during my years at public school I was only friends with one person and that was a teacher as well. I did have one friend closer to my age but he moved on. My interest in the sciences earned me the title of "nerd" LOL. But I did not let that deter me :)
I liked History & was friends with the History teacher.
The other students didn't like him, thought he was stiff
& such. I (of course) didn't see that. My best friend's
mom worked for the school. The two of us were singled
out as "goody-two shoes"... I went to a Christian school.