jock cliques. Spent most of my last two years working full time so I could escape this tiny island where everyone knows everyone. I did escape for a bit and then realized that its a great place to raise kids so I came back

 

[MushyMushy]

My ten yr reunion was great, everyone was fantastic, had a blast. 20th? ha, I have never felt more awkward in my life.

People I thought were my friends were jerks. Plus I mostly hung out with the class ahead of me in HS. So it was just weird, and way crowded and blah.

I left after an hour.

It was the opposite for me. We had a 5th and everything stayed in their same miserable little cliques (well, they weren't all miserable), and it was so uncomfortable. By the 20th, it honestly didn't seem to matter who belonged to what social group. The tables were full of people who hadn't really interacted in high school at all. That's not to say there still aren't jerks, just not as many.