Yes, it's overrated but I think it depends on the person though. It could benefit you in the future with the clubs you join, the awards you receive, the connections to get a job ect but if your attitude is ******, it won't get you anywhere. Don't act stuck up or better than everyone else just because you are popular.
We didn't have popular kids at my school, everyone just had their group of friends they would hang out with. My year group was very close as a whole though, remarkably there weren't any bitchy popular people like you'd see in stereotypical teen films. I don't live in the US though so maybe that's why?
I think popularity in any place could benefit a person though, it makes you confident and having a lot of friends could mean better social skills? IDK.
look, my first 2 years of high school were hell then i got popular and it was the easiest road i ever drove
it helps your self esteem which is good for going into the real world
Overrated at least where I went to school. Half the popular kids were not even good looking. They were all just stuck up and rude. Funny thing is the popular girls were always talking about each other. ( that's not the kind of friendship I want.) I had 4 close friends in high school and two of them are my very best friends still to this day.
Also, some people are "late-bloomers", they develop a great personality after high school, turns out some of them were not unpopular per se but pretty much "irrelevant".
Sociability matters a lot in life, though. But that doesn't mean the most popular people in your high school will be socially intelligent out of it since the rules out are different. Happens that the bullies end up with crappy jobs, some of them repent themselves and have a pretty much a normal mediocre life. The popular "hoes" end up pregnant with some jackass. The nerdy ones go great in college and sometimes end up as your bosses. The freaks end up as the artist you listen to on the radio like Shirley Manson (from Garbage) or Lady Gaga, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
I went to a high school were popularity was never really established, it was a huge high school, my senior class alone had almost 1000 students so no one was really the "popular clique" even if they thought they were.
In the end though, it never matters. I literally talk to just four people who went to my high school and that's it really. Not like in your work place people are going to go up to you and be like "HEY YOU WENT TO ______ !? " or suddenly speak of your High School relevancy.
I was pretty popular in high school for a few years then when I decided to think for myself not only was I happier but when everyone moved on from high school I actually knew how to function outside of a clique which is useful in the real world.
The only problem is you honestly do start to feel like you're the ****... and it put me in a situation in college where I felt like I was too good to introduce myself to people because in HS I never had to do that, people always knew who I was. It has its advantages and disadvantages but overall it's not overrated imo.
I think so. I just entered High School last week and it's NOTHING like that at my school. Everyone just hangs out with whoever and no one seems to care about popularity. It's a very accepting school though. I think popularity is pointless because it doesn't get you anywhere at the end of the day.
