I have a lot to say about this, since it echoes life in the "advanced" academic track in my high school. But the difference is that we didn't have this weird pressure to be "effortlessly hot." I blame, of course, the media.
My high school prided itself on breeding Ivy League students, and God help you if you went to vocational school or decided to go into the military. Or if you were, like me, really smart but with grades too low to get into Smith or Wellesley or Princeton, or if your parents - shame! - couldn't afford to send you without huge scholarships. Le sigh.
I like this girl Esther, I hope she does OK on her own.
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Date: 2007-04-01 04:18 pm (UTC)My high school prided itself on breeding Ivy League students, and God help you if you went to vocational school or decided to go into the military. Or if you were, like me, really smart but with grades too low to get into Smith or Wellesley or Princeton, or if your parents - shame! - couldn't afford to send you without huge scholarships. Le sigh.
I like this girl Esther, I hope she does OK on her own.