Entertainment Weekly recently put Lady Gaga and Ke$ha head to head to see who would win in a female pop icon cage match. It got us thinking about rivalries and how high school is the ultimate breeding ground for them. Here are a few examples of rivalries that you might witness on a daily basis: * Academic—You know how two people's hands always shoot up in the air any time a teacher asks a question? Do you have two people in first period who have never been late despite the inhuman 7:25 start time? Are there two voices always asking for extra credit projects that involve sleeping over at the Natural History Museum and then making a diorama about the experience? Yep, those two are definitely in an academic rivalry. The winner will be determined by who’s named valedictorian at graduation.
* Athletic—In your high school there is probably one guy and one girl who have broken all of the track records, are each captain of three sports teams, and are likely wearing sweatpants and sneakers at all times. You know, just in case an emergency soccer game needs to be played in the middle of the cafeteria or something. While there’s no real way for a winner to be declared, it probably won’t matter. They’ll likely end up dating each other by senior year and call a truce.
* Dramatic—This rivalry is particularly dangerous because the two people are so, well, dramatic. They’re always going for the same part, trying to sing as loudly as possible in the halls, and enrolling in highly selective summer programs for show choir, acting, directing, or kabuki. If your drama teacher is smart, he or she will pick a show with two leads for their senior year to avoid a World War 3 involving falsetto singing and mime-offs.
* Cool Teacher—If there are two young teachers in your school, know that they’re in a competition to see who can be the coolest. At first it’ll start out benignly, maybe with trendy jeans or something. Then one will start up some ridiculous bonus point system to make her seem cool, like extra credit questions relating to Gossip Girl, and the other will have to do something even more awesome like show a movie during class. Use this to your advantage and play them against each other until you have no homework and get credit for in-class karaoke.
What rivalries go on in your school?
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