Friday, March 15, 2013

Our SHS Subculture

I am a part of a subculture because of the school I go to, which is very different than any other high school. Our material culture looks like the baby mobile in the point, the revolving PAC, and the six-fingered Patriot. Some mores at my school are that students travel between classes and walk on the right side of the hallway. A folkway at my school is that you should not walk on the Patriot. Some unique language at my high school is the PAC, point, link, and ILC.
By thinking about all these values that are only at my school, I realize they do really separate us from other schools and they greatly shape who we are as students who attend my high school.
One big subculture that I am a part of is gymnastics. Most gymnasts go to practice everyday, wear a ponytail or bun, start practice with their leotard half way on and have a t-shirt over it, know how to do a backflip, have frequent mental blocks, and are respectful to their coaches. If I talked to almost any gymnast, even if I had not known them before, we could talk about the many similarities in our lives because we are both gymnasts.
The revolving PAC at my school

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