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How old is the young woman the author spoke with? Don't most smart, geeky people in HS feel a bit out of place? There's a whole PG essay on that [1]. [1] http:

• claudius 14y ago
  You should take into account that schools in Europe are not necessarily the same as schools in the US (it was an event in London). I felt quite at home in my school’s physics and chemistry classes, and maths was sometimes boring, but overall okay, too.
• ht_th 14y ago
  To add to claudius's reply to your post, in the Netherlands we like to differentiate students around age 12 into levels: about 60 percent go to the vocational level, 25 percent to the general level, and about 15 percent to the academic level. Basically, all smart people are put together for up to six years of secondary education, after which they go on to university, meeting other smart people.