Stereotypes In Modern High School

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Stereotypes that still exist in modern high schools A type of stereotype in high school is the emo kid. Emo is not emotional if that were the case, everyone would be emo. Its short for emotive hardcore, a music genre that started in the 80s by a band in Washington D.C. Most people who believe that "emos" including emos themselves, commonly make this mistake another thing people think emoes do is that cut themselfs . This is not true. ¨A group at my school are emo, and they don't cut.¨ But it is a typical question they get asked by "popular" people. Popular Girls Society is superficial, just like teens, even if you deny it. When you are in a place full of people, if a perfectly beautiful and stylish

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