9 Weeks with Freaks and Geeks

The groups in the T.V. show "Freaks and Geeks" play different roles in the high school. Lindsey, the rebel, is questioning her identity, so she wears her dad's army jacket. This jacket is used to help Lindsey fit in with the burn-outs. She slowly drifts away from her best friend, who is symbolic of the person that Lindsey used to be. The smoking patio is for the people who don't want to be at school, and the "Mathletes" is a group of people who don't seem to fit in with the high school. As a "camp person," I can totally relate to people who are "cliquey." At the beginning of the summer, people from all over the world come to pre-camp not knowing anyone. Some of the staff members had never even been to America before coming to camp! During the week, the staff members are forced to step out of their comfort zones and meet people right away, so they have friends for the summer. Although everyone introduces themselves, cliques begin to form immediately. People who teach the same activity or come from the same country make connections right away and isolate themselves from the rest of the staff. My group of friends consist of people who were campers, like me. We, as the junior counselors, isolated ourselves from the rest of the staff because we were not old enough to make connections with them, and we were too comfortable with ourselves to branch out and develop relationships with the other staff members. Today's society makes it seem like the person who knows the most people will be "on top." People should have many groups of friends, but in my opinion, cliques are acceptable in society because they give people a "niche" of close friends that they can depend on.