<p>So this isn't about academics, but I was just wondering if a "popular" crowd is still a typical stereotype in high school. I just saw the movie "Mean Girls" and I thought it was funny, but it totally did not reflect the type of girls and students at my school. Are the popular girls at your high schools stuck up and mean? And do the guys bully all the geeks/less popular kids? I dunno if it's because I go to a Catholic school, or if it's because I live in San Francisco, but almost all the kids at my school are nice and friendly. Almost all the girls are cool and friendly, and the guys make fun of each other in a light way but they don't terrorize each other. How is it at your school?</p>
<p>Most, if not all, of high school movies are unrealistic. There is not one popular crowd in my school, and there is no one that stands out and all the student body knows.</p>
<p>My school definitely has a MASS (not a group) of people who are "popular" but there is not one leader or anything. I'm in Socal so they look like anybody in Laguna Beach. Nobody bullies anybody else but they're definitely not..nice...haha. So my school is more like Mean Girls than yours, but there aren't any Plastics or anything.</p>
<p>There is definitely not a popular crowd. There are too many people for everyone to know everyone, but there are groups of like the skaters, the stuck-up girls, band, the "gangstas", and whatever. I don't know where I sit. I guess the quasi-smart people table, but not really.</p>
<p>.-_-.</p>
<p>It's more prevalent in "middle" size schools, when people know who each other are but aren't close to all of them. It used to be a little like that in middle school here, really horrible stuff went on.
When a high school is either really big or really small, it's not usually the case. Either it's because there's too many people to form distinct popular groups or small enough that everyone bonds together.</p>
<p>I go to a Catholic School as well and everybody seems nice. Everyone has their own group of friends so nobody really makes fun or anybody else or cares about anybody else's friends. But, I know of other Catholic schools that have a bunch of those popular crowds and from what I hear they do not treat other well, I'm do glad I don't go to those schools because I hate drama.</p>
<p>theres a popular crowd i guess but theres like the nice people and the not so nice people ..no one will actually bully others but girls have subtle ways of doing it...pretty much all girls are guilty of it.....</p>
<p>we dont have a popular crowd but many consider the "rich smart good looking crowd" the popular crowd</p>
<p>i go to a catholic school w/ about750 students, and its kinda cliquey... there is this group that thinks they are straight out of mean girls, but everyone else pretty much ignores them and sticks to themselves
although, once you get to know people in other groups you realize that everyone is a fairly decent person (with the possible exception of the "mean girls" group)</p>
<p>well I wasn't really asking if there was a "plastics" group or a one girl leader at other high schools. I guess I just mean people in general in high school. Yea I COMPLETELY agree with you because people at my Catholic school are extremely cliquey. But even if they're cliquey, they're still very nice with anybody they talk to even if it's a nerd or freak whatever. I guess I meantly meant white girls and white guys (no offense). I mean I have met mean girls/guys, but that was only because they were from the ghettos, therefore they were ignorant and uneducated. But yea pretty much all the girls and guys at my school are pretty friendly, but cliquey.</p>
<p>my school is 4-12 and we dont have a popular group at all, everyone just hangs out with their own groups. theres lots of drama though grr</p>
<p>Yeah, I think to a point it's true in my case. Of course, it's Hollywood, so, it's an highly unrealistic portrayal of American highschools. But, as the years go on, I find myself less concerned with it. I just don't really care. But, when I think about it, highschool is pretty cliquish in general.</p>
<p>Hollywood? That's cool, how's the area? I was thinking of living in Hollywood if I go to a college in LA</p>
<p>We don't really have a popular groups and I haven't seen any bullying at all.</p>