Its not a diss at all.
But IMO your wrong
Firstly, how old are you, how old are your experiences? Im not long 24, and our circle of friends goes right back to people who are 17 or so, so still know the same things i say are right.
Also, peoples opinions change depending on their situation, luckily im giving my opinion from the inside looking out if you get me, so know exactly what its like and what goes on.
Shallow maybe, but IMO when it comes down to it, EVERYTHING in life boils down to fun, in fact boils down to birds.
The popular ones at school were the ones getting on the fit birds, going to the good partys etc, having the best fun (due to being in the same group of people, due to actually knowing more people cause they were popular, blah blah).
Its STILL the same sort of people coming on 10 years later, your senior school years are THE most formative years of your fookin life, who you are then is VERY similar to how youl always be, people try to change, but never can completley.
People might be happy with their life, married, kids, nice house, blah blah, but ignoring "feelings" (ie love, blah blah) wouldnt anybody swap it for loads of even fitter birds and general fun and fucking about? Id rather be Hugh Heffner than Hugh Jones in his 3 bedroom semi with a happy marridge and 3 kids...
Makes no odds if your with a different set of people now, i dont hang round with a single person i did from school, but school is what forms you to whatever you are, not TOTALY but more than anything ever will afterwards.
I remember when we left school and people went to 6th forms (we didnt have one) and colleges, a LOT of the less popular people went off to their new places and tried to restart their lives, as it was TOTALY different people they all tried blagging it that they the cool lot etc, it doesnt work as their personality etc is already formed, its obvious who you are, no matter how much you try n fake it.
Like i said, i still see a LOT of people from school etc, and however they was then, they still "bascily" are now, some get a bit better, some get worse, but peoples situations and social standings are almost all the same, only people whos REALLY changed are people whos suddenly got an obscene amount of cash, or the birds whos suddenly realised a few grand on a tit job and some makeup and they fit as fuck
Its not the kids have nothing going for them so need the cool clothes to be popular, if your still a fucking dick you STILL wont get anywhere.
Its the fact school is SOO shallow the kids wont get a CHANCE to prove how fucking quality they are unless they look the part to begin with!
Its true its a shit situation, and parents fueling it by going along with it makes it worse, but id rather go along with it and help ma kid than refuse to "so i dont fuel the situation" and have my kid be ones of the fuckin brady bunch as i know for a fact that sticks, even when your in a totaly different set of people.