In pretty much every high school setting I've seen from the US in movies and shows, everyone seems to fit into one of a few clicks. Nerds, Jocks, that sort of thing.
But, that can't be a real thing, can it?
When I was in highschool, I was the biggest Star Trek nerd in the whole school. When it came to the shows and the movies, I knew everything there was to know about it. I was 'that guy' who got into a heated debate with the big Star Wars fanboy over which was better and why, or who would win in a fight. I also had skin problems which caused me to need anti-biotics for years because of acne, which made me the second palest person in our school for 3 of the 5 years I was there (our school system has 7-11 as our high school years). I was also into anime and was the head of the school anime club the last year I was there.
I was also on the football team, and head of one of our three curling teams.
Thing is, apart from two people, of the 400 people in my grade at the time (we all knew each other on some level) everyone was pretty much the result of two or more of the traditional social circles we see in American movies smashed together in about even levels, and pretty much everyone had at least some people in all groups within their circle of friends.
I could list other things which make the image used for high school seem odd, like our football team captain being the biggest weeaboo I'd ever met (until I went to CEGEP and saw how deep that rabbit hole could go) or how our best hockey player was a massive fantasy lover who could tell you anything about Lord of the Rings or Elder Scrolls and owned pretty much everything of both, but listing every example would mean basically mentioning everyone I knew.
So are those social circles a real thing in America? If so, why and how? If not, why are they the pretty much only way high school is shown?
But, that can't be a real thing, can it?
When I was in highschool, I was the biggest Star Trek nerd in the whole school. When it came to the shows and the movies, I knew everything there was to know about it. I was 'that guy' who got into a heated debate with the big Star Wars fanboy over which was better and why, or who would win in a fight. I also had skin problems which caused me to need anti-biotics for years because of acne, which made me the second palest person in our school for 3 of the 5 years I was there (our school system has 7-11 as our high school years). I was also into anime and was the head of the school anime club the last year I was there.
I was also on the football team, and head of one of our three curling teams.
Thing is, apart from two people, of the 400 people in my grade at the time (we all knew each other on some level) everyone was pretty much the result of two or more of the traditional social circles we see in American movies smashed together in about even levels, and pretty much everyone had at least some people in all groups within their circle of friends.
I could list other things which make the image used for high school seem odd, like our football team captain being the biggest weeaboo I'd ever met (until I went to CEGEP and saw how deep that rabbit hole could go) or how our best hockey player was a massive fantasy lover who could tell you anything about Lord of the Rings or Elder Scrolls and owned pretty much everything of both, but listing every example would mean basically mentioning everyone I knew.
So are those social circles a real thing in America? If so, why and how? If not, why are they the pretty much only way high school is shown?