Teenage Stereotypes

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Teenage Stereotypes

In today's world, teens in schools across the country experience a culture that consists of social groups, such as cliques and stereotypes. Teens that are not aware of their clique but it represents people that have many relationships throughout a group relationship. Among the many relationships, certain ones are tighter and some are more general. Families make up a big part of any clique. This is the basis for more urban cliques rather than suburban schools and towns. This is good in some cases when the teen is experiencing tough decisions and difficulty with authority. The parents have someone to call if they're are having problems identifying exactly how and what the teen is feeling. Some parents have past experience in dealing with growing young men and women, in which they would share to others. In a way the parents of teens in cliques, may be in a clique of their own.
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Public schools in many urban and suburban areas have a "social clumping" that is formed from interaction of different cliques. This interaction causes various differences in style, dress, appearance and attitude. The groups that are formed may be banned with a stereotype in relation to this. In suburban public schools there are usually a small amount of cliques divided among a large amount of groups. Race, athletics, academics, and lifestyle are usually the basis for stereotypes. For example the extracurricular activities that include athletics are small and different groups of friends who interact together in sport. But the ...

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