Cliques

[Bei Bei]

How many people here were part of a clique in high school? If you're not sure what one is, it's a restricted social group formed by people who share the same interests. If you've ever seen the movie "Mean Girls" it's a great demonstration of different cliques in high school.

I was actually part of the asian clique at our school since there were only 7 of us. We'd all sit together at lunch, hang out after school, study together, we pretty much did everything together. Though my senior year of high school I hung out with mainly the cheerleaders since I joined my junior year. So I won't lie, I was aiming for popularity but I still never ditched my asian buddies!

 

[Howl]

I wasn't in a click. =[
At first I was really eager to be...but there were so many.
My best friend was like the most popular girl in school, but she was a grade younger than me, so we never talked to each other during the day.
I had a lot of friends in the "breakdancing" click, but I can't breakdance. =[
And I had a few friends here and there in the "loose screw" click, but I wouldn't even let myself be seen with them.

 

[Shenorai]

Not sure if I was a part of any clique...I mostly hung out with weird people. You know; class clowns, outcasts, the occasional emo...hell, my best friend back in high school is the only happy emo you'll ever find. The one thing we all had in common; We hated jock jackasses for one reason or another.

 

[Warbsywoo]

My school's so weird it doesn't it even have or needs any cliques to save itself lol (Not the really defined, stereotype ones like you see on TV anyway...)

Honestly, I don't really identify many cliques 'cause I'm not in any of them.
Nope, we're just one big happy family.

 

[Mitsuki]

Erm, I don't think the group that I hung out with is what you would classify as part of a "clique." Let's see, there were four of us that were Pacific Islanders, two were Mexicans, and a few occasional white people, who were part of drama club. We all hung out under this one huge tree near the P.E locker rooms...so yeah, basically it was towards the back, secluded from everyone else.

You can totally tell our group weren't popular right off the bat, but we were kinda well known by the "in-crowds." Me basically because of my quietness, and also known by the "smart kids" since I took almost all Advanced Placement classes.

We just didn't hung out with those popular kids because we were happy with our little group. And we weren't just "groups"...we were actually friends, acting like total goofballs everyday. Even now, we're still all friends...although I've lost contact with a few. =(

 

[Skill Saw]

I was never apart of any clique. I used to care about "fitting in" last year, but now I could care less.

Although I do have freinds, I'm still not part of any clique. I don't like the way most cliques in my school act towards eachother.

 

[Peppita]

I never really had any close friends in high school. Not too mention I don't really relate to a lot of the people at my high school. I'm not the typical girl that likes to gossip and talk about boys all the time (that gets on my nerves) and I certainly don't fit in with the guys whether they be jocks (I hate playing sports) or gamers/geeks (I obviously like playing video games, but I don't ever think the hardcore gamers would ever accept me in their group). But I did make an effort to talk to people and some people did accept me into their group, although I always knew I wasn't a valued member of their 'clique.'

I won't lie, it did make me depressed and I wish I could experience the same strong bonds my other classmates did. But now that I'm at the end of my high school career, I'm happy that I will have more opportunities to make friends in college (which I think won't be a problem. I live in a small town right now and there isn't a lot of diversity).

Anyways, if I had to associate myself with someone, I'd probably associate myself with the 'quiet, studious people.' I'm a real goody-goody as well and always do my homework and follow the rules. I know, boring, eh? Well, in the beginning of my high school career, some of the people who befriended me were pretty 'gangsta' (which I know laugh about because I am far from gangsta) and I'm glad I departed from them now. I don't want to end up pregnant like one of my old friends afterall XD.

 

[Moogles]

I was big on sports, but my quiet nature kept me mostly to myself in high school. I had maybe three good friends who I spent time with, each of 'em falling into different "cliques" outside of our little group.

I sorta just drifted through without being categorized...I think.

 

[Dr. Percival Cox]

Quick! Get me 30 CC's of adrenaline! Stat!

*gasp* The Dead Thread... It's... alive. And this one's been out for a while.

Anyway. I guess you could say I was. But only my Freshman year. I mostly hung out with the Goths and I considered myself "one of them". But despite the stereotypes shat out by the world of cinema, the Goths at my school were actually well liked by everyone. I even got along well with a good amount of people. That changed by the next year, but still.

 

[Rapture]

I was never in a clique when I was in Highschool...although I think people who didn't know me back in Highschool probably thought I was was the bubbly cheerleader/prep type

I was very quiet and a loner back in Highschool and I really only had a few close friends at the Highschool I went to. My real friends went to another Highschool in town ...but looking back it really doesn't bother me. I hung out with my real friends on the weekends...and I don't really talk to anyone that I went to school with now so it really isn't a loss on my part. Most peole that I went to school with were self-centered, "cliquey" or just really really FAKE...and you know what thats great but your popularity is only going to last through the end of Highschool so...and those aren't people that I prefer to be associated with...so I avoided them.

 

[Rydia]

My high school was a private all girl's high school where we wore the sexy school girl uniform. Well except on Fridays where we could pay $1 to be out of uniform and all money was donated to a different charity each week. We did not have cliques, just groups of friends. within each group of friends, people had different interests. You had swimmers with band geeks with NHS students with choir students. Some people from particular activities hung out together, but it wasn't limited to just them. I guess nobody technically had a label?

But we also did not have any guys at our school so no one was out to impress them. Students rarely took any time to do any sort of maintenance and the drill team even had a competition to see who could go the longest with out taking a shower D: Keep in mind, these girls do rigorous exercise five days a week. The winner lasted nine days.

Interesting, most friend groups fell apart after high school. Maybe due to lack of common interests?

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

There wasn't really any cliques in my high school other than the popular group and the nerdy group.

Everyone else was just average and hung around with everyone besides the above mentioned groups who liked to keep to themselves.

I found myself always jumping from friend to friend within the same sort of circle. My schools were never like what it was like in the Mean Girls movie. >.<

 

[Sexy Beast]

I was part of the Loner/Anime-nerd groups.

I wasn't really social in high school, and I regret that. I could've done so many things if I were to be social. But can't go back now. However, I really didn't consider myself to be a "cliquey" kind of person. When it came down to it, I hung out with my friends, and on the occasion, I would talk to others, but really I was pretty chill with a lot of different people and there wasn't even the foundation of cliques...at least not for the majority.

 

[Lirael]

I never really had any close friends in high school. Not too mention I don't really relate to a lot of the people at my high school. I'm not the typical girl that likes to gossip and talk about boys all the time (that gets on my nerves) and I certainly don't fit in with the guys whether they be jocks (I hate playing sports) or gamers/geeks (I obviously like playing video games, but I don't ever think the hardcore gamers would ever accept me in their group). But I did make an effort to talk to people and some people did accept me into their group, although I always knew I wasn't a valued member of their 'clique.'

I won't lie, it did make me depressed and I wish I could experience the same strong bonds my other classmates did. But now that I'm at the end of my high school career, I'm happy that I will have more opportunities to make friends in college (which I think won't be a problem. I live in a small town right now and there isn't a lot of diversity).

Anyways, if I had to associate myself with someone, I'd probably associate myself with the 'quiet, studious people.' I'm a real goody-goody as well and always do my homework and follow the rules. I know, boring, eh?

This sounds very similar to me!

I went to a girls' school, however, so there was no chance to really socialise with many boys. The girls in my school generally divided into the following groups:

• The so-called 'popular' girls. They were reasonably pretty, but not that nice. They bitched about one another when one person was missing and enjoyed dominating the rest of the girls in the yeargroup. They enjoyed teasing the girls in the 'not popular' group.
• Girls in the second level of 'popular,' who were allowed to socialise with the 'popular' girls without being teased too much. They were very pretty and tended to follow the crowd, but were reasonably friendly deep down. They loved make-up, clothes and boys...
• The super intelligent girls who worked very hard. Most of them were friendly, though they all viewed video games as a waste of time; some disliked the fact their boyfriends played them.
• The alternate individuals who defined themselves by being very individual. Their style was either gothic or hippy...
• The more mellow girls who were hard working, reasonable people, interested in boys, yes, but they were subtle about it. They were open-minded and willing to accept others, but were (sometimes) afraid of the 'popular' girls so avoided doing anything that could annoy them.

I became a part of the latter crowd during sixth form, though I wasn't a main part of the group - I was just accepted and spoke to these people in school often.

Never becoming part of these groups was due, in part, to my own confidence. I don't think I ever believed I'd fit in so, naturally, I didn't.

Not being 'popular' was a choice, though. I didn't want to be mean about others.

 

[Dionysos]

I wasn't cool enough to really have a clique.
I wasn't always quite alone, but I'd sort of be present without really interacting with people.
That said, I tended to befriend or hang around with people that I'd felt were sidelined or who were a bit weird and weren't fitting in / were being bullied. I always associated more with these people and felt I had more in common. I just found these people genuinely more interesting than the common thugs, bullies and cool or smooth players who everyone else gravitated towards.

I guess I could try and label the people I was associated with as nerds, maybe even loners (dependent of course on your standpoint... A common thug would associate these people as loners, but when one loner meets another loner they are two loners, and no longer loners proper. ).

That was in first and middle school... In high school I was even less so in a group. I just stood there with a decreasing amount of friends. I ended up having really one break-time friend, another quiet person who is my friend to this day still. I don't think a label could really apply here. He wasn't considered a loner, but was respected by many as he had quiet confidence and was very intelligent. I was much more of a loner than him, but by association I think I probably survived a lot of high school abuse that I would have received if I'd been in a group who were more outwardly expressing their love for goblins and aliens.

In sixth form... Pretty much the same, but the group expanded a little bit... However, the group expanded with me inside it, but I didn't really communicate much to many people in the group. I met and got to know a handful of people I consider my best (/only true) friends to this day, so I opened up more to at least a few people in my life. What type of people or group are they? Odd, strange, interesting, different and bizarre, but I'd rather have that than someone talking about drink, women and football. I've been seeing them less though, as things in life happen, but it's often interesting when I meet them - for different reasons.

 

[Squid]

At first I was in the nerdy Clique. I was very gross and nerdy during primary school and high school so I hung out with people like me Luckily at my school there were a lot of nerds so I always had quite a few friends.

When I moved to yr 10 I was still in the nerd group but we'd kind of taken on the gothics as well so we were now the emo nerd group instead. I was not a goth though and found I enjoyed make ups and other things so I kind of moved onto the prissy girl group as well, I'd often spend my time between the two as I had friends in both areas.

I did not mind being in the nerd group, who cares what your group is if you like the people that were in it

 

[Tyler Breeze]

I've created a monster. The Geek Squad. Yes that's me and my three friends. We didn't fit in with the popular kids (in crowd) so about 4 years ago we all said eff this and started our own crew. It's nothing major, but it's a way for us to stand out. When we burst through the door, you know The Geek Squad has arrived.... And fashionably early.

Ehh, it's just a fun little thing we do. We're goofing around more than anything. Having a good time.

They're the only ones I stay in contact with. Well, them and a few girls from class. But other then that, we were always with each other. Just 4 guys.

 

[Cyanista]

No cliques whatsoever. I'm sure I would have if given the opportunity, I was a nasty, impulsive adolescent. Good thing I was spared

 

[Twilight Sky]

None. I've had a lot of friends though in high school(but 1 true friend out of them all).

 

[The Welsh Paddy]

Hmm, I wasn't really in any 'cliques' myself. Half of my time in highschool, I only really had three good friends, two of which moved to a different school after a couple of years. Then after that I only really had one good friend in school. I was generally too quiet and "good" to fit in with the "rebels", and they generally bullied me a lot anyway. And I wasn't so intelligent to the point where I could really fit in with the "swats", as they were called, and they mostly just looked down on everyone who wasn't part of their clique.

During college, I was more of a nomad. I could get along with pretty much anyone regardless of taste in music, general interests, etc, etc. So I never stuck to one circle of friends. I was everyone's friend.