Is there anything more heartbreaking than seeing a lonely figure in the middle
of a hormone smorgasbord? High school was a bitch if you care and you weren't included
...especially if your fellow classmates called you a nerd. Today it's hip to call yourself a
nerd. Sort of an endearing come-on that says I'm real....I'm smart..look at Bill Gates.
But that's now. Being a loser was rough .People were mean. there was little or no regard
at all for anyones's feelings. After all teenagers have the compassion and manners of
neanderthals. No one was out to look after anyone else's feelings. If you could dart under
the radar, that was the best you could hope for. There are urban legends about teenagers
who went out of their way to be nice to the new girl or boy (especially if they were hot.) But
we all know that didn't happen very often. There's a pecking order...a food chain, if you
will, and we all knew our place. If you are at the bottom of the food chain each day was a
hellish marathon of self-preservation. The good news was that losers often become winner
and the nerds can easily take the world by storm. Do they ever forgive and forget. Doubt it
We are all, after all, just mortals. Hats off to the success stories....nice to know there's still
some magic to go around.
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