Popularity...Good or Bad?

Hey... its Mrita.. and i am back with another one...just sit back relax and read.

Well most of us are familiar with the heading of this post.. especially the word popularity.
In fact most people our age want to be popular amongst friends, in our class, and in our schools as a whole cos loads of goodies come with it. WELL ever thought of the disadvantages??

Do not get me wrong I am not saying that its not good to be popular, after all everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Take this story for example.

Back when i just started high school, I went there meek and naive did not know anything and I was like i would go there to do well and get out!... well its not all we plan that happen.

Days went by and I was taking them as they came. then one day there was an announcement. 'Freshers, there will be socials, get ready to dance and form steps to different songs. Prizes will be awarded" everyone was excited running helter skelter forming groups to start practicing. well me, i was indifferent.A senior student called me and asked "arent you dancing?' and I am like 'errr nope' and she is like why? i just kept quiet, cos i had no answer myself.
then she said, Dance for me. I was like i cant, she said you can and you will and then put the cd player on. Then i started, by swinging from left to right slowly,as time went I started getting into it,i did not know when the music overtook me,then the music stopped. I heard people clapping thats when i realized the room was very full. I smiled. But little did i know that will be the beginning of my downfall in that school

I immediately went from the quiet shy one to popular one. everyone knew me. i even had a nickname. cant say it here cos its embarrassing..lol,I kept dancing, people always called me to hang out,i had a lot of friends and sadly a lot of enemies. senior students believed it got into my head and started picking on me. making me do tedious jobs, I suffered a lot of bullying. The friends I thought i had became hostile towards me after a while, because of my status. they thought it was getting to me. But it was not. I just became more withdrawn. Then I finally left the school. All because of popularity.

Now do not get me wrong. I wont say it is wrong to be popular. But it needs to be handled with great care. I could not handle mine.

Its could be good thing, but it has a lot of flaws. I moved to a new school and hardly danced. I learnt from my mistake. Learn from yours!.>> From a girl's point of view.
Got an experience to share? please feel free to share yours through your comments and give your opinion on this.