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Cliques and Outsiders The Emotional Trauma That is Fitting In Be afraid. Be very afraid. Wipe that goofy smile off your face. Whether you know it or not, that clawing, itching, quaking sensation seething beneath your skin is the feeling churning inside you every time someone of a superior clique comes rumbling down the halls, a contemptuous sneer playing on his lips. But whatever you do, keep that fear under wraps. You do not need …

…fallen. Following the April 20 tragedy, there came a long string of copycat threats in various middle and high schools across North America. To the culprits of these threats, Eric and Dylan are essentially heroes worthy of their respect. They opened the doors for these embittered teenage outcasts, as well as the eyes of many, screaming in the now-trembling faces of their tormentors, "See, we will seek revenge for every injustice you've ever done to us".