system in teh world (UIUC), its impossible not to run into them and
dmitry told us about the american dream: their:
khaki shorts, sweaters, Tommy and abercrombie and fitch clothes, baseball hats, matchbox 20/offspring tshirts, and who could forget the homophobic/dumb jock attitudes. all stereotypes, yes, but all true.
I have a feeling, had I had to have grown up in a "typical" american high school, I would have surely committed suicide. Mind you, can too many eighties teen films blur your vision? (as a brit, i mean). I've though about this quite a bit, and I think overall, there is no geek/cool people divide in schools. It's a myth exaggerated by films and books, and indeed Pulp songs. It's a romantic notion which I would have taken pleasure in indulging in given cause, but even if I never used to have any friends in the first year, it wasn't cool people that slinked up to me and took the piss, it was just nasty nerds, who took pleasure in making other people feel like they had. There are just seperate little communities (the obligitary 'in' crowd) and people who get picked on because they are slightly different to everyone else. But In America, there are more nightmares to go through though, like the Prom, and sports events which are built up bigger than they would ever be over here. And more of a feeling of 'school spirit', which is bound to leave people feeling alienated if they weren't a bouncy cheerleader type or a grunting jock type. Do these people only exist in frats? You'll have to forgive me for being blinkered, the only view I have of american school life is Saved By the Bell. (but i do know all the words to the theme tune). Pretty in Pink....Pretty in Pink.... Love Erica x P.s I'm trying to compile a list of songs with the word 'Pink' in the title. So far I only have the new offering by aerosmith (haw haw) and the psycadelic furs. so mail me privately. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+