Jock vs. Nerd vs. Cool

I like this discussion of how the jock vs. nerd vs. theory of K-12 plays out in the real world.

I do think my life would be easier or clearer if I knew which of these categories I fell into. I excelled at sports as a youngster, but wasn't quite a jock. I was in the smart classes, but wasn't quite a nerd. And I hung with the cool kids, but wasn't quite cool.

It sort of worked like this...on the sports teams I was usually on the cool end. In the smart classes, I was the best athlete. And with the cool kids, I was usually one of the smartest. Sort of sounds like a recipe for failure - excelling at all the things in least competition...

So now I blog.