Personal Narrative: Remember High School

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Remember High school. Each person had their own group of people of close friends. Each day you would have eight total periods a day, including lunch and that one random class to make sure you have your arts and english classes passed before graduation. The only real time you had any time that was not about school was when there were assemblies and activities such as Prom/Homecoming or basketball games. The assemblies were always either something related to regulation, such as bullying or drug prevention, or a celebration for basketball/football. Most the time they are not even participating in major celebrations like state; they are just promoting the big game. When was the last time any assembly was about celebrating the choir going to state or drama club selling out and being reviewed in the newspaper. The sports players were the ones with all the recognition. The same aspect comes into play in life. So much recognition is given to singer or sports players. There is very little recognition for the person who came up with the …show more content…

People from the start of high school, and even before, have a reputation of people must be “popular” or a “geek”. The “poplars” are people who are the ones who play sports. They are the active students in the school. In high school the “populars” are the people who are always chosen for school government and prom queen/king. With this type of popularity those students can do no wrong. The other side of the spectrum are the “geeks”. The geeks are known to only be able to comprehend the books. They are always studying and non-sociable. Even though they have the knowledge for the activity, they are usually not chosen for school government. They are not popular enough to even be considered for prom king/queen. Of course these are all stereotypes; the problem is some people believe these stereotypes. Believing these stereotypes causes some students to develop an