At least I don't wear a Pocket Protector

I found this at Tiggerlane's - 

I don't understand how I can be Dorky, yet not be a nerd....because in MY definition of Nerd, Dorkiness is the #1 description.  And, I figured that being a Scientist, Nerd was part of the criteria.   Have there ever been any cool Scientists? 

In High School I was never called "Nerd" by anyone (to my face anyway) and I never considered myself in the Nerdy group.   I don't know what clique I fit into.  I never did.  I think I was in that group called "Other" in school; unable to categorize. 

I was shy and avoided social situations.  I watched from the sidelines and wished I could have been more athletic and popular.  I never attended any parties, but in Spanish class I could always count on Rosie and Kathy to fill me in on what they did Saturday night.  They were both cheerleaders and always seemed happy to see me. 

I was smart so hung out with the other kids in Advanced Placement English and Calculus.  But, we didn't talk about our school work or math problems.  We discussed the usual; boys, pimples, weekend plans, Def Leppard, and the latest gossip.   We all aspired to attend college and years later I found out Beckie and Sara became a couple.  That surprised me, but then yet, it didn't, because Beckie liked to wrestle during sleepovers.

I didn't date the boys in my friendship circle.  Instead I pined for the older popular boys roaming the campus.  I was secretly in love with Mark, that uber-cool gorgeous Senior. He spoke to me on many occasions.  I remember melting after our chats but always kept it together during them.

Growing up in a small town I thought I knew my entire graduating class.  I was surprised to see kids standing in line for the ceremony that I had never seen in my life.  I was even more shocked when at the Senior party afterwards, one fellow student came up to me to wish me well.  I didn't even know his name.

I was friends with Cheerleaders, brainiacs, uber-cool guys, and nerds.  But what did that make me?  I don't know.  I never knew where I fit in during High School.  I suppose that's why I'm so glad I went to college and then grew up.  Slightly Dorky Non-Nerd - I can live with that.         

 

Comments

[Ian]

I took it.

I'm a Cool Nerd King.

Bow before me.

Ian

[Dan]

Oh no! You weren't one of those kids who was really good a calculus were you? Say it ain't so! Say it ain't so!

Because I was one of those kids. Man those kids were arrogant!

[Willowtree]

You just described my high school years (except for liking boys of course).

[Willowtree]

Dorky is more to do with social interaction, whereas nerdiness is more to do with academic accomplishment.

[Heather]

I've always found those high school movies kind of baffling, because my high school experience was kind of like yours. I don't think any of my friends fit into those clear cut categories Hollywood seems to think are so much a part of high school. But then again, like you, I grew up in a small town so my experience might have been different from people in the city.

[Kila]

Hey, I've got you beat--I'm an Uber-Dorky Non-Nerd, LOL.

I didn't fit in anywhere in High School. I was in that "other" category. Too bad we didn't go to HS together ;)

[Pamela]

I started to take the test and said pshaw.
I'm not a nerd

[juicer]

thats what i am

[juicer]

just to keep you guessing

[melissa]

I got "Cool Non-Nerd". I would disagree with that - when have I ever been a non-nerd? Hm.

[chrisb]

I'm 'kind of dorky non-nerd' when I was at school I don't think those categories were even invented!

[Robin]

I'm the same thing as Melissa (Hi Melissa!)... I'm glad it didn't ask any questions about aversion to typos....

shhhhhh!

[Angelina]

Now I'm tempted to take the test, just to see. I saw it over at Tiggerlane's blog too.

I was in the death-rock/bad kid crowd. But I never felt I belonged in any one group.

[Beckie]

I haven't taken the test yet, but I just wanted to say that I have never wrestled with other girls at sleepovers - boys maybe...girls, no. I just wanted to say that for the record - now I am off to take the test.

[mark]

Willowtree was joking about the not liking boys part. That was part of his experience too.

I am only a "Light-Weight Nerd"

[wolfbaby]

i haven't taken that yet don't know that i will.. i was pretty much like you though not quite as good in math as you;)

[my4kids]

I took the test and it says I'm a Highly Dorky Nerd hmmm I don't know what to think on that one....