I'm a junior. I'm in high school. I'm 16 and everyone knows me because of my nationality, sexuality, or my loud noises in class.
Hahaha honestly, I'm well known around school. Eveyone knows me for somehting. I play pokemon right in front of their faces and go into pokemon forums in the library. Ooop that's what i'm doing right now.
I honestly don't care about my "reputation". My reputation shouldn't be based on me playing pokemon but on my personality and what I bring to the table.
I mean come on...I ANNOUNCED to my japanese class that I caught all 493 pokemon. I told my girlfriend the second I finish evolving my last pokemon. She thinks i'm a loser, but in a cute way. =D not to mention, I'm totally going to toys r us for the darkrai event before prom.
people need to grow over that "oh my reputation will be ruined...DDD=". In the end, it doesn't really matter. You will most likely never see those high school kids ever again.
So no. I'm not ashamed or embarassed to be a pokemon trainer. YAY.