The construct of one’s
popularity is somewhat nebulous. Popularity
is as difficult to define as love and as fleeting as lust. But during seventh and eighth grade,
especially for girls, “popularity” seems a real thing.
Popular girls flounce with
the stuff.
Some popular girls are magnanimous
and inclusive in their popularity.
Others are harsh queens.
Outside these two distinct
courts of popularity, all the other girls (and boys) simply try to get along and
try not to get run over.
For whatever reason, one
of the “popular” girls in my daughter’s eighth grade class bullied my daughter
on more than a few occasions. My
daughter was easily strong enough to survive that sort of thing, but I recall
several times when she and I discussed all of this in depth. I tried to assure her that popularity in
eighth grade does not necessarily translate into beauty or success in the long
term.
The other day, in our
local newspaper, an article featured a story about the popular girl who bullied my
daughter.
What are the popular
girls up to these days?
Felony methamphetamine
possession and criminal trespass, in this case.
--Mitchell Hegman
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