At times, John was glad he skipped a lot of the standard schooling system. By passing all that gossip and popularity shit really helped him not murder people before he was 17 at least. Afterwards, well, it was hard to really halt all the homicidal feels. "Even special kid high school." Mutant high was probably a little bit worse, what with all the powers and all.
"Comparatively." He probably mostly just fell into the 'outcast' role, even in a school full of society outcasts. "I was possibly a little too outspoken with my opinions and my openness to use my powers at will." But John liked his powers, he liked the feel of them when he flicked a light or pulled a fire out, it was why he'd agreed to light up a rose for Bobby to freeze just to impress their version of Rogue -even though Bobby was a total pussy afterwards. "And then I left and was basically the black sheep or whatever."