04-14-2009, 02:30 PM
Well, cliques are formed for a pretty simple reason. A lot of teens, and younger individuals, feel insecure about who they are. Therefore they group up with people they feel are similar to them and take comfort in the fact that they have friends who are like them. This usually leads to the stereotypical responses to other cliques (such as the preppy girls usually have the same taste in guys, so they all go for jocks, and not nerds, who they usually all feel less than enthusiastic about.
As for the other stuff, it has a lot to do with your area of living. In my school it was kids bragging about the coolest material possesions they got (because a lot of kids had rich parents), or drugs. If kids in your area primarily get cool things by stealing, they'll brag about it to get respect from others who make similar actions. The danger is that they will one up each other and eventually will get caught, so it'll be fun for you to see that.
And for the sex, well it's high school, people are discovering their sexuality and playing around with it because we live in a fairly morally bankrupt society. And the stories you aren't hearing are the STDs that go around with all that sex they brag about. Also, I would venture a guess that a lot of them aren't getting the sex they claim they are and are just trying to fit in.
See the only "problem" with being as wise as you are to the whole no one elses opinion actually matters if you're happy with yourself, is that you don't get into those groups and it makes you look like an outsider and therefore they attack because it's different from their expectations. But kudos to you on getting above the high school drama.
It's human nature to want to be accepted, a lot of people do whatever they can to do so, especially in the teen years.
As for the other stuff, it has a lot to do with your area of living. In my school it was kids bragging about the coolest material possesions they got (because a lot of kids had rich parents), or drugs. If kids in your area primarily get cool things by stealing, they'll brag about it to get respect from others who make similar actions. The danger is that they will one up each other and eventually will get caught, so it'll be fun for you to see that.
And for the sex, well it's high school, people are discovering their sexuality and playing around with it because we live in a fairly morally bankrupt society. And the stories you aren't hearing are the STDs that go around with all that sex they brag about. Also, I would venture a guess that a lot of them aren't getting the sex they claim they are and are just trying to fit in.
See the only "problem" with being as wise as you are to the whole no one elses opinion actually matters if you're happy with yourself, is that you don't get into those groups and it makes you look like an outsider and therefore they attack because it's different from their expectations. But kudos to you on getting above the high school drama.
It's human nature to want to be accepted, a lot of people do whatever they can to do so, especially in the teen years.
Believe in yourself! Not you who believe in me, not me, who believes in you.
Believe in you, who believes in yourself!
- Kamina of the Dai Gurren Brigade