[Non beauty related post today] In this post I will talk about the social status in school. Social status is quite important during high school and university. Let me categorize the groups: There is a popular "I am pretty/talented/cool" group, a weird gothic/drama group (I don't think it's weird at all, but people call it the weird group), there is a normal group and of course there is also a nerd group. Usually you will be yourself and you will automatically find a niche where you belong to and have friends which are a bit similar to you. Oh yeah, and we mustn't forget that there are pretenders, who will do everything to get attention and to get into the popular group- these are called Fake people. And I'm curious, which group did you belong to in school?
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My answer: I belonged to the normal group, which is in between the weird and nerd group lol. I wasn't really a nerd, I didn't get straight A's and stuff >_<" yeahh, I wasn't that smart during high school hahah. However the older you will be, you will notice that your social status isn't that important.
My main question to you is:
Is social status important to you?
Eerst was het belangrijk ja, nu ben ik mezelf. Ik ben op school opgegroeid in een sfeer waar sociale status echt heel belangrijk was. Ik wist niet anders! Ik behoorde absoluuut niet tot het hoogste, ik werd ook wel gepest enzo. Nja, wat je pesten kunt noemen. Iets erger dan plagen! Dit veranderde gelukkig in de 3e, dat was voor het eerst dat ik mezelf kon zijn! Dus ja, nu heb ik mn eigen groepje :)
ReplyDelete@Sam, k werd in de 1e jaar van middelbare school ook weleens geplaagd, niemand die toen voor me opkwam =.=". Mja ben er wel sterker van geworden =) en vanaf de 2e zat ik al gauw in "de normale groep".
ReplyDeleteIk denk dat ik ook gewoon "normaal" was. Naar de nerderige kant toe. Maar ook wel een beetje vreemd. :p Eigenlijk hoorde ik niet echt bij zo'n subgroep, ik had zo'n beetje vrienden overal. Ah, de middelbare school... lijkt al zo lang geleden ><
ReplyDeleteIk vind dat op de universiteit het er een heel stuk losser aan toe gaat. Maar misschien is dat omdat ik een rare richting volg (kunstgeschiedenis, daar zitten al snel een hoop vreemde vogels samen) en omdat we met niet zo heel veel zijn (een veertigtal, denk ik) Er zijn niet zo echt subgroepjes, en we schieten als klas echt goed met elkaar op.
I think it's somewhat important to everyone. Some care more than others, some care less. I always cared, but more often then not, as long as I had fun with my little group of friends I was fine. There was a time I was really shy, but I grew out of that and during the last year of high school, I spoke with every one in every class. I had my group of friend I had lunch with, but I can say I got along with pretty much everyone in Grade 12.
ReplyDeleteI think I was normal. I wasn't "popular" or "nerd" or anything like that. And I still think I'm like that too. My ex-boyfriend calls me a geek because he knows me deep down really well and he knows I love video games and mangas a lot, but anyone else that meets me will meet an ordinary girl that loves girl stuff like make-up, nails, shopping, etc. :)
its not really important to me thats why ive always been in a "clique" and small groups :)
ReplyDeleteawh cute photo ^^ and no not really, aslong as i wasnt bothered at school I was happy, but i do need to make some new friends at college but i won't be fake to get them XD
ReplyDeleteinteresting post :)
hmm interesting post~
ReplyDeleteIn HS I was duly unpopular but in a more "invisible" way. I was just really quiet and had 2-3 friends till my senior year. Unfortunately, my few friends were never in my classes so there were days I didn't talk to anybody *insert melo dramtic music* But I was honestly never sad xD I was too busy swimming, doodling, and daydreaming. I was buff (like a dude ahah) and tall (until everyone else hit their growth spurt), so nobody made fun of me as much as they just ignored me.
My senior year I got marginally more "popular" but I think it's because with college approaching, everyone was maturing more. Including me, I started opening up a bit more and making some effort not to wear sweatshirts everyday. In college, all those social status things faded for me and I was pretty much a social drifter ^_^ Partiers, jocks, strait-laced academics...I enjoyed it all. And today I'm still the same, though ultimately, I am happiest in my own company ^^
I was pretty much in the stereotypical nerd group! xD Taking all the same honors classes with the same friends, getting picked on at school, and playing lots of video games! :P I don't regret it at all! Even though I sometimes wished I would be popular while in high school, it wasn't important to me since I had my good friends. ^__^
ReplyDelete@Bibi, haha zelfde geld voor mij.. ik had best wel veel vriende rond die tijd en overal ook.. mja naarmate de tijd ga je realiseren dat veel nep vriende van je zijn :). Maar er zitten gelukkig wel een paar tussen die echt goeie vrienden van me geworden zijn.
ReplyDelete@Suteisi, it's great to hear that you could get along with everybody :) hahah and I also liked to play games and watch anime and stuff.. That made me a nerd a bit, but ah well.. I had fun with my own group =)
@Hello naka, yeah i dislike fake people who want to get into a group, they will think of many ways to get attention =.= that's just stupid
@insideout elle, loll i laughed when you said *insert melo dramatic music* hahahah, i really got a dramatic song in my head while reading lol.. Hmm but it's really great that you were never sad back then cause, I would feel a bit lonely if nobody would talk to me :(. When I went to university, I didn't know anybody and I was alone very often T_T felt really weird since I had lots of friends in my previous school =( I went with a sad face to school, it sucked.
ReplyDelete@Tricia wow really?? I really thought that you would be in the popular group or something xD. Yeah during high school, i also wished to be in the popular group. But the "normal group" where I was in, was fine as well :) I was also happy that I had some great friends ^^
I think in high school it feels important, but then when your out you see that the nerds, popular, normal ect, are all the same now. We're all nobody's after high school until we get a job and make a name for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWhich i love that because its funny seeing the popular ones freak out because now after high school they dont matter anymore. And also the nobody's in high school can now be rich a famous.
I didn't bother to try and get in a group, and now out of high school i'm friends with a lot of the previously known cliches. (like the popular, nerd, normal. ect.) Its funny how people overlook others because of a given title.
I don't know which group i'd be in. i guess the normal ones? haha i only hung out with guys the last years and they were like the class clowns.
@Aubrey, "we are all nobody's after highschool" i agree about that. I just think that social status isn't important anymore when you're older.
ReplyDeleteBesides, nerds will probably be rich in the future =P so i always say that it's just stupid to bully nerds =/.
btw. Aren't class clowns usually those popular guys since they will get lots of attention :) ??
It's not important to me. I see some group in high school, college and even university o.O i'm more to normal group
ReplyDelete@Bibi, haha zelfde geld voor mij.. ik had best wel veel vriende rond die tijd en overal ook.. mja naarmate de tijd ga je realiseren dat veel nep vriende van je zijn :). Maar er zitten gelukkig wel een paar tussen die echt goeie vrienden van me geworden zijn.
ReplyDelete@Suteisi, it's great to hear that you could get along with everybody :) hahah and I also liked to play games and watch anime and stuff.. That made me a nerd a bit, but ah well.. I had fun with my own group =)
@Hello naka, yeah i dislike fake people who want to get into a group, they will think of many ways to get attention =.= that's just stupid
I think in high school it feels important, but then when your out you see that the nerds, popular, normal ect, are all the same now. We're all nobody's after high school until we get a job and make a name for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWhich i love that because its funny seeing the popular ones freak out because now after high school they dont matter anymore. And also the nobody's in high school can now be rich a famous.
I didn't bother to try and get in a group, and now out of high school i'm friends with a lot of the previously known cliches. (like the popular, nerd, normal. ect.) Its funny how people overlook others because of a given title.
I don't know which group i'd be in. i guess the normal ones? haha i only hung out with guys the last years and they were like the class clowns.