Ha ha! Well, he was captain of the RIVAL high school team. He was a nose guard. Fun fact - his thighs were the same size as my waist - ha ha.
It was kind of nice dating a boy that went to a different school. No distractions AT school. Senior year was a breeze for me because the academics weren’t as strong at the smaller, more rural high school.
One observation I have about high school size. I think there is less of a division of popular kids v non-popular kids in a larger high school. So many more offerings at a larger high school because there were many groups. It was very easy to find a tribe of people with similar interests at the larger high school. There were many groups of people focused on a wide variety of interests. Band, orchestra, chorus, Latin club (hugely cool at my larger high school) service clubs, French, German, and Spanish clubs. Student government, theater, athletics (including swimming, diving, tennis). The aforementioned service clubs. So many more clubs/organizations to belong to. Many different labels to be had. Yes, I would say the cheerleader/football and basketball athlete crowd were considered more popular. And, honestly, my high school friends from the larger high school now marvel that really has no mean girls. Out high school football team was a power house (still is), and that was a unifying factor. Another unique rule at my larger high school high school was that football players and cheerleaders were ineligible for the homecoming court.
Thr smaller high school was much different. Fewer organizations, so you were either in the cool/popular kids group or you were not. Much more cliquey.
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. I was re-reading this to dh and was appalled. Too many to fix. May the odds be ever in your favor if you try to read this 