Were you popular in high school?

United States
June 9, 2007 10:35am CST
Was it important to you to be popular in high school? Did you have a lot of friends? Did you get along with everyone? I was not popular in high school. I was friends with alot of people who were not in school, they were older then me. I didn't care of popularity when I was in school. I got along with everyone, everyone got along with me, but I was a shy girl. I was usually the quiet one without much to say. So, how about you? Were you popular in high school? Was it important to you?
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• United States
9 Jun 07
I never much cared if I was popular in high school. I didn't go out of my way to be popular and didn't hang out with any popular groups. I must have been a little more popular than I realized because after high school people would stop me in the grocery store to say hi and tell me "We went to high school together!" and I had no clue who they were. I found it curious that they would act like we were best friends! I'm going to my 30th class reunion in a few weeks. I've never gone to one of my reunions before so this ought to be interesting seeing all these people after 30 yrs!
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• Philippines
9 Jun 07
i am not popular during my high school days...i was just a simple school boy...but i have a lot of friends...popularity during those days was an important event to somebody who feels they own the campus...everybody wanted to be popular in school for some reasons...they wanted to become popular in order to wins the heart of someone they love....and others wanted popularity for power and respect...as for me i just won the hearts of my friends... thats all i wanted....friends...
• United States
10 Jun 07
In 9th grade I got picked on alot, 10th grade I was a geek, and 11th-12th my popularity shot up because even though I was a geek, I played sports and learned to get along with everyone.
• Philippines
10 Jun 07
thats great pal....you were into sports...and lately you were popular....
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
10 Jun 07
Hi Jen. Yes, I was very popular in high school. I never set out to be, I was just well-liked. I got along with just about everyone, but there were four of us girls who always hung out together. Being popular was not important to me. I just wanted the respect of my friends and teachers.
• United States
11 Jun 07
i was friends with a lot of people in high school and i was also a cheer leader so i was pretty much popular i guess!
@golfproo (1839)
• Canada
9 Jun 07
I guess I was popular in high school. I was on the football team and was one of the best players. I think all that tended to go to my head. As you get older you realize how little any of that stuff actually matters. I was popular, but at least I was quiet and not conceited. I don't think I could live with myself now if I had been. cheers,
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
9 Jun 07
popularity should never get into our heads. it will make us too confident and might pull us down. it's just great to feel that people know us and admire us because of our talents. that's just it. there's nothing to really feel too proud and loud about... anne
11 Jun 07
Hi there, No i was not popular in school didnt have many friends in fact only 2 sad aint it, it was not a big thing for me to be po[ular in school i only went to school to learn. i hated school.
• India
10 Jun 07
Oh!! you bet I was famous and loved.Me and my gang used to do all kinds of crazy stuff in school and not to mention girls loved it.They always preferred spending time with us.We would steal lunch boxes and start eating in between the lectures make funny sounds.Once my gf in school told me she hated this particular professor's lecture and she'd rather spend time with the gang on the back bench and I put some itching powder on the door and the poor professor had to leave school urgently..LOL.But those were the days you cannot forget,I have still been able to be in contact with them and love all the attention we still get when we come together!!
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
10 Jun 07
I dont think that I was popular in high school. I didnt have all that many friends and none of my friends were really into partying and going out nor did we have the money to dress like the cool kids.
@mymytri (2030)
• India
10 Jun 07
hello jennifer.yeah,i was very important person in high school.i was school leader and so many class leaders were under my control.i had so many duties there.i were looking after each and every thing belongs to school.All school funcitons are planned by myself and we all were doing them successfully and had a great fun.everybody in my school knew about me,junior were respecting me a lot.and am very much popular.
@a_ce_e (1422)
• Philippines
10 Jun 07
I am also like you, i am a shy girl during high school days, for this reason i am not popular but i got few friends of mine which i still have communication til now. I don't care much about popularity, but i do care of my performance in school and be seen as a nice classmate.
• United States
10 Jun 07
I was a shadow. People didn't really notice if I was there or not. I had a group of four or five friends I spent time with everyday, but after awhile even they moved on and we all drifted for awhile. It was hard to get through, but I got used to it - so, now, when I'm alone it doesn't bother me and I don't have that feeling that something's missing from my life. It was never really there to begin with.
• Philippines
10 Jun 07
I'm a popular student during my highschool even though i dont want to.. well, popularity isn't that important.. many people would juz envy and hate you if they feel your a bit superior than them.. also, if they got that certain feeling.. they would always pull you down juz to mess the hell up and you gotta do nothing but to be StroNg!
• India
10 Jun 07
ya i was popular in high school. that was not important for me..
@batuapi (19)
• Indonesia
10 Jun 07
to be populer in my college, i play in movement organizationt
@Roswell (104)
• India
10 Jun 07
yes i was cause of my band group we used hav only 3 of em in our school we were one off em used to play at all our major school functions so you know i was the main lead i miss the old days .
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
10 Jun 07
I never really considered myself popular at school even though I did have a lot of friends. My twin sister and I were well known for our sporting achievements (in fact our whole family was - 3 brothers) and somehow we got a lot of respect from other students. What mattered to me was being myself and if people liked me then ok, if they didn't then that was fine also.
@chyszh88 (56)
• China
10 Jun 07
My experience of high school was terrible.In this time,maybe I had some problems of mind.But my teachers and my parents and myself did not know this point.If fact,from 14 to 24.I had a very,very hard time.
• Philippines
10 Jun 07
Not quite!!! Just that I'm excelling in some subjects!!!!
@anita212 (117)
10 Jun 07
hiii..!!! yea i was very unpopular.. actually come ta think of it was popular... as in evry knew me... foe all the wrong reasons..n yea i ddint hav a bf.. then.. i used ta hang around only.. with this 1 girl..... n i was soo scared... they'll think i was a lesbian... soo i would feel all awkward...!!! but then i passed out of school... n new people i would meet would go.. on... hw they heard all these not soo nice.. things.. frm people... who actually respected n cared... i was hurt... foe a while.. but then i grew taller... smarter hehhe n the world is my oyster... now whn i do bump.. into.. them... girls.. frm school the popular ones tehy lok soo thin n scrawny i jus end up.. laughin'... cos i cant help.. myself... !! n they'll end up admirin at me.. n it givs me such a high... n teh guys look soo thin n scrawny... n ill jus start laughin'...cos i acnt help myself.. n the guys.. r in awe of me... ill jus burst out laughin'... beliv i would stop.. if i could help myself...!!! soo i guess life alwaya comesfull cirrcle... its jus the way it is.. its good fun.. watchin'.. them spechless.. teh same over confident jerks..!!! cheers...!!!
@yuseff (125)
• Philippines
10 Jun 07
i never really cared but going back to those years i guess i was, mainly because i got along with everyone. from the smart kids to gang members. being simple goes a long way, nothing turns people off than a trying hard wanna be.