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Vertical Socialization and Homophily Vertical socialization is when a young person interacts with a person that has great social influence or fund of knowledge, for instance, a child and a parent or student and a teacher. In this kind of relationship, young people are expected to follow the prescribed norms or guidelines from adults. Parents or teachers want their children or students attain certain cultural and academic standards respectively. On the other hand, horizontal socialization is the relationship between peers, for example, the interaction among children of the same age or students of the same class. Educators can use the understanding of both the vertical and horizontal socialization to avoid teacher-parent conflict over student welfare. In addition, understanding how peers connect can help reinforce positive academic behavior and shun unwanted conduct in students. Homophily is the association of people with similar social characteristics such as gender, ethnic similarity, and social class. At school, students seem to join groups they feel comfortable with and end up assimilating any behavior that member of the group exhibit. For instance, students who like studying together and sharing thoughts on various class concepts end up posting excellent grades at an individual level as well as a group. The things students do in their groups end up affecting individual behaviors.