Japanese groups

Peer Groups of Japan

The high school I went to was an all-boys school and there were no such thing as peer groups. Over all, I think there were three groups; sporty guys”Unndoubukei”, insiders”Bunnkakei”, and maniacs“Otaku”. ”Unndoubukei” is the guys who are nearly always on the move and like to romp around. Bunnkakei” is the guys who like being inside and read books or being silent. “Otaku” is the guys who are enthusiastic in a particular thing. In most schools these groups do not interact with each other. However, my case was rare one because there were no girls in the school and nothing to show off. Even so there were people who were popular, or outstanding. The popular kids were people who were funny, but the funny people do not always come from the same group. Also, people who are not funny weren’t thrown away into the shadows, but rather the funny guys gave him the spot light for anything special he could do. The interesting thing is that this nearly always changes the “not funny” people into “funny” people. Consequently, there were no hierarchies in high school. All had the same status and the personality was respected.
In junior high school, however, we had a different type of groups. In junior high, I went to a coeducational school, and the groups were; bad guys” Huryou”, good guys”Yuutousei”, maniacs”Otaku”, and others”Chuukaisha”. Huryou” was the guys who disregard the school rules, and wearing school uniforms in a forbidden way. ”Yuutousei” is the guys who got good marks in tests and the favorite of the teachers. ”Chuukaisha” is the guys who mediates the groups and keep a friendly face to every group. In this case, no group interacted with each other, expect for the”Chuukaisha”. Also, there are no hierarchies. They just hate each other and do not interfere.
Over all, Japanese groups have no hierarchies. They make groups, but the status of each group is the same.