Cliques

Cliques is the cliched word to describe high school. Unfortunately, it's also pretty accurate. Even if you're not in a clique, you're in a clique. There's really no way to avoid them, you can only be vacuumed into them. Even if one is elusive of cliques, they are cast away as someone who is not in a clique, and therefore, put into a clique via societal judgments. It's also remarkable that all cliques are stereotyped by other cliques, display how judgmental America is. The "populars" stereotype everyone to be below them and not as good looking. The "jocks" consider everyone to be less strong than they are. The "nerds" consider everyone to be less smart than they are. In the defense of each group, I would have to say that I am friends with quite a few from each group, and none of those stereotypes are always true. They are true sometimes though. This also reveals that stereotypes derive from factual matters, whether or not they're exaggerated. Cliques are just an unfortunate part of the high school experience that adapting to will only make you stronger and better quipped for the real world.