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The chart-topping 22-year-old pop star recently surprised students with a performance at a homecoming dance. She says that when she was growing up she was \"half nerdy and...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eCharli XCX didn't fit into a single category at her high school. \u003cbr/\u003eThe chart-topping 22-year-old pop star recently surprised students with a performance at a homecoming dance. She says that when she was growing up she was \"half nerdy and half rebellious.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"I feel like at the beginning of school I was pretty good and was just learning or whatever. And as I got older I began to miss lessons and flirt with teachers and that kind of thing,\" said the singer, who was born and raised in England. \u003cbr/\u003eCharli XCX says that while she didn't have a prom or homecoming dance, there was one special social gathering that stood out for her as a 13-year-old. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I remember I wore an all-purple outfit. Purple flares, purple like bandana crop top, purple eye shadow. I had like huge crimped hair. I was going out with a boy called Mark and we kissed at the disco. Big! Yeah!\" she said, laughing. \u003cbr/\u003eSeventeen-year-old singer and actress Bella Thorne joined Charli XCX at the recent dance in Huntington Park, California where they were promoting the video game \"Just Dance 2015.\" She is in a home-schooling program and says she's enjoying school. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I love school actually. It's very strange. Every time I say that everybody is like 'gasp'! But I really do like school. I like learning. My best subject is probably English. I'm really good at that, which is strange because I'm dyslexic. So you would think that would be my worst subject. But my teacher says I write the best essays in the class,\" Thorne said. \u003cbr/\u003eThorne says she wouldn't be able to concentrate in regular school. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I realize how do all of these kids do it in class, when people are passing notes in back of them. How do they concentrate? I would not be learning anything. I can't. I can't do it when people talk. I would be the most annoying girl in school. I would definitely be that girl,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003eThorne has appeared in \"Shake It Up\" and most recently in \"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.\" She says that since she doesn't attend a normal high school, she's very excited about their lockers. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I love the lockers. So I get to see them and I get to open them. And they don't let me put a code on it sadly. I get to open them and I get to slam them shut usually. I'm always mad in my school scenes for some reason,\" she said. \u003cbr/\u003eCharli XCX's album \"Sucker\" is set for release Dec. 16.\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eHuntington Park, California, 22 October 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. SOUNDBITE (English) Charli XCX/Recording artist, on her high school experience: \"I feel like I was half nerdy and half rebellious if that even makes sense. I'm not sure. I feel like at the beginning of school I was pretty good and was just learning or whatever. And as I got older I began to miss lessons and flirt with teachers and that kind of thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Charli XCX/Recording artist, on school dance: \"Well we had a school disco. And that was when we were really young. I think I was like 13 or something -- 12 or 13. And I remember I wore an all-purple outfit. Purple flares, purple like bandana crop top, purple eye shadow. I had like huge crimped hair. I was going out with a boy called Mark and we kissed at the disco. Big! Yeah!\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bella Thorne/Actor-singer, on school: \"I love school actually. It's very strange. Every time I say that everybody is like 'gasp'! But I really do like school. I like learning. My best subject is probably English. I'm really good at that, which is strange because I'm dyslexic. So you would think that would be my worst subject. But my teacher says I write the best essays in the class. Ahhh!\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bella Thorne/Actor-singer, on school: \"My school isn't like a regular school. I mean it is a regular school but we have a home-schooling program. And everybody sits in like different little corner tables. I sit with my teacher usually. And when people are talking, I'm like (breathing heavily). I start to get this panicky feeling. Because I can't concentrate because people are talking. Then I realize how do all of these kids do it in class, when people are passing notes in back of them. How do they concentrate? I would not be learning anything. I can't. I can't do it when people talk. I would be the most annoying girl in school. I would definitely be that girl.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bella Thorne/Actor-singer, on school: \"All of my friends go to high school, regular high school. I guess I get to experience it through them. Every time I shoot a movie and I'm in school, I'm very excited because I get to see all the lockers. I love the lockers. So I get to see them and I get to open them. And they don't let me put a code on it sadly. I get to open them and I get to slam them shut usually. I'm always mad in my school scenes for some reason. And I think it's so cool when I get to see those lockers.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eHuntington Park, California, 22 October 2014\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide exterior Aspire Pacific Academy high school\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close high school signage for homecoming dance\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide interior homecoming dance\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide zoom to medium Charli XCX poses with Bella Thorne\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide Bella Thorne poses for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e11. Medium tilt up Charli XCX poses for photographers\u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium Bella Thorne poses with high school student for selfies\u003cbr/\u003e13. UPSOUND Charli XCX performs 'I Love It'\u003cbr/\u003e14. Bella Thorne dances with students \u003cbr/\u003e15. Bella Thorne dances with students \u003cbr/\u003e16. UPSOUND Charli XCX performs 'Boom Clap'\u003cbr/\u003e17. 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