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Answer all, a few, or just one of these questions.....I am quite curious.....What is the definition of popularity?what makes a 6th grade kid popular? Does being popular matter? Do teachers affect who is popular? (I don't think they do, but....) Is being popular at Manchester different than being popular at your home school? any thoughts you may have on this subject would be quite illuminating! of course please do NOT mention names.......................................
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well ms. ullner, to be popular means to be well known and well liked. a popular kid though may be mean and let it all go to his/her head. sometimes though to be popular means to be smart and be in many activities. i like people like that.
ReplyDeleteI think to be popular you are well known, but there's two types of popular. There's the type you often see in high school movies with the mean girls, and there's people who are known for being nice or really involved. Being popular isn't bad as long as your known for the right reason. Being popular doesn't really matter as long as you're surrounded by people who love and care about you.
ReplyDeleteI think being popular is to be well known wether it be publicity stunt or being in fashion
ReplyDeleteI think being popular is about having the most freinds and having great achievements. For example, a student who won the Great gator challege, like Ralphie, could be known as popular!
ReplyDeleteThis is to answer the question about what makes a 6th grade student popular AND is it different at Manchester compared to our home schools. For the first question, I think to be popular, you have to be kind to others, because no one will want to hang out with someone who doesn't treat them respectfully. Also, it makes being popular easier when you can just go with the flow, and not be one who likes to battle and be the last one to get a word in. Just being yourself and friendly will make a person popular(in my opinion ;D) Now, to answer the second question, I think being popular at Manchester... is how I described it before... but, at Gibson, I noticed that a lot of times is was the MOST athletic people and the people who had the most "friends"... Personally, I think you can be popular by just being liked, and that you don't have to necessarily have a gazillion friends. These were just some of my thoughts about being "popular" :)
ReplyDeleteI (liked I said in class) are two popularity.... good and bad. The good popularity is being nice and special to others and respecting people. The bad popularity is the one where people are forced to be the "popular" person's friend. I don't think teachers even like popular kids (just my opinion). They can be rude at times and tend to be rude at teachers too... I agree with Morgan, being special can gain you friends and not make you the enemy. I also went to gibson (just like Morgan) and it was the same as she said. Most people were popular because of having friends and being athletic. Being popular can have its pros and cons (as you can see). So these are my thoughts of popularity!!! :) :D
ReplyDeleteI just think everyone is popular in their own way. Sure there are those kids who know a lot of people and those ones you see in movies that are mean, but everyone can be popular in their own way. That's what I think being popular means.
ReplyDeleteI agree with pretty much what everyone else had already said..... there are two types of popularity, good and bad. There is the kind that you see in movies, usually high school movies, where the popular person is mean. He/she is stuck-up, rude, and thinks they are above everyone. I agree with Daniella, I also don't think teachers like popular kids because they are even mean and rude to the teachers too.( unless they are smart enough to be nice to the teachers and mean to the students.) I also agree with Morgan because when you are nice and special, you tend to have more friends and not be an enemy. People who are nice and are good to other people are the ones who are truly popular. Nowadays when someone is popular (or at least in my opinion and at least at our school) it is when you are nice, have a lot of friends, and is someone that made a difference in someone's life. ( in a good way) Anyway people who I think are popular, are people like Daniella, Morgan, Alexa, etc., people who are well known and think of others first. These are my opinions and thoughts on real popularity and what it means to be "popular." :D :)
ReplyDeleteI think being popular at Manchester is MUCH different than being popular at Starr. People that are popular at Manchester are usually popular because they are nice and get along well with others. I also think the people that are more loud are also more popular. At Starr when someone is popular i think they were noticed because of the bad things they did. Im not saying that Starr was a bad school (i loved it there) but there were also a couple of popular kids at Starr who were class clowns and other things that the other students really paid attention to. I also have realized just in about every school theres a "clique" that are really popular and it just depends on their personality that shows what "kind of" clique they are. I think the definition of popular has already pretty much been cleared up with all of the otehr comments.
ReplyDeleteI feel the defenition of being popular is being well known. It definitely helps to be well liked though. When i think of popular i mostly think it applies to girls. I think being popular isn't always a good thing though. Most popular kids aren't very nice, they pretend to be your freind, and talk about you behind your back. Being popular most likely has to do with whos the prettiest, most athletic, and skinniest. Althhough not all popular people aren't like that though. I don't think it has to do with teachers at all, but it might have to do with grades and economic level. ($$$$) I honestly don't know what makes a 6th grader popular. Yes i feel there is a big difference between popularity at Forkner and at Manchester. I feel Forkner is more the bad side of popularity. Manchester on the other hand is more of what Daniella and Morgan said. Most popular gaters are the ones who are nice, have a lot of true freinds, good grades, and do extra stuff like band and sports. Yes popularity is a huge deal to some kids, even more important than grades. Should it matter? No. You should just care about the friends you have and hang out with them. Being yourself with your freinds is way more important than being the popular trend-setter.
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Also what Maddie H. said popularity is really clique-ish, and who you're freinds are.
ReplyDeleteI just think everyone can be popular in their own way. Sure there are those kids who have lots of friends and the ones who are mean, but to me everyone can be popular. That is what I think being popular means.
ReplyDeleteWhatis popularity? What makes a person popular? To get the right answers for these questions is virtually impossible since your answers depend not only on where you live but also who you are. Some people might say that to be popular you must looks down upon others. Some people would say that a popular person must be well known and well liked. And when others think about popularity, their minds flash to jocks and cheerleaders in high school. But to be truly popular is to have the world at your fingertips but being so nice and giving that no one has the heart to hate you. To be popular is to always repay favors, to always reach out a hand. Yes, this is true popularity. But what's strange is, if you circle the globe looking for some one like that, there is very little chance that you'll find them.
ReplyDeleteTo me popularity at manchester is the people who can get along and make friends easily and are also involved in cocurricular activities, witch give them more opportunities to make friends with other people. It is different to my oldschool at pyle. At pyle elementary the kids who were popular were the ones who would get in trouble and be in a clique. They would be sort of like the mean girls in movies.The two different types of popularity are different according to the school and what grade level they are in.
ReplyDeletePopularity is what makes someone glorify within themselves in the school world, but writhing in agony at the shadowy and cruel face reflecting on them in the real world. Those cheerleaders who have all the people in the school wanting to be them are the ones who will get their life handed to them, but when it comes to find a job and they are 50 and not as pretty, then they will not be the successful ones. Bill Gates was picked on as a boy, the nerd. But, when it came to performing he was one of the best.Alot more kids, jocks included, would rather end up as Bill Gates, than the "too cool for school" college drop out.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.....This stumps me. To me, there are two kinds of popularity. The negative, when you try to be someone your not, and the positive, when you have many friends. The negative popularity is happening here at Manchester with certain students, where people may not be being themselves. Popularity is not neccesarily always a bad thing. It can be when you have a lot of reliable friends. I think that is a popularity that is good to have, as long as you are true to yourself.
ReplyDeleteFrom past experience, I think popularity is a term used loosely. For example, when someone says another person is popular, they themselves might not know exactly what this means. I think popularity can be, but is not always, a word used out of jealousy towards that person. I also think that populartiy is a lot of people liking someone. Some of the qualities that make that person be liked could include: athletic ability, good looks, good behavior, sometimes bad behavior, a caring heart, etc. A lot of "popularity" results when one person obssesses over another's good character and others wish to "fit in" and follow this lead. Teachers can be a part of this because when they praise admirable traits, others realize those traits to and tend to also praise these traits, among others. However, too much praise could lead to thoughts like "teacher's pet," and then that person will not be popular nor like very much. This is of course assuming the kids are just average kids, because some kids will be nice and idolize someone no matter what others say. Also, kids sometimes don't take teachers seriously. I'm not saying its true, but some children think that if the teacher is making such a big deal that its not "cool." Plus, they get tired of hearing the same comments over and over and could become jealous. While this is not a big problem at Manchester, it is important to know. Being popular helps kids feel good, but really doesn't matter much. All these "Grunberg Quotes of Wisdom on Popularity" are pretty much universal at every school, including Manchester!
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ReplyDelete“We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.”
ReplyDelete- Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
oops sorry about that.....Like Anne said there are two types of popularity. Negative, when you try to be like someone that your not and act like the world revolves around you. Positive, when you are proud of who and what you are and you dont care what other people think of you. I have one friend that is in the negative catergory of popularity. She is trying to be like another girl who is popular and just acts so different like she should be the center of attention. Popularity isn't always bad but it is never always positive. Popularity means that you like who you are and stay true to yourself. i also with maddie h, in about every school theres a clique that are really popular and it just depends on their personality that shows what kind of clique they are.