Different Types Of Cliques In High School

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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” (Unkown) High School is a place where many students are classified into different types of cliques. We all have seen different cliques throughout high school, and even in the movies. The different types of cliques in high school would be the popular girls, the jocks, the goths and the nerds. There’s also the thespians and the rockers. Each high school clique has a characteristic that makes their group unique compared to the many other cliques. First, and foremost the popular girls is what many high school girls want to be, they want to be the ones where the guys notice them or the one who get invited to every party. The popular girls are stereotyped as the mean girls, but

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