probably a case of YMMV depending on your area, school, etc. I'm a bit younger than you (millennial), and I don't remember any outright hostility towards the smart kids. in general, being smart and getting good grades was simply orthogonal to what really mattered. you had to be competent in at least one sport to get any respect. my interest in computers was specifically uncool however, and it placed me below even the theater kids in the social hierarchy.
