Hi, I'm in high school and its a generally small school that I go to, and i notice that there are a few groups of ppl. there are the "cool" people with the guys that are jocks (and the tag alongs that want to be) and there are the girls that hang out with them with that fake orange tanned skin and too much make up and skimpy clothes. there are the slackers that have some smart and some not. and there are the smart kids that are just well, smart...or study alot. its a private with maybe around 500, i dont know. (and the general pop. thinks they are better than ppl that go to public school just because their parents pay a tuition higher that college) but i was wondering, why do ppl seem to divide themselves into groups like this? is there any good reason or is it just..i dunno. but, will it be like this in college and beyond? all clicky and "i'm better than you because i have more money/make-up/friends/muscles/better cars etc ?" sorry for the bad grammer, but im tired and sorry if something like this has been posted before, this is my 2nd post and ive only been reading the boards occasionally for a month or dos.
Welcome to sciforums, Grey Seal. Yeap, clicks happen after school to. When you have a job, there are the suck-ups, the independants, and the screw offs. When your out and around, you have the party folks, the "well to do", and I am sure you have heard of "Trailer Trash" to throw a few generalizations. So get used to it because it'll be there.
Or surpass it and become a truely extrordinary human being. The choice is yours. Welcome to sciforums, Grey Seal.
The clique thing will only get worse in college. You will notice the bigger the school is, the small the circles are. If you don't like cliques you can always socialize here. The clique thing got old for me in last year of college. People act a lot differently when they are in a group.
Welcome Grey Seal. There are all sorts of people who band together in little groups. It's a fact of life and it's not always necessarily a bad thing. People group together when they have things in common. It's how a particular group chooses to treat everyone else that distinguishes the kind of clique it is. There are groups that welcome new people, like this forum does. There are also groups that want to remain aloof and unfriendly to outsiders for whatever reason. If they're not hurting you then let them be. Just be nice to everyone, people will find you. School doesn't have to be a bad place. Treat people like you want to be treated and I'm sure you'll be welcome everywhere. Cheer and good luck with your studies. Teri
I found that a school too, but I also found that they only acted their label around their friends. One on one most people were quite guenuine.... At school, kids up until high school are practising their power relation skills, this is why groups are so prevalent... True, groupe broaden to social class, gender, ethnicity etc,.... but as long as you always remember they are just people, built frm the envirnment they live in, you realise people are always subject to change.
I agree...It is prevalent everywhere you go.. I also go to a small school (About 400 kids from Prep-12), and for years I was stuck on the outside of the 'girls' clicky group, until one day I smarted up and hung out with the lads...And found we shared nearly exactly the same interests
