It wasn't like that at my school. There were no cliques or groups or outcasts. Everyone hung out with different people. If you were friends with them, you would spend time together and if you weren't you would say hi and ask how they were doing in class or in the hallway. There were a few rude people but they didn't bully and it's like that as an adult. The cheerleaders and jocks were not the most popular (heck I don't even know who was a cheerleader or a jock) and there was no social ladder. Two of the biggest nerds I've ever known were very popular with most of the ladies and one of them had a new girlfriend every month or so, which is not at all like in the shows. Lunch hours were usually spent at restaurants or at the park across the street. Sometimes kids from the other nearby high school would come hang out. Sometimes a few of the teachers would come hang out.

Overall, nothing like they show on TV.