Who were you in high school?

interesting discussion!!! i guess i am still the same in that i am still rebellious even though i am an adult and i know now that you have to conform somewhat. I too desperately tried to fit in and was insecure. i no longer feel the need to fit in and i am really comfortable in who i am so in that way i have changed. i was moody too, still am but i am amused when i run into people i went to high school with and they turned out to be no more special then me even though some of them walked around thinking they were "all that". I tell my 13 year old who is in middle school that most kids in middle school are insecure and everyone is trying to fit in. basically that is true and it helps her because she feels alone. growing up is hard.

In highschool I definitely went out with friends more and did things with friends. However, I wasn't as confident in myself and wasn't as outgoing as I am now. Granted, I'm not that outgoing now, but I'm more willing to do some things and try new things now. I think college has taken me out of my shell a bit.

I still get down on my self some times but I realize that I am capable and confident and I'm really not such a bad person. I'm not as willing to trust people now though. I had a lot of bad experiences in highschool that made it rather difficult for me to allow a person in and allow a person to see the real me. I'm working on that but it is hard.

Well in grade 7/8 I was the bullied I guess, but only within my "popular" group of friends, and only by 2 of the people, but it might as well have been all of them since no one did anything about it. After that things changed, that was just a phase for me and those 2 people who were bullying me. I hang out with the "popular" crowd, although I feel bad calling myself and my group of friends popular. I guess maybe the "party group" is a slightly better term to use. I am still in highschool now so I still am this person.

Ah you as i understand american highschool politics ( My main scoure of this would be american movies and tvshow, So I know my score of information way to stereotipcal)

But would make you the emokid right;)

Well I quess trying to translate my highschools(countrys) politics to american. I guess I would be a geek. But in my highschool the "geeks" ruled the schoolyard numbers wise. Guess there like 2 girls 2 guys that where the "popupar". and the Jocks was basicly just Jocks. and 2-3 unclassified a "bit socially awkward" kids. basicly all loners.
I also think there where smaler groups than what I known from you avarage am. highshool. Also jumping between groups happend all the time.

You and I probably would have got along great. Actually what you described was me to a T, at least in middle school. My first few years in high school I became a little too desperate for attention, so began fabricating lies to get people to notice me. At one point I was dating someone famous, or related to someone famous... it was all stupid stuff. I lied once about being pregnant, then lied that I'd had a miscarriage, or perhaps an abortion.

Between 10th and 11th grade I actually did get pregnant and ended up changing schools. Once pregnant I didn't care so much what others thought of me anymore. Obviously I did get plenty of attention because it was plain as day that I was pregnant, and this was not the type of school that was used to seeing pregnant teens. I actually ended up dropping out because I hated that school and didn't even want to try to fit in anymore or even try to make friends. I made my friends outside of school at that point, and got involved in other things... not all of it was good.

Who am I today? I'm not entirely sure all the time. I still have depression, I still have the occasional suicidal thought. I've spent probably the last 8 years on a soul searching mission, but I still haven't quite figured anything out yet. I'm still learning new things everyday about myself, and sometimes it's a slap in the face, not realizing I was so self absorbed or so inconsiderate.

sorry you had to put up with all of that in school .schools can be so mean some times.school was good some times for me .i was a well liked person.but did learn you can not please every one. the hardest thing for me was i grew up in the south and blacks and whites were still haveing riots over color. that was pretty heart breaking for me so i was afraid at times which made it hard to learn at times .but i did try to get along with every one.

It was the sixties, and I guess I'd be classified as with the flower child group. I pretty much got along with everybody. Didn't stand out in a crowd one way or another. Mainly I couldn't wait to get out of school and not have to deal with the social b.s. there. A lot of my friends went to different schools.

Hi Sisterjinx, very interesting topic - makes me think me of those years! I was one of those who seemed invisible - you would hardly notice me. I was too shy to make a sound; quiet, obedient and obliging. In one of the yearbooks, someone described me as 'can't say boo to a goose'.
Nope, thankfully I'm no longer like that. Through my years of working and exposure to different people and industries, I've changed - more assertive, vocal and independent!

i wasn't really anything. i got good grades but wasn't really a nerd, played a couple sports but wasn't a jock, i got bullied a little (wish i'd have bullied back). i never really cared if i fit in which made me a somewhat unique teenager. in someways i'm still the same. i don't care if people like me or not, i'm just me.