Choir Club Research Paper

The idea that a person cannot be friends with another person solely based upon social class, stigma, or appearance is one of the most devastating issues of the present day United States. This issue seems to be the most prevalent in high schools, where kids "clique up" and never seem to enjoy the world outside of their shell of a friend group. Being involved with athletics as well as the fine arts has opened my eyes to all of these great people and it hurt me to know they may never become friends with one another just because of the social stigma behind a "jock" or a "choir boy", so I decided to make a change. As a captain of the wrestling team and a captain of the show choir, I tend to have a lot of influence over my peers in those activities.
My favorite example of this is when I introduced one of my choir friends (Lizzie) to one of my wrestling buddies (Jake). Before the two met in person, they thought they hated each other, but after a few short minutes they began to see a lot of interesting similarities within each other. To this day, the two are very close. To further integrate the different friend groups in my high school, I have created and started two student groups, Peace, Love, and Pancakes (PLP), and FCA. In PLP we open up the cafe at our high school and serve free pancakes to the students along with a message from one of the student leaders. This has allowed us to create an open and friendly place for all the different groups in the high school to come eat, hang out, and mingle with others. The world is full of amazing people, the problem is that people don’t take the time to get to know a person or step out of their comfort zone. I know that no matter where my future takes me, my college and workplace may have pre-developed “cliques”. Due to my experience and success at my high school, I will be able to tear apart these clicks and integrate my peers to create a more productive, friendly, and positive