Stereotypes In Highschool

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Highschool can be a rough place, especially when you’re trying to find out where you fit into the mess. Everybody seems to have their group of people. They have cliques that are filled with people just like them. This system may seem ideal. You find people like yourself and stick with them. This especially can be seen in the cafeteria.
During lunch, people segregate themselves into groups based on stereotypes. As can be seen in the highly accurate map of our cafeteria above, each group is labeled with a common denominator among those seated there. With the given labels, assumptions can be made about who sits there. However, these assumptions could very well just be stereotypes. Take the table labeled “Jocks” for example. A person seeing this

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