Life can be like highschool. It all depends on the people you surround yourself with. You pretty much choose your future. Yes in the work force you will come across the cliques, ******* and ******** but for the most part if you surround yourself with loving, caring people.. life can be sweet!!!

Hey in the real world after high school and I quote...."women are still catty, bitchy and gossipy, there are still "popular" people, etc." Just be sure to include MEN in that statement too!!!

Yes, and no. It''s a lot like it, and almost nothing like it at the same time. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Yes and no. Like BettyValentine said, many of these traits vanish or you learn to ignore them.

I strongly disagree with cherrybomb84, and encourage you to always remain true to yourself. NEVER compromise who you are to please the status quo- that only leads to shallow relationships with those that engage in mindless self indulgence. Though I have been there for the aforementioned, I've never been able to depend on those types of people when I needed them in return- they're the type that include people in their disposable culture, and will throw them out just like last season's fashions.

Seek out others who accept you for who you are (be it that they may be freaks and geeks), and you will find yourself with lasting friendships tried and true- friendships that weather the good and the bad and grow stronger for it.

Plus, you can point and laugh at all the others! ;-)

That is a human trait not easily shaken and for some not done with until mid to late 20's or perhaps longer. I believe it has a lot to do with our upbringing.....our maturity and of course the way that we live our lives into adulthood. But remember that we are all different with growing up and out of bad parts that only hurt people. Some learn and some never do......you will be able to spot the ones worth the time and those who are not. Good luck:-)

I'm still in school too, so I don't know any better than you do, but from what I've observed I'd say many people still act very "high schoolish" after they have graduated. I've met some men who still act like jocks, arrogant, competitive, and immature. But it seems like women tend to change less after they graduate then men. I still see many women hanging out it clicks, gossiping behind each others backs, and doing childish vindictive things towards each other. Basically acting like teenage b!tches. I even know a few that still dress like they are 17, gross.

I think with age people start to drift away from this behavior. But again, I know some women in their 50's who act like this. So over all I'd say a lot of people are grown up by their 30's, but a significant number of people, especially women, are still really immature most of their lives.

The High School you described was much more like my Middle School, by HS people I knew and went to school with were much more mature and even still, it was completely different from college, which is closer to the real world.

So in short, my answer is no.

There will always be people that carry on that high school mentality. Generally as people mature and grow up, those traits vanish. Though some will always be like it unfortunately. I've learnt to ignore them.

Yes, people don't change. So, might as well take the if You can't Beat them Join them philosophy and become a team player. Otherwise You will be sitting at the Geeks table in the Cafeteria for the rest of your life and not get ahead.
Be smart, play nice, smile, be successful. You can only remain on the outside for so long, sooner or later that window is going to close and you will be left out in the cold and have no one but yourself to blame. Time, Opportunity and Money will all pass you by.

Life's the same pretty much regardless of age. The human race is so smart we outsmart ourselves with the illusions of "maturity" and other words that have had their definitions expanded beyond all sense.

The difference is now...everything has been replaced by a larger infrastructure...and the tastes have changed. However. The kids that were once popular have been replaced by celebs, the bullies have been replaced by criminals, and even some of the creepy loners found someone and seem somewhat "normal" now.

Either way, the biggest lesson of life as I see that can come from a question like this, is that it's all in how you handle it.

Absolutely. High school never stops.

no. unless you don't grow up...
the difference is that you are responsible for everything you do...you have to start things and end things, and if you fail, you cannot redo...trust me-it's different, and the only way you can find out is to find out yourself...be yourself and do what you want to do...I know a person that aspired to be a trashman...happier than ever lol

In my experience, it certainly can be at times. Still, I have found that this is mainly true in small towns and suburbs where the majority of people around have never left for any kind of greener pastures, people who seem to want High School and their identities IN High School to go on forever.

I've seen it in the city too, a lot of the time among 'corporate culture', but not always. Like someone else said, I think it's who you surround yourself with. There will be some who can't seem to break away from the hierarchy and 'rules' of High School, and there are some who leave all that behind in the interest of changing, growing, and maturing.

It depends a lot on the kind of groups you choose to associate with. Even if you get a job where the 'crew' at work still acts like it's High School, you can always build a group of social friends outside of work that don't cling to those ways anymore, people who have grown past the type of labeling and snap judgments rife in High School, those who judge people on more meaningful aspects of their personality.

It never changes. Your only choice is to avoid it as much as possible.

Yes and no. Shallowness, immaturity, and all other aspects of the mentality of high schoolers carries on into adult life and knows none of the boundaries such as gender, age, race, educational background, social status, religious or political affiliation, economic situation, and so on. Many people outgrow it and mellow out, but many people do not. The high school years are our formative years, and it is there that we learn and create the general format for which our adult lives will follow....but it is impossible to guess who will change and who will not as we all carry impressions and scars from that period ofour lives. It is really all up to the individual as to how use that or allow it to affect us.

yes, i think it is. like at my job, with the cliques, backstabbing and bitchiness, it feels like high school. to me it's worse because i'm supposed to be working with adults. i knew kids in school that showed more maturity.

I think Duana has pretty much nailed it on this one. But, I would add that if you would like to get a better picture of what the "real world" is like you might get ahold of a book called "The Dilbert Principle" that should pretty much explain it all...

Exactly; that's the real tragedy.

The Real World is now & was then, bye the way. If you want it to be that way, you will create it. Depends on the level of maturity in the folks you associate with & the ones you went to school with (remember, they were in high school-by now they should have matured a bit).