<p>Which one are you?
Which one would you want to be?</p>
<p>Smarts will get you places. Popular ends when high school (or college) ends.</p>
<p>But I would prefer both :)</p>
<p>To be successful in life you need good people skills AND smarts, they should not be mutually exclusive. I think all smart people should work on their people skills if they lack them. And intelligence is not as set-in-stone as once thought. Broadening your horizons and learning new things will make you smarter and able to take advantage of your full capabilities.</p>
<p>I agree with Nightsd, way too many book-smart kids lack social skills. You need to have potential and capacity, but if people don't really like you then you're kinda screwed. </p>
<p>Also, building off of Nightsd's point a little, I think that being "smart" isn't exclusive to just books and studying. I was reading in my AP Psych course during first semester about the different accepted types of intelligence. You should look it up, it's really interesting.</p>
<p>^ what types are there?</p>
<p>Look it up.</p>
<p>neither</p>
<p>i'd rather be badass</p>
<p>Wow, just wow.</p>
<p>I'm smart, and a little popular but not a lot. I prefer it that way. If I had to have a ton of friends I wouldn't get any time to myself, and I wouldn't know how to keep track of them and all their drama. No, I'm fine being smart. It's something I'm proud of.</p>
<p>Yeah.. almost all of the smart kids at our school lack social and peoples skills. </p>
<p>However, I'm smart and averagely popular, and i like it that way. Yes, you get four awesome years, and those years happen to be some of the most crucial years of your life if you're popular. However, popularity then ends when HS / college is over. Smart will carry on for a lifetime.</p>
<p>I'm smart+popular. I like things the way they are. :)</p>
<p>Why not a balance between the two?</p>
<p>I'm both...I mean I'm not over-the-top popular, but I'm pretty set where popularity is concerned.</p>
<p>As previously stated, they're not mutually exclusive.
Tons of people I know are smart and have lots of friends.</p>
<p>The best is clearly to be smart and be popular amongst the other smart kids, but not necessarily with the typical popular kids. The people who you surround yourself with do mold you, so you should surround yourself with other smart people.</p>
<p>I'm both. I'm not super popular but I have all the friends I need. It's good to have a balance.</p>
<p>I'm a beast. Feed me nerds or feed me beats!</p>
<p>LOL At my school, if you're smart, you're popular too because everyone will know that you're smart and will be impressed with you. They're not mutually exclusive because students at my school are mature enough to recognize that popularity is not doing stupid things but being sociable and mature.</p>
<p>so dude </p>
<p>where are all the smart trolls - everyone here seems to be smart and popular</p>
<p>"If I had to have a ton of friends I wouldn't get any time to myself, and I wouldn't know how to keep track of them and all their drama."</p>
<p>you talk about friends like they're neopets</p>
<p>Lmao!</p>
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LOL At my school, if you're smart, you're popular too because everyone will know that you're smart and will be impressed with you. They're not mutually exclusive because students at my school are mature enough to recognize that popularity is not doing stupid things but being sociable and mature.
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<p>I am a beast. Feed me nerds or feed me beats!!</p>
<p>I'm not popular and I wouldn't want to be. At my school, popular kids are hardly ever smart - studying would take too much time that could be better spent shopping or hanging out. Hey, I hope your impeccable fashion sense serves you well while you're busing tables and I'm earning my PhD.</p>