python - Why does my list print from the last index?

Question

Im learning python on Codecademy and this task prints the list from the last index to 6. Why doesn't it prints from the first index to 6?

all_students = ["Alex", "Briana", "Cheri", "Daniele", "Dora", "Minerva", "Alexa", "Obie", "Arius", "Loki"]
    
students_in_poetry = []
while len(students_in_poetry) < 6:
  student = all_students.pop()
  students_in_poetry.append(student)

print(students_in_poetry)

the output is: ['Loki', 'Arius', 'Obie', 'Alexa', 'Minerva', 'Dora']

Answer 1

It has to do with

student = all_students.pop()

the last element will be removed from the list and assigned to student

But you can use pop(0) to get the first element, so your code becomes

all_students = ["Alex", "Briana", "Cheri", "Daniele", "Dora", "Minerva", "Alexa", "Obie", "Arius", "Loki"]

students_in_poetry = []
while len(students_in_poetry) < 6:
  student = all_students.pop(0) # this pops out the first element
  students_in_poetry.append(student)

print(students_in_poetry)