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[quote=Anonymous]It's odd to me how few parents seem to realize the extent to which circumstances can dictate a kid's popularity.  Sure, there are kids with social skills problems, but circumstances also make a big difference.  I went to a small, insular, blue collar high school for two years and was not popular -- I played two unpopular sports, excelled at extra curricular activities that were dorky and got good grades, which was seen as a big negative.

Then my parents moved and I started attending a large urban high school kinda like Wilson -- there were all kinds of kids, including a big contingent of kids who valued grades, thought about where they might want to go to college and considered sports other than football, basketball and baseball (at least marginally) cool.  I made a lot of really close friends, dated a lot and had a great time.  I'm sure I matured and became more socially skilled along the way, but I think 95% of it was circumstance and the fit of the environment to my background and personality.  We do our kids a disservice when we forget that.  That issue of fit is, I think, a big part of the reason that so many people who hate high school do well in college.[/quote]

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