[pippyredhead]

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?

[irishmafia]

I dont know, all i know is before i became "popular" (or tried to be) i had 2nd honors in algebra 1, when i tried to be popular i failed algebra 2 so

[pristinepanda]

I'm sure that's how it is for some kids, but not all of them. Some learn really quick that the real world is very different than high school. But for others it takes awhile.

[irishmafia]

ciitrusy wrote: But your perception of being popular was partly about not caring about academics. That's your fault, not popularity's.

true lol
you sound like your deffending popularity lol

[redheadsmartiehi]

This may be true for some people, but you have to balance
im in the "cool" crowd
but i get straight A's and i am in algebra 1 in 7TH grade
which is like 2.5 grades ahead
i plan to do something in the math or law, or maybe even science field
not sure yet

[redheadsmartiehi]

pristinepanda wrote: I'm sure that's how it is for some kids, but not all of them. Some learn really quick that the real world is very different than high school. But for others it takes awhile.

your b-day is 1 day after mine!
and i agree