en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:52:42 GMT 15 By Kat Grosshans, Photography Editor
Looking around the school it is apparent who belongs to which clique.  Each individual clique has stereotypes and a system of beliefs, but how did they come to be?   The way it seems one group started out and everyone slowly joined or broke away.  The pressures of fitting in and being like the peers in your group soon became the basis of your life and the way you act. In elementary school the popular kids were well known because they were either nice or kind people.  Once middle school rolled around, the group separation became extreme, mostly due to the new experiences offered at an older age .  High school students get involved with drugs and alcohol and it causes a shift in the social status quo.  There are two groups: kids that avoid the pressure and kids that give in to it.   Entering the doors on the first day of freshman year will expose a whole new side of life to many pre-teens.  Entire groups are completely devoted to “getting high” after school and “getting trashed” on the weekends.  Kids become too afraid to stand up for what they believe and what they know they should do.              No individual can say what is right or wrong; what is immoral to one person is perfectly fine to another. At the same time no one can deny the existence of the pressures being forced upon teenagers. Hopefully high school students can make the choice to resist the pressures of teenage life. However,for some those pressures may be too strong to fight. ]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:38:39 GMT