Oh, There Goes the Neighborhooood.

I live on a very small street, and I’ve had the same neighbors ever since I’ve lived on my block. Therefore, no one has moved in to change anything. I despise history, and therefore will not write about events where the situation changed for Native Americans, or whoever.

However, being a regular teenager, I was on facebook chatting with some friends, the conversation changing every 3 minutes. My friend and I came across the topic Mean Girls (the movie), which reminded me to finish my blog for English.

Cady, starts her first year in public school which changes the entire school, or “neighborhood”. Once somebody starts a new school, or being a newcomer, they want to be accepted, or to be liked and not become an outcast. So, Cady changed her entire life, and became one of the “Plastics”. Throughout the movie, Janis and Damien tell Cady what to do to overthrow Regina as Queen Bee, which is accomplished, however Cady becomes Queen Bee. Since Cady becomes Queen Bee, Regina’s life is already completely different just from one newcomer.

Guessing a majority of the students in WY have seen the movie, we all know there’s a huge riot caused by the Burn Book, which also changes the lives of everyone in the school. Somebody hates somebody else, and everyone hates everyone else.  However, the Spring Fling dance changes everything once again. Cady gives a speech for winning Spring Fling Queen, telling her class her victory doesn’t mean anything; everyone is amazing in their own way. From Cady’s speech, everyone starts to like everyone else once again. After the dance, the cliques from the beginning of the movie are broken up, and everyone is now friendlier to everyone else. The mood fluctuates throughout the movie, just because one person “moved” in.

This movie is a good representation of what secretly happens in every school, just not as severe. People can pick out who’s “cool” or who’s in the “weird/ lame” category. When there’s a new student, based on how they act, they fall into those categories. Since people prefer to be “popular” they change, which can change the neighborhood. It’s amazing how just one person can create such a difference in an environment, good or bad.