Well, when I was in high school, I was pretty popular overall. I got along with everybody basically, no one really hated me because I wasn't a jerk, I'm still not a jerk in person (unless I know you and I'm joking around). My true best friend was not the most popular guy, but we had been friends for a long time and we still are friendse even though distance separates us. I could talk to anyone and not be rejected by them, I had a flexibility to sort of move around from group to group. Basically if someone was annoying to me at the moment I could hang around with someone else. Most everybody knew me on one level or another because of things such as music (choir and band), scholars bowl, and smartness. If there was one thing people could count on from me, it was at least an informed and honest opinion about a topic. I did not hang around with the elite populars or outcasts, I mainly hung around with people who I actually liked and knew wouldn't talk about me behind my back. My true friends were mostly my classmates though, and I still keep in touch. I don't think it matters what caste you are in, but who your friends are and if they respect you for who you are, not for who your parents are, for your clothes or wealth, or for just one ability. I know I don't like my friends for just one thing and it's not for superficial crap, it's their personalities and their actions that make a friendship last.
