At my high school it was cool to be smart and get good grades. It wasn’t cool to suck up to teachers. If you did both you were just a brown noser who happened to get good grades. Or maybe were getting good grades because you were a brown noser, in which case you were just a cheater!
It was also cool to be in the pep band, drive an eco-friendly car, and be friendly.
I loved my high school.
@Allie Oh I wish my high school had been like that! Being brainy was not cool when I went to high school. Only the jocks, the cheerleaders and the rich preps were popular. The stoners (freaks, we called them) were cool.
My definition today is very different. A cool person is someone who is relatively laid back, doesn’t sweat the small stuff, and is a decent human being.
Where I went to school, I think it was a case of the louder, the cooler….....personally I was more in to the anti-cool movement (skipping class, last minute homework, still getting same grades as the brown-nosers)
It’s not really a factor at my high school. Everyone has their group and that’s cool to them. I guess you could say it’s cool to march to the beat of your own drum.
My definition of cool was hanging out with friends that I had many things in common with and not having to pretend to be something I wasn’t. I saw all kinds of people doing that so that they could try ‘fit in’ with the snobbish cliques that were prevalent in my high school. Those people were definitely not cool.
My definition of cool today is my great marriage, alot of excellent friends, a career that I seriously enjoy, and a positive outlook on my life and my future.
“What is Hip?”
as performed by Tower of Power, 1972 ———————
So ya wanna dump out yo’ trick bag.
Ease on in a hip thang,
But you ain’t exactly sure what is hip.
So you started to let your hair grow.
Spent big bucks on your wardrobe.
Somehow, ya know there’s much more to the trip.
What is hip?
Tell me, tell me, if you think you know.
What is hip?
If you’re really hip,
the question, “Will it show?”
You’re into a hip trip.
Maybe hipper than hip.
What is hip?
I guess some thangs never change – only the slang.
i don’t think i’ve ever had a definition of cool. but this reminds me of the Cool Kids song, a lil bit cooler. it’s so awesome haha, it’s about how you’ll do something because you’re into it, and the same people who are like “that’s so lame blahblahblah” will be doing it next week if they see more people doing it.