A Guide that Will Help You Through High School

Students in High School are being pressured every day for publicity. High school is usually a place where someone can find themself, a friend group they feel comfortable in. High school students encounter many different situations that may lead them into a series of downfalls through high school. Being in this facility, students are often categorized in groups based on their personalities, what they wear, and their social connections. In The Breakfast Club there are five students categorized into stereotypical groups in high school.Those groups are the popular students, the nerds, and the emo students. Sooner than later, these five students figure they all have something in common with each other; high school, and the pressure of their parents has molded them into the people they never wanted to become. Despite the differences between the students in The Breakfast Club, they share similarities that divides them into different groups throughout high school.

In high school surviving is the hardest things to do, when anyone first come there. The best thing to do is finding a clique of people and join them. Finding different cliques are not that hard, but knowing who they are and adapting the environment is one of the hardest thing to do in high school. Finding a wrong clique can lead anyone straight down to a life of hell or worse. Students who entering high school can identify the types of cliques of student are in, and join up with whatever cliques that their find is good for them.

An observer looking into a classroom may believe that all the students are similar and have similar intentions, to learn. Yes, they are all high school students, but they are not as similar as they appear. Classroom environments contain various types of students, who diversify in their classification. Students typically are categorized by the way they dress, the activities they participate in, their values and morals and how they choose to spend their free time. All around the world, whether in high school or college, you will be introduced to people who are classified as cliché students.

High School has obviously changed since the 1985 movie, The Breakfast Club, which portrayed different school stereotypes through five students, and how this made them reflect on their identity. In a way, this theme of different High School Stereotypes proves to still be evident in High School today when students

High school High school is a very crucial part of everybody’s life filled with many learning moments and also times that most would like to never redo. This being said we all go through this time and we can all relate to the stereotypes that come along with high school. Some were on the top and others were on the bottom, but everyone had their specific place.

High school can be a rough time for many students. The tremendous pressure from your parents, teachers, peers, and yourself can be overwhelming, but following these tips can make it a little bit easier. If you show respect to others, prepare for tests and quizzes, and remember to take a breather, you will be a better, more successful student here at Maconaquah High

Every public school lunch room is filled with many tables, every day these tables are the perfect place for a student to find where they “belong”. Like Beverly Daniel Tatum states in “Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”, part of the social groups forming in high schools goes to thank adolescents. Tatum writes, “As children enter adolescence, they begin to explore the question of identity, asking ‘Who am I?’ ‘Who can I be?’”(375). At this point in their life everyone begins to see their own interests and hobbies that makes them a little different than others. Because students are starting to realize their differences, in modern day high schools there are many social groups that students can identify with and feel the most comfortable being themselves.

First, high schools do have cliques that unify students by groups. However, that doesn’t mean students confine in the groups they are “assigned” to, as shown in most movies representing cliques. In the movie The Breakfast Club, the five main characters used to represent the school all come from different crowds, which ultimately results in showing how they can still get along even though they don’t necessarily hang out with the same people. The characters are defined as “a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.” These labels divide the characters into

Each student has their own history, characteristics and behaviors. Honestly, these stereotypes are real, principally during high school, where people start to create their own thoughts, to participate of determined groups and to stablish their own life styles. John, the “easygoing”, has a past full of delicate situations: he suffered by abuse and he does not have a good relationship with his father, who is a drug user. Because of his history, he seems to be disinterested and selfish, the legitimate bad guy. Brian, the “nerd”, has his life based on achieve success in studies. His parents make a huge pressure in his life, so he is always worried about his scholar activities, trying to get the higher grade possible. Because of that, he is treated as unsociable, and he is far from being popular in the school. Allison is “the weird” of the students, she uses strange clothes and has a peculiar style. Her parents do not really care about her, causing this weird behavior. She is quiet, does not talk too much and feels lonely, so she goes to detention by her own desire. Claire, is the “preppy” girl. With a good looking, she is also kind of selfish. Her parents are in a constant fight, which makes her acts like she does. Andrew is “the athlete” of the group. He receives a huge pressure from his parents in all the fields of his life, and he grew up with the thought that “you have to win”, which makes him do things that he does not really want.

out with the popular group you want to be around people who will benefit and help you as a

So what draws students together? What leads to the formation of these social groups- and why don’t they get along? Are these questions the key to finding why some people loved High School, and why others loathed

In the famous movie, “The Breakfast Club, we see how five teenagers, each members of different high school cliques, who spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all more than their respective stereotypes. High school cliques determine who, what and where they belong. Most of the high schools have "cliques"; which are groups of students with similar interests that hang out together. When looking at what really goes on in the average high school, and how friendships are formed, it is amazing. When observing the jock, nerd and the popular kids, one must wonder where they fit in.

Type: The serious mean guy and the one who always has that smile on their

Some approaches and strategies that I picked up from the movie is that students may classify themselves under a certain stereo type and they each have their own clique. In the movie, they realized they each belonged to a certain clique, but in the end, they found out they have a lot more in common they realized. Another approach, I witnessed in the movie is that the principal did classify them as the stereo type he thought they were, however at the end of the film we see changes within the characters. Each of them may also had different norms about them, but were able to succeed and accomplish

During middle school it was difficult for me to find a social reference group to associate myself