Clique

When I think back to elementary school, I always reminisce about Mrs. Johnson’s 4th grade class. She was my favorite teacher during my youth at Guy B. Teachey Elementary School. Mrs. Johnson, to begin, was in her 25th year of teaching when I was in her class. During her time, she taught one year of 3rd grade and then taught 4th grade for her remaining years. She had a genuine love for North Carolina captured by her weekly piano playing of North Carolina songs. Every week, the entire class sat on…

From composition class last year it was easy to get away with starting off a paper with a quote, but now that is just way too clique in the majority of instances. I’ve learned many other ways to start my papers; for instance, now I start my paper off with a personal story, a cliffhanging statement, or even a statistical fact. Another thing I could get away with was my title. Before…

with these troubles that Jason faced, he was always moving around from different states, now ending up in Sherwood, Ohio. When recently attending Westerburg High, he became romantically involved with Veronica Sawyer, who is now part of the popular clique in the school. He smokes cigarettes and drinks alcohol, as many of the kids in Westerburg High do. He wants to get rid of the popular people at…

much like in Gatsby’s case. Due to Gatsby constantly being associated with the color yellow, he tried to find ways to assimilate into the “old rich” culture which caused him to go to great measures to try and find ways to fit into their prestigious clique. From the beginning he adopted the “old sport” saying to try and show people he was a part of the “old rich” even though they could see through his constant lies. Gatsby’s was also motivated by the green light, which provided him hope that one…

algebra, he or she will ask students how to solve a problem such as the Pythagorean Theorem. Then, the students form a small group to think of solutions. After they spend some time, the group leader will ask each member for his or her input. Once the clique has come to a decision, the leader presents their group’s ideas to the…

In the John Hughes’ 1984 film, The Breakfast Club, there were a lot underlying social issues that are very relatable to teens in high school of that age range. The early 80’s film was centered around five teens who have in some way been stereotyped by not only their peers but also by their parents and other authority figures. The main theme for the film is to overcome stereotypes and develop a voice for one’s self. As we as self-confidence and self-acceptance. At the end of the film each…

The youth hyperculture that constitutes the technologically dependent age group known as Generation Y is an amalgamation of a countless myriad of societal institutions, all shaping the growth of individuals in this increasingly modern 21st-century; in particular, I have been shaped by two social groups: the family in which I was born and raised, and the school-setting peer group of which I was a member of during my secondary education. Both have been tremendously invaluable to my childhood and…

Breaking Walls, Building an Education It has long been accepted that the United States educational system can be one of exclusion and social disjunction among students. While it has been questioned whether some institutional aspects, such as standardized tests, are discriminatory, there is often social partitions among students that are not created through the educational system alone. These partitions may originate for a variety of reasons and from a variety of sources, such as home or cultural…

is rejected by the populars because she is dorky, ugly and weird. Later, after finally acquiring the right shoes, hair and tastes, she is ‘’accepted’’ into their clique. In Donnie Darko, Kelly beautifully captures this paradox in one minute scene. The scene shows high school students for the most part by themselves, there are no cliques visible. What I get from this shot is that even if you fit in, you will get criticized for something, which is a sign of not fitting in to someone’s ideals,…

a sociology class, students didn’t know each other but they communicated with each other over the social network and they ended up working out together on a class project and planned a Christmas party at one of their homes.” This is an example of clique and it is incredible that sometimes we don’t know someone but we can know about them on the social networking. Social networks brings the world in one small app and where all the people share their feelings, ideas, and…