One of the reasons I really like my high school is because we don't have many cliques. I know that sounds corny and cheesy to say so, but we really don't. I mean, of course we have certain areas of the lunchroom designated for certain groups - the stoners in one corner, the wrestlers in another, and the football players by the candy counter - but as a whole people are mixing without too much thought put into what they look like when they talk to that person, as is stereotypically teenager to think. There are lunch tables with guys dressed all in black, girls in frilly pink dresses, guys in football jerseys, and girls who always carry around books for extra reading, all sitting there talking unconcernedly and laughing at whatever ridiculous thing our vice principal has just done. I myself am friends with people from every afore-mentioned stereotype (which isn't to say that my friends fit into only one specific stereotype but you know what I mean). (And I'm only referring to lunch so much because that's when we have the most free rein, obviously.)
But what I'm mostly wanting to vent about a bit is that fact that my homeschool friends, who pride themselves on being so anti-stereotypical (?), are more stereotypical in this respect than are my public school friends! They're actually more exclusive in their groupings, which was a surprise to me when I first realized that. And none more so than the two I hang out with most. They have reeeally high standards and thankfully I meet them, because if I didn't I'd be missing out on friendships with two really awesome people. But for those poor unfortunate people who don't meet their standards, well...let's just say they're not part of the group. I feel sorry for the people that don't have groups, or that are afraid to mingle between different groups.
I really hope I don't come as excluding, because I try not to be.
