I was very shy and I went to four different high schools. That made it difficult to make friends. When I did make friends, they were usually close friends. Then I would move...

Now l I'm very outgoing. I talk to people all the time and I try to get to know people a little before forming a solid opinion about them.

It's complicated. I was a science geek and nerd who had been abused by mother and her lovers; although, at the time I didn't realize I'd been abused. I'm still a geek and nerd, but I've moved past the abuse. Though, childhood abuse always affects a person in some ways, but it is possible to stop the suffering and be content.

A science geek who was also a three sport athlete.

In high school I was small, handicapped and a geek, you can imagine how that worked out.
Today, I'm still small, handicapped and a geek, but I'm comfortable and confident with that. College had a large impact on moving beyond what others thought and how I treated myself.

How did I identify myself?
Good student, well-behaved, smart, studious, shy, artsy, musical, nerdy.

How was I identified by others?
Teacher's pet, goody-goody, brain, nerd, loner, awkward, quiet, easy target.

Not much has changed, on either front. I've opened up and become somewhat more vocal; the accompanying shift in the external perception seems to have gone from "Ignore or opportunistically pick on that quiet loser nerd" to "Seethe with resentment toward or actively undermine that overconfident, know-it-all bitch."

Geek, loner, and artsy. I hung out in the drama and art departments. The difference I'm no longer a geek or a loner. Okay, I'm no longer a loner.

HS I was a photo/music/HiFi/PA/electronics nerd (not a social creature). Although orchestra, bands and theater followed who I am for a few decades after HS, at this time I am no longer active in bands, orchestra, theater or choir. Still into electronics/HiFi occasional photo and have added a projector and acoustically treated theater with a 205" screen to the HiFi association. Really wish I had all the speakers I had back in HS. Some really nice professional equipment that would cost many thousands of dollars to replace with the same. Guess I am still a nerd at heart.

Hmm a geek and a nerd. Still a geek and a nerd - but more interested in humans than I was then.

They were pretty damn bitey people in High School. I like to think they improved somewhat. Most of them did in fact. Some of them got worse.

That's Humanity for you.

I was home schooled ...

i was painfully shy, persecuted by antisemites who threw pennies at me, a bookworm and mostly asleep. now i am no longer shy at all, not afraid to stand up to antisemites, islamophobes or anyone else who persecutes people unfairly (that excludes trump: he deserves persecution and prosecution!) a theoretical bookworm with bad eyes and mostly asleep. well, three out of four ain't bad.

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