The Killer Whale: Social Stereotypes In My School

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My school was a breeding ground for social stereotypes.

Similar to other schools, my school too had the inevitable food chain. Coming at number one of the leaderboard was Mr Killer Whale. The Killer Whale was the typical or stereotyped bully of the school. This school was very much his “turf”. There is only one Great White shark to each school and I’ve heard stories of once two Great Whites had encountered one another and that didn’t end well.

Next on the ranks, was the remora fish. Once the least fish in the kingdom now became one of the most important fish.

Following the remora fish in the chart was the Bottlenose dolphin. These wonderful creatures were the beauties of the school who always followed the sharks around in small crowds.
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I am the only one with actually any color on my skin. This may sound or seem that it would be a great thing but its not. There are also the Clownfish, the jokers of the school. They are normally only called out of their anemone to pull a joke in class or to entertain the …show more content…
I had come to realization that maybe not all dolphins are the same. I was in class and the class was normal, the sharks were grouped together at the back, the dolphins were clustered together in front of the sharks and I was seated to the right of the class with the Clownfish. With the dolphins, usually in class their always gossiping about hair, beauty products and whatever the sharks do (usually centers around the gym) instead of actually listening during class or doing any of the work. I think if I were that pretty I wouldn’t have to try in school. But one dolphin did catch my eye. The thing was that during class there is a particular order and border where the Clownfish and I can’t move over to closer to the “popular pack”. This dolphin, Sophia walked over to me and asked me how to do a question we were doing for class. One, a dolphin was doing work and two a higher rank of the social hierarchy had talked to

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