Process Anaylsis

Lenny Versoza

Period 6

10/4/04

"Essay of Definition"-Social Pressures of School

Parents never really give their teens enough credit these days. A teens mistake is a parents reason to bring the whole world down on us. Support and comfort may be the only thing we teens want, but it's the only thing most of us don't get. Being a teen is one of the hardest periods of any single persons lifetime. Among all things, school; (specifically the hallways) is generally what stems all teen anxiety and stress.

The hallways of Olympic High School is one full of intense motions and movements. As soon as you enter the massive snake-like hallway, your world suddenly becomes a enormous jungle. Its either hunt or be hunted in a school of diverse people. Anything you do or say could greatly affect how people perceive you to be. A teenagers "Rep" is single handedly the most significannot

part of their years of high school.

The very second you enter the hallways your eyes begin to expand and dialate at a faster pace. You begin to notice the various cliques in specific locations of our hallways. One very noticeable group are the Asians; they make up the majority of the schools ethnicity. The Asian cliques tend to band together in front of lockers. These groups can be very intimidating and space consuming for such puny hallways.

Every school you go to has their own set of jocks. These sport-lovers can be found scattered throughout the hallways. They are the pretty easy to point out because of the large amount of girls that flock around them. You cannot

have a high school without nerds. Nerds however get the least attention, that is unless they are bound together. The sad truth is that nerds are usually the most outspoken. Walking up to them is like a taboo and could mean that your respect is lost from the "Popular" kids.

Probably the most pressure driven and intimidating of any High School Is the popular kids. Just being in the same general area of them can be excruciating. The sudden awareness you get as you walk up to them is very mind boggling. Every word you use is chose carefully and wisely. I cannot

imagine another time