High School Tribe Research Paper

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College Tribes vs. High School Tribes; Are they the same? We all remember those “tribes” we were part of in high school, we mostly saw them during lunch. The prep or popular kids, those were usually the ones with money and would complain about how daddy didn’t buy them the new I phone. The jocks, those were the loudest ones, wearing their jersey not only to show school pride, but to let everyone know who they were. The gamers, those weren’t in the cafeteria as much, but you could always spot one they were almost always on the computer playing video games, or in the library. The nerds, they usually spent their lunch in a classroom or study groups, going over that days quiz in history. Plus of course you can’t have a high school without the “gangsters”, now they each had their own territory and we all were aware not to cross it. Those were the ones you would most likely always see at the after school fight at the park. Then lastly the loners that usually sat alone, in the hallway, or in the corner. But as we tend to leave high school, and walk across the stage …show more content…
First, the “natural helpers”, in high school being your very proud ASB. We have that in college which is our student Government, they’re just not as direct as they are in high school. Then there is your “computer genius”, we call them the “gamers”. I am pretty sure if you asked them about any game on the computer they would know every cheat code in the book regarding that game. The “theater kids”, we well I should say I, don’t really know where that tribe in college is, I am guessing the theater I honestly have no idea. Although, society no matter where you go will always have tribes. No matter if we are done with both high school and college we still have

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