<p>Does any other high school students feel like their peers are immature--infatuated with useless social drama and dull hobbies? I can't seem to relate to the endless gossip, discussing others hair, makeup, outfits...walking around the neighborhood endlessly, same "nothing" schedule day in and day out. My hope is that college will bring along a more intellectual group of peers, that I can relate to--have fun with, but also engage in more stimulating discussion and less nonsense. Will I find this at a top college, or any college for that matter--or am I just an "old lady" amongst a sea of "normal" teens?</p>
<p>most of my peers are stupid</p>
<p>yes...but do you try to relate to them/have fun by joining into their "stupid" ways of having a good time? or do you just like, avoid them? and will their be a time when trying to do either is not necessary--a time when these "peers" grow up and start to be interested in more than the OC, Smackdown, and Myspace?</p>
<p>"yes...but do you try to relate to them/have fun by joining into their "stupid" ways of having a good time?"</p>
<p>HECK NO!!!</p>
<p>Some people will actually try to imitate and/or befriend me. but i refuse to get involved in anything foolish.</p>
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<p>I think it's ironic that even while you are degrading the intelligence of those around you, you insist on using bad grammar. Intelligence is defined in many ways, so what you may dismiss as "nonsense," may be to them a stimulating discussion. Maybe it's not that everybody around you is stupid, but that nobody is interested in what interests you. Either way, I think you have a very narrow definition of intelligence.</p>
<p>I don't known if I think my peers are STUPID... immature certainly, but it's not like we're a bunch of wise, old scholars or anything. I try not to get involved with stuff that bores me (i.e. T.V. shows, gossip, drama) but at the same time I'm not snobby about it like some people are.</p>
<p>They're just different and looking down on them isn't fair. Whenever some of my less academic friends harangue me for being a 'nerd' ("Oh my god, Anna are you at the library AGAIN?! Who can possibly study so much for SATs?") I just smile and wave it off.</p>
<p>When I first posted, I was not trying to insult or look down on anyone. In fact, it usually feels as if teenagers that are more conventional look down on those that seem uninterested with "what’s in." I do not consider anyone stupid, nor do I intentionally judge anyone--and I understand that having different interests does not make one person more intelligent than another. I am sure I have particular hobbies, habits, etc that would make me seem immature in the eyes of others. I initiated this discussion just to see if others thought college life would offer some change in what is "conventional." Sorry if I sounded pretentious or grammatically incorrect--this is a casual web forum, after all. I just wanted to know if those comments--like Miss Silvestris mentioned ("Oh my god, Anna are you at the library AGAIN?! Who can possibly study so much for SATs?") would tend to dissipate in college, since students attending higher education might share similar priorities. Sorry if I insulted anyone, on CC or out there, beyond the site... =)</p>
<p>i see how you feel and i agree.. although i got lucky and found a group of friends who are sufficiently educated and have a lot in common with me.</p>
<p>college will probably bring you the people you are looking for, but you will probably have to get active on campus to meet them</p>
<p>can relate very well with OP:D</p>
<p>but I do have a few friends who are like me :D:)</p>
<p>Some of my peers are like what you've described.</p>
<p>But most of the ones that I hang out with are amazing. Yes we'll catch ourselves talking about someone behind their back once in a while. Yes sometimes we talk about clothes.</p>
<p>But for the most part we know that we can talk about things that really matter, and we know that we can just be teenagers around each other.</p>
<p>I do think it's also important that once in a while you take off your "cool cap" and just be a teenager. Because you're only a teenager once, cliche'd though it may sound. </p>
<p>I attended a LeadAmerica conference earlier this summer and the first night that was what they told us: take off your "Cool Caps", be a little bit silly. </p>
<p>And you know what? WE HAD A BLAST doing the wiggalo (clean version of the jiggalo XD) and the Little Red Wagon and all these other silly little games they'd come up with. </p>
<p>So in answer to your question, yes and no. I do get tired of it when all my peers talk about is the new Hills episode, but my group of friends is amazing and I don't find them immature at all.</p>
<p>Well, most of my friends around me are pretty immature and take nothing seriously, but we do have some common interests. Try to find some new friends "Want2bIvy". Find some with interests that are similar to yours. And there are ALL types of people in colleges. I believe that if you go to an IVY, there tend to be more people that are more serious. But there are still all kind of people.</p>
<p>r u the type of person who just wants intellectual discussions all day long???
i mean everybody is immature once in a while. not everybody can be serious about everything all the time....</p>
<p>^ But some people don't seem to even know <em>how</em> to or even know what "intellectual" <em>is</em>. Sure, they may be nice people, but they aren't people I can hold a decent conversation with if I wanted to.</p>
<p>^ u should make an "intellectual club" at ur school then :D</p>
<p>I am antisocial. :D I do not bother myself with such matters.</p>
<p>In my class theres only about 2 or 3 ppl not including me who I think possess ambition and intellectual quality. Everyone else is a moron and very stupid, but that doesnt prevent me from hanging out w/ em ^_^</p>
<p>The only "immature" people that I look down on are those that are drama-obsessed people.
Their intelligence has absolutely nothing to do with this though.</p>
<p>High School Drama........god I can still remember that crap....glad I grew out of it a year ago</p>
<p>Thanks for all your posts...I think someone understood my point exactly--its not actually wanting to be "intellectual" all the time, but actually having the potential to be "intellectual" some of the time--once in a while, its nice to have people talk to about more serious subjects, without them writing off the topic as "too nerdy," "serious," or even "boring." Trying to develop this in my school has been a challenge...I've actively participated in the book discussion and current events groups, but have seen the organizations dwindle to only one or two students. Once, only myself and the teacher showed up for one of the book club meetings...and I checked, there was no other super-important alternative event going on. I knew if I could find understanding, it would be on this site =)</p>
<p>Anyone who wants to hang out with other "intellectuals" is an arrogant and pretentious jerk. What would you do with your other friends? Discuss Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and other "intellectual" things? Stop thinking you're better than everyone else. Just because someone "puts on makeup" or "hangs out" doesn't mean they're not smart or they never read.</p>