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In high school most people don't know who they are and make a bunch of assumptions about other people (my premise is that they project their values onto other people and end up assuming everyone believes the same things).
I don't remember having any creative or intellectual thoughts or self-awareness - it was all about having fun, going to parties, being popular - nothing else!
As I got older I realized (many, many years later) that my friends and boyfriend had completely polar opposite political beliefs than I had (very radical, and I had not a clue) - it was not anything we ever discussed, so it took years to figure out.
Maybe kids today are more aware.
Politics were not discussed at all in my high school.
Social issues were not discussed.
The curriculum was very "white-washed" - devoid of any real content . . .
And me and my friends were only concerned with clothes, parties, fun.
That was you.
My high school friend group (Texas, guys and gals) socialized by sitting at parks at night discussing philosophy and arguing about politics, etc. We went to museums, Shakespeare in the Park, and botanical gardens (as well as movies, restaurants, meeting up for ultimate frisbee or basketball, and the other typical fare). No one drank or smoked - no one was particularly interested in being stupid.
In middle school (California), we all chose sides and campaigned school-wide Bush vs Dukakis. It culminated with a school vote and it was quite interesting. People made posters and both sides were discussed, etc.
We weren't well-formed little adults, but we weren't slobbering, superficial morons, either.
In high school most people don't know who they are and make a bunch of assumptions about other people (my premise is that they project their values onto other people and end up assuming everyone believes the same things).
I don't remember having any creative or intellectual thoughts or self-awareness - it was all about having fun, going to parties, being popular - nothing else!
As I got older I realized (many, many years later) that my friends and boyfriend had completely polar opposite political beliefs than I had (very radical, and I had not a clue) - it was not anything we ever discussed, so it took years to figure out.
Maybe kids today are more aware.
Politics were not discussed at all in my high school.
Social issues were not discussed.
The curriculum was very "white-washed" - devoid of any real content . . .
And me and my friends were only concerned with clothes, parties, fun.
This is not a high school thing. It happens on just about every forum on this thread, among all ages.
Some people never figure out who they are for their entire life, so consider yourself lucky if you become aware of who you are. It takes self discipline to start on knowing exactly who you are, and my answer is one is no body.
Stan, I think it's safe to say that your thoughtful, intellectual, non-partying friend group was probably not the norm. It's cool that some people had self-awareness, though.
I am a thoughtful person now, but then there was nothing going on upstairs - and I later found it fascinating that I lumped all of these high school people into one box - literally thought they all had the same "values" as me (which I didn't think about, but were there under the surface).
It was quite a surprise to realize the actual political and moral leanings of people later on.
Almost nobody knows who they are yet in high school. Even if they did, it's bound to change over time.
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