How To Be Cool in HIgh School

We are standing outside of the High School just before the School Day begins. We are focusing on the Kings and Queens.

They aren’t racing along like the white rabbit nor creeping afraid they will be seen.  They don’t hunch, they don’t drag their feet. They glide, their shoulders back, their steps even.

They meet the world head on, looking into faces, seeing what is in front of them, chins high, confident gaze, moving with elegance.

After all, nothing can start until they arrive.

Even if they are angry or annoyed, they don’t get shrill, they don’t get ridiculous. How they hold themselves and view the world sends the message; “I’m in Charge.”

Self Important

Cool kids are so certain of their importance they give off the vibe that the school is lucky to have them.

So that’s your mission, if you decide to accept it.

Great posture, easy gait, no rushing or dawdling; thinking; It’s All About Me.

Cool Kids aren’t ‘self-conscious’ they are ‘conscious of self’. They are here now, aware of where their body is in the grid. Nothing distracts them from themselves.

The reason they aren’t sliding down the stairs, dropping things, or looking stupid is because they are focused on self.

Just like a model or actor is aware of ‘presentation’ so is a Cool Kid.

This doesn’t mean they have to be ‘stuck up’, ‘pretentious’ , ‘smug’ or any other obnoxious trait. They can be the nicest kids at the school. The Vibe they give off is of someone who knows what is happening and where they are in the mix.

Clothes?

Now clothes make the man, you think.  But let’s look at what cool kids wore.

It wasn’t contrived, it just matched. That’s it.  Everything matched.

The shoes, the slacks or skirt, the tights or blouse or tunic or shirt or vest, everything matched. But wasn’t contrived.

The cool kid, clearly, didn’t just put on what came to hand, there was some sense in what they were wearing.

In High School it isn’t exactly what you wear, it is that you know what you are “supposed” to wear and how.

The hemline of the skirt, if the jeans are supposed to nip in the waist, be on the hip, fit tight, loose…

colors…

whether red matches with blue and clashes with pink, or matches pink and clashes with blue… it is the “How” not just the what.

Further, the clothes should fit the way they should fit.

The suit shouldn’t seem to flop off the hanger and on to your body, it should look like it was sewn around you.

And you have to know what you can and can’t wear. You have to know your body type.

If you’re very slim, you have to wear tight clothes. Anything else looks like it is falling off you. Toss a ‘shapeless vest over the outfit so as to give a bit of substance.

If you’re fat, you wear clothing a bit loose, and break up your silhouette.

The clothes should look good. Even faded jeans have a ‘style’ and there’s  a difference between sagging old pants, and cool faded jeans.

The Hair? The Cosmetics? Jewelry

The coolest kids had great hair.  Whatever it was, it was great. It suited them.

Whether long or short, dread locks or pixie, it suits their face and their body type.

Some cool kids might wear ‘outlandish’ make up, but it suits them. Some might be absolutely natural; and it suits them.

Some might wear a pile of jewellery, others none. But it is ‘right’ for them.

The appearance of cool kids was “right”.  They were not trying to look like everyone else, they looked like themselves and of course, knowing they looked right added to their confidence.

They didn’t worry if others would like their new style, who cared what serfs had to say? A serf wouldn’t know cool from fool.

Cool kids  expect everyone to know they were cool; those that didn’t were pathetic nerds and all they could say; “Sigh, I’m so sorry for you,” if they were nice. If they weren’t, “I’m so sorry that you have to be you.”

Cool kids couldn’t be intimidated.

They did their work, they had ambitions and weren’t dunce. Failing isn’t cool, being the dumbest kid in the class, isn’t cool. So they did their work and they studied, so that they would have College entry qualifications.

For that’s one of the unmentioned facts of cool; grades.