Mean Girls: A High School Social Experiment

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The movie “Mean Girls” is based on a real story in high school social groups. Cady Heron was a new girl in high school. She has been homeschooled in Africa for her whole life, so she wanted to learn how people in school behave and socialize. It was difficult for Cady to adjust in the new school environment. Initially, Cady had difficulties finding a friend in the school. Her first day in school, she eats her meal in the restroom until she meets Janis and Damien. They encourage Cady to be a friend with one of the most popular group at school called the “Plastic”. Every girl in school envy them and with they would be a member of the group. Regina is the head of the group, and she does anything in her power to get what she wishes, and Gretchen and Karen are her followers. Most of the girls at school are obsessed with the idea of joining Regina’s group because they are royalty in the high school. Since Cady is a pretty girl, the Plastic group was threatened by her and wanted her to join them so that they can control her and the boys who pay attention to Cady. Cady joints them and they will succeed to changer her thoughts and actions. Consequently, she starts acting like them and hide her friendship with Janis and Damien who …show more content…

As a result, this caused aggressive behavior between friends as they accuse each other for disclosing each other’s’ deep secret. Friends were fighting in front of the classroom and show verbal aggression towards each other. They did not effectively communicate or listen to each other to resolve the situation. Finally, the principle and the teachers interfere and solves their problem by suggesting to express their feelings to each other without aggression. There is no doubt that miscommunication or aggression can lead to a significant problem between people, and the only way to avoid it is to listen to each other before jumping into the

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