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Snob versus Nerd Schools are the biggest place where most people get their classifications from. Once you hit a certain grade that is when people get labeled especially in older grades starting in middle school, and this classification stays usually throughout your life. In every school there are always the snobs and the nerds. These two particular groups have their reasonable differences. However, snobs are the real big classification out of two. When it comes down to it, snobs have to have every little thing in life. Clothing, for example, has to be one main priority of a snob. They all have to have that fancy clothing. Snobs have to have the name brands such as Aeropostale, American Eagle, or Buckle. But on the other hand, they also have to have the name brand shoes to go along with the name brand clothing like Clarks, Sperry’s or the Nike tennis shoes. Name brand clothes to snobs are the biggest thing if they do not have them; they freak out and pout. Most snobs will make it known that they can go out and get all the expensive, fancy clothing. Fancy, expensive clothing should not be a factor when being a snob. Another concept on snobs would have to be their talents. Most snobs are in the more athletic departments in high school or even college. Snob girls focus more on sports like cheerleading, volleyball, or sometimes softball. The girl snobs, in this particular category, show it more because they think just because they are in these sports that they have to look down on everyone. I know at my school most of the cheerleaders were friendly, but the others were always thinking that they were better than others just because they were cheerleaders. In addition, the boy snobs focus on football, basketball, or baseball. The guys that are the football or baseball teams are the worst ones because they are always being mean and picking on others, and they will only date those girls that are either cheerleaders or volleyball players. Basketball players are not

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