Gather round.

Welcome class, come on it. Today you may sit where ever you want.

Now that you've been seated, look around. Notice how the classroom suddenly got split into two groups? And one is obviously louder than the one you are in. Whenever you see this big group together, do you ever feel alone? Or that no one cares?
I am here today to talk about cliques and being popular.

Theres this quote from Wicked (Those songs have been running through my head nonstop these days):
"Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?"
Now, I've changed this up a bit to have it fit our problem.
"Are people born 'popular'? Or do they have 'popular-ness' thrust upon them?"See what I did there?
So now, lets define a popular person.
For me and 'popular' people I know, I consider popular meaning you have the best clothes, the best make-up, you curse, you wear waay too much make-up, you are uber loud, you have a boyfriend, you flirt all the time, you dress or act slutty just to get attention, you complain about the smallest things when others have bigger problems, and you ignore people below you.

Yes, everyone has once wished or wanted to be popular. I sure know I have.
It seems like popular people have it all. They always get to go out with the guys they want. They always get attention.
I suppose that is jealousy.

Which brings me to another thing.
Cliques.
To me, a clique is a group of people (normally popular) that exclude people.
But technically, a clique is just a group of people.
With my group of friends, I suppose we could be called a clique. But if someone comes over to us, we will talk with them and involve them with us. If I went over to try and talk to a 'popular' clique, I'd be ignored. Trust me, it has happened before.

Which leads me to friends.
My freinds are the best thing that EVER happened to me. I love them. I would do anything for them. Me and my two best friends (Nate and Tran) even came up with our own 'gang'.
They make me smile so much.

And I know that all my other friends will never leave me to go be 'popular'.
If that has happened to you, I'm here if you need to vent/talk. Its happened to me, and I know it sucks.

There will always be 'popular' people. They will always seem to have the nice clothes and make-up that you never have. But most likely, not being popular is better. You should rather be popular for your personality, not your looks. Popular people can be real snobs and jerks. And I bet you, half of their friends wouldn't bail them out of jail. Real friends would.
So next time you want to be popular, think about it more.

Ta ta for now <3