The 1980s Teen Movies That Set High School Stereotypes in Stone

Highschool stereotypes do tend to happen in real life, albeit in a more subdued, nuanced form. Or at least, they did happen back in our youths; today, things like jocks or nerds arent so easily defined, and work simply as superficial labels than anything else. But why did those stereotypes become so mainstream? Well, it was all due to movies, 80s movies to be exact. These teen films set in stone what it meant to be a rebel, a brain or a laid-back surfer, using them to speedrun our attachment to ...