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myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student6 months ago

.. I sure was one.And am not ashamed to admit it either. lol
I was big time into academics and was very competitive. But apart from academics I had other interests like creative writing, music and sports. So I guess I was not a super geek.
Tell me I had company please? Come on, I want to hear your stories. rasprolleyes

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 87/100. lologirl2021 (1639)   ranked 1,088 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

Im sorry to announce but i was not a geek in school. I am about to turn twenty four and even talk to the same people i went to school with and still see them out partying and having a good time like i do so i find it very easy to get along with everyone if you still know everyone in town. I was a cheerleader in high school and also in the dance class they offered and was very active in school, but there were the days i skipped and went into other classes and it was fun i loved my high school days even if my grades weren't always the best.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Hey that is cool..Being a cheerleader and all..Nice!
Funny thing with me was I did hang out with the cool kids coz of the other stuff I was into like sports, but then I am a self-proclaimed geek. lol

And Oops at the typo ... Were** and not "Where" .. Darn, did not notice that when I submitted the discussion. blink

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2. myLot reputation of 80/100. deewinc (3085)   ranked 1,136 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

i was a super geek i think..i did study alot& engaged to co-curricular activities..i got awards like the best student in maths& also performed well to the nationals in drama& music that i got a certificate..but i did love to play alot and joke around too..


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Woohoo! Looks like I have company. lol
That is just great. It makes me feel so good that there are other fellow geeks/ ex-geeks in myLot.

Have a wonderful day/night!happy

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3. myLot reputation of 67/100. Swashbuckle (135)   ranked 2,517 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

Both.
I love reading, and I am a huge Johnny Depp fan, so I know 'stuff'.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Oh my. I love Johnny myself. We have a lot in common I guess.
So you were a resident of geekdom. rasp
Happy myLotting and thanks for your response!

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4. myLot reputation of 98/100. cyrus123 (1848)   ranked 1,215 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

Hi cbeee3! I'm afraid I wasn't much of a bookworm when I was in school. I hated studying and doing homework!angryI wasn't much of a geek, either. I didn't discover how much I liked to read until I had my bookstore back in the '80s. I found out that I liked to read more than I thought I did. I loved music, though, and still do. I played in the band and sang in the glee club when I was in high school. I actually enjoyed practicing music and playing records more than I did studying, lollol. The only sports I cared anything about and still do was horseback riding and swimming. Kathy.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

So you were a cool kid, is it glare. Notice the glare Kathy. Did you take note of that Glare? lol Just kidding. Or am I glare
LOL.

It is great that you finally found out how exciting the world of books could be.
You had a bookstore! Ughhhh if I had only known you earlier, that would be my second home.LOL.

Take care Kathy and have a blessed day/night.Thanks for your response!

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5. BIGBOI2k9 (1)   ranked 2,515 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

I would not classify myself as a geek in school however i didnt really talk much so i was quite reserved, i hung out with all the cool kids at school but i wasnt exactly kool either just because i never spoke much however i done well for myslef academically and am now a student at a respected university and now most of the kool kids are working in places like crappy carwashes lol


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Haha.. That is a short cute story right there. Good to know that you are in University now. I am done with Univ, ages ago. Oh My God, I feel old now. lol

Thanks for your response. keep smiling and happy mylotting!happy

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6. myLot reputation of 89/100. revellanotvanella (1946)   ranked 427 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

I loved reading all throughout my school years and into today (I turn 28 in September) but reading was always a private thing for me growing up. When my family was downstairs watching TV I was the one sneaking into my bedroom and snuggling up to a good book. I also like to write myself and both these things I found soo therapeutic and my closest friend (I only had a few) in middle school and in High School would regularly get three page letters stuffed to the brim with my musing and I think I even challenged them to do the same and appreciated that so much growing up. I am not or ever was the kind of person who liked to involve my friends in my heartache or personal problems up front but instead reveal these things in letters to them and in school nothing was brought up and it was just pure fun like you'd expect in high school.

The subjects I excelled at growing up were Science (all kinds), English (but only writing aspects of it) and band (all my siblings played an instrument). I played the trumpet from 5th grade into my senior year of high school but I never considered it a geek thing because my father made us attend all my oldest sisters band functions (he volunteered regularly) so it was just a normal process.

Ironically, growing up I was never the person in the classroom to want to fit in and in fact many of my classmates thought of me as being rather weird because I saw past all the 'rules' that go with fitting into the norms of school. I despised being the cool kid, although encouraged laughter even if it meant pulling teeth. I dont think they knew what to think of me because yes, I was the one who WANTED to sit in the front of class and constantly tried answering the teachers questions just to keep the classroom from being so quiet, I hated that feeling and didn't buy into the 'one answer' deal and often remember laughter when I would go out of my way to challenge my teachers.

In high school it got to be really challenging for me because I had such a passion to learn (still do) but now more than ever it was about conformity and whereas before I was never one to stand out I surely didn't stand back either but in high school I did greatly. The competition was immense and I experienced it at many schools as after my parents divorced I tranferred to 5 different schools in my last year of middle school into my high school. I resented this because I never stopped loving to learn but at the same time I couldn't accept that your only as good as your percentile in class and quite often if you didn't fall into the top category you were left behind. This happened to me when in Math where I started falling behind in algebra and entered Chemistry in Science and got left behind in that because I couldn't keep up in the Math (I LOVED SCIENCE!!).

Never a part of any clubs but my extracurricular in band but even there I never felt quite accepted because it was highly competitive and those not in the top half of even band were considered just 'minglelers' and not worth the attention and my joking about their taking themselves so seriously didn't help either. I HAVE had quite a few people call me geeks but people younger than me I guess like my dads stepdaughter (back when I was 20), my exes neice (When I was 22), mostly teenagers. When I was in school I think was just weird because I chose to ask too many questions.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Thank you for your wonderful wonderful response. I loved every bit of it. It must have taken you a lot of time to type this up, but I am glad that you shared a part of your life with all of us.

I ask a lot of questions too.Even to this day. If I don't understand something, I try to figure it out on my own, do my research, and if that does not get me anywhere I have to ask questions. I cannot pretend to know something I don't. My ego shall never be an impediment to my learning.

God bless you and happy myLotting!happy

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7. yisimiwang (84)   ranked 5,105 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

i think i am kind of geek king here, idont know how i went to university when many classmates cant .let me tell you something about my middle school,i do all bad things t=other boys do,besides i am the only one who was choosen not to leave school before ... by history teacher,politics teacher,and phisics teacher at the same time, you know everyday... oh mygod . and the only one my teacher asked not to have a deskmate for 2 years coz i always talk ...


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Yippee..I have so many fellow geeks here.I feel right at homew00trasp

Oh Oh so you were a talkative geek is it? Most people think geeks are very shy and keep to themselves. I was like you too.
I did a lot of reading and studying, yet when I started talking, you could not pay to make me stop.LOL.

Nice meeting you my friend. Happy myLotting!

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8. myLot reputation of 60/100. darkjedi1 (752)   ranked 4,605 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

Lol hell yeah I was. I was, and still am a huge geek. I love to read, and always been a book worm. Hell english teachers loved me since when they would tell everyone it was reading time I would quickly pull out a book and start reading while everyone else complained. Get done with a test or something and I would pull out a book and read.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Hahaha..You are an ideal geek are you not?
I feel so at home with you all. lol.. I was one of those too.
"Open up chapter 11, page 112. Can you please read the passage?" lol

And our friends would probably give us the glare. glare

Thanks for your cool response( that was not so geeky after all) LOL.
Happy myLotting!


TSoprano (3)   ranked 6,091 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

I was obsessed with reading and writing.
I offen spent hours sitting quietly on my own reading a good book or writing my own stories.
So i guess that makes me a bookworm.
I still love writing stories, but i don't read many books anymore.
I'm always writing, going on the internet or watching TV.
I am trying be an author.


myLot reputation of 60/100. darkjedi1 (752)   ranked 4,605 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Lol yep cbee always got those dirty looks, even more when the teacher would say why arnt all of you more like David lol, oh how I hated it hwen they said that lol.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

@ darkjedi1- Been there done that. lol

@ TSoprano-It is good to know that I have found yet another one of us here. I hope you succeed in this quest to become an author. I love writing too. May god bless you! Keep writing and never give up!

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9. myLot reputation of 70/100. subha12 (16450)   ranked 1,073 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

I was like book worm.But for story books. i had always been a topper in my academic life. I was also good in dancing, recitation and painting.


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

Oh nice, so you were an all rounder then. That is perfect.
Thanks for your response.God bless!

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10. myLot reputation of 94/100. lulu1220 (431)   ranked 5,099 out of 6,544 in student   6 months ago

I was a geek in school...I studied and competed in academic competitions. Most of the people I hung out with were the same way. But they were also some of the most popular kids in school too. Plus a couple of the cheerleaders graduated with honors!


myLot reputation of 98/100. cbeee3 (889)   ranked 246 out of 6,544 in student  6 months ago

That is brilliant lulu.I have so much company here on myLot.
Thanks for stopping and responding!happy

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