How come im so shy?!?! >:O i guess if your outgoing your "popular" but i am outgoing sometimes,and it dosent really help! Any tips on becomeing,well i guess popular?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Work & School category? Maybe give some free advice about: School? Deanimal answered Wednesday May 18 2005, 7:16 pm: Please, please don't try to be "popular." If you have good friends, that's all you need. Popularity will mean NOTHING soon. I'm going to guess you're in Junior High. In high school, there isn't really popularity. The closest thing to being "popular" is being preppy, and everyone except actual preps hates that group. In high school, everyone has their own little group, and everyone thinks their group is the best. End of story. I promise, the second you step into ninth grade, no one cares at all what you were in middle school, it's a whole new deal. You're so much better off just having friends you really love and having a good time. I tried for years to be popular all through elementary and middle school, and then my freshman year, something clicked. I realized none of it mattered. At all. [ Deanimal's advice column | Ask Deanimal A Question ]
aeromonkey answered Wednesday May 18 2005, 4:49 pm: Be your self.... don't let them know you want to be popular, then they know you're trying too hard and you'll never get "in" Just be yourself and you'll get more friends and be popular in your world, not theirs.
Keys:
Good grades
nice to other people
AThletic
outgoing
there are a ton of ways to get "popular" be yourself and look like you're having fun.. becoming active at school and church helps.
mrs_radcliffe answered Wednesday May 18 2005, 2:06 pm: I guess you have to no the popular kids. And get in with them. You shouldn't be just wanting to be a popular you shouldn't change any part of you just to be popular i bet your perfect as you are.
texangirl01 answered Wednesday May 18 2005, 1:39 pm: you cant be shy!! just be friendly to everybody you meet and always make your first impression on people a lasting one! wear cute clothes and dont dress like everybody else! throw parties at your house and invite people to go out on the weekend and do stuff. if your shy...just think about this....the worst thing that could ever happen is people being rude...and you dont need people like that anyway! lemme know if you need anything else! [ texangirl01's advice column | Ask texangirl01 A Question ]
Claire15 answered Wednesday May 18 2005, 12:21 pm: Okay well first personally I don't think being poplular is what's important. What's important is that you believe in yourself and have friends that you love, trust and can have a good time with.
Are you shy because your not very confident about yourself? If so your going to need to work on your confidence first. Going to a drama group can help boost that or maybe just writing down a list of everything that is good about you that you can look at whenever you feel even a little doubt.
However if you want to become popular, your going to have to pick out a certain popular person or group. To become popular usually involves liking the same things as the popular people, so find out what that person/group's interests are. Then once your clued up on them, somehow manage to introduce yourself to them and start up a conversation about one of those chosen subjects.
Keep talking to them whenever you can and eventually you'll become one of the group. Then you'll be "popular".
Really though, being popular isn't everything and to become popular is like losing yourself and becoming a lie. Take Lindsay Lohan's character in Mean Girls for example, look what happened to her!!
Well good luck hunni. Hope I helped in some way and you'll forgive all the crazy "be your own person" stuff. Smile
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