I'm sure that everyone who has gone to a public high school has experienced stereotyping in one way or another. I know personally that in my high school there were many different cliques and social groups you could belong to. Although my school prided itself on unity and acceptance of all kinds, there were always small groups of kids who gathered with their own "type."
I could easily list the main groups from my high school; hippies, rednecks, football players, cheerleaders, skanks, freshman, wannabe gangsters, artists, emo, nerds, gays and lesbians, druggies, and who could forget the popular kids?
When I was going through middle school and the first years of high school, I found myself making friends with a lot of different people from these different groups. I love art, and I was on the cheer team. I have friends who play football and I have friends that are gay. I have friends who are super smart and some friends that are freshman. Even though I had all of these different people to hang out with, I guess I ended up in the "popular" group. The reason why I would call them that is because they were the ones who ruled the school, had the world eating out of the palms of their hands.
Things were good for a while. I went through my whole high school career with the same tight knit group of friends, that is, until my senior year. During my senior year I noticed that the group I hung out with started to be very critical. They judged quickly and used disrespectful connotations towards other people in my school. Eventually I didn't even like hanging out with them any more.
Looking back on the situation now, I realize that it was better for me to go in my own direction than to judge others the way my friends were.
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