Are jocks or geeks more successful?
A new study compares your high school persona, with how well you do in your career.
It finds:
- if you want to get the highest position, or the best pay: put your money on cheerleaders and class officers.
- the cheerleaders land vice presidential positions as commonly as they landed cartwheels.
- the class officers were more likely to make six figures.
- teachers pets were the most likely to earn below the 35-thousand dollar mark.
- class clowns were drawn to manufacturing and communications
okay-- let'er rip: do you think your high school status seals your fate? what were you then... compared to what you are now in the workforce?
go to http://www.cnn.com/robin
11 comments:
I don't know if it seals your fate-but I think if you were smart and hard-working and successful in high school, it stands to reason that you take that same work ethic to college and the work world.
I graduated with a 4.0, was a scholar athlete for soccer, and took all the honors anatomy and English classes I could find... I still haven't finished my bachelor's degree and I barely work. But I'm happy! I LOVE just teaching and learning with Ms. Bee!
I think that your high school status does influence how successful you will become. Back in high school I had 4.0+ GPA (I took weighed Honors and AP courses), president of a couple clubs, a member of several more clubs, a mat maid for wrestling, an office worker, a librarian, and I also held down a job where I worked roughly 28 hours a week, as well as an active member of my church (choir, singing, reading, serving, and the youth ministry). Now I'm studying to be a high school teacher.
UGH, I HATED High School (still think it was a waste of my time, hehe). I was a complete loner, played a couple sports but hated them and didn't really care (only did it for my parents), didn't really do any club things except was on the prom committee b/c I was forced, only had a couple friends, and was an average student (c's and B's) and just did what I should to get by. I was very introverted during that time. I seriously HATED my time in high school and just wanted to leave.
In college however I was on the Deans list a number of times, was in a freshman honors society, loved everything about college, was very outgoing (at least for me), and out of everything I could pick as a career I ended up picking Recreation & Tourism / Special Event Planning for my major!! Yeah go figure?! In High School if you told me that was what I would pick, I would have laughed....and when I was in my major I was with many people who where very involved with clubs and such in High school. So maybe I am the exception!
Currently I am not doing what my major is in, but I have to go back and get my masters and I don't have that option at the moment. (blog to come about this on mine someday)
High School is just about trying to fit in, college is about trying to figure out who you are, and after college is trying to figure out what you REALLY want to do with your life.
I don't think high school status seals your fate, unless you want it to or you let it.
I hear you. I guess it also depends on the person. I had a 4.0+, VP of NHS and a host of other stuff. I got a full scholarship to the University of Maryland and then went to UVa for law school, and have been practicing law for 7 years. Most of the other folks I know that were doing well in high school are pharmacists, doctors, computer science professionals, engineers, writers, accountants and moms--so there is some success--whatever the path they chose.
Ok...here's my view:
I went to an all-girl's Catholic high school and I think that made a huge difference in who I ultimately became. The public school in my old district is full of 4,000 students. My alma mater...well, let's just say there were 111 of us in my graduating class.
I think it was a better learning experience because of the class size, the lack of distractions (ie: no boys), the uniforms, etc. I really believe that my high school experience shaped the independent woman that I became.
Me too TLC!
Well, I was a cheerleader and the class President, so apparently I should be the Vice President of a company and make six-figures...
And, truly, I'm working on it. I hope to be some sort of Vice President at SMD and being Ry's sugar mamma.
With that said, there are many people I know of for whom that is NOT the case, either by choice or circumstance. So, where I don't think high school defines who you are and will be forever, I do think some people are born with a different kind of drive than others.
I graduated with a 3.8, was my senior class V.P. (didn't want to be the President because I had NO desire to plan the 10-year-reunion) and was voted best hair.
:)
In my world (i.e. in my head), I'm successful enough.
And, I'd like to think I still have good hair. I mean, that's what's really important...
I was voted best sense of humor and class clown had a lot of friends, was vp of a couple clubs, and held down around a 2.4 gpa for my first 3 years. Senior year, I buckled down and got above 3.5 and continued that into college. i am in sales right now, which is what I want to do, just maybe not at the company I'm at now. Success? I think I've done okay so far.
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