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Classism In High School

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It hit me hard when I saw the young high school student ridiculing the students passing by. It's hard for me to fathom that I've done the same thing, except their was someone videotaping her and she seemed to be totally fine with everything she was saying. I experience classism everyday, especially now that I am in high school. Kids in elementary and middle school are not the same as they are now. Not everyone at Chase high school is mean, and majority I would say are kind hearted people. I see many teens say things like, "she wears the same thing everyday" or "she thinks she's all that because she drives a beamer". You get ridiculed if you're poor and you get ridiculed if you're rich. Sounds fair, right? Belonging to certain classes allows
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