<p>I’m in grade 12 now. Ever since as long as I can remember, my interest has been in computers, technology, gadgets, and the like. I have been making money being a freelance web developer for a few years now, and enjoy programming, but intend on being some sort of technology entrepreneur.</p>
<p>I don’t have any peers that have similar interests as me. The closest ones are probably a handful of friends who enjoy making graphics on their computers every once in a while, or some who join me at school in programming contests, but that’s as far as it goes. Don’t get me wrong, I have many friends. But not many to whom I can really speak about my most biggest interest. Even my parents think I talk a different language when I attempt to speak to them about my interests.</p>
<p>So, erm, I guess, any words of advice? Does anyone else feel like this? (Can be about a different interest, of course.)</p>
<p>Sorry, I don’t have any good advice for you as I too have this issue. I have a handful of friends that are in the same classes as me being that I am in Honors classes. However, they don’t have any major interest in my interests because there interests seem to lie around popular culture (ie: music (singers, bands, songs), movies, etc.). There are some however who have expressed a little interest in my own interests but have taken little initiative to apply that interest into competitions, real life, etc. </p>
<p>Although there maybe no peers interested in your interests, at competitions you meet with people who share the same interest as you and from there you could talk to others and make friends with them. I have done that during middle school, but usually the communication dies out after a while. Eek, though I’m planning to change that during high school.</p>
<p>Yeah, I really love the finer arts, including jazz. Even smooth jazz and modern, fusion, etc. No one I know even knows what Tchaikovsky’s greatest works are, and few have heard of Clifford Brown. Sometimes I have my own language too, lol. I also love the subject of Classics (as in Classical civilization). I feel like I belong 2 or 3 generations ago, in Europe or something. I don’t fit into the typical high school crowd at all. Just like you, I still have close friends I love being with, but there’s no one I can really relate to in terms of these interests, except the occasional teacher.</p>
<p>However, we’ll definitely run into people at college with our same majors who we will be able to relate to, and I find that to be a comforting thought.</p>
<p>I’m already executive of my high school’s ‘computer council’, and I am the webmaster of my school. I also do lots of other computer-related things as well around the school, such as being a member of the robotics team, etc.</p>
<p>I’m not the typical geeky kind of guy, as well. I play lacrosse, play the violin, among other things. I don’t even wear glasses. </p>
<p>And yeah, in university, it’ll be great to mingle with students working towards the same major as me - computer science. </p>
<p>I’m taking computer science in high school, but the majority of the students don’t have much of a clue what they are doing, or the really good students just do it for the sake of doing it, and be done with it. In my eyes, for instance, it is considered an art form, sometimes.</p>
<p>make friends with the people who you know are into that stuff, but you wouldn’t usually associate with. you just might find a friend where you least expected it :)</p>
<p>i know how you feel… none of my friends like math as much as me (those bums). well one of them sort of likes it, but im a year ahead of her in math anyway. same thing with harry potter. i mean some of my friends enjoy it, but im like obsessed with it!!! HARRY POTTER YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!</p>
<p>Your school doesn’t have an advanced computer class?</p>
<p>I feel like that. I just go on the internet and meet people. Sometimes I’m lucky and find people in my own town. I found someone in my own school who’s into something I’m into. One of those things that no one else would have any clue about.</p>
<p>Start your own virtual club right here on CC or elsewhere on the net. There is no such thing as not being able to find people with similar interests. Invest in a computer camera and hold real-time meetings, exchange ideas, etc. right here in cyberspace. </p>
<p>Maybe once or twice a year, meet up with each other live (spring break or during the summer). Be creative. The world is your playground!</p>