The New High School Outsiders Analysis

My first years of actually being alone in school were in middle school. You see the school I went to wasn't the best but it was better than some of my other options. The beginning of middle school wasn't that hard, but after 6th grade it all went downhill. When I first started middle school I was a straight A student. My 6th grade year was also one of my most traumatic years leading up to high school.

Tyler’s family participate in the government health program Medicaid. He frequently receives preventative care. Tyler visits a psychiatrics once a month to talk about his emotional health. He receives a refill of his medication for ADHD. Tyler was diagnosed with ADHD as a result of being born with heroin in this system.

In S.E. Hinton’s story, The Outsiders, group identity is so important that sometimes people overshadow their own identity. In our generation it is kind of the same way to some people, for instance people sometimes act and dress differently around the popular kids to fit in. While at home they do their normal routine and stay true to themselves. This is so important to the story for many reasons. It is also really important to kids this age in 2017.

Historically schools have been seen as a safe place for students to learn both academically and socially. An environment designed to prepare children to one day enter the world with the skills necessary to participate in their community. Since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, the safety of American schools has become increasingly compromised due to violence and inspired much public discourse on school safety. Parents and the greater community have an expectation that children will be safe at school and that school districts and agencies will work together to prevent and respond adequately to school violence. Schools that are proactive and intentionally foster organizational trust within their leadership teams could have better outcomes especially during times of crisis.

Outsiders are a common sources of topic throughout literature and are defined as people who differ from what society deems as normal or having normal qualities. Throughout the semester, we have read several works that use outsiders to help convey a certain theme or message and there was one particular work that stood out from the rest. While reading “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie, the use of outsiders was incredibly effective due to Sherman using his own experiences of being an outsider throughout his life. This essay is the perfect example of the use of outsiders because of Alexie discussing how his parents raised him, his childhood experiences in school, and his adulthood ambitions. First of all, Alexie

“Ouch!,” Drew yelled as he was thrown against the lockers; his books tumbled everywhere. The school jock, Brandon, didn’t even look back as he raced past Drew, high fiving his friends while trying to catch up to his girlfriend, Sarah, in the busy hallway of Blind Brook High School. No one even bothered to look at Drew as his books, and his body, flailed to the ground. Quickly, not trying to draw attention, Drew scrambled up his belongings and ran to his next class. After stepping in the door and settling down, Drew dazed off as thoughts flew through his mind.

“Started from the bottom now were here”is a lyric from Drake and Drake got to where he is by accepting his first opportunity. Had Drake not chosen that option he wouldn 't have gotten to the top. Drake jumped at his opportunity like a kangaroo and made a living out of it. In the same way, Drake took his opportunities one should embrace all of their opportunities. When an opportunity presents itself, one should embrace it.

I was sitting in the Doctor Who covered room, looking at the confusing, empty schedule, I had 30 minutes to fill in my life for the next year. Junior High. I am going into seventh grade. I thought of a younger me, walking through the halls of Webster, thinking, "I 'm a second grader now". But, she has a long way to go.

Fitting In: High School Edition Blake Lively once said, “In High School, there are so many cliques. You’re never safe” (Lively). Whether teenagers like it or not, there are a lot of different types of cliques in high school. There are the populars, (a.k.a. the jocks and cheerleaders) the nerds, the party animals (they are usually the troublemakers), the misfits, and then finally, the floaters.

These days in highschool there are 2 major groups of kids that walk the halls. There are many differences between these 2 groups and many stereotypes that go along with them. These 2 groups of students are the popular kids and the outsiders or awkward kids. The popular or cool kids are the leaders of the school in most people’s minds.