What happened to the 'popular kids' from your high school?

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Anonymous wrote:no idea, but i am somewhat suprised by some of the "really smart kids" that haven't done much with their professional careers like I would have expected. Hope they are at least living happy lives.

What does this mean? How can you possibly know what people make, what their spouses make, what they and/or their spouses have inherited, and how their investments are doing? Are you stalking their LinkedIn, social media, and looking up their primary homes on Zillow?

One of the smartest girls in my class who went to HYP is a librarian and lives modestly. Meanwhile some of the class dummies are extremely successful. I'm sure we all know the high performing academic kids who, for whatever reasons, didn't lateral into a high performing career.

Successful career / high income often require consistent input over long time, something smart people can’t put up with (too boring).

I don't think so. As opposed to being a librarian? Your implication that smart people can't put up with a high performing career is really weird.

I work in a HF and the work is tedious, repetitive and isolating. I only suck up bc I am just smart enough to do basic math but not brilliant enough to be curious.

Meanwhile the librarians in our village library are all genuinely happy and love their books. They go above and beyond to host book shows, events, and building a thriving community.

Maybe your “money centric view” is the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So indeed, not pink collar. Teaching has not been pink collar in 50 years.

Everyone of my teacher friends in MoCo has a masters, at least. Also at home in my medium sized city.

Absolutely white collar professionals.

Teachers are absolutely not white collar. Sorry.

Yes they are.
Your sorry doesn't make you right.

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Anonymous wrote:no idea, but i am somewhat suprised by some of the "really smart kids" that haven't done much with their professional careers like I would have expected. Hope they are at least living happy lives.

What does this mean? How can you possibly know what people make, what their spouses make, what they and/or their spouses have inherited, and how their investments are doing? Are you stalking their LinkedIn, social media, and looking up their primary homes on Zillow?

One of the smartest girls in my class who went to HYP is a librarian and lives modestly. Meanwhile some of the class dummies are extremely successful. I'm sure we all know the high performing academic kids who, for whatever reasons, didn't lateral into a high performing career.

Successful career / high income often require consistent input over long time, something smart people can’t put up with (too boring).

I don't think so. As opposed to being a librarian? Your implication that smart people can't put up with a high performing career is really weird.

I work in a HF and the work is tedious, repetitive and isolating. I only suck up bc I am just smart enough to do basic math but not brilliant enough to be curious.

Meanwhile the librarians in our village library are all genuinely happy and love their books. They go above and beyond to host book shows, events, and building a thriving community.

Maybe your “money centric view” is the problem.

Agree. I worked in consulting and now in the business side of tech. I do it because, like you, I am smart enough and personable enough to get by, but I am not brilliant or passionate enough to do something cool.

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Anonymous wrote:Fat and turned MAGA.

Everyone who stayed local did this, yep.

Others left and had normal lives. A couple appear to be well off, but it’s hard to know the truth from social media.

Yes, but Laura Loomer went to my high school. She isn’t fat though (also younger) but it tells you what kind of MAGA I’m dealing with.

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Prom king came out of the closet in college. One died in a freak accident. One inherited his father's business and got married to his HS sweetheart. Totally normal life. One got into commercial real estate. None of our athletes went pro. One fat nerd got completely shredded and became a fighter pilot. A lot of career feds. One of the most feared bullies got kicked out of college after harassing women. Two went to jail as expected. One was briefly on an Interpol wanted list.

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One of the most popular girls at my high school (cheerleader but also very smart; voted most likely to succeed) went to an Ivy, met a mover and shaker guy and married him; he became a billionaire hedge fund guy and she is a stay at home mom to their four kids. Multiple houses in glamorous spots. I guess she indeed earned the "most likely to succeed title"!

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Anonymous wrote:When I went to jr high and high school in the 70s nearly all my teachers had a masters degree.

You mean in an actual subject like math or biology or literature?

Or do you mean in “higher ed” or “ESOL” or “dyslexia” teaching or “education mgmt”?

Lol. Key question. What’s the major in nd did they work before teaching.

Last summer I flew in to the retirement party of my AP Calc teacher. 30 years teaching HS math.

She had told us many times during the school year that she didn’t quit her computer programming career of 15 years for the money. She also coached varsity volleyball.

Best teacher ever and we all stayed in tough with her. Same for our bio /animal phys teacher and History teacher, physics teacher and my guidance counselor/track coach.

So proud of them and vice versa

- small township school suburbs in Midwest. Before NO Child Left Behind /common core disaster.

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Teachers are white collar.

Jealousy by docs and lawyers stuck in horrible jobs.

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Feds are the pink collar jobs. They can't handle the real world of competition and performance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So indeed, not pink collar. Teaching has not been pink collar in 50 years.

Everyone of my teacher friends in MoCo has a masters, at least. Also at home in my medium sized city.

Absolutely white collar professionals.

Teachers are absolutely not white collar. Sorry.

+1

I’m surprised that teachers see themselves as white collar. Definitely pink collar.

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Anonymous wrote:Prom king came out of the closet in college. One died in a freak accident. One inherited his father's business and got married to his HS sweetheart. Totally normal life. One got into commercial real estate. None of our athletes went pro. One fat nerd got completely shredded and became a fighter pilot. A lot of career feds. One of the most feared bullies got kicked out of college after harassing women. Two went to jail as expected. One was briefly on an Interpol wanted list.

So, losers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers are white collar.

Jealousy by docs and lawyers stuck in horrible jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So indeed, not pink collar. Teaching has not been pink collar in 50 years.

Everyone of my teacher friends in MoCo has a masters, at least. Also at home in my medium sized city.

Absolutely white collar professionals.

Teachers are absolutely not white collar. Sorry.

What are we then? I have an MA in Education.

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Most successful people out of anywhere are teachers who can last in their careers for 30-40 years. I love them for being the best.

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I'm surprised by how many didn't further their education. Two of them sell real estate and one owns a bakery.
Of my three bff from HS (we were reasonably popular but thought of as non partiers and more academic): all of us went on to college but two never worked (husband's did) and one is a doctor. I am a librarian.
I went back to my 40th and ppl didn't recognize me, I had changed that much. Of course, I was super ugly then.