Yes, I'm projecting my regrets; it's a useful mechanism for making predictions. I was like that, and I certainly have regrets about high school experiences that I missed out on because I was too busy being intelligent. But mostly, high school got a lot better once I realized that intellectual superiority was overrated and I made an effort to fit in socially. The things I value most from that time are the "shallow" experiences, that I also looked down upon for a number of years.