>>512669638
The height thing is mainly American due to their national sport basketball which worships tall guys. In highschool the tall basketball jocks got the girls.
On other countries in the past at least, tall guys in highschool were considered freaks and were often bullied. In many countries soccer is the national sport where you can be the school soccer captain chad at normal height.
I don't know what it's like now in highschool as American culture has infected the world.