Yeah, some jocks don't seem like jocks straight away... like no one knew I did cross country until after CIFs... Lol.

Some of our band twinkies smoke weed, but not really. Some are going out just to have boyfriends and girlfriends, I think it's kind of weird. Like Taylor really shouldn't be going out with ANYONE, he never has any money and makes promises he can't keep, he's totally irresponsible, and his girlfriend pays for his meals for god's sakes. GROW UP TAYLOR. Sorry, went off on a little rant.

Our school doesn't really have a cafeteria, we all just kind of eat outdoors in the quad and on prep hill.

I think socially awkward kids are decent people, they just don't know... I don't know how to say it... express themselves? Open up? Be themselves?

I would be on debate team, there is just one girl who really... ugh. Our school respects the acadec and debate and scientific olympiad kids, but I hear in other places they actually get picked on, is that true?!?

Emo kids are always middle schoolers or freshmen, I think it's just a phase. By the time you're an upperclassman, you've grown out of it. But I'm curious as to what makes emos tick, I can understand cool music and all that, but why do some cut themselves and wear eyeliner O.0

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They don't necessarily get picked on at my school. They're just not very popular.

It's actually kind of ironic when you think about it: we go to school to learn and all of the clubs that involve learning are considered "uncool".

"Cutting" and "emo" are unrelated. The "emo" kids at my school are all just stoners who like to dress like the people in their favorite bands. They don't necessarily cut themselves.

We have:

-jocks.
-dumbasses. usually jocks and rednecks in the classroom.
-CAFricans. (well thought of name.)
-rednecks.
-redneck jocks. most common.
-rodeo. typically bullriders, some barrel racers, and ropers.
-white trash.
-self-proclaimed 'ghetto' white people.
-ghetto white trash!
-the snobs. everyone hates those.
-whores/sluts. sort of fit in with the snobs. numerous.
-band geeks.
-potheads.
-wanna be emo/gothic/i don't know.
-losers. we have about two or three different groups of losers.
-fat girlies who all hang out together and dress skanky and sleep with the CAFricans.
-proud mexicans.
-geeky mexicans.
-pregnant girls. they all hang out together, regardless of their former clique.
-normal kids, who don't really fit anywhere.

that's about it. i'd probably be fitted in somewhere with the rodeo people or dumbasses. i sit at a table with band geeks, normal kids, geeky mexicans, pot heads, and white trash.

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Ahh I forgot proud mexicans, I love those guys.

I forgot about the artists and deep thinkers too, that go around with messy hair, strange hats and coats on, and create great masterpieces of art but don't really socialize much.

Exactly, what is it about learning that is uncool? Over here we give it respect, even the CAFricans here do their homework before they terrorize people. But my friend just one city away is afraid to join decathlon because 'it will be social suicide'.

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Honestly, I think sterotypes get better in the transformation from Middle school to High school. I think that a sence of matturity comes for most people, if not by their freshman year, for sure by their junior. I think that there will be your typical groups, but its different. People don't hate you for no reason, like in middle school, they just choose to hang out with different people, but would still be nice to you.

But then again, depends on where you go to school and what your school is like, so go figure.

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Hah, how come this thread's gone two pages without someone going "Don't label people!"

I think that within the whole labelling/not labelling debate, the answer is balance. We should work with every individual to see what they are like, not simply going off how they appear or who they hang around with. However, you'll often find that there's a lot of people that do fit their stereotypes, so it is no massive crime to call someone a chav, or whatever, even if you don't know them too well. Most of our school are chavs, but then I do live in the chav central that is Macclesfield.

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I have to politely disagree with that. The labels/stereotypes have definitely been worse this year (my freshman year) compared to last.

It would be unrealistic to say "Don't label people!". I mean, I know people say "Don't label me!" but they don't mean it. They work themselves to death trying to fit in with a certain group/club. Anyone who doesn't try desperately to catergorize themself is an anomaly.

I am an anomaly

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Congratulations. Same here.

hehe I'm too old to try hard and fit into any one group. I am.

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Actually, you're not too old. Just too mature. Plenty of sixteen-year-olds (not including myself, although I'm not sixteen just yet) are happy to change everything about themselves just so that they can fit into a certain clique.

I will proudly say I'm not in any one group. Most people think I'm weird, but thats because I'm not really in one group I just hover around a few of them. I'm typically really shy, but once I get past the initial shyness I'm really friendly and lovable. I have lots of friends in many different groups, from emo to pothead to jock to band geeks.

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im was in a mixture i suppose..?
i was sporty, rebellious a dumbshit and one of those people that will just talk to anyone. that was my group. mainly all girls, all the guys just hang out together doing stupid stuff on the equipment.
we did have the emo's.
the try hards.
the sluts.
the retards.
the nerds.
the failures and so on
but stereotype didn't really matter everyone just hang out with everyone.

The try hards?

I can agree, we all kind of fit into more than one stereotype, and everyone is different...
As for why no one has said "don't label," I think it's natural and necessary to label, it's a thing we automatically do in our minds, like learning from experiences and applying them in decisions.

Ok, Bailey brought up a really good point. What do you guys think, were stereotypes and cliques worse in middle school, as underclassmen of high school, or as upperclassmen? I personally saw this kind of thing in middle school, but who knows, let's hear from everyone.

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Well, in that case they raise us quick back West, they do

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