AwdalPrince wrote:Alphanumeric wrote:
Our school was so broke, students had to lobby for forming teams. I remember how we formed our rugby team. It was a sad joke, but really fun.
I don't know if popularity was a big deal in my school. I couldn't really tell. People definitely knew the names of girls who dressed up to get attention though lol, and perhaps whoever was dating them. But was it a popularity thing? I don't think so. They were all generally polite. When someone was a jerk, everyone hated them. Was there substance? Yes, I'd like to think so. People were real.
Mashallah bro, which state was that? That seems like a Utopia of a high school. Were there any bullies, the jocks, the geeks etc
I'm from Toronto, Canada.
The school itself wasn't much of a utopia at all. There weren't bullies, but there were fights every now and then. A one on one fight could quickly turn into gang warfare. I've witnessed a few of those including guns. It was a shitty school, in that sense. The language barriers I've mentioned were kind of a division along ethnic lines. When you fought one person, you pretty much fought anyone from that group who felt like throwing a punch that day. But like I said about conventional "cliques", they didn't really exist. Some sports players were high achievers. A girl I got to know who was a year younger loved sports. She joined everything. The girls soccer team went provincial, but I think they lost, I forget. She ended up getting valedictorian. Last I knew she was going for med school.
When someone was intelligent and friendly, it was acknowledged and respected. The school I went to was nothing as you on TV. Sometimes I question if that is simply an American stereotype, but then I think larger cities aren't the general standard.
