Cliques: Defined in Webster dictionary as a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
To me, cliques mean something much different than this textbook definition. For me, cliques represent pain, exclusion, isolation. High-school years are hard enough for teenagers. Hormones, peer-pressure, and busyness all create enough stress. When you put cliques into this mess, it can lead to disaster!
I attended a small, rural high school. I only had 68 people in my graduating class and there was only 150 students in my whole school. In a high school like mine, everyone knew everyone. Every single person in the school knew my background, my family life, my ex-boyfriends, and what I was going to do with my life. Sometimes, I felt that this was a great aspect of my school. Other times, I felt as though it was a curse. Now, looking back on my high school days, I realize it was just that: a curse! Like most high schoolers, I struggled with many life changes during these few years. I was trying to "find" myself, trying to figure out what I wanted out of life. I wasn't part of that gorup of party girls, or those promiscuous girls even. I felt like I didn't fit with any of those groups. If we could somehow get teenagers to accept others for who they are and not the family they come from, how much money they have, or how many guys they've been with, high school would be so much easier for everyone!
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