Popularity at School

For children between the ages of ten and thirteen, courting popularity at school can incur stresses that adversely affect their self-esteem.
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jimmy neutron good info 6/2/2009
rainbow wings I think the article was very true. I am a "unpopular" person at school and the eldest child out of my siblings and cousins. My social skills are not very good. I have only one friend at school who is way more talented than I am ( which makes me feel even worse ). I believe that my self esteem gets lower each day at school. That's why my grades have also plummeted. I feel like I can't get anything right, and I tend to cry a lot. I really don't know what to do. Next year I will probably be home-schooled which I kind of am excited about. But I want to finish off my last year knowing that I had friends and that I was looked up to. Any suggestions? 3/1/2009
(unknown) i dont like it no affence but you are not good writters (you are bad ones) 1/21/2009
(unknown) iam trying to give imformation and its not telling me what i need to know try adding more 1/21/2009
victoria love this article lolz 5/21/2008
penguingirl797 yay Buzzle!!!... 2/5/2008
penguingirl797 sweet...this really helped...thanx 2/5/2008
sweetness a-w-e-s-o-m-e...awesome...awesome...totally!!!... 2/3/2008
penguingirl797 im not popular at all in my middle school...im hated by almost everyone...and this helps me feel alot better cuz now i know ill be better than any of those popular kids will ever be...i luv penguins!!!... 2/3/2008
someone Very good information and I love the name Buzzle! 2/3/2008
jill i tjhink everything you haave written is true and i want all the popular kids to know there bungholes 1/10/2008
sammi im doing a report on social groups at school you no emos floaters and plastics but i need advie on how do u no u belong 3/1/2007
samantha you should do a bit on diffrent social groups so kids arent so confussed on were they belong 3/1/2007
JP True 2/5/2007
ashley i think popularity isnt that important. if your not popular then you shouldnt care unless your happy with yourself and have friends and a good life towards you. 7/17/2006
none of your be that was very helpful...thank you 5/21/2006
Kara hmmmm my advice to u is believe in yourself and grow some self confidence I no it seems akward hearing this from me because im part of the popular group but all u have to do is stand up for yourself
show them that your not ready to be pushed around if u survive which there is a 75% chance u probably wont nad get humiliated for the rest of ur school year take a chance ask that guy if he says no dont cry be happy stand up and say "You know what! I don't care if you go with me or not and besides theres more guys in this skool than ur age so there!" thats wat u say and walk away.
5/15/2006
rin you
3/14/2006
me :-\ please read all of this: Ok, i'm a middle schooler, and at my school I'm not popular.. at all. Sometimes i feel like i don't have many friends.. i rarely go out on weekends with friends, and i dream of being part of the "popular" group. i know every adult says it doesnt matter how popular you are in school, because when u get older it wont matter. but most the popular kids at my school that i want to be friends with are so much different than the way people stereotype. they're not into drugs or achohol or anything like that. they just seem to have soo much fun. and i'd do anything to be a part of that :( i just dont know what to do!! what do they have that i dont?!
and another thing.. i have a really big crush on a really popular guy at school. i want to go to the next dance with him.. or atleast just dance, but i'm so afraid of getting rejected since he might already have plans with a popular girl. please help me build my self-confidence :-\
10/15/2005
Jessica I am the most popular girl in school and I think so why the people have dificulty to become popular? become popular is more easy than win 50 cents.Im no lieing, im just saying...because im the most popular. 5/29/2005
Jessika White I think that it doesn't matter what type of person you are, you shouldn't try to put other's down because you think that you are better than them. If it is a small school, like Clarkton High School, Missouri, then there aren't any "popular" kids here and that is what I think 1/13/2005
Hazura Chldren undergng popularity pressre s a extreme issue. This may lose a child's sef confidence and this could mean that the child wll be very afraid of leaving her / his comfort zne. 10/15/2004
bobo popularty isn't important because you don't need to be known to make it through life. also being popular may force you to do things that you don't want to do. 10/4/2004
Papa Smurf what are the advantages and disadvantages of popularity
9/29/2004
eric what is your say on popularity as an important matter 9/29/2004
Joseph Popularity comes from how you were raised as a toddler. If you have proper parents and they always show you things that'll make you more confident, then you should do fine in school. Other kids that are more attractive, more athletic, more confident, and more wealth, have an unfair advantage in life. KINDERGARTENERS have been given cellular phones from their PARENTS. Adults don't seem to realize that other kids that have less than wealthy and popular kids are jealous and deppressed over stupid stuff. I feel very very sorry for those who have to feel emotional pain. Some kids who get deppressed over stupid stuff like jealousy and wealth commit suicide. Its is NOT fair at all. 7/30/2004
Brittany I think its great parents are trying to boost their children's confidence. But I am a teenager and no matter how hard adults try..there will always be cliques and their children will always want to be in the "popular crowd". I'm a recovering anorexic, I struggled with it for my first two years of high school...desperate to fit in. 7/2/2004
mary aha 4/8/2004
Mary Mcbane this article could use alotta work 2/18/2004
C.Friggr nononoononono!!!!!!! 2/18/2004
J only way to stop cliques is to join them... you have to do it... by the way llamas are cool 6/9/2003
james harry cliques are bad! 5/15/2003
vera what are the advantages and disadvantages of popularity 3/7/2003
k llamas r cool 2/28/2003
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