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   Margueritem said, 5 months ago

   Cs and Ds, eh, Nerwin?

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   Sisyphos said, 5 months ago

   So sad, too true.

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   Richard said, 5 months ago

   Some things are more important, Rock on Nerwin.

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   bald 716 said, 5 months ago

   at least nerwin doesn’t have to wear a school uniform….

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   Teresa said, 5 months ago

   When I went to school, I didn’t have the best clothes to wear. If we had uniforms, I wouldn’t have had to wear worn out clothes with holes. The rich kids wouldn’t have been able to show off their $150 shoes, while I wore $2 no name brand (this was in the 70’s). I tried the ‘stupid and be popular’ route, too. I wasn’t rich enough to be in that group. I was just stupid AND poor.

   I’m all better now. Not rich but comfy, a paid for house and 3 vehicles (not brand new, but solid). Best of all, I have people who love me no matter how educatated (or not) I am.

   Knowledge is power.

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   SchmoozeMinkey said, 5 months ago

   I was born with a high IQ. Many other kids hated me because I was an “A” student. You don’t have to flaunt it to be the enemy, just get good grades. It continued all the way through high school. And then the druggies in college (fine arts department) hated me because I abstained, and that was about 10% of the department in the 70’s.

   So kids should not play ‘stupid’ just to get stupid friends. They drag you into the toilet with them.

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   Burgundy2 said, 5 months ago

   I sure don’t miss school, and for those reasons. I was shy and quiet and never hurt anyone, yet was a target because I got good grades. This too was in the 70’s. Everyone wore jeans except for me. So I was not only unpopular, but had no hope of appearing “cool”.

   I don’t know if it’s like that now or not. Nerds and geeks are more “socially acceptable”, thanks to computer technology. I wonder if that’s had an effect in the politics of school?

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   alife said, 5 months ago

   Smart now I hope. My DNA of my Mom & Dad are kicking in. Still I AM an artist! Tried pot. took awhile finally got “High”
   Couldn’t do my Art plus I already eat a lot!! figured out it”s a loose loose… Didn’t need to pay for it an Art supply’s I couldn’t use AND the cost of food, so I guess……

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   SherlockWatson said, 5 months ago

   And now we know why Paris Hilton is so popular.

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    bobothehobo said, 5 months ago

    that’s the most stupid thing I have read today

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    Selma_F said, 5 months ago

    There were times when the only reason a kid with good grades were popular…when it was time to do group work (which is why I hated group work).

    Nerwin forgot to mention that if you make good grades other kids try to copy off your papers. I had a guy copy my answers on a math test when I was in 7th grade. But I decided I didn’t like being put in that position. So I wrote all the wrong answers really big. Then after he turned in his test I erased the wrong answers and wrote in the right ones. The teacher always handed our test papers back folded with the grade on the inside. So I just pretended I had made a bad grade (96 actually, ha) and was upset. The guy thought I was really dumb when he saw he had a 12. I didn’t have to worry about any more of that for a year at least.
    In high school though we didn’t have much of that whole thing (if you’re smart you can’t be popular), or I might just not have cared since I had a core group of friends to support me.