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wow I read that all didn't think I would well I graduated earlier this year so yeah. I understand I guess I could be considered a nerd But I am far from smart unless by smart it is meant that you retain information until the test and put it down and forget it I probably could have been in honor society if I ever did any homework. But as the article said I have often seen the savagery in schools take football games think about what those kids would be if it were not for the sterile environment as he put it fighters,soldiers, the like overall brutes for hire. Relate schools to clans and football games end up to be clan wars even though I easily could have been a football player I felt it to be far to brutish if you know what I mean. I much preferred to delve into things that were fun no matter were I was that I couldn't get too old to play *sigh* I forgot what else I was going to say.

I think that being smart doesn't automatically make you an outsider. The fact that you don't want or need popularity does. Of course the popularity fights might be in bit smaller scale in my country than it is in the USA. It's hard to compare but I think here they might be bit milder.

When I was a kid I was nerdy and unpopular but I still had some friends. I wanted to be popular but at the same time I didn't want to do idiotic stuff to have that so I decided to concentrate on my grades instead.

My indifference to popularity increased the teasing and in some way it did make me more noticeable, since the popular girls hated me for not bowing to their "powers". I shrugged my shoulders and kept on going. Some times it was hard, because of the teasing and naming, but I kept my eyes on my goals and tried to remind my self that my future is more important.

When I went to polytechnic I had grown up. I didn't anymore care if I was popular or not. I stopped caring what other people thought of me and held my head up with a smile. Suddenly I realized the buzz around me. I had some way became semi-popular by just not trying to do it. When thinking about it I've realized that my self confidence had big part in this. In polytechnic (which is bit similar to university in some way) people are grown up. We see the world differently and dressing nicely isn't enough anymore. Yes, you'll be noticed if you are pretty, but brains have become the greater asset in terms of getting friends and popularity. I've noticed that this applies to working world as well. Good looks might get you some way but good looks and smart brains takes you to the top.