What Stereotype Were You Closest To In High School and How Did Life Turn Out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oooh, I get to be the stereotypical success story:

Total loser geek in high school. Never fit in, got straight As, top 3 student.

Got my MBA at top 10 school. Married brilliant and handsome lawyer. Incredibly high HHI that we don't squander on acquisitions and consumption. Plan to retire by 50. Three lovely and smart children. Happy as all get out.

*pat pat pat (on the back)* Any room for modesty in there?

[Anonymous]

Slut in high school - lots of confidence issues and issues at home. When father passed away, that got rid of the latter. When I got to college and found that I didn't have to put out to be well liked, that solved the former. Very happy now - married a computer geek (the kind I would not look twice at in high school), have 2 kids, and work as a h.s. guidance counselor helping others work through their issues.

[Anonymous]

22:07 - welcome to D.C. Don't expect much. If they only knew what the word humility meant, they might have gotten further in life.

14:06 - Good on you!

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I'm the poster child example in terms of how things can (and hopefully will) get better. I was a heavy metal rebel-without-a-cause bratty teenager, and I barely graduated from high school due to my rebelliousness. I had to take summer school after 11th grade, having received 5 F's and 1 D in my 4th quarter. I barely graduated from HS, having had a 1.9 GPA. I just totally rebelled against my parents (really, my mother), for no real justifiable reason (hindsight, I'm vowing to raise my kids a bit differently in hopes of avoiding some of the same behavioral patterns). I got the crap kicked out of me by a guy I didn't know, the summer immediately after graduation. That was a wake-up call and I enrolled at NOVA (local community college) immediately afterwards. Straight A's, honor society, etc. etc., I applied and got into UVA. Graduated, eventually got my master's from GMU, and am now looking into joining the Senior Executive Service (SES) in the Government. Two kids, a third on the way, colonial house in suburbia, dog, cat, great DH, yadda yadda yadda. You get the picture. The bottom line is that I had (a) A LOT of luck, (b) A LOT of support from my parents (even though I'm sure they totally detested me during those awful dark days, (c) a good upbringing overall which afforded me with some good common sense and ethical drive. All of these factors allowed me to turn my life around and land me where I'm at now. I wouldn't change it for the world. I just hope my kids don't do to me what I did to my parents!!!!!

[Anonymous]

15:59: Hurray! I love your story!!

[Anonymous]

I don't know that I fit a stereotype - most people don't, right? I was cute and blond in high school. 15 years later I'm still cute and blond (but boobs aren't as perky). I studied hard and made good grades and was reasonably popular and well liked. I don't feel like much has changed. I'm still pretty well-liked, attractive but not stunning, successful in career but by no means the most successful or a leader in any way. Married a cute, smart, funny, successful guy. We have a child, own a small home, hope to have another kid. Life is pretty much as I expected and I expect a lot like my friends in high school expected for me too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:07 - welcome to D.C. Don't expect much. If they only knew what the word humility meant, they might have gotten further in life.

14:06 - Good on you!

Wait, so a self-described "total loser geek" somehow lacks modesty and humility? I guess I don't understand the objection...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD is going through her artsy Goth stage. DH thinks the world is coming to an end. I tell him it's just a phase, and anyway, so what? I was a nerd in high school, and while I still exhibit some nerd-like tendencies (like habitually reading DCUM), I actually blossomed later on in life. So, I am curious how many of you high school jocks, rednecks, brains, druggies, nerds, losers, etc. fared after high school, and whether you in fact shed whatever stereotype you fit into, or whether you've more or less stayed within stereotype throughout your life.

Cheerleader. Smart. But, liked to party. Drank the last two years. Big flirt but not sexually active.

Today: attorney. married. Daughter. Graduated college with honors. Did well in law school. Doing fine. Only thing is the occasional cringing now that I have a daughter (and how to get her not to repeat some of my mistakes.)

[Anonymous]

22:07- you are the typical loser in highschool, who grows in to an asshole adult. If you were a man you'd be a fat bald loser dating 20 year olds.

[Anonymous]

Cheerleader, soccer player, softball player, IB graduate, student govt, yearbook staff, dated football jocks, friends with the smarties (our quarterback was our valedictorian), went to populars' parties but never drank, flirted but did not have sex, overall good girl

Now, married to jock, 2 beautiful kids, successful career as an engineer/PM.

[Anonymous]

Brainiac, valedictorian, bit of a loner and stoner, student-newspaper editor. Had a great but stressful journalism career, left after 20 years, somewhat burnt-out, to SAH. Life is a lot less thrilling, but I'm much calmer and happier.

[Anonymous]

Nerdy type-a "nervous" perfectionist with a serious lazy streak. Still fundamentally the same, but the sharp, adolescent edges have worn off to yield a significantly mellower and controlled version of this.

Life worked out okay. I have a nice family who put up with me and make me a better person every single day. Love my husband and daughter, and expecting child #2 soon. Enjoy my career and anticipate bright job prospects when I return to the work world after eight-month hiatus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Slut in high school - lots of confidence issues and issues at home. When father passed away, that got rid of the latter. When I got to college and found that I didn't have to put out to be well liked, that solved the former. Very happy now - married a computer geek (the kind I would not look twice at in high school), have 2 kids, and work as a h.s. guidance counselor helping others work through their issues.

I think I know people like you. Ran into them at the 10 yr and 20 yr reunions... So nice to see how everyone blossomed!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:22:07- you are the typical loser in highschool, who grows in to an asshole adult. If you were a man you'd be a fat bald loser dating 20 year olds.

I so disagree with this statement. Why is she an asshole adult just because she said she's happy and doing well?

In fact, nothing in what 22:07 said about herself or her life was an insult or put down of other people. You were the one who chose to start that by being mean and calling her names. Why??

[Anonymous]

Pot-head. Poor grades, ran with a bad crowd. Uncontrollable.

Now, I have a great job, nice home, kids, and a wonderful husband. I would have never dreamed this would be my life.

I'm at a director level at work and it turns out that a guy from my graduating class works under me in my organization. He was the opposite of me, so it is quite ironic that I'm ahead of him (and many other men for that matter!). I think my rebelliousness has been very beneficial in my adult life. I'm really looking forward to my 20th class reunion. I'm in the best shape of my life and on top of my game. My dad always told me I'd be nobody and here I am with a big fuck you.