I was shy, but I didn't let people push me down. So I came off as being stuck up. I don't know how many of my friends told me that their friends would say, "I always thought she was a stuck up snob, but she isn't at all." I had a small group of friends. We were all very different. Two were into sports, one was sorta preppy, two others were the 'smokers corner' types. They once told me they wouldn't have ever become friends if it weren't for me. I was the type who ignored 'types'. People were individuals, not types. I didn't care about things like that. Having friends who were all exactly the same was boring. I like people who were different. It makes life more fun and interesting. I was very quiet around people I didn't know, but if the people I knew out numbered the people I didn't, the I could relax and open up. People who hardly ever heard me talk realized I was really a chatterbox. I never really fit in because I was a goth girl in an area that had never heard of goth. So I spent a lot of time trying to figure myself out and who I was. But the biggest thing was that I was painfully shy, at the same time I had enough self-worth that I wasn't the typical shy person that walked around with her head down into her books. I knew I had worth and value and had a strong support base in my family and my small group of friends. So I refused to let people push me around.

total nerd. I used to be like this nerd/raver and played dungeons and dragons like all the damn time.

Hi Random. Nice to see you.

I was a female Jock. Ok, Tomboy. Didn't have boyfriends. Didn't date. Didn't go to prom. Wasn't a dang thing feminine about me. OMG, I hope times have changed!

I was an outcast, didnt have many friends. I got into trouble, so i didnt fit in with the good kids, didnt get into enough trouble for the bad kids, I was shy so i didnt talk to anyone...

NOW... you can't get me to shut up, I am very confident in myself, and lead a very professional life where I am respected by all that i work with and engage with.

i was quite and shy had lots of friends and few very close friends.......now....not so shy and quite and have tons of friends still........those were still the good ole days

The reason i was a loner was because i refused to be part of the statas quo..i was myself. and still to this day i wont be in a click or group.. when people band together they get mean and hateful. it a shame.. in school i was liked by everybody until the rest of the group showed up and then the kids who were a little different was pushed aside.. it still happens

i went to a high school which was for the "academically gifted", that is, i and pretty much everyone else were basically nerds

i never want to relive high school again!

what home?----it's sufficient--

*nodding* My son is "academically gifted" in his Jr High school. He is not athlete like I was/am. He begins HS next year and I am a tad bit worried for him. Then again, if anyone touches him, I will beat 'em up!

(Spoken like a truly over protective mom! )

lol kick some butt storm!

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OMG i was such an outcast in hs. i had only a small handful of people that i was friends with and i was the type of girl that all the popluar people picked on and made fun of. going to school everyday was a nightmare. it actually got so bad that i turned to alcohol to help me feel more numb through the school day after a while. after my first divorce (i got married as a teenager) i had finally grown into my body and started getting some confidence. i am happy to say that now i am superhot and very proud of my body and my personality. doing well with one's self in life is the best kind of revenge there is

*making sure my tattoo shows & my hair is extra spiky*

'Go ahead punk. Make my day.'

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believe it or not haha...i was me...i had friends of every circle. i was i guess what you would call popular in school. i belonged to alot of clubs, varsity cheerleading 2 years, varsity volleyball 4 years. i had stoner friends, geek friends, nerd friends, jocks, etc... i didnt label anyone. if i liked them we were friends. im still the same...well...a few pounds more hahaha but thats life

He can still be a cool nerd... at least that's how I like to think of myself. I was also in the gifted classes growing up, etc and then started college 2 years early but it didn't really have any affect on my social life and it didn't make me an outcast or anything. I would just encourage him to socialize with everyone that he feels comfortable with - I have found that if people think you are intelligent and you also seem anti-social, they will automatically think that you are snobbish, uptight, etc. The key to being a cool nerd, in my opinion, is to prove them wrong in this respect... to be social, to be fun-loving, to have a sense of humor, and to show respect to those that are not as mentally gifted. If he can do this he will have a much more enjoyable high school experience

(I hope this does not sound like I'm trying to toot my own little horn, because it really isn't - I rarely ever talk about this sort of thing)

I was somewhere in the middle of the popular crowd and the not-so-popular. I was in the Ecology club, not the president of the class and Pep Club, not a cheerleader. I knew and occsionally hung out with folks from all groups, but had a small group of close friends I hung with most of the time. I never dated in high school and I didn't go to the prom. I think this upset my mom more than it did me.