Do you recall being in a clique or wanting to be part of one?

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

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Educational institutes are notorious for separating students by class according to social indifference, wealth, and privilege. There are job cliques, a division between workers and coworkers according to status and privilege. I was outside the employee loop because my title was a peer. Oddly Catholic Charities, although an employee, was banned from attending staff meetings because staff discussed client concerns. My role was accommodating client needs, it would have been helpful knowing about clients before becoming involved with their treatment.

Nowadays I don't care, except I want the diving community to accept me. Am I needy?
 

Oh yes, there were cliques in my suburban high school! 🧑‍🏫

The Jocks played one or more varsity sports, defined themselves in terms of it, and were given trophies at award assemblies every season. Although willing to die on the playing field, most were mediocre students as sports and related actIvities were their priority. 🏉

The Freaks were at the cutting edge of teen culture, knew every lyric to every teen anthem, dressed in the rebel style of the day, and considered themselves cool and “with it.” 🎸

The College Preps took school seriously, and worked towards getting every “A” grade that they could. Their subdivisions included geeks and nerds, as in “band geek.” 🔬

The Greasers were in remedial classes barely getting by, and loved cars and coarse humor. They could be found after school smoking by the railroad tracks…🚬
 
Closest was when I was a sophomore in high school. I was in Drama Club, and got a small part in the school play (background person, two lines..one shouted from off stage), Any way, for the whole year I was "in" with the drama kids. Ate lunch together, walked home from school. That is about it.
 
Fyrefox said:
Oh yes, there were cliques in my suburban high school! 🧑‍🏫

The Jocks played one or more varsity sports, defined themselves in terms of it, and were given trophies at award assemblies every season. Although willing to die on the playing field, most were mediocre students as sports and related actIvities were their priority. 🏉

The Freaks were at the cutting edge of teen culture, knew every lyric to every teen anthem, dressed in the rebel style of the day, and considered themselves cool and “with it.” 🎸

The College Preps took school seriously, and worked towards getting every “A” grade that they could. Their subdivisions included geeks and nerds, as in “band geek.” 🔬

The Greasers were in remedial classes barely getting by, and loved cars and coarse humor. They could be found after school smoking by the railroad tracks…🚬
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Well Defined 😎
 
I remember having a great desire to be part of a group of girls at my high school who called themselves the "Kittenettes". They wore matching Angora sweaters on Fridays and they were "cooler than cool."

My chance of getting in the group was lower than 0. Cool, I wasn't. Smart, yes, and involved with a lot of school activities, yes, but "cool"? Nope.

Years later, when the Laverne and Shirley show featured their old high school group, "The Angora Debs", I laughed my head off. It was straight up accurate.
 
Was I in a clique? I didn't seek it out but I guess i was in a group of the "in crowd"; guys and gals who had tons more fun than anyone else in high school. That was the absolute best years of my life! Not because of any "group" but because we had so much FUN!
 

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