High School Never Ends......

4 Years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the (total *****)
All the Stuck-up Chicks
So superficial, so immature

Then When you graduate,
Ya take a look around and you say "Hey Wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from,
I thought it was over, Aw that's just great.

These are lyrics from Bowling For Soups "High School Never Ends". And I think it's totally appropriate for this blog. I've always heard that life is just like High School. In school you've got the athletes, the rich kids, the brainiacs, the goths, the druggies, the loners etc. etc. In the work force you still have some of those groups- it's all still very cliquey and you can't really stop it. Our school is so big that there really isn't a "popular group" but there are definite cliques. You can still look at a group and say they're athletic, they're rich, they're druggies. I think there is just a lot more groups within each category so no one group can prevail. I think high school is where you learn your place and I don't mean that in a rigid way, but I think that's where you gain your sense of self. People that are, for lack of better term, the "hotshots" are going to go into the workforce with that kind of cocky confidence that will probably get them quickly promoted and on their way to success. But the kid that's sort of socially awkward, that doesn't really have too many friends, will be more passive, have less confidence when walking into a job and will probably be overlooked. It's just the sad reality, that starts in high school. Think back to the Beavis and Barbie- who's going to get the passing grade- Barbie because she is nice, smart, pretty, comes from a good family, etc. She's not that way on accident, that is something that is affected by class.

I don't think moving up in class would bother me as much as moving down would. I mean we are always looking up, so it is obvious and I'm pretty sure I speak for almost everyone when I say I wouldn't mind moving up in class. But moving down, that would bother me for sure. I have an example too. I work 12-18 hours a week and I've always loved making and having my own money to spend. I had a pretty good amount of money but after the holidays my bank account took a hit and I haven't really been able to recover. I was so used to spending my money without a care, but now I think twice before I go out to eat with friends or before I go shopping or whatever. And yes I know, I have the cushy comfort of my family behind me so I'm really not going down in class, but not having as much money as you once have is difficult, you have to change some of the choices you make.

Class isn't going away, yes everyone says it's against the American Way, but is it really? I don't really think so, I think being elite is the American way, so isn't that basically what Class is. It's one group that is more "elite" then the other. Class in the real world and class in high schools isn't going to change- high school is only the beginning.