Could this just be tight friendships with thick boundaries, or a secret club of friends? No, none of the above,
they are school cliques. Defined, a clique is when a group of kids who hang out together won’t allow
others individuals to join in. This epidemic of the dreaded school cliques has become a more prominent and
extensive within the school walls, A fear of any new student. This trend of students entering certain groups to their liking, then denying other students from joining has become widespread and prominent. Kids who get into cliques usually want the appearance of being popular and cool. Sometimes kids think that belonging to a clique will stop them from feeling left out or belonging somewhere. Some kids feel more powerful when they are mean to other people, or feel superior. Possibilities of cliques being more dangerous is being the ending result that they have to give up some freedoms and maybe even change the kind of people they are or what kind of clothes they wear and the music they listen to.
Cliques present a possible new trend of kids gaining an unhealthy superiority trait rather than boosting confidence. As children grow and mature to new levels, they experience many biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional changes. Along with these developments, come changes in their social interactions within the environment. In the article Social Life in Middle and High School: Dealing With Cliques and Bullies,” teenagers begin to develop more advanced interpersonal relationships, and peer approval and acceptance becomes more important. In the high school adolescent years peer relationships become even more critical”. This period for adolescents has proven to a challenge because of social boundaries and obstacles preventing new relationships.
The problem with cliques is that the group can easily take an individual’s identity away. Differences with groups of interest and cliques is that it is organized around power and popularity. Leaders of such groups often are charismatic and controlling. Ending in the individual being confused about who they are, and their true potential.
Teenagers are becoming more adapt to the self-proclaimed image of popularity. The strategy of becoming popular seems to become part of the “Cool Crowd”. In the article Cliques in Schools (High School),” 1.While friendship circles can be healthy and made up of people who share common interests, a clique can be something entirely different. A clique is a group of friends that often has the following characteristics: extreme control over the members of the group, and inflexible exit from the group”. Cliques present an unhealthy hazard to the student body by giving a few students the false idea of fitting in. In the article Social Life in Middle and High School: Dealing With Cliques and Bullies by Joshua Mandel, said,” Cliques can be hostile to other kids and other cliques. In some cases clique members can become nasty to outsiders by putting them down, using teasing, taunting, backstabbing, and even violence”. Cliques have been shown to blur individuality and prevent others from with members of other groups. Being a part of cliques require some conformity in attitude, behavior, and appearance leaving the certain individual incapable of growing their personal image. General Victims of the Cliques disease show characteristics of being less inclined to fight back or be assertive leaving this dreadful scourge to spread rather than shrink. Cliques are giving teenagers the wrong idea of creating relationships. Instead of creating bonds through interests and friendship, it rotates around the pseudo idea of being the “Cool Kids”.
This problem of secluding others and creating boundaries needs to end. School Administration and teachers are the forces of the schools that can best counteract this by promoting pro-social behavior, and better defining the differences between bullying and clique conflicts. It is also up to the new generation to set an image of openness and willingness to make friends beyond social boundaries. This not only results in longer-lasting friendships, but leaving the dreaded Clique fiend in the dust.
they are school cliques. Defined, a clique is when a group of kids who hang out together won’t allow
others individuals to join in. This epidemic of the dreaded school cliques has become a more prominent and
extensive within the school walls, A fear of any new student. This trend of students entering certain groups to their liking, then denying other students from joining has become widespread and prominent. Kids who get into cliques usually want the appearance of being popular and cool. Sometimes kids think that belonging to a clique will stop them from feeling left out or belonging somewhere. Some kids feel more powerful when they are mean to other people, or feel superior. Possibilities of cliques being more dangerous is being the ending result that they have to give up some freedoms and maybe even change the kind of people they are or what kind of clothes they wear and the music they listen to.
Cliques present a possible new trend of kids gaining an unhealthy superiority trait rather than boosting confidence. As children grow and mature to new levels, they experience many biological, cognitive, and socio-emotional changes. Along with these developments, come changes in their social interactions within the environment. In the article Social Life in Middle and High School: Dealing With Cliques and Bullies,” teenagers begin to develop more advanced interpersonal relationships, and peer approval and acceptance becomes more important. In the high school adolescent years peer relationships become even more critical”. This period for adolescents has proven to a challenge because of social boundaries and obstacles preventing new relationships.
The problem with cliques is that the group can easily take an individual’s identity away. Differences with groups of interest and cliques is that it is organized around power and popularity. Leaders of such groups often are charismatic and controlling. Ending in the individual being confused about who they are, and their true potential.
Teenagers are becoming more adapt to the self-proclaimed image of popularity. The strategy of becoming popular seems to become part of the “Cool Crowd”. In the article Cliques in Schools (High School),” 1.While friendship circles can be healthy and made up of people who share common interests, a clique can be something entirely different. A clique is a group of friends that often has the following characteristics: extreme control over the members of the group, and inflexible exit from the group”. Cliques present an unhealthy hazard to the student body by giving a few students the false idea of fitting in. In the article Social Life in Middle and High School: Dealing With Cliques and Bullies by Joshua Mandel, said,” Cliques can be hostile to other kids and other cliques. In some cases clique members can become nasty to outsiders by putting them down, using teasing, taunting, backstabbing, and even violence”. Cliques have been shown to blur individuality and prevent others from with members of other groups. Being a part of cliques require some conformity in attitude, behavior, and appearance leaving the certain individual incapable of growing their personal image. General Victims of the Cliques disease show characteristics of being less inclined to fight back or be assertive leaving this dreadful scourge to spread rather than shrink. Cliques are giving teenagers the wrong idea of creating relationships. Instead of creating bonds through interests and friendship, it rotates around the pseudo idea of being the “Cool Kids”.
This problem of secluding others and creating boundaries needs to end. School Administration and teachers are the forces of the schools that can best counteract this by promoting pro-social behavior, and better defining the differences between bullying and clique conflicts. It is also up to the new generation to set an image of openness and willingness to make friends beyond social boundaries. This not only results in longer-lasting friendships, but leaving the dreaded Clique fiend in the dust.