March 22, 2011
Journal 1: What do you and your friends do to show others that you are part of a group? What are the similarities and differences between cliques and gangs?
Dear Journal,
My friends and I are involved in several groups. Each of these groups take steps to make it known that they are part of that particular group. When I am with my volleyball team, we are always matching. At practice we wear the same t-shirts and shorts, and at tournaments we are all wearing our jerseys, same socks, shoes, and even kneepads. When we do this we are telling the other teams that we are part of the Mississippi Juniors Volleyball team. When I am with another group, like my youth group, we may show that we are together in different ways. We make it obvious that we know each other by laughing and joking around. We always sit together at events and we defend each other. When talking about groups, two words come to mind: cliques and gangs. These two words are sort of similar, but they are also very different. When I think of cliques I think of girls. I guess guys can have there own cliques, but I think this word is usually associated with girls. You have the “mean” cliques that make-fun of people in other cliques. Cliques usually don’t mix well with other cliques. They usually stick with their own group. When I think of gangs, I can’t help but think of guns, spray paint, and sagging pants. I suppose not all gangs are like this, but those are the pictures that come to mind. Gangs stick together. I usually think of them as violent. They can be violent to other gangs, other people, or even people within their gang. Gangs, I’m sure, have rules that you must follow. If you break these rules, there are serious consequences (probably physically). Though gangs are usually considered more “blood-thirsty” and murderous, are cliques really that different? Sure, they don’t go around shooting people, but what they do to them mentally can sometimes be so much more painful.
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