Was I sheltered?

My highschool, junior high, elementary, and pre-k experience seems to be a very different story than most people. I went to an episcopalian, college preparatory, private school that houses grades preschool through senior all in the same building. This set me up for a fairly unique pre college academic experience. It was almost impossible to form cliques or different levels of categories because as a class we grew up together and were highly influenced by eachother. Everyone dabbled in relatively the same things and same circle of friends. Even if I was an athlete per se, and you were a stoner, or a bookworm, I would still have learned to respect and be intrigued by what you were doing or talking about. Therefore it pulled me partly into your category. The extreme pressure to make it into an Ivy League school also took a lot of emphasis off of the friendships and bonds we had been building for 15 years, so we didn't take our personal relationships THAT seriously. Nobody expected to stick around Minneapolis when they graduated, and many didn't plan on returning. There was a very entrepreneurial mindset that really lightened social pressures. In our mind "these our my highschool friends, they are fun for now, but we will all be leaving soon, don't plan on them being your friends down the line." Although this was kind of a sour outlook on things, it really eased the social environment and made the categorization of groups a thought on the back burner.