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Taily_Po 07/15/19 2:13:13 AM #20:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Taily_Po posted... Growing up, if I got anything less than an A I'd be grounded and my folks probably would have disowned me if I got a C. Consequently, I graduated near the top of my class (although I went to public schools so that's probably not particularly meaningful). I went to school with someone like that. He always used to have freak outs when I'd rebelliously skip homework because he just couldn't process the idea of not giving a shit about your grades. After he took the SATs he was depressed because his older brother had gotten a 1450 while he'd only gotten a 1400 (back when the max score was out of 1600), so he was getting flack from his parents for not being good enough. But he pretty much shit his pants when I told him I'd gotten a 1410. For a test I was so chill about that I basically took a nap in the middle of it. Do you mean somebody like my parents? Because why the fuck would I care if you did or didn't do your homework? Some of my closest friends in high school were geeks, so their level of academic achievement could be next to nil. The ones who were the same year as me were from lower educational tracks so during the school day I'd only ever see them at lunch, electives, or study halls. I lost track of some of them because I went to college and they didn't. Supposedly one of them got a girl pregnant and she ditched him and the child, so last I heard -- this was a while ago -- he was living with his folks with his child. But basically he voiced your exact opinion: Why try hard because you'll just be expected to work harder? Looking at his life, he probably should have tried a bit harder. A few of the other, more educationally inclined ones turned out fine. One of my upperclassmen went to college out of state, got a good job, married an ugly chick, had some kids, and afaik he's pretty happy. Some of the underclassmen were at least on college track, but I can't remember their last names so I have no clue what became of them although I've been curious at times. In general, I guess this kinda hammers home the whole geeks-not-nerds thing. Nerds are smart and high-performers almost as a general rule, whereas geeks are always going to be a toss-up. That said, I'm think probably 2/3s of the kids I played cards with in school wound up either working low-end professions (or quite possibly not working at all). That's out of maybe 25 or 30 friends. Granted, a lot of my non-geek friends didn't really wind up doing a huge amount either, so.... maybe I just hung out with a lot of slackers and ne'er-do-wells? --- "If I were a ghost, this is certainly the kind of place I'd haunt." (\/)(\/)\|-\| <cite>Taily_Po posted [p:924703794] in Lowest cla... [t:77861567]...</cite> <quote><cite>ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Taily_Po posted...</cite> <quote>Growing up, if I got anything less than an A I'd be grounded and my folks probably would have disowned me if I got a C. Consequently, I graduated near the top of my class (although I went to public schools so that's probably not particularly meaningful).</quote> I went to school with someone like that. He always used to have freak outs when I'd rebelliously skip homework because he just couldn't process the idea of not giving a shit about your grades. After he took the SATs he was depressed because his older brother had gotten a 1450 while he'd only gotten a 1400 (back when the max score was out of 1600), so he was getting flack from his parents for not being good enough. But he pretty much shit his pants when I told him I'd gotten a 1410. For a test I was so chill about that I basically took a nap in the middle of it.</quote> Do you mean somebody like my parents? Because why the fuck would I care if you did or didn't do your homework? Some of my closest friends in high school were geeks, so their level of academic achievement could be next to nil. The ones who were the same year as me were from lower educational tracks so during the school day I'd only ever see them at lunch, electives, or study halls. I lost track of some of them because I went to college and they didn't. Supposedly one of them got a girl pregnant and she ditched him and the child, so last I heard -- this was a while ago -- he was living with his folks with his child. But basically he voiced your exact opinion: Why try hard because you'll just be expected to work harder? Looking at his life, he probably should have tried a bit harder. A few of the other, more educationally inclined ones turned out fine. One of my upperclassmen went to college out of state, got a good job, married an ugly chick, had some kids, and afaik he's pretty happy. Some of the underclassmen were at least on college track, but I can't remember their last names so I have no clue what became of them although I've been curious at times. In general, I guess this kinda hammers home the whole geeks-not-nerds thing. Nerds are smart and high-performers almost as a general rule, whereas geeks are always going to be a toss-up. That said, I'm think probably 2/3s of the kids I played cards with in school wound up either working low-end professions (or quite possibly not working at all). That's out of maybe 25 or 30 friends. Granted, a lot of my non-geek friends didn't really wind up doing a huge amount either, so.... maybe I just hung out with a lot of slackers and ne'er-do-wells? --- "If I were a ghost, this is certainly the kind of place I'd haunt." (\/)(\/)\|-\|</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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