I Want to be Super Popular

Question:

i no ur really good at giving advice so i was wondering if u could give me some. im in the fifth grade and im having popularity problems. im a pretty good student with pretty good grades, a bit above average. and i have plenty of friends but im not miss popularity either. im about average on a popularity scale actually. i wanna be super popular but i dont no how. im nice to my friends and i help them if they need help but i wanna be super popular. please help mrs naylor and lets hope by next time everybody wants to be friends with me. p.s. i love the alice series it is the best series ive ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phyllis replied:

Hmmm.  You’re a pretty good student with above average grades with plenty of friends, yet you want to be Miss Popularity.  Why?  What would that give you that you’re missing now?  And why do I get the feeling that even if you were Miss America, there would still be something missing fromyour life?