High school classmates who were jerks - are they successful now? Or losers?

[Hyper Venom]

Something I'm rather curious about. I have bumped into quite a few people I went to school with. Some I was chummy with, others not so much. And some of the latter group who thought the sun rose and set on them back in school, who were obnoxious jerks who felt they could treat people anyway they wished....well, they're not doing so well these days. Do I take pleasure in this knowledge? Actually, yes. Is it wrong? Yup. Do I care? NOPE!

So anyway, I was wondering what this experience is like for others. Has anyone run into a high school jerk in their adult years and gotten on update on how their life is going? Is this person still a jerk? Was anybody on these boards a jerk in high school?

 

[Hobgoblin]

The most surprising former classmate that I met was a real...jerk. He gave me crap for years in junior high and my freshman year. Then he just disappeared. Flash forward 12 or 13 years. I'm working in a supermarket and he comes in. He's homeless and asking for what things he can buy on food stamps. I felt pretty satisfied.

Months later, I learn he was murdered by a guy called "Thrill Kill Kyle" that he lived with for the winter. News reports say the crime scene was extremely grisly and the killer had escaped to Tennessee.

It was a very odd collection of feelings that I had.

 

[Silvermoth]

I had no problems with my High School chums. We were all very close because we were united by tragedy at the onset of our academic experience.

In primary school I was bullied terribly. Most of them are in jail. It makes me laugh

 

[Hurm...]

The most surprising former classmate that I met was a real...jerk. He gave me crap for years in junior high and my freshman year. Then he just disappeared. Flash forward 12 or 13 years. I'm working in a supermarket and he comes in. He's homeless and asking for what things he can buy on food stamps. I felt pretty satisfied.

Months later, I learn he was murdered by a guy called "Thrill Kill Kyle" that he lived with for the winter. News reports say the crime scene was extremely grisly and the killer had escaped to Tennessee.

It was a very odd collection of feelings that I had.

DAAAYYUUUMMMM!

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

The most surprising former classmate that I met was a real...jerk. He gave me crap for years in junior high and my freshman year. Then he just disappeared. Flash forward 12 or 13 years. I'm working in a supermarket and he comes in. He's homeless and asking for what things he can buy on food stamps. I felt pretty satisfied.

Months later, I learn he was murdered by a guy called "Thrill Kill Kyle" that he lived with for the winter. News reports say the crime scene was extremely grisly and the killer had escaped to Tennessee.

It was a very odd collection of feelings that I had.

That nickname is hilarious.

Most of the asshats in my class are just working the average job, likes supermarkets, clothes shops etc . No one bullied me, but I saw them acting like ***** to other people.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

I find it really depressing that most of the girls in my school I hated, are actually doing way better than me...

But hey, it's only been a year since I finished uni, i've got time to find my big break

 

[doih]

Some are successful. Some are not. Also, almost everyone (myself included) was a bit of a jerk in high school. If we're talking about major jerk asses, yeah there's a few people I know who were like that who are now dead/in prison/homeless/unemployed/broke, but there's also some who've 'done quite well for themselves.'

People probably remember the ones that are not successful, because it sticks out in our minds more. The more extreme the story, the more it will be remembered IE: Hobgoblin's example. If you really dig through your memory, there's no correlation (assuming we have decently large enough sample sizes). In fact, many would agree that it's quite difficult to be 'successful' without stepping on some other people.

Don't count on karma because it doesn't exist.

 

[Mee]

Of the two biggest jerks I know-

One of them is at the Citadel, planning to become a politician. Still a jerk though, had a nice run in with him last New Year's, he was drunk and needed the crap beat out of him. Lucky for him I'm a pretty laid back guy.

The other one is enlisted in the Air Force planning to be Special Forces, last time I saw him he was looking forward to being deployed and said "I can't wait to blow stuff up." Yeah, that's nice.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

Something I'm rather curious about. I have bumped into quite a few people I went to school with. Some I was chummy with, others not so much. And some of the latter group who thought the sun rose and set on them back in school, who were obnoxious jerks who felt they could treat people anyway they wished....well, they're not doing so well these days. Do I take pleasure in this knowledge? Actually, yes. Is it wrong? Yup. Do I care? NOPE!

So anyway, I was wondering what this experience is like for others. Has anyone run into a high school jerk in their adult years and gotten on update on how their life is going? Is this person still a jerk? Was anybody on these boards a jerk in high school?

I guess that means you win.

On a serious note, people who were jerks in high school are actually friends now. The hot cheerleaders I had crushes on are overweight now. The nerdy chicks that I was in the band with are fine as fine wine now.

 

[Wolfwood]

The only person that ever wished ill-will on was this little witch in elementary that stole my prized pogs. In the middle of high school she got pregnant and had to drop out. I feel like justice was served.

 

[Immortalfire]

The most surprising former classmate that I met was a real...jerk. He gave me crap for years in junior high and my freshman year. Then he just disappeared. Flash forward 12 or 13 years. I'm working in a supermarket and he comes in. He's homeless and asking for what things he can buy on food stamps. I felt pretty satisfied.

Months later, I learn he was murdered by a guy called "Thrill Kill Kyle" that he lived with for the winter. News reports say the crime scene was extremely grisly and the killer had escaped to Tennessee.

It was a very odd collection of feelings that I had.

Scary Sad

 

[Hobgoblin]

Here is a news article on the case as of Sept.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20100911/news/309119970

The lawyer for a McHenry County man charged in the mutilation and slaying of a homeless man last year is asking a judge to prevent a jury from hearing potentially incriminating statements he made to police.

But what suspect Kyle W. Morgan said, and why defense lawyers think it should be kept from jurors, is being kept under wraps after a McHenry County judge granted lawyers' unusual request to seal what normally is a public document.



Judge Joseph Condon said he could not discuss reasons for sealing the two-page motion because it is a pending case before him, but in making the request lawyers said the document includes references to information in police reports.

Prosecutors, who did not oppose the defense motion to seal the documents, said allowing the information to go public could harm Morgan's chances for a fair trial.

"We've got an obligation to abide by Supreme Court rules and to ensure that information is not disseminated to the public," State's Attorney Louis Bianchi said. "I think the judge did the right thing by sealing it."

Defense attorney Steve Greenberg said the statements he wants barred were made when Woodstock police interviewed Morgan, 25, while he was in a Nashville, Tenn., jail after his capture last year.

The basis for the request, he said, is a "typical Miranda issue" dealing with whether Morgan's rights were violated during the questioning. He declined further comment.

A hearing on the request could come as soon as Morgan's next court appearance on Oct. 19.

Morgan, a former Arlington Heights resident, faces a charge of first-degree murder in the Jan. 19, 2009, slaying of Robin A. Burton. The 28-year-old homeless man was found beaten and stabbed to death inside Morgan's Woodstock apartment.

Morgan was gone by the time Burton's body was discovered, but he was captured the next day in Nashville after driving over two people in the city's downtown while attempting to elude police.

Bianchi's office announced in July it would not seek the death penalty if Morgan is convicted.

Greenberg said in court Friday that he is still awaiting the results of a psychological evaluation that could determine whether issues of Morgan's mental fitness will come into play.

An artist, Morgan on a social networking site labeled himself "thrill Kill Kyle" and expressed an interest in serial killers.

 

[Matt Mortem]

The only people from high school I still know anything of are my friends. My senior class was really small, less than 15 students, so we were all really close and tight night. 5 years later we're all still really close and successful-ish. Most of us are in college and the rest have pretty good careers going. The jerks have all disappeared off our radars.

 

[The Question]

EDIT: Nevermind. Too personal.

 

[ALP]

Good topic, I've always wondered what happens to the bullies years from now...and the popular kids who think being in the "in crowd" in high school is the best thing in life.

 

[Silvermoth]

I find it really depressing that most of the girls in my school I hated, are actually doing way better than me...

But hey, it's only been a year since I finished uni, i've got time to find my big break

I graduated from Uni in October of last year and was unemployed for a year and one month. I had a really horrible experience with a possible employer and it destroyed my self esteem for ages. For the longest time I dreaded that I may never get a job, never fit in.

I just heard back from my dream job, they said I've got it and I start Wednesday! There's always time for a big break

 

[Harry_Lime02]

Last I heard, the biggest a-hole in my high school had flunked his higher education and was trying to start a band with another guy from high school...even though he has never expressed any interest in it previously, and has no musical talent as far as I know. It's just like him though, always trying to mooch off other people.

He also phoned me up and impersonated another friend to ask me what my school results were. He's so lame!

 

[Raiden]

I graduated from Uni in October of last year and was unemployed for a year and one month. I had a really horrible experience with a possible employer and it destroyed my self esteem for ages. For the longest time I dreaded that I may never get a job, never fit in.

I just heard back from my dream job, they said I've got it and I start Wednesday! There's always time for a big break

Congrats! For me personally, I never really had a bully when I was in school, but maybe it was because my family used to move once a year so I didn't have that many good friends until high school. There was one guy who used to berated me somewhat in junior high, and became a decent guy when we met again in high school. Unfortunately, one day he took his dad's sports car for a drive with his gf, and ended up hitting a power pole when he lost control and got killed in the crash. His memorium was featured in my high school yearbook.

 

[Darkness Falls]

the biggest ******* in my grade 12 class is now rotting in prison.... justice always prevails

 

[Saint]

He's homeless and asking for what things he can buy on food stamps. I felt pretty satisfied.

That's pretty horrible. I hated a lot of people in high school, and with good reason--but I wouldn't wish that kind of misfortune on them.

 

[doih]

Ran into a guy who used to have a reputation of being a *****e, though I never had problems with him back in the day. He's a hedge fund guy now.

Like I said previously, little correlation. The area where you went to school probably has more to do with outcomes of students after they graduate.

 

[Hyper Venom]

the biggest ******* in my grade 12 class is now rotting in prison.... justice always prevails

You ever find out what he's in prison for?

 

[Dark Phantom]

What i fnd more interesting in this topic is how one defines a "jerk". Because I don't think any one of us is completley innocent. Everyone, at one point in their life, has done harm directly or indirectly to someone to be considered a jerk. I know that in elementaryschool, becau i was bullied myself, i would take the heat off of me and redirect the pain to tho weaker than me. The difference is, I feel incrediby guilty for the way i've treated some people; so much so, that i fear having success because i feel i dont deserve it. If i could ask those i have harmed for forgiveness and apologize for my misdeeds, I still wouldnt feel worthy of happiness.

But I don't believe in karma. It's survival of the fittest. I just dont think it is ethically right to wish success or failure upon someone just because of the way they have treated you. unfortunatley, these thoughts cannot be avoided.

 

[claydogg]

I think its really can be karma our homecoming king who did steriods, got busted with drugs and killed in prison.

one of the nerds that was nice and picked on is wealthy now in my class.

and I Just am a normal guy living a normal life.
and thats good with me.

 

[Hound55]

The biggest jerk at my school wound up getting a job at police headquarters.

It's nice enough, but the commute to HQ from my house is a b****...