In the 1970s and early 80s, you got pigeonholed into the school hierarchy.

• Jocks and Cheerleaders

• Popular kids and student government (who were always elected from among the popular kids)

• Geeks (hall monitors and AV kids)

• Nerds (academic club kids – like math, science, chess, etc)

• Freaks (kids focused on the arts)

• Band geeks

It always seemed to me that the geeks and nerds and band geeks seemed the most sexist.

These days, in my son's high school, I don't think they had these hardline demarkations in where you fit at school. I think the categories still exist. But, they're a lot more fluid and less derogatory.