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Yes I M In A Clique Nathan Black Summary
The main idea of “Yes, I’m in a Clique” by Nathan Black, is that cliques can be thought of as negative or positive, but they are “nothing more, and nothing less, than natural.” I personally really enjoy this article because it shows that cliques are natural and are okay to be a part of. I like this because I think a lot of times in High School, especially a larger one, cliques can be perceived as a negative thing. The mean girls, the jocks, the nerds, the band geeks, and so on and so forth. However, personally I don’t think that cliques are such a terrible thing and this article explains that.
The article explains that cliques exclude the outsiders that don’t belong and this makes the members of that clique “feel secure, even superior to

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