Like a chain reaction, her device went off and suddenly the rest of the student bodies did as well. Trigonometry had a strict no device policy, which meant she couldn’t check hers, although she could feel the stares of everyone in the class and the whispers that accompanied them. In a world much like the one we find ourselves in today, yet incredibly technologically advanced, lived a system. A system in place by the government which categorizes people by popularity, using numbers. A device is given to you when you are five years of age, that is when it begins. Much like a smartphone, but thinner and for one use only, it controlled how people in the world saw you. All in one it had a phone option, a messaging service, a camera and the app …show more content…
-Samantha She rolled her eyes, Samantha was only a six and wasn’t allowed into her favorite coffee shop which requires a seven. She did not answer Samantha, as she herself would not have imagined being caught dead with only a six. Her locker, at the far end of the school, was where her and all her other friends ranked as a seven and equally obsessed with their ratings hung out. They all gleamed with satisfaction always, as everyone in West End wanted to be them. Samantha appeared out of nowhere, to which the conversations all stopped, as they all did not know why Samantha was in their area. “I can’t believe you wouldn’t text me back!” “Well Samantha-” “No, you’re so caught up in your own world you can’t even give me an answer. I thought you were nicer than this. We have been friends since we were three, but all of sudden when you became a seven, you forgot about poor old six Sam.” She was taken aback to say the least, no one had ever called her out on her behaviour before. “Come on,” she spoke softly, “you’re just being like psycho or something.” All her friends laughed with her, belittling Samantha. Little did the group of seven’s know, Samantha struggled with mental health …show more content…
Whitley, it was at a 5.6 a minute ago I swear!” “I’m sorry, but the people have spoken. You must leave immediately. I will be transferring you to South End, where you can finish your studies.” He spoke with no remorse. “South End? What the hell? I can’t go to South End, that school is for losers, for the people who are just above the popularity line. Mr. Whitley , you cannot send me there!” Getting worked up, tears fell from her eyes as Mr. Whitley called for security. The large officer, rated a 6, grabbed her flailing arms and covered her screaming mouth. Mr. Whitley turned his chair around, as a muffled “fuck you” left her mouth and entered his ears. She arrived at home an hour later and to her surprise all her things were waiting for her on the porch. She was confused to say the least. Banging on the door, their nanny, Marley, only a mere four answered her knocks. “Marley let me into my home.” “I’m sorry Miss, I cannot do that. I am on strict orders from your parents to never let you back into this house.” Marley paused, snickering, “unless of course your rating got higher than mine.” “So this is what this is about? My own family? Disowning me? And for what, a stupid fricken number?” The door shut in her face, her blood boiling with rage. She had entered somewhat of a downward spiral, or as her mother would say, losing her
The six students met near the part of town where Howleen’s incident occurred. “Are you sure we wanna be out here?” Jackson asked nervously. “This is a really bad part of town.”
In Michael Lehmann’s facetious Heathers, various characters display their perspectives on the complications and difficulties of navigating the dynamics of adolescence. The teenage years are known throughout American culture to be some of the most trying times in one’s life. The pressures of fitting in, being popular, and feeling loved can become so important to teens, often close to obsessions. JD is someone who sees the falsehood behind these needs and looks down on those who epitomize them. While shown in an exaggerated form, JD’s animosity towards those in the popular clique reveals itself to the extreme.
It was the summer after eighth grade, a year of pretty terrible bullying at a brand new school. I had just lost touch with my best friends-- the kids I’d known since Kindergarten-- and once I became a target, I was blacklisted and was abandoned by the new friends I’d made. My parents didn’t know I was bullied or that I was struggling with very severe depression and anxiety and, honestly, they didn’t try very hard to figure out what was going on. Much like Melinda’s parents, they responded with anger, frustration, and a deficiency of compassion. So I struggled; I was hurting and alone with nobody to talk to.
This can be connected to Sartell High School’s system as well. Though Sartell does not have such a drastic case, there is no denying that the school has both popular kids and wallflowers. The athletes are typically the respected kids at Sartell but the club members are the respected ones at Grace Hall. Acceptance into clubs in “Reconstructing Amelia” can easily be compared to Sartell’s royalty tradition. In order to get into a club at Grace Hall, one needs to be selected by his or her peers.
"Listen, everyone here is used to your magic. Apophis...not so much." I didn't know whether to be insulted or not. "Used to my magic? what's that supposed to mean?"
Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak reveals a lot about the main character’s psychological state through their emotions, behaviours and feelings. The main character, Melinda Sordino is a high school freshman year (grade 9) student who is disliked by everyone around her. All she wants is to be happy, which in Melinda’s point of view is “being accepted by [her] friends” (7). Melinda is constantly blamed by the students of Merry Weather High because she called the police at an end of school summer party. Melinda tries her best to ignore all the hurtful comments, she believes that no one will ever believe her if she told the truth as to what really happened the night she decided to call the police.
Youth can feel like their ideas and thoughts are nothing because of this, which can lead to self-esteem issues. In The Misfits, Addie is treated with little respect by the teachers and principal even though she had great ideas. “‘Trouble?’ Addie goes. ‘for what?
One Saturday morning, five students attended detention in the library at Shermer High School. Each student represented a different clique and high school personality. Claire Standish is the popular girl in school with parent’s who buy her whatever she wants. Andy Clark is the champion wrestler with a bright athletic future. Brian Johnson is the smart kid in school who never gets anything lower than an A. Allison Reynolds is the misunderstood outcast who is often times ignored.
While they were pulling the girls, I was chasing after a ball on the school’s oval. Naïve baby me, with dreams of high school popularity by captaining the football team. Little did I know popularity at Barrymore Rose Private School did not come because of your talent, but because of your
“Spend a little more time trying to make something of yourself and a little less time trying to impress people.” – The Breakfast Club This is only one of the well-loved quotes from director John Hughes’s 1985 classic “The Breakfast Club”. It’s a film that follows a story where five different teenagers have been sentenced to a Saturday in detention. The five main characters represent typical stereotypes in a high school environment. Coming into detention, they are expected to write an essay about “who they think they are”; but during this film, we come to see that each character has a deeper struggle than what can be seen during school.
Incidents such as Rex’s and Rose Mary’s very public argument led to many neighbors questioning their abilities to raise 4 children. This incident led Jeanette’s mother to dangle from a second story window while her father attempted to pull her back inside. Every time something seemingly unpleasant occurred, her parents had a way to either ignore it or intertwine it into their grand future plan of a never-ending adventurous life. Despite facing many hardships, Jeanette believed that her father was a genius. While her life may seem to be depressing to most, she thought that it was spontaneous and adventure filled.
On the first day of school she notices how everyone fits into a category, everyone except her. She states, “I am Outcast.” (Anderson, 4), when she realizes she fits nowhere. No one wants to be her friend, or at least that’s how she feels. Whenever someone tries to get talk to her, to be her friend, she tells herself, “Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say,” (Anderson, 9).
Looking through the eyes of her classmates, Melinda is a social reject, a freak, a target. “The girl behind me jams her knees onto my back…the girl with the arrested brother…yanks my hair…”(29). In a feeble attempt to get revenge, two students used childish antics to get their message of anger across to Melinda. They expressed their resentment for Melinda for ruining a party, but their actions had been influenced by a tiny puzzle piece of information that they had believed to be the bigger picture. They neither witnessed nor asked what happened to Melinda as to why she called the police during the party.
Jack finished up his round of questions with Rochelle, trying to move things along to get her out of his office before she began crying in earnest. Once the questions were over, he shook her hand firmly and asked whether or not she had a ride home for the evening. “Oh, yes,” Rochelle said, blowing her nose loudly in the same tissue she had had clenched in her fist this entire meeting. “Shelby, my neighbor, is waiting for me outside.”
This movie digs deep into the role of high school stereotyping, but still keeps a warm comedic feel to it. At the start of the movie, each character has there own “clique” they are apart of. While in detention the characters