> Doing well at your subjects in Russia put you in the cool group. Doing well at your subjects in AU got you labelled as a nerd.
Seems a bit exaggerated to me. At my high school (in the US) the cool kids were just the more socially outgoing kids. Some of them had great grades and others not so much. It was the same in the 'nerds' group.
From my experience academic achievement didn't really have any bearing at all on the social group you fell into.
But I guess experiences will vary....there are pretty huge differences in public school quality across the US and even within one local school district.
Seems a bit exaggerated to me. At my high school (in the US) the cool kids were just the more socially outgoing kids. Some of them had great grades and others not so much. It was the same in the 'nerds' group.
From my experience academic achievement didn't really have any bearing at all on the social group you fell into.
But I guess experiences will vary....there are pretty huge differences in public school quality across the US and even within one local school district.