Another year comes and another year goes, yet you haven’t gotten -any cooler- (No offense). Or maybe you arc one of those likeable people who can hang out with the “cool” crowd and the “not so cool” crowd and are hoping no one will go against you. But, perhaps you are Miss or Mr. Popularity and want to be you but secretly hate yourself, and you know it. No matter who you are, you want to be, or stay on top of the Popularity List.

Why does popularity matter so much?” Why do we care about what other people think about us? As it turns out, their opinion has no power whatsoever. You see., we let other’s opinions have power, lots of power. Why is that`? We all want to be liked and have friends, so why do we bring others down to bring ourselves up? We don’t want to be treated badly so why do we treat others badly? That doesn’t make any sense; does it make sense to you? What we really need to do is not care about the rude mockery people say about us. If you think you’re cool then you are, aren’t you? People tend to like others who have a good self-esteem which makes them more positive and happier. Don’t we like people who are nice and happy? The reason why most kids don’t have a good self-esteem is because of the things we say- Our words are more powerful than we think. If we tell someone that they’re an idiot, then they will think that they are an idiot whether they act like they care about what was said or not. That person might even convince themselves that they don’t think that they’re an idiot and what you’re saying is a lie, but deep, deep down there is a little seed that believes what was said is true.

I know I believe thing-, people say about me. But I’m just going to have to live with that and so will you. You are going meet people that hate and people that like you. The best thing to do is stay positive. When someone says “you stink”, turn it into a joke. Go up to them and say,

“Take my advice; do not eat an entire can of beans in one nights” Then just walk away. Easy as that. And if you do turn it into a joke it will put you into a better mood and the people around you. So forget about that “popularity list” and just go and enjoy life instead of trying to impress people, who as you can see, aren’t true friends. It helped me.