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| "Popular Girls" |
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| Young girl being excluded from a "clique" |
The school year is quickly coming to an end but for some people, friendships are still a struggle. Most of the reasons why friendships can be hard for people like me is because of one thing. "Cliques." In case you don't know what a "clique" is, it is when friends form a group and exclude others from it. I know, silly right? "Cliques" were mostly common in the beginning of 6th grade and in all of the years of elementary school which was chaos for me! In elementary school I had a more of a bold experience with "cliques." In school, there was always one "clique" in the whole grade. They would call themselves "The Popular Girls." They were all the same. Same walk, same hair, they way they would talk would be the same, same clothes, same everything. "The Popular Girls" would always talk about the same annoying thing over and over again. Boys. They would always be bribing boys about going out with other girls and all that boyfriend/girlfriend crap. I MEAN COME ON PEOPLE, WE'RE 12 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! We only need to be focusing on that stuff when we're a lot older! But if you were a "Popular Girl" boys and dating would be your life. If you were not "popular" in my grade, you would always be looked down on. All secrets would be kept away from you. This is why many other girls who were not "popular" in school were desperate to be "popular." Friendship can be very challenging for those who are desperate to be "popular" because they are so focused on trying to find the key to the door of popularity. This makes them forget that their are other girls right next to them that are more worth being friends with instead of "popular girls." So, it's really up to you for what you want to do with friendship. You can spend your life trying to get in to some "clique" or, go outside of the box and find someone who you can relate to.
You decide.
Peace,
Middle School Jabber
Great post, cuz! Cliques sadly continue on into adulthood, but they're always changing. The "popular girls" from my middle school days are far, *far* from being the most successful ones now. And all of the fun people are the quirky, different ones, anyway :-)
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Much love,
Philip
Thanks Philip! It's good to hear that I'm not the only person dealing with this. Hope I see you soon!
DeleteI so agree. Though I don't mind not being popular that much, I agree that people are often pretty desperate to become popular. And I think that usually there is more than just one clique. oh yeah, and aren't the "popular girls" in the picture Girl's Generation?
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