Well and to be fair, these things are never really black and white anyway. Maybe my experience was different b/c I grew up in the inner city, but the Hollywood vision of "jocks vs nerds" didnt remotely exist in HS for me.
There were athletes, and they did hang together, but plenty of athletes had non-athlete friends and everyone was generally just "normal" There were kids who were exceptionally good students (I was one in between bouts of being very very bad), but again, there was no stigma I felt by the time HS rolled around. Cliques formed around other things and *within* the clique you'd have athletes, idiots, honor students, etc.
Of course for us it was more how closely you got to the gang/drug/truancy culture that drew the line. Myself, I went too far that way many times and then "cleaned up" and was welcomed back to my "normal" friends with no issues.
So reality is often shades of grey and I suspect it is the same here. No one is an absolute walking stereotype no matter how they may appear.
THat said, still a fun topic and I still want PB&J to re-watch Ep 1,2 & 3
