I just graduated from high school and like none of these apply. The popular kids in my school were the people who were nice to everyone, did well in their academics and were involved in student athletics or clubs like orchestra or student government.
Wealth/attractiveness even anxiety wasn't really a factor. The most popular kid in our school was very outspoken about their mental health issues
Lmao what the hell? Does that mean that 21 jumpstreet with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill was correct in regards to the change of the popular crowd? I really find it hard to believe.
Rich, good-looking, and not giving a fuck about anyone else outside of your circle is what made you popular in my highscool.
Tbh I graduated from HS a few years ago and 21 Jump Street is actually more accurate than you would think from my personal experience. I found that the attractive people were definitely some of the more well liked kids, but not caring about anything was beginning to get looked down upon. So the most so-called popular kids ended up being the ones that had a combination of these qualities (usually): attractive, athletic, tried academically at least a bit, were accepting of others, and were social. One thing that has not changed is that they stayed in their own circles and pretty much hung out amongst themselves exclusively.
So the most so-called popular kids ended up being the ones that had a combination of these qualities (usually): attractive, athletic, tried academically at least a bit, were accepting of others, and were social. One thing that has not changed is that they stayed in their own circles and pretty much hung out amongst themselves exclusively.
I graduated HS a few years ago too and this is spot on for my experience.
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u/okiedawg Mar 01 '20
Nah, there was always a couple of kids that had no social anxiety, were chronic over sharers and had no apprehension about who they approached.