Yep.

It'd definitely be the superficiality. That's the only thing that I seriously hate about high school, people being so concerned with others' outlook on them that they let their image define their personality, rather than their personality define their image. Image promotes competition and ferocity. Image promotes selfishness and laziness. Image promotes self ruination. It is one of the most overlooked concepts of our school, yet one of the most detrimental ones as well.

I've known people to ditch friends in order to promote popularity. I've also known people to do stupid things in order to gain the approval of other students, and seeing these actions is always one of the most disgusting things I can watch.

I'm not saying that physical image is a bad thing (in fact, I like being able to look at attractive girls when I please). I myself worry about my physical image; it's what keeps me healthy. But people allowing physical image to control their personalities is a seriously awful thing. I've known people to allow friendships to end because they didn't want others getting in the way of their popularity. I've known people to do cruel things to others to seek approval of the masses. What's worse is that these traits in people that are revolting in their own manners translate directly to the real world in terms of politics, business, etc.

I've seen surgeons refuse to take on surgeries because they knew that the patient would die and didn't want it to hurt their statistical reputation, and the same with lawyers refusing to defend clients. I really think that's about all I need to say about that.