a thinker

The other day I sat down in class and the person next to me exclaimed "I've never sat by a "popular" (i will be putting popular in quotations for the whole post) person before" and he was dead serious. And I didn't know what to say back. I know that I have a lot of friends and I'm not an outcast but I was for some reason a little offended by the remark. I have the clique meaning of "popular" that I am stuck up, rich, and get what ever girl I want. I wouldn't consider any of those things true, so I started thinking about if i was indeed a part of the "in crowd". Am I "popular" because of the people I hang out with? Or is it for the way I look? Is it because I make friends easy so not shy? Or because I'm involved in many different activities and branch outside my comfort zone? Or is it because I am on the Flash and people are accustom to my face? The thing about Eastview, especially seniors, is that we are so cliqy that there is definite groups of kids and they kind of have a certain tag of there reputation labeled on them that they have accumulated over the four years. And when you are seen with a certain group of people you are put into that group and it determines first impressions and how they view you without getting to know you. The whole system i think is messed up. It is frustrating when I have the opportunity to meet new people and they base there first opinion of me by what they have seen of me, who I'm with, and what they have heard from other people. I always try and learn how people are and become friends with them before I judge them. So when people say there is no good people in Bravo (i have muttered those words before) it shows ignorance because I have made a lot of friends that I probably never would have had the privilege to talk to.

Which brings me to another question, how would you go about redefining yourself as "popular"? With the status quo mainstream media advertises, in order to obtain "popularity" you have to attend the parties, get the hottest chicks, and be a main part in an activity whether its a sport or something else. Like lets say I just moved to Eastview and would want to hang out with a lot of people? Would I have to have multiple personalities in order to fit in with the large amount if cliq's? I just think it would be the worst feeling if if came into Eastview as a senior and I didn't smoke because that is the norm to do.



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