4. They way I identify/categorize people.

I think that the way I identify people is the general way people get identified. There are different identifications at different places. At school, there is the largest variety of people to categorize. There are jocks, geeks, preps, scenes, emos, rednecks, and the leftovers who do not really fit into a specific category. At this school, the categories are not set in stone, due to the small size. However, there are some people who are undeniably in one category. Take the freshman this year for example. I have noticed several people, girls and guys, who would traditionally fall into the 'emo' category, or emo posers, which are just annoying but that is a different story. There are a few sparse scene girls, and perhaps one, maybe two goths. I put these three categories together because they can sometimes be confused for one another, even though they are dramatically different. Another category would be jocks, which is not too extreme at Pleasant Plains because most of the athletes are involve in other things and could put placed in another category as well. Preps however, they are pretty obvious in each grade. They are easy to spot from a mile away. Rednecks, well, there are definitely a good number of them at our school, but that is expected. Even though there can sometimes be cookie cutter ideas of people, they could be very different from what you initially expect. That is where the saying, 'you can't judge a book by its cover' comes in. For some people, this saying can be applied, while for others, they are just as they seem. Another way we categorize people is by wealth. It seems like the more money you have, the better you are, and vice versa. This is could be worse than judging people by what they look like, because a lot of the time, people are born into their money or lack there of and can not get out of their category until they have the opportunity to get a job. It is known that a first impression is established within the first fifteen seconds of meeting someone. This makes it difficult to get a good idea of who someone is without looking at the outside. While I try not to judge people based on how they dress or their apparent monetary status, it is hard to avoid it.