Instead of blaming blood-spilling video games and parental neglect, students have special insight to a possible root of student violence the lack of tolerance for individuality. In high school, being different can be a student s ticket to exclusion. Students judge each other too fast. Sophomore Lindey Anderson believes student exclu- sion can lead to the fatal violence responsible for the recent sweep of fear in schools across the country.
Cliques have a huge influence on high school life.
The jocks, the skaters, the preps, the thespians each have their own role to play. However, cliques are not entirely exclusive. I have been called a prep, but I associate with all kinds of people. Although there is a clear, though stereotypical, definition of each clique, there s no real friction between groups at according to senior Tiffany Rose. They just have different interests.