Do you think Kirk was the popular kid in school?

Probably more of a hierarchy thing. Kirk was in the year above Kevin, Paul and Winnie and therefore considered more "cool, experienced and grown up".

Yeah Kirk was in the 8th grade and he was tall and he was popular with kids even tho Kirk never cared about being popular while kevin was short and was average he did not have the status Kirk had also Winnie dumped kevin for Kirk just because he had social status