Does it ever seem like you're always meeting the same people, over and over again?

Sometimes, when I meet people for the first time, they seem to remind me of someone else. Some characteristics seem to crop up in disproportionatly in people who are not even distinctly related. One could argue that these characteristics may not be separate characteristics at all, but rather characteristics derived from a more fundamental feature. However, I would like to suggest a different, and probably very obvious reason.

When I think about the people I've met, and the spread of the population from which these people have come from, it seems that they are predominately from a small, distinguishable part of society. The majority live in good homes with relatively stable families, and have been brought up to believe that which is good. Yet statistics show that a large number of people actually come from households which do not have such high standards of living, nor the love and support a family can provide.

But how come I haven't met these different kinds of people? Are they hiding in the corner? I would suggest that in our lives, we tend to stick to those we know, and those we know tend to be the ones who are similar to us. Different people make us uncomfortable, no matter how tolerant we are. Sure, you can get used to them, and in time, they become as familiar as the back of your hand, but why would we waste our time in learning that which we do not have to? Instead, we allow our minds to be enclosed.

Just think about the people you see at school, work, university, whatever. Its probably more evident in education institutions than anything though. In primary schools and secondary schools, people come from the same area, and thus similar socioeconomic backgrounds. They meet people in similar situations, grow up in similar environments, and genereally just do it all together. At university, people are similar in their academic levels of achievement. While secondary school scores are not necesarily indicative of intelligence, we could probably safely assume that the majority of people who go to a particular university would be more or less of a similar level of intelligence.

In addition to this, people who don't do as well at school, and recieve a relatively lower score will also end up together. Whether that be meeting at centerlink to collect their fortnightly dole payments, or at the same psychiatric hospital due to insanity pleas to get off a serious criminal act, they're all together.

Sorry, I'm just practicing. We've gotta start writing crap for uni. It starts tomorrow you know... Look at all those relatively big words... I think I'm doing well. I probably could have developed this thought much better than I have, but at the moment, I really can't be stuffed.