Why can’t we all just get along?

Letter from MXiteer, Chloe, who asks…

Cliques, we’re all part of them, and no matter how hard we try to deny it, they’re present in every high school. They may not be as exaggerated as in all the teen movies, but they are there. They do exist and what I am trying to figure out is why?

Why do people have to stick with certain people just because that is where everyone else expects them to be? The people that I hung out with at school were not exactly considered ‘popular’. We may not have been labeled as ‘losers’ but you don’t have to have it spelled out in front of your face to know what is being implied.

What I don’t understand is why the popular people are the popular people? I mean, in most cases the other people in your grade do not even like the Populars because they go around acting as if no one else even matters. So why are they popular?

Some of us are afraid to be ourselves because we feel that if we do, we will be judged. So many teenagers have been miserable just because of the way they are treated at school. Everyone just wants to be accepted.

In this world the first impression counts for everything. If you act a certain way the first time you meet people, 90% of the time that is the way they are going to see you for the rest of the year. We don’t even take the time to really get to know people.

Think about this: Do you even know the girl you sit next to in class – you probably don’t even know her surname, or if she has pets, or what her opinions are?

Next time you greet a fellow classmate on a Monday morning and ask them how their weekend was, actually mean it! Get to know people outside of your clique and you may find that there is really more to them than meets the eye.

This year myself and three friends decided to pluck-up the courage and make the first move to join a new group of girls to sit with at lunch. I’ve been learning so much about them, things I would have missed-out on had we not made the move, and we are getting to know each other. Now I realize how much I have missed out on during all the previous years of school.

I’m going to be in Matric next year and I want to make it an awesome year. By integrating myself more into my peer group and finding out their true personalities, I really think that it will make a huge difference.

Quizz

In the last issue we had a fun quiz and asked some questions about what you’d read in the GT:-

What is the most recent MXit upgrade?
What company recently launched Morph?
Who ran his car on chicken poop in 1953?
Who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Reese Witherspoon has become a global ambassador – for which company?
How many votes does a band need to get onto the MXit playlist?
Which company recently launched what’s been termed “the worlds cheapest car”?

Well, here are the answers
5.6
Nokia
Harold Bate Arthur Clarke
Avon
500
Tata Motors

How did you do?
1 – 2 You’ve not read the GT from cover to cover. You’ve hardly read it at all! Infidel! Off to the gallows with you.
2 – 4 Pay more attention next time. We’re watching you.
4 – 6 A true-blue MXiteer. You’ve downloaded the GT and you’ll be having it delivered free to your desktop each time a new issue comes out. The next issue is out soon. Enjoy!


For this issue, we’re asking:
1. Is the Samsung G800 compatible with MXit?
2. What’s the latest MXit upgrade?
3. Who’s the lead singer of Freshly Ground?
4. Which local inventor/scientist is ‘going places’?
5. Which epic novel is going to be made into a movie starring Johnny Depp?

Answers will be in the next issue.

Letters we love, from you, of course

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The GT is not a one-station galactic platform, if you know what we mean? It’s your virtual friend and we want you to be involved in the discussions.

So Wassup? Get in a froth and let us know about your big fat concerns. Tell us what life’s like in your neck of the woods. Tell us about your job, your school, your loves, hates and obsessions. Where’s your fave dining trough or club? What new bands have you heard or seen? What do you dig about MXit – over to you. Email: galactictimes@mxit.com

Is your Mum a MXit Mama? And if she is, are you ok with it?

And well, if you’d rather not answer that one, then how about telling us what you bought her for Mother’s day? And is she an earth-heroine, a green goddess, or more of a multi tasking mum on-the-go?

Tell us in an email. Get tapping and send to galactictimes@mxit.com.
We might even send you a prize.