At school, grades are valued above all else. All students have to strive to get into well-known colleges, attain a certain GPA, or become a star athlete to be better than the person sitting next to them. After Patrick’s death, everyone thought that students would behave differently and the atmosphere surrounding the school would change however, in just a few weeks, we are the same.Įverything is a competition at CdM, and everyone has to be the best at everything. It is disturbing that it took the loss of such a precious life in order to realize what we are doing to each other. Being a friend of Patrick’s and reading the letters he wrote, it opened my eyes to how rude we are and how we don’t check in with each other.”
#Corona del mar high school how to
According to a high school student, “ the way us as students treat each other, I am not sure how to change it, but all of us are rude to each other without even thinking about it. In an anonymous survey by Trident, several students suggested ways the school community could be improved. CdM can make a person feel like the biggest person on Earth, but it can also make a person feel small and irrelevant. Everyone has walked down the hallway and been ignored by someone they had a class with the previous year and were friends with. Many are only friendly to the people closest to them, an unfortunate pattern that causes them to refuse to even acknowledge the rest of the student body. It’s frustrating that majority of people at this school care to be placed in that box. If I hang out with someone outside of my regular circle of friends, I am always asked, “Why are you hanging out with them?” High school is the time to find oneself and determine the type of person to be, but how can people do that when they are around the same people all the time? This habit causes many students to feel as if they are trapped in a box and miss out on spending time with a variety of people. Once someone is in a certain clique, many don’t feel the need to branch out and form friendships with other people. Though I did eventually find my own group of friends, many students spend years searching for a community that includes them, if they even find one at all. While going to Riptide Camp before school helped me make some friends, most students already knew each other and had already formed friend groups. I moved here over the summer from Anaheim Hills, which meant that not only was I entirely new to the school, but also the entire school district. It was for this reason that entering CdM in 7th grade was difficult for me.
All schools have cliques, but at CdM, most people stay confined within their group. Some may think that it is too early to discuss such issues, some may think it is too late, but for me, the time is now.ĬdM is a school defined by cliques. “The Bubble of Newport Beach,” meant to shed light on how we treat each other and act at this school.
With only one year of high school left, not to mention the recent tragedies, I’ve realized that it is never too late to start a change. I have always wanted to express my thoughts about Corona del Mar High School, but it was not until this year that I actually began to voice my opinions, beginning with one of my previous Trident articles “The Bubble of Newport Beach.” I have always feared being judged for my thoughts and how I feel towards certain issues, which held me back in life. These past couple of months have truly brought my life into perspective.
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