<p>i think "intelligence" and social awkwardness are linked because the socially inept tend to be left alone most of the time, and when you don't have friends to party with you tend to study, just generally get involved in more academic stuff. and then people label those folks nerds, and then they can't make friends. and perhaps part of the reason they were socially inept to begin with was that they were too smart to be able to connect with their less advanced peers. but just because you're smart doesn't mean that you automatically have to be bad at connecting with people. there are plenty of really smart people who can make friends by being witty and clever and likeable.
and as for the partying...plenty of smart people like to party, but i've noticed that the stoners i know are people who are considered "above average" in intelligence. maybe they are too easily bored and turn to the grass?</p>
<p>I think the majority of high-achieving students in high school, with the exception of aspergers kids, are socially competent. If you actually attempt to speak to these students, they will respond in kind, and will have no problem communicating with you ( I think most of the kids on this forum can attest to this). What makes these students seem aloof (I think this is a more appropriate term) is the fact that they are simply bored by social trends, and see no reason to participate in something that to them seems (shut up jimbob).</p>
<p>just to show off my lack of social skills, im going to tell you (dooit) that you used the word senile incorrectly</p>
<p>I don't think this is always true, but I see some situations like this. A lot of the "honors track" kids in my grade have no social life. But there are others, like me, who have a vibrant social life. I get along really well with pretty much every clique. If I don't go out, it's by choice, not because I have no friends or want to study. I'm very comfortable talking to the opposite sex. In fact, I'm very forward, and seem to be always the friend, never the girlfriend. It gets annoying, but I can live with that.</p>
<p>After a little more thinking it also comes down to what is "social" to you?</p>
<p>Mine had their circles of friends, they all got along pretty well. They were usually the top % of the class. They had a great time socially. </p>
<p>Now they didn't socialize to get high, smoke the bud, spank the guange or have a bowl (as dad did :) ). Would a reluctance to get high make them social outcasts?</p>
<p>Kinda hard to label the smart kids as social outcasts for their choices if being normal isn't necessarily that smart of a thing to be. </p>
<p>College life is a bit more accepting as half the people from HS are gone and you can reinvent yourself a bit or try new things. </p>
<p>With great pride I can annouce we dominate the father-son beer pong leagues :) when I'm down and he still can be a Dean's lister. :) Socially he has changed, but the circle has changed from HS too. The circle became alot brighter than HS circles. (except of course for the maple surup chugging and who can drink the gallons of milk in an hour contests). Smart kids doing the dumbest things. :)</p>