Be afraid. Be very afraid. Wipe that goofy smile off your face. Whether you know it or not, that clawing, itching, quaking sensation seething beneath your skin is the feeling churning inside

you every time someone of a superior clique comes rumbling down the halls, a contemptuous sneer playing on his lips. But whatever you do, keep that fear under wraps. You do not need to be shoved into your locker or called derisive names again.

Cliques in high schools are a microcosm of a society dominated by hierarchies. Look around. It is hard to find one fully united school, devoid of the intricate social castes. In the wake of the

now-infamous Columbine High School shooting, society was mercilessly slapped with the harsh effects of cliques, and temporarily forced to reexamine the complicated social hierarchy that confronts students during their most formative years.

As much of a tragedy as it was, few fail to see and perhaps, understand it from the point of view of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two suspects. Yes, they do have names. They were

not entirely the vile, violent, inhuman maniacs that society has ca

dissatisfaction. On the same note, these kids who feel that wave of powerlessness and rejection from social circles are more apt to do the horrible things that humanity drops its mouth open at. Driven to the point of insanity after being mercilessly taunted, humiliated, harassed and degraded every single day, it takes just one more little spark to set it all off. After all, human beings are not wired for abuse.

consistently-packed weekend social calendar. Cliques were born with the invention of high school over sixty years ago. Perhaps as a result, we have grown up with and become so accustomed to the social apartheid that we have even embraced its power to deny people of an ideal childhood.

The Pain and Suffering of Not Having Popular Friends is another object cliques focus on. The lines start blurring for a small percentage of the high school population. Those swimming in this minority are classified as "whatever". Seemingly faceless, personality-less, displaced people

cliques. There are few schools that deviate from the social moldings of Columbine High School. Columbine is Anyschool in Anytown.

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