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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After reading this thread, I am ever more grateful that my kids go to an incredibly diverse middle schools - [b]there just doesn't seem to be a 'cool crowd' in the same way as some middle schools.[/b]  [/quote]

I went to a very diverse and small middle school (50 kids per grade) and I thought the same thing - no cliques, just a lot of kids who got along. Twenty years later, I mentioned this to a former classmate, who diplomatically informed me that from her perspective, there had definitely been cliques, and that she had felt shut out. In my recollection, she had her group of close friends and I had mine, but we all got along.  In her memory, we were nice enough, but never wanted to be close friends with her group of  friends and never invited them to our parties. And I’m sure I got the sanitized version of the story. It made me realize that every school has cliques and cool kids. And if you don’t think so, it’s because you were oblivious. [/quote]

My kids' middle school is diverse and huge.  They report that compared to some other schools where they have friends, it doesn't seem particularly cliquey.  So, I don't think is just being oblivious.[/quote]

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