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[geekchick]

Today is Prickle-Prickle, day 54 in the season of Chaos, 3168.

Ah, joyous memories of being in school. </sarcasm>

Alpha Girl

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With all the debate among professionals over girls as victims, very few people talk about this: In middle school, girls have the only power that counts at that moment, social power. These alphas -- named after the first letter in the Greek alphabet -- are the brightest stars in their constellation, defining life as the young teen knows it. They decide that American Eagle shirts are what you wear with jeans, Dasani water is what you drink at lunch, Jen is persona non grata at their lunchroom table and Brittany must ask Adam to Courtney's party.

They hang over guys at school and telephone guys at home at night, becoming increasingly direct as they get older. Girl or guy, you don't dare get in their way because they can slice you up with a word or a look. Kids both rely on and resent them, and primatologist Jane Goodall would spot them in a minute.
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Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Interesting, sounds very familiar.

I think I was a "zeta" in middle school.

[geekchick]

I don't know that I even registered on the alphabet at all. ;)

[crouchback.livejournal.com]

God, I used to hate those people with a passion...and they didn't like me, either.

High school social life resembled Italy under the Borgias, and if you were one of the geeky crowd, everyone gave you grief.
And if you were unlucky enough not to fit in with one of the geek social groups that formed, you were really screwed.

I do not miss those days. Of course, from what I see at places like http://elfling.diaryland.com, high school life has changed for the better.

[geekchick]

High school social life resembled Italy under the Borgias, and if you were one of the geeky crowd, everyone gave you grief.

We had a couple of dominant social groups. The rich, pretty, popular girls who were the cheerleaders and the like, and the group of smart, geeky types who also were into student government and sports and stuff.

And if you were unlucky enough not to fit in with one of the geek social groups that formed, you were really screwed.

True indeed. I don't think I could possibly be paid enough money to go back to middle and high school.