Too "smart" for normal standards, too "stupid" for CC standards

Lightzout
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:32:13 +0000

i kind of have the same personality as you. I dont act nerdy and i guess you can say im kind of popualr and im pretty good at sports and i play sports all 3 seasons. Because of this most of my friends never knew i was smart until we had award assemblies and even then most of them were like who do you cheat off of. I also can sort of empathize with you about being poor. Both my parents immigrated here (im hispanic) and i feel like i have to do the best i can to actually be somebody and not be like a lot of my cousins who dropped out of hs and stuff. Drive is good and everything, but the kids on CC are ****ing insane. Like even though i want to do the best i can, i do not think its worth it to spend all of your time studying and participating in ec’s that you dont want to do. I believe hanging out with friends and just having fun is as important as getting good grades because do you wanna look back 20 years from now thinking that instead of having a good time through high school, you stayed home studying instead. Another thing, a lot of of the insanely smart kids also seem to not be that good at socializing. Many times a less qualified person may obtain a job if they have better socializing skills and better networking than a more qualified person