On the Inside: From a former Popular

Sorry I have posted in a while. I'm going to take a break from our "To Tune in or Not to Tune In" series and just post.
I go to a really small school. like 400 kids for K-12 so you'd think it would be easy for everybody to know everybody. Well, some people don't and I am not one of those people. I know everybody, I know there names, there grade, everything. So I guess I'm popular, on the inside. In our class there are some 'Populars' to, there is to girls who are boy crazy and then the other two who are mean and they like to tear other people apart, there not loyal to each other and there just downright mean. Well somehow I got sucked into the Mean Girl(s) and Boy(s) group, I was on the Inside, for a while everything was all peachy. But then I started being mean to other people, and the groups "Ring Leader" started to think I was weird, started giving me these 'Your so weird' looks and I don't know made me feel out of place, for the first time I felt unwanted, I realized I was being mean to other people, and the "Ring Leader" had officially kicked me out of there group. I found I was better off on my own. Or with my old friends, well the other members in the group were starting to get annoyed too. The "Ring Leader" was starting to lie a lot and exagerating stories and blaming everything on her "Friends". They don't really want much to do with her anymore but for some reason there not leaving. Let me tell you, as much as being one of the Populars may seem fun, its not its all fake, I felt like I was putting on a show, when I got kicked out I was so much happier and I still am. Don't let popularity become the focus of your life, its just not worth it. I've found that true popularity isn't being the person who wears designer clothes, or  is the meanest, or the prettiest, or has the best hair. True popularity is when people like you for you, when you are a geniune person, that's when people will notice you because you might have something they don't authenticy. So don't go out trying to be everyone's friend if your only goal is to be popular. A truly popular person is like a princess. She has a good heart, she doesn't just sit on her throne and command people to do things. So go out and be YOU.