We tend to think that everyone in EBHS is pretty similar. After all, we all live in the same place and go to the same school. What are the ways in which we differ from each other?
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I don't think that the fact that we all go to the same school makes us similar. It is just a fact. We all have different interests, such as different types of sports, movies, and music. The student body itself is made up of people with different ethnicities and backgrounds, and it is what makes EBHS so diverse in the first place, I think.
So location doesn't = connections? What about that we're from New Jersey, or the East Coast, or the USA?
The fact that we all live on the East Coast provides us with a similar background. Location does matter, because I'm sure that we would behave and think differently if we lived in the south or on the west coast. chudio is right in saying that our personal interests separate us into groups. Different nationalities and backgrounds also make us unique. While we are all different in many ways; our school, town, and state unites us in a significant way.
I like to say that students who go to EBHS are similar in the area in location, and probably other areas like family wealth, but in general we are all different. If you walk into lunch, you can tell we are different. We all sit in different groups of people with similar likes and dislikes in those groups. Our School is like a box of chocolates: we are all chocolates, but we all are different KINDS of chocolates.
I like to say that students who go to EBHS are similar in the area in location, and probably other areas like family wealth, but in general we are all different. If you walk into lunch, you can tell we are different. We all sit in different groups of people with similar likes and dislikes in those groups. Our School is like a box of chocolates: we are all chocolates, but we all are different KINDS of chocolates.
We tend to think that everyone in EBHS is pretty similar. After all, we all live in the same place and go to the same school. What are the ways in which we differ from each other?
Despite the general consensus that EBHS and even East Brunswick lacks diversity, there are many differences that exist throughout. Some of the most obvious ways in which we differ are age and gender. We have separate facilities (bathrooms, locker rooms) for men and women due to the differences between the two groups. The staff is for the most part much older than the students at the school, and also has its own separate facilities (bathrooms, faculty rooms). Aside from those, we also have many different races and an age difference within the two general age groups (students and staff). It is notable that generally, students tend to get along better with those of the same or similar racial background as them, thus forming social groups based on race.
Younger teachers are generally more liked by students, but may be looked down upon by other teachers for being unprofessional. While some may think that the more experienced a teacher is the better, after a teacher has obtained their tenure, they may exhibit a less pleasing performance than before. The teacher might become a strict unfair grader or become a laid back “cool” teacher (which may or may not be a good thing).
Students can also be broken down into further social groups which include preps, jocks, goths, and others that each has their own stereotyped fashion sense, music tastes, activities, and social behavior. For example, preps are oftentimes stereotyped as “attention whores,” emos are thought of as anti-social, jocks enjoy sports, punks like punk rock, Asians are less likely to socialize with others outside their racial group, etc.
Teachers are naturally separated into groups based on their department of teaching, meaning that they are able to socialize with those with similar teaching interests as them, for example, the Science department would enjoy talking to each other about science. Many think that the English department has much more fun than the Math department due to the fact that students generally find English class and English teachers more enjoyable than Math class and Math teachers, which may or may not be true.
The different groups in our school also have a power relation with each other. Mr. Murphy has the most de jure power, followed by the vice principals, the teacher bosses, and then the teachers (something like that). The seniors have privileges that the juniors and sophomores do not. There is also de facto power distribution in our school, where certain groups have psychological power over others. Apart from the privileges, seniors are perceived as superior to juniors who are superior to sophomores. There are cases in which a group may have more de jure power but less de facto power than others. For example, almost all substitutes lack the psychological power to control a class (or simply don’t care) because of the general consensus that substitutes are all like this, and the fact that most actually are like this and need to take public speaking classes and receive proper training and screening (almost all substitutes would get fired if the classes they substitutes were properly reviewed).
Whether or not one perceives EBHS as diverse depends on one’s own definition of diversity. Each person has their own classifications of how diverse certain bodies of peoples are. They will have an idea of what would be too uniform and what would be too diverse (we need to relate with others, after all). Thus, one will not represent the beliefs of everyone when speaking about how diverse they think EBHS or other groups are; one will simply be speaking one’s individual opinion which may be the majority or the minority in the group. No matter how one perceives the diversity of EBHS, there are obvious and subtle differences between people. These differences are what make EBHS diverse in both good ways (variety in friends, variety of ideas, etc.) and bad ways (conflicting differences, social exclusion, etc.).
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i think everyone is different because, everyone likes different kind of food. diffrent types of clothes. same things with sports teams and music.
Well, considering that everyone has parents/grandparents etc. who emigrated here from other countries, it's pretty obvious that there's going to be some major differences. You've got different religions, cultures and social groups all mixed together under the same roof. There's people from Asia, people from
Europe, South America and so on. The great thing about it is how we share and accept each others customs and ideas. In short, when you take a little music, food, film and edicit (I know I can't spell) from everyone, put it together and you get EBHS (or The United States of America).
Andrew E.
aka: Maximus
Well, considering that everyone has parents/grandparents etc. who emigrated here from other countries, it's pretty obvious that there's going to be some major differences. You've got different religions, cultures and social groups all mixed together under the same roof. There's people from Asia, people from
Europe, South America and so on. The great thing about it is how we share and accept each others customs and ideas. In short, when you take a little music, food, film and edicit (I know I can't spell) from everyone, put it together and you get EBHS (or The United States of America).
Andrew E.
aka: Maximus
in some areas, ebhs is pretty diverse. you have people of all kind of races and religious beliefs. on top of that there are large groups of people that love to broaden their horizons, that explore new things and make new friends; hence diversifying themselves.
i say that ebhs is diverse.
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