High school is an interesting place. Not just an interesting place, but a place full of hordes of rowdy boys filled to the mouth with testosterone and dishonest, complicated girls who will twirl their classmates of the opposite sex around their finger at will. A place where athletes become stars or are broken. A place where Hollywood stars and the talented voices of future radio singers dominate the stage of their auditorium. It's a place where tears flow down school toilets, where the real world begins to open its doors to future adults, and where seniors play pranks not only on freshmen but also on staff. All the moments experienced in high school generally take place between friends; people with corresponding interests and activities. Pretty girls strut with other pretty girls, athletes chill with other athletes, and math geeks hang out with other math geeks. The concept is simple; people who look similar hang out with each other. The term clique emerged as the dominant term used to refer to a particular group of individuals. For some students, cliques can be intimidating and, in some cases, can completely divide a high school. Two contradictory questions then arise: is having a school where everyone knows each other a good thing? Or are cliques beneficial and just preparation for the real world? To better understand cliques, I’m going to shed some light on what exactly a clique is. Every high school student can be found in one of three clique categories: troublemakers, nerds, and popular kids. Nerds have by far the largest category, while popular kids have the smallest group and the troublemakers group is right in the middle in terms of size. So even though nerds have... middle of paper...... for a kid to go to high school afraid of another classmate. It's not fair for a child to be made fun of because they love playing video games. It's not fair for a child to be made fun of because they weren't born with an athletic bone in their body. High school is for kids to have one last fun before life gets serious. There is some confusion around the word “cliques” when referring to high school. Some people have the best times of their lives in high school. Others suffer daily torment and loneliness. Whatever the verdict of the cliques, the school can be improved and the kids can learn to get along. I'm not saying that athletes and trainers should become best friends with nerds, but they don't have to victimize them. For decades, high schools have built these cliques to separate themselves. Hopefully one day the cliques can be abolished or reorganized.