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The Importance Of Stereotypes
Eighth grade alone has ninety-four kids, each kid belongs to some kind of group. Personally, it does not matter what group you fall under, if I like you then we can be friends. Other people may think that if we are not in the same group we cannot be friends, that is where the hate comes from, kids who get rejected from the other groups get made fun of and that makes them feel unworthy and they start to feel anger towards those people. Looking around I notice that the group I hang out with is always matching and wears the big name brands such as; Nike, Under Armour, Adidas, Buckle, etc. Noticing some of the other groups I have seen people wear clothes that have holes in them and are ragged, then there are the groups that wear what they think is comfortable or looks nice. Disregarding girls, I have kept an eye out on how people do their hair, a lot of boys actually do their hair, but in a variety of ways. I have seen them with hair swept to the side, spiked up, or just not done at all. Sure when someone has a crush they act totally different when …show more content…
Maybe not for the same reason as there is now but I think there would be conflicts from the boys liking some of the same girls. All girls would be a lot different because the girls are different than guys. I think that the girls would split up due to some argument and have two different groups. From what I have seen with my sister and her friends is that if they do not agree then they will get upset and defensive and that makes them dislike each other so they split up. Girls are more rational than guys in certain situations, in this scenario I think the girls would have handled it better but I am not sure that they would have survived as long for one simple reason, some girls will not kill an animal and most do not know how. I am not saying all girls but a majority of girls are too sensitive to kill an innocent
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