The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
If junior were to come to Whitney Young I feel he would find a way to fit in. I believe that at Whitney Young there are multiple groups of students that all have their common interests and similar backgrounds. The way that groups of friends are bonded together is the similar interests and each clique socialize with each other by sharing their common interests. I feel Junior would be able to find a group of people that would have similar background , like coming from a distant part ( the reservation) or he could find students that like basketball as he does or he would hang out with the smart crowd just like he is intelligent. I also think he wouldn’t be treated unfairly and get beat up at our school because that’s not the schools way. Junior would simply find a group he belongs to and be left undisturbed from all the other cliques at Whitney Young. He wouldn’t need to hide something about himself because there is always a group that accepts certain type of people, allowing him to share his entire story. I also don’t think such segregation exists Whitney Young like at Reardan, therefore Junior wouldn’t get ostracized by all the students but simply some would be friends with him. Just like no one is really friends with everyone in the school but to certain people who like the same things.
Hiding the Reservation
Whitney Young High School being a magnet school, teaches many different type of students with a lot of different backgrounds. I don’t think students hide very much of their backgrounds because there are always people who accept you for who you are, there will always be someone like you and understands your similar struggle. These small secrets are kept within individual friends and not shared to the entire school. I believe it is simply privacy that some people do not want everyone to know where they’re coming from. Although some students can trust certain people but not everyone. Therefore I disagree students hide their “rez” or personal information but basically don’t want the world to know such personal things about them.
