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ciitrusy

Aww. Thanks tons! :]
This interests me a lot, might present it to my Exploratory Issues class.

Oh, and your avatar is to die forrr.

pippyredhead

redheadsmartiehi

Lol

smileychik_100

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pippyredhead wrote:

In class a few days ago we were given a photocopy of an artical titled "Win in highschool, but lose in life". It was about a study about how students in high school who were popular usually end up with unintresting dead-end jobs and don't succeed as much in life as students who were not popular.

In the artical it stated that some scientists found this to be so because popular kids always have things handed to them. People to carry their books for them, admire them, want to be them. So when they get into the real world where no one cares about popularity they were unprepared and soft unlike the unpopular kids who grew a tough defensive outer attitude which helps them succeed in life.

What do you think about this? Is it right, wrong? Why?

There are so many kinds of popularity. I think you were stating about the beautiful, cheerleaders who think they are all that, and they ARE! People envy them, people want to BE them. But my mom, she was the nicest person in school (what happened now?), and she was voted most popular. And now she has a very nice job at a hospital!
here are some kinds of popular:
People who think they are popular, but they aren't
People who ARE pretty, cheerleader, major ego
Nice people, who are never mean or talk behind peoples backs,
and so many more!

pippyredhead

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smileychik_100 wrote:

There are so many kinds of popularity. I think you were stating about the beautiful, cheerleaders who think they are all that, and they ARE! People envy them, people want to BE them. But my mom, she was the nicest person in school (what happened now?), and she was voted most popular. And now she has a very nice job at a hospital!
here are some kinds of popular:
People who think they are popular, but they aren't
People who ARE pretty, cheerleader, major ego
Nice people, who are never mean or talk behind peoples backs,
and so many more!

You're joking about that *snicker* *giggle* right? XD

smileychik_100

Hehe about the mom part?
or the, so many populars...
or the, my mom was popular...?
hehe

elviscoolpants

I could see how that would or could be partially true. Same goes to people who are spoiled and then life hits them in the face and there is no one there to help them out.

Being popular is like being spoiled, except instead of receiving stuff, you receive admirers and attention.

fakeplastictrees

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pippyredhead wrote:

In class a few days ago we were given a photocopy of an artical titled "Win in highschool, but lose in life". It was about a study about how students in high school who were popular usually end up with unintresting dead-end jobs and don't succeed as much in life as students who were not popular.

In the artical it stated that some scientists found this to be so because popular kids always have things handed to them. People to carry their books for them, admire them, want to be them. So when they get into the real world where no one cares about popularity they were unprepared and soft unlike the unpopular kids who grew a tough defensive outer attitude which helps them succeed in life.

What do you think about this? Is it right, wrong? Why?

that only happens in kiddy TV shows and movies about "real life".

fakeplastictrees

In my school, there is a big group of people. They ARE popular, but only within their own group.
Most of them get pretty ok grades. SOME of them just think work isn't cool so they sit around curling their eyelashes and talking during class. THOSE are the ones who end up failures.

elviscoolpants

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smileychik_100 wrote:

There are so many kinds of popularity. I think you were stating about the beautiful, cheerleaders who think they are all that, and they ARE! People envy them, people want to BE them. But my mom, she was the nicest person in school (what happened now?), and she was voted most popular. And now she has a very nice job at a hospital!
here are some kinds of popular:
People who think they are popular, but they aren't
People who ARE pretty, cheerleader, major ego
Nice people, who are never mean or talk behind peoples backs,
and so many more!

My school lacks sports therefore lacks cheerleaders, so I guess I'll never understand how they are so popular.

We don't really have popular kids at school, unless they are really talented in their art.