Not like a squad or section does in the military

Most people don't interact with everyone in their class

boys will feel more pressure to set themselves apart and do things like act like a tough guy or class clown

I don't think it forms an actual ingroup

Its why there are cliques

what 'it'?

Classroom

Group of students

that is often worse though

Wish I could experience the social dynamics of an all boys school <:why:462286147473637407>

because the deck is constantly reshuffled

so each is looking to re-establish respective hierarchy

girls and boys

Pulling the mat from out under people like that is kind of vicious

It does help them to learn to be able to cooperate with more people I guess

Rather then just their friends

Than

@livid_scrooge Fuck off Livid

maybe? i don't think that is what it teaches. i think it teaches how to establish and maintain dominance hierarchy more than anything

It’s like christ, not that hard

Christ

Shut up immigrant

Maybe I feel the classes are too big to even do that

read lenord sax about why gender matters

it just LOOKS like teamwork because the the plebes (lower status kids) fall inline quickly

discusses why you want all girl or boy schools

Actually I don't think it does that at all

Because hierarchical positioning requires you to be apart of the ingroup

This sets up subgroups that are against each other

you don't think that the popular kids instantly inherit a position of status when mixed with a new set of plebes?

They'd do that anyway

no they don't; popular kids wouldn't normally ASSOCIATE with those plebes

they'd stick to their own groups

I’m a popular kid

but the new class gives plebes access they wouldn't normally have

Okay I get what you're saying

@ManAnimal In my experience, if I'm working on a project with a kid more popular than me, than I just tend to fall in line. Take the path of least resistance.

^

It’s not about popularity when it comes to projects it’s about leadership skills

@livid_scrooge It really is...

sometimes you wield it and aren't even aware that you wield it; that was me in school; EVERYONE knew who i was; i didn't feel that way though