[Dave26023]

I was a ‘jock’ at high school (in that I played sports/athletics and mainly hung around with guys who did the same). There was definitely a clique mentality, and I guess we had little to do with other groups. However, there was very little bullying – most violence tended to be directed at other jocks in a ‘friendly’ way. To counter another stereotype, the guys I hung out with were a diverse group (rich and poor, smart and dumb, etc). Not all were great at sports, though we all played. To a large extent it seemed to be a teen mentality that we grew out of when we realized there were more important things in the world than high school sport. Some of my best friends remain the guys I played rugby, basketball or volleyball with at school, but the clique has definitely faded. The situation may be different in the United States; I don’t know. I just thought you might be interested in the views of a kiwi jock.

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Name : Dave26023, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 31, City : Upper Hutt, State : NA, Country : New Zealand, Occupation : Government adviser, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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