rep south high

so i met two guys from worcester at bc this weekend. the first was was chill. the second one, not so much. me, liz, and her friend from back home were walking to the bus stop in the rain and these three guys are like
"ladies dont have an umbrella?"
and we were like "we wish"
and they were like "well i guees you're just not as pompus as the rest of bc"
... guess not?...
then they asked if we were from mass.
i am, i reply. where you from?
worcester.
i'm from woosta too!
casual chit chat, chit chat.
ya i dont even go here, i go to i-wont-drop-names-mediocre-school-in-NH,
oh cool where'd you go to highschool?
i-wont-drop-the-name-stuck-up-private-school
oh ya i know this random kid there
oh cool, where'd you go?
i went to South High
south?
pause. awkward glances.
you did?
yea... i did.
REALLY?
umm, yes. i went to South.
how'd you geh-?
excuse me?
nevermind
no, what? were you REALLY just going to ask me how i got in to bc?
well, umm, i mean, umm
no, really, were you?
well, yea, i mean it's a really bad school. it's south high.
its obviously not that bad, i'm here.
well youre obviously a smart girl, you must know your shit.
yeah. i do know my shit.
were you like the only one from there to actually go to college?
actually no. all my friends are in college. one girl in my class got into all but one ivy. 2 kids in my school are in princeton. one's at columbia. and others are at other good schools.
oh.
hey liz, this guy is from worcester too. i told him i went to south and he asked me how i got in.
well i mean, you cant blame me.
turn my back and ignore.



SCREW YOU STUCK UP PRIVATE SCHOOL KIDS.
i went to public school and i'm at a better college than you.
not all of you, obviously. just ones like this jerk.
but i can rise above circumstances.
i know how to deal with diversity.
and not being handed everything in the world.
i know what it's like to work with what i have.
and appreciating people of all walks of life, including the underprivledged, the poor, and the urban.
and how to have deep, utter sympathy for ignorant assholes like you.