Sunday, September 6, 2009
"The Freaks and Geeks" of Stevenson
In Stevenson, the cliques are not nearly as confrontational as in "Freaks and Geeks." Being a TV series, they had to over-dramatize the conflicts between the groups, kind of like Greasers vs. Socs. At Stevenson, there's no group each person is trapped in like F&G's makes it seem like. There are jocks, nerds, alternative-stylers, rockers, sports-fans, sportards, people who like Aerosmith, people who don't like Aerosmith :|, floaters, and many more. I consider myself a "floater" because I float between a few of those groups, and am not really permanently grounded anywhere. Stevenson is such a massive school that no group has a significantly larger number of bodies than another, and no groups have much power. Well, except for the teachers, but that is a given in most high schools. In a way, it's nice that Stevenson is as enormous as it is, because that makes the kind of diversity we have here possible.
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I absolutely agree that Stevenson is way to big to be divided like Freaks and Geeks. I think the term "floater" is an excellent way to put it, and I'd probably put myself in that group as well. By the way your music is sweeeeet.
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