My Stereotypes Of Myself In High School

Labels can do far more harm than hurting someone’s feelings. According to a theory in sociology known as labeling theory, giving other people labels causes them to feel a connection to that label over time. In our high school environment, this appears to be true. Many students who classmates called athletic or smart during freshman year confidently identify as so by now. During my time here, I have made personal fitness a large part of my life, and I believe it was because my football team saw me as a weight lifting enthusiast despite me having no athletic background.

You might be surprised that I don 't fight the stereotypes of an young African American teenager. Pregnant by 14 or 16 years with a deadbeat baby farther ,old living with her parents on welfare with 2 or more jobs. You can say that I 'm the odd one out of the stereotype. I 'm an honors students , I have excellent grades as well and I love to interact with my community. I love not fitting the stereotypes, because I 'm simply proving that I 'm a somebody.

In 2009, my family moved from the city to the suburbs. A lot of the things changed for the better; safer neighborhoods, better schools . . . it had seemed as if we 'd made it. But all that changed after the first day of school.

When a central part of one's character is based their family and social class, not complying with stereotypes of the group one belongs to can feel like losing part of one's identity. It is also difficult to not follow other people's expectations. If someone is told they will always act a certain way, and they cannot change because their personality is an inherited trait from their family, this person will believe there is no point in attempting to

However, in the classroom I made assumptions about our students, such as believing college was the natural course for all of them after high school, and that is was always a destination, not an option. It was not until later that I realized how my identity as a White, upper-class individual contributed to my epistemologies and

A common theme that resonates in a high poverty school is the demographic make-up, always having high concentrations of African Americans and Hispanic students. With this common theme come challenges, including but not limited to low student achievement, unequal distribution of resources, and low expectations of student outcomes. All of these challenges provide a disadvantage for children who grow up in a neighborhood where there are racial disparities. According to Castañeda (2013), black and Latino students perform at a lower rate than their white peers in both reading and math (p. 57). This statistic is no surprise for most educators who are deeply involved in educating students in this setting.

What some people do not realize is that when you label somebody, you may not think that it affects them, but deep down it could really hurt them. People tend to take everything personally and when someone gets labeled negatively, that could lead to a low self-esteem, low self respect and maybe even suicide. Labels are more intense today than they were in the past years. Throughout high school teenagers are labeled within five categories: jocks, prom queen, geek, loner, and “friendly”. Some people do not like their label and hope that when they leave high school that their label will disappear, but then there are other people that do not want to leave their label behind.

The Crazy Eighties The eighties were a decade of boisterous events and occurrences. Michael Jackson released “Thriller”, MTV was launched, gas was only $1.25 per gallon, and Ryan White was expelled from middle school. Many people declare that the eighties were the best years of their lives. The 1980s were ‘totally tubular’ because of their memorable music, insane teenage stereotypes, and cheesy blockbuster movies.

College students are generally categorized with a large amount of stereotypes and misconceptions. College students are often being misunderstood on who they actually are and what they do. Today, it is difficult for people to express themselves in the real world due to stereotypes and misconceptions. People make comments about a group of other people, but they do not realize that those comments most of the time are considered stereotypes and misconceptions. Some people do not know what a stereotype or misconception is.

Growing up and going to school I have face some stereotypes with my education. The first stereotype people have judge me because how I speak, my writing skill and reading skills. Because I come from a Mexican background other people think and assume that I would never be successful in school. I was in a situation where I didn’t want to keep going to school because people that I thought would help me be successful in school would always tell me that school was not for me. My own family, teachers and even myself I would always think I was not good enough to keep going to school.

Naturally, people make friends based on shared interests and abilities. In schools, once a person joins a clique or stereotypical friend group, students stick to that stereotype. Students yearn for feeling accepted, and stereotypes fill that desire. During high school, students lack a sense of identity. A clique provides not only the sense of acceptance, but also an identity.

In modern society, humans have come to judge each other off of superficial characteristics. These superficial characteristics are often a result of facticity, or characteristics people are unable to change about themselves, or at least not easily, these qualities are present at the time of birth. Opinions are commonly formed about people based off of their gender and socioeconomic status. These elements also frequently serve as a basis for how to interact with other people. The idea of identity, such as being a middle class male, shaping the status of a person in society is not only prevalent in reality, but also in literature, films, and theatre.

In his essay “Dumb Kids Class” by Mark Bowden argues about student being categorized depending on their look and what class they are in, stereotypes and how everything is not what it always seems. Students are always going to be labeled whether it’s by teachers, and or other students. Bowden is specifically writing about his own experience with the stereotype of the two classes, how the students are looked upon. Individuals in society want to be a part of a certain group to have a meaning, a power and with that power comes identity. But at the same time you must work for that group, prove yourself so other respect you for what you have chosen, however that doesn’t mean you don’t be labeled.

Generation Y A generation demographic is a way we can classify a group of people by their birth year. Every generation is influenced and shaped by things that happen while they are in their youth years and forming their main values. Events and social changes in a group affect the attitudes, beliefs, and feelings of individuals in that group.

People will fit in to where they feel they should fit in to, it's just nature to be were your truly meant to be. School doesn't teach us about taxes, bills, or actually making money, or ways to have a positive life, or ways to make others happy and yourself happy. Instead we've just been taught that, the only thing that resurrects our life's is working. There's so much more to life than