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Stereotypes ::. time deciding on what to do on the said, "Cliques were good because you I
However, Freshman Cynthia Rose
my and her friends had a hard
weekend, but deciding on who to go had a lot of friends, but they were bad
if you were new to the school and were
out with was all ready decided. Amy looking for friends."
nerds n. 1. A sub-group of the academics. and her friends were a " clique", they Many students agreed that the
2.These students take studying to an extreme ig- [ r. had gone out together almost every worst thing about the cliques was that
noring all other aspects of life such as dating, go- r·? weekend, adding convenience to their they excluded new students. Junior
ing out with friends. keeping up on fashion. and lives . Sharing the same interests Stephanie Broghammer said, " Cliques
getting new eye glass frames after fi fth grade. brought them together, but not every-
preps n. 1. A large majority of students with a were hard for new students because a
preoccupation with material things. Earthshaking one found their friendship to be so nice. lot of people did not accept them right
news is who bought the sweater exactly like Beginning as they found that they ' away."
even if the U.S. waged war on a country that shared the same interests; they went Many students felt that as the year
same day. out more and more until they were ex- went along, the problem with cliques I
punkers n. 1. Students lost in the '60s; wearing clusively spending their time with the became worse. Senior Tiffany Wyant
psychedelic clothes and peace signs. 2. Their stu- group and nobody else. said, "In the beginning of the year our
dent activity is joining Youth for Peace. 1 ,
skateboarders n. 1. Another sect of students Cliques were made up of people class was making an effort to be friend-
with a unique sense of enjoyment, "boarders" who they enjoyed being around and ly to everyone, it was our last year and
spend every decent day riding a board with a were interested in the same things. we wanted our class to be close. As the
skull and crossbones and four roller skate wheels Having a set of close friends also pro- year went on people started dividing
on a hard cement or wood surface and see how . vided students with a support group of into their cliques again; it was sad."
close they can come to seriously maiming them- people that they could go to when Even though many felt cliques
selves .
they needed to talk. were a problem others saw signs of
From the outside, cliques did not improvement. Junior Traci Scalia said,
look so good. Students referred to the "Our school got better, as peoQie in-
cliques as : stuck-up, snobs , clannish , tertwined between groups." J
and worse. They were seen as some-
thing that kept the school from becom- -Jennifer Hueftle-