re: #221 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Oh, there is that, too. Like a big, muscular fellow who is really good at math and science, but acts dumb in class so his mates don’t call him a brainiac. It applies to the other gender, too. Some teenage girls don’t want to act too smart, because it might discourage boys from asking them out.

I taught high school.

Yeah, I remember you are a teacher. And yeah, high school is in that age bracket where young people are having big identity issues so there is over and under compensation going on all over in their lives.

I do wonder if it is a bit less these days since society is much more open to some of the issues that were completely untouchable in my day in junior/senior high years late 60s early 70s. Then again, with the backlash from so many, it might be harder too.