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Who were the cool kids when you were at school?

55 replies

wildpoppy · 24/09/2012 08:12

In my secondary school the cool kids were Dean and Susan. Dh says no to both names!

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suburbandream · 24/09/2012 13:07

Sally was the pretty one everyone fancied, Louise was the bad girl who left at 16 (was a v.academic grammar so everyone was shocked), Jeanie (old fashioned name even then!) was the naughty cheeky one who everyone wanted to be friends with. Like NoComparison said though, knowing what I know now I wish I hadn't wasted so much time envying them!

NoComparison · 24/09/2012 13:03

It may say a lot about the kind of school I went to, but knowing what I know now about what happened to the "cool" kids after they left school, the last thing I aspire to for my children is for them to be considered cool at school.

neverquitesure · 24/09/2012 12:47

Oh one of the cool girls was called Debbie. Her best friend was even cooler but I can't for the life of me remember her name. It will come...

neverquitesure · 24/09/2012 12:45

Girls: I honestly can't remember now!! Our head girl was a lovely girl called Katie, not sure if she was 'cool' so much as really liked though.

Boys: Max, Sam and Joel

MrsJohnDeere · 24/09/2012 12:39

Primary - Joanne, Erica, Mark

Secondary (girls school) - Deanna, Angelique, Rachel, Madeleine, Alexandra

emblosion · 24/09/2012 11:31

Boys - Boris, Marko, George, Theo, Dan, Rafe.
Girls - Louise, Vanessa, Nancy, Alexis, Roz, ilana.

lol that could properly out me! I was never cool though and so can bask in my own obscurity!

MoomieAndFreddie · 24/09/2012 11:21

Lorette and Dean

urgh. i hated the cool kids. they were always the worst bullies. :(

AnneOfCleavers · 24/09/2012 11:18

Girls: Ellen, Natasha, Samantha

Boys: Dale, Zack, Christopher, Daniel

puds11 · 24/09/2012 11:15

Girls: Alana, Lauren, Laura, Sonia

Boys: Ben, Matty, Blake, Jonny

BonnieBumble · 24/09/2012 11:13

Boys: Mark and Jason.

Girls: Tracey, Mandy, Lisa and Joanne.

housewife84 · 24/09/2012 11:11

ryan and jon! annoying kids!!

sonniebonnie · 24/09/2012 11:10

Jane, Sally, Antonia, Caroline
Steve, Dominic, Aidan

crazygracieuk · 24/09/2012 11:03

Owen, Paul, David
Karen, Jenny

bigbluebump · 24/09/2012 11:00

All the 'cool' kids' names when we were at school are, by definition, going to be names used a lot in the 70s and 80s - Mike, Steve, Paul, Sarah, Karen, etc. In addition there was a very cool, good looking Thor in my year!

AmazingBouncingFerret · 24/09/2012 09:19

I'm not so sure about the lads cause there was such a huge and diverse group of them.

The girls that a lot looked upto were Angela and Alexis (completely outing myself with those names!)

JustPondering · 24/09/2012 09:17

Charmaine, Karen, Sarah
Brett, Adrian, Daniel

milkymocha · 24/09/2012 09:13

Lauren, Sarah, Francesca
James, Reece, Billy

MarchelineWhatNot · 24/09/2012 09:12

Tracey & Paul.

MyCupsRunnethOverWithGold · 24/09/2012 09:10

Zoe and Lucy
Jonathan and Ben

chipsandmushypeas · 24/09/2012 09:01

Kyle, Karim, Sam, Anton, Joshua

Startailoforangeandgold · 24/09/2012 08:59

Non of our boys were cool.
Ross and Owen in the year below were hot!
Nicola was the nearest we got to a cool girl.
Some pretty popular Steve's higher up the school, our years were dull.
4 Susans no cool ones.
Yes and a pretty cool Dean in with popular Steves.

Wayne is likely to have teachers running for the hills, they have an awful reputation for being trouble.

greenandcabbagelooking · 24/09/2012 08:34

Girls: Amy, Charlotte and Amber. Having one of these names basically guaranteed your status.

Boys: Ryan, Dean, James.

scaevola · 24/09/2012 08:32

Joanne, Sally, Donna, Katie
Peter, Richard

NormaStanleyFletcher · 24/09/2012 08:30

Oh and wayne

NormaStanleyFletcher · 24/09/2012 08:30

James

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