All About Cliques...

Almost everyday I hear a quote from the widely known and popular movie, Mean Girls. This movie shows how female high school social cliques operate, and the effect they can have on girls. Like we did in class today with the In- and Out- Groups, it all breaks down into judgments against one another. Like Cady, played by Lindsay Lohan, when she starts public school for the first time she feels like an outcast by sitting alone at lunch in the bathroom to not fitting in. But once the Plastics start to give her attention, they start to form her into someone she's not. Once she's in the in-group she is 'apart' of them. She has 'membership' in the group because of that she feels associated to them even if it means making fun of others and judging them based on looks or what group they are in and it becomes easier to do so. I don't think there is anyone who hasn't judged someone in their life. By coming from such a small school to a huge school really changed me. I didn't know a lot of people, or at least I thought I didn't until I came here. From sports that I played in house league (community) I realized I knew a lot of people, but quickly noticed not all were in the same 'group' or 'clique' here. Even though I have different in-groups, I still bond with them through what we like and what we do out of school. I think that Mean Girls really changed society and how others think because they nailed it on the head with the different cliques and how people judge, I see it everyday at school, even out of school. Society is shaped around our everyday life from news to magazines to celebrities, it never ends. We need to see past the judgements and see people for who they really are not just on how they look or how they dress, more on what you have in common with the other and see if you click*