Intro to "Who's In, Who's Out?"

For this assignment, our class read an article titled “High School’s Secret Life” by Emily White. While read this piece I was able to relate to White’s experiences and to make connections to my own life. Before writing a response for my classmates to read, I first thought about how I could relate to White’s feelings and imagine her experiencing “tribes” in high school. I used my critical thinking skills to analyze why certain kids form cliques with other and what makes some fit in or not in a certain group. As I said in my writing, “similar to Emily White’s definition of the social gatherings in the cafeteria, I can also the center of my high school universe being the cafeteria. In particular I remember this being the place where rumors would fly and teasing would begin.” After this analyze, I reflected on how my experience was also different from White’s.