The Significance of Popularity Being “popular” is something that crosses everyone’s mind one way or another; whether it’s important or not, whether it makes a difference or not, or what it even means to be popular. Some people have said that they think being popular is important when one is a student, but I disagree. People think that in order to be successful and happy in high school, you have to make an image for yourself and be popular, but what they do not realize is that all you need is to be comfortable with yourself in order to be happy, and that’s what leads to success. However, if being yourself happened to lead to being well-liked and popular, than that’s a good thing. I disagree with the thought that being popular is important. Being “popular” in today’s high school student’s eyes is related to wearing nice clothes, hanging out with kids that party in a big clique, doing endless group outings together, and being well known in your grade. These things are not bad if they are not abused, but they are not really important in the big picture of things. What is important in high school is who you grow to become before you decide what you want to do with your life when you move on to adulthood. It’s about shaping yourself so that you can be successful in your later years. When it all comes down to it in the big picture of life, it is not going to matter whether or not you went to that party in eleventh grade or if you had that awesome bag that you had to have. What is going to matter is how you did in your classes, what you learned, who you met and what you learned from them, your experiences and what you took from them. If you are someone that does well and has it somewhat together and you just so happen to make many friends and are a social butterfly, then that’s great! You have done what is necessary for your individual and yet you have still managed to