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From: chrisa@azure.UUCP (Chris Andersen)
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Subject: Re: Intelligence
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 02:29:29 EDT
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> [...]
>    I speak from experience, having been one of those "smartest kid in the class"
> types and also a "Fat Albert" type (heavy, slow, and poor at sports) when I
> was in high school. The only difference between someone who suffered this kind
> of ostracism and those who didn't is that it takes my kind longer to "grow up".
 
   Actually, I think it's the other way around.  Being ostracised forces one to
come to terms with oneself much earlier in life then those who have little time
for self-reflection (ie those that are more popular in school).  In many ways,
those kids who act the most "adult" are the least qualified to be adults while
those who don't act "grown up" are matured before their time.

> (For example, I didn't have my first girlfriend until I was 24. Most people
> have their first SO in high school or college).

   Same with me, my first (and only) SO didn't happen till this past year in
college.  But again, I don't consider having an SO as a qualification for being
"grown up".
 
>     ...  I think adolescents are 
> extremely cruel, primarily because they have not yet learned to see the world
> through someone else's viewpoint.
>   But I often get the "last laugh" on the jocks who seemed to get such a kick
> out of making my life miserable in those days. Most of them are married (or
> divorced), and have kids and other heavy responsibilities, and do not seem to
> be as happy with their lives as I am with mine.
 
	Ahhh, sweet revenge.
> 
> --Greg
> -- 
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	Chris Andersen
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