Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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com tmi m tyfAd •mu n9-tt),n,,pl.mties, A group of any size who share comtnoii goalSyhave the same cultural and historical heritage and whose people reside in a common locality. (L:communitas.) See COMMON.

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whose people EACH AN INDIVIDUAL PART OF A WHOLE theme 5

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I t has been said that the high school society is a society of groups. That was probably more true in the past than it is now but it still remains true to some extent as it perhaps always will. We tend to move in groups: the group we go to school with, the group we meet in school activities, the group we eat lunch with, the group we have most of our classes with. What makes the high school community a society of groups? The sociologists have a lot of answers. Perhaps it is the sense of belonging. Perhaps it is the need to identify. Perhaps it is some drive to know that for whatever reason in at least part of our lives we don’t have to make decisions about what to say or wear. At any rate we all belong to groups and they are the source of much that makes our world. Actually the more distinctive feature of our times was that the groups seemed less rigid. People moved from one to another. The patterns followed individual tactics. As usual the social scientists were not so sure about the reasons for what was happening now. Perhaps we were more individuals, more ourselves. At any rate the old ‘ groups were dying and it was less easy to predict who would belong to ; V what groups and what groups would- have the greatest effect on our.. community. r ’• ■ ■ ' ■ ■ % a group of any size . 7