[ehmish]

Not sure if it's because I might be a bit younger than you, or because I went to school in NZ, but i think it's come full circle, certainly where I went to highschool, the high achievers (people who got university scholarships and got the best grades) were the cool kids, the low achievers were the losers.

[xxxtentachyon]

At least in the US, I think it varies massively depending on the culture of a given city and school (the way the parents in the district make their living definitely impacts the values of the kids), and maybe less so generationally.

[lambdatronics]

Yeah, I was in rural southeastern US. I have no idea what it's like there anymore.