What is the author of this article saying about popularity in high school? What did the social hierarchy look like in your high school? Do you think the social hierarchy changes in college? If so, how?
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The Popularity Scale
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The author clearly compares popularity to a social hierarchy. The more people that knew you, the more status you gained. In high school popularity could either make or break you. You could be either known or not know at all. In my school it was more about cliques and the type of friends you kept in your circle. Everyone at least had a friend or friends to hang out with during school hours. But popularity as far as social status outside school mattered also. For example, it was important you knew the friends of your friends if you were popular because you would get to be involved in social events such as parties, going to school, games, or going to the movies on a Saturday night. I really don’t know if the hierarchy changes in college since I have just begun college, so I cannot yet judge whether it has changed or not changed. Whether you belong to a group on campus or a normal little clique of friends, you still separate and choose who is suitable enough to hang out with you and you also have the freedom of not making friends at all and no one would pressure you that you need to make friends just to gain popularity.
the author talks about what popularity means as a teen and how it will effect u later on in life.I agree with basically everything it said.In my high school the popular kids were funny had personality usually wealthy and/or good at sports.It was an all boys school so looks didnt matter much. I think that social hierarchy standards changes as you get older.In college at least in brooklyn college people seem less concerned about popularity as opposed to just getting the work done and going home.I just started here so i could be totally wrong.
the author shows the relationship between the social ladder and popularity. depends where you are on the social ladder can cause various results. my high school consisted of only 120 kids, 24 in the grade and it was only boys. so the popularity didn't have much effect because we all knew each other well and it was easy to get along. in Brooklyn college the social heirachy doesn't seem to exist as long as you have your group of friends during school your ok.
What the author of this article is trying to tell us is that social hierarchy in high school has many effects on the outcome of high school students. What the author said was the more popular students were more likely to fall under the influence of peer pressure. Also the rejected feel like outcasts. But the invisible ones are able to move around and fit in how ever they like. The main point of the article was that if you ask a person how popular they are they tell u where they fit in. In my high school there was no social hierarchy. Sport players were friends with kids in the AP classes. Everyone had a group they belonged to and that who they were friends with. This is not really in college for me at least because it seems like everyone is friends with who ever they want and there is no real social hierarchy.
The author is saying that popularity in high school clearly exists but that it may be important now and not so important later. In my high school, there were a lot of cliques but no definate social hierarchy. The key of being "popular" or well known was just to make a lot of friends, as a lot of the cliques overlapped. If my high school was like a traditional high school or if Brooklyn College was a small college, I would definately say that the social hierarchy changes when you get to college. However, I think that the formation of cliques in my high school were similar to that of which I have observed at Brookyln College. There are definate cliques but the lines are a little blurred as I have noticed that most people dont just stick to one distinct group.
i think the reason why the "neglected" students in the school as the author classified them move up in the social hierarchy after high school is because they were not involved in the intrigue that that went with being popular and watched and learned from a safe distance as the drama unfolded before them.they are therefore able to see the larger picture better than their self engrossed but short sighted and popular peers.the lessons learned at school is therefore more beneficial to them than to the original actors.
i dont really believe in the presence of a social hierarchy.it is basically a thing of the of the mind.to put it more bluntly,you are how you see yourself.
The author is stating that while great importance is placed on popularity in High School, at reunions, the popular students may not be as well off as the 'geeks' or 'losers'. What's more important than popularity is how a student sees themselves, and the author states that just because someone is popular, doesn't mean that they're the kind of person you'd like to actually spend your time with. Popular students are also more likely to succumb to peer pressure. I came from a huge high school, so popularity wasn't much of a factor. Everyone had their own friends and their own cliques, and I'd even go as far to say as the most intelligent students who were actually going to make it in the future were less liked than other students. I suppose that students that aren't popular end up becoming successful because they're less likely to conform. Who is an interviewer really going to hire; the charming guy who seems like every other applicant, or the different, creative guy, who stands out amongst everyone else?
This article makes some important claims about the popularity of individuals within their schools. The psychological well being of students has been analyzed by scientists, journalists, novelists, and others. The article claims that a lack of popularity (or even too much of it) can affect students within their school settings. For so many years of a youngster's life, he/she is forced by the government to be crammed into airless, overcrowded buildings, devoid of enlightenment and creativity. A student is forced to be around the same peers for extended periods of time. If a kid in school doesn't get along with others, his or her chances of being happy may be much lower. I got lucky, though. Despite being tormented by sixth graders when I was in 8th grade (because of my awesome premature facial hair), I was able to go to an awesomely diverse school for high school. ER Murrow high school had a clique for everyone. Everyone from academic-types to metal heads to theater kids to emo kids to gay kids to jocks had a good chance of making friends. If it weren't for the friends I made at Murrow I probably wouldn't be as happy as I am today. In fact, while at SUNY Albany for a semester and a half, I didn't find the kind of people I connected with well. Albany sucks - it's like a big, ugly, cold, fascist prison. Thanks for reading
what the author is tring to say in the article is that populartity is a big thing in high school and that it can effect you in a big way lata on in life. In my high school, popularity wasn't as big as it was in junoir high school. Everyone did their own thing, made their own friends, had their own groups and no one really had fights, well from what i saw. It was kind of surprising to me how i only saw 2 fights in my high school. I was expectin a lot more. In college i tihkn that popularity won't be such a big thing for me. Everyone is independent and more free in college. For me, i just go to school and when im done i leave.
after reading this article i gave this subject a lot of thought. the article was in my head for a couple of weeks it made look at my past and present friends. looking back at high school at the so called popular kids are wiped off the map, they are nowhere to be seen. i find what the author said how the social hierarchy flips around to be somewhat true. but i do not think the social hierarchy clearly exist. the student portrays their own self to what they think they are. its all about self image. depending on what you think of yourself will be a domino effect of your actions. but the people who give regards to social classes and idolizes the popular kids sometimes will eventually become the CEO or any important or sophisticated person which is quite interesting.
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