h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Speaking as a former American teenager, either this article is overly simplified, or things have changed a lot since I was there.

It is really scary to read that skaters are associated with preps. I had been expecting something like this though. They were already on their way when I got out of high school. (And I have seen skaters wearing Nikes recently [in my day {I sound like a senior citizen} skaters wouldn't be caught dead in those].) But, when I was in junior high, skaters, as a rule didn't associate with preps, and they definately didn't listen to the same music. Skaters were more accepted than other "freaky" groups, because they were funny and ALL the girls (regardless what clique they belonged to) thought they were cute. (A lot of the popular girls were really jealous of me and my friends because we hung out with the skaters.) And none of the skaters I knew were just below average intelligence. Either they were really smart or really stupid.

I think that the Freaks category is mixed up of a lot of others. I guess this is okay, since most of these sub-categories got along when I was in school. This is the category I was in. And I think that the sub-categories should be described, if I may. (But, I won't do that now.)

I would really like to know the point of view from which this article was written. I am interested in the ways of teenagers today. I hope my remarks aren't taken to strongly, I'm just a bitter old (21) woman wishing for the good old days.