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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My high school had hybrid cliques.  For example, the most popular kids were also the smartest Honors & AP classes kids.  Not the nerdy kids playing D&D at lunch or the band geeks, those were separate groups.  And 90% of the jocks were also Honors & AP class kids.  Very few jocks actually fit the dumb jock stereotype.  They're all pretty successful now as adults.  I've kept in touch with some and I'm just Facebook friends with others.

It seems like the kids who struggle the most as adults are the ones who were the D&D super nerds and the bad kids.  Those are the adults I see now when I go back to my hometown.  They're the ones working random retail jobs and are just as weird as they were (or just as big of losers as they were back then, when talking about the bad kids).

There was a group of "Elite kids" who were the rich kids.  Some were smart and a few were jocks, but for the most part they were dumb, entitled, and spoiled brats.  But we all still wanted to be friends with them because they went on the awesome vacations and threw the best parties.  Most are either trophy wives or working in the family business and are successful.

The notion that the popular kids and jocks "get what's coming to them" after high school and the nerds take power is really mainly just in the movies.  The popular kids and jocks keep being popular and successful because of their personalities.  They're outgoing, confident, tenacious, and good net workers.     [/quote]

I had similar experience. I was semi-popular kid (had my own circle of friends, most of whom were very popular), top students in the class who went to top schools. I ended up getting three degrees and relatively successful and love what I am doing now. One of my daughters was a cheerleader in HS and got admitted to three Ivy League schools in very technical field. She can be nerdy when she is into the research. But overall, very social and interesting person. The younger is still in school, top student. I think she is balancing very well academics and social life.

It seems like kids take a lot from the parents, so if OP's social skills and social life rather limited (nothing wrong with that as long as you are love it), then her children will more likely struggle with social skills. [/quote]

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