Friday, November 26, 2010

When Things Get Better and Much Worse

I walked through the newly-recognized school alley with one of my pals leading my steps, as I waved and greeted my best friends from middle high and continue strolling. She stopped in front of an unknown classroom with tag 'X-6' in front of it. I knew what it meant, but I had no idea what it would lead me to. She rushed into the room through an already opened old, broken wooden door cheerfully, looked already making friends on her past couple of months ago. She introduced me to a group of girls who had been chatting along near the large whiteboard. I didn't pay much attention to the society. I just watched my surroundings, observing by myself what possibly could make my day and what I should probably stay away from, just because. I wearily smiled and tried to get along with the situation, but I'm not the best of a social animal.

I felt nothing. I went into the room again, sat in a cornered wooden chair by myself to try to adapt myself with this. The dirty classroom was obviously not taken care of the ignorant kids who studied there daily. The atmosphere was insanely stuffy. Only two platform fans were helping to make some air to breathe, they weren't even half helpful. Two girls in front of me were teasing and kidding each other like sisters, and they reminded me of my primary school buddies. I noticed there was a kind of boundary between them that would make them belong in the same league or society group. My chairmate was someone I was certain not sharing the same hobby as I did, but she apparently liked Linkin Park. While the girl who first led me here had been sitting with someone I didn't acknowledge.

I walked into the room again. This time, I picked a seat on an end of the room, the closest row from the front door but the farthest from the teacher's view. Beside me sat a plain, young girl who left her hometown to study here. She was actually nice, but much of a simpleton and didn't intend to make another new friend. That was pity because if I want to have a best friend in the class, it would be her. She was friendly, humble, and not a jerk.

My backpack weighted lighter that day. I walked into the classroom, greeting a few friends I saw had been coming early as they usually did. I took a seat on the second row, second column to the door. Some months being here had changed my entire school life. This period was the moment I got to know the boys more. Thus, at this point I'm ready to state my observation of the class' solidarity.

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In my senior year of middle high, my classmates knew and treated each other like siblings. There was never any dull moments. Though some girls grouped up into some particular people, as commonly differed as league or society group or stereotypes, we could actually get along with ANY of the classmates, and the boys never grouped.
Perhaps the habit of being together in a class makes me require every single one to be solid.

Now there are huge things to be fixed up before my current class become an ideal one, and I just freaking know it's gonna be hard. Just effing because.

First, the kids are perfectly grouped based on lifestyle and habits, which is, in my opinion, totally ridiculous. It's because their pattern of thinking is really subjective. There's this one group of girl who talk about boyfriends and girly stuffs. Cliche, I know, but I think this group would be all okay if they don't whine or mock people who aren't in their league every time. This impression brings every each of their own becoming some sort of stupid cornhead girls.

There's one group of girls who are religious. Nothing is wrong with them, except they just make other kids feel reluctant to interact with them because of their too-humble personality. The kids are apparently tolerate enough to avoid their bad habit affecting these almost-saint-like-girls. These girls also leave me impressions like they are always letting out a 'Don't disturb us with your troublesome manners!' aura, or to be short, their not-too-open behaviour gives me impression they're kinda... conceited. I know it's obviously wrong, but that's just the impression they put on me.

As for boys, they apparently grouped too. The difference is located in a dominant personality that lead the social group. Yes, lead. Unlike the girls', the boy groups have at least one dominant person who control the rest of the group members, Average Joes. Wow. The world really has been turned upside down.

Overall, the Average Joes are all the same, but the leader characters differ. There are Ambitious type, Jock type, Geek type, Gamer type, Nerd type, and... the names say. Though there is a few people who don't want to be in group, that includes myself, they're not as class-ruling as the ones in group are.

Last, but not least, I just wanna say: This sucks. I mean, we could at least break the barrier that differs us and parts us from each other. Where's the harm in that? I'm all concerned because some of the boys are attacking each other with provocative words, which I know they're not joking, and I thought boys have more logic than emotions working. I'm a newbie in the class, but don't think I can change how the wheel turns.