Stereotypes In The Classroom

At first, Eubank did not believe her son when he complained about his mean teacher. The staff at the school suggested at her son should take medication because he was not concentrating on class. She took him to get an evaluation at Baylor University, but he was fine. After visiting the school, her eyes were opened by a student who was classmates with her son. Jessica Kelmon, an author for greatschools.org, writes that “the teacher would regularly humiliate him in front of the other students, yelling at him and slamming her hand on his desk (Kelmon).” This fourth-grade teacher is an example as to how much a teacher’s attitude toward the students affects their excitement to learn. When a student is being treated poorly by a teacher, an interesting subject can be ruined for that student.

Some common stereotypes I have heard include women are bad drivers, are not good at math, and love shopping. Of these three stereotypes, I think the first two can do the most harm. After all, if someone is being told they will be a bad driver or that they will not do well in math, I think they are likely to not try as hard or subconsciously worry and not do as well. The third stereotype is mainly harmless, though it is annoying when someone simply assumes it is true. No two people are alike. However, there are those who I relate to easier because of similar hobbies, shared beliefs, and similar life experiences. Whenever I meet or interact with those who are notably different than me I am generally open minded. However, when deciding if I want to become friends with someone I usually take several factors into consideration; some of which

Stereotypes… We all have had to deal with them. They may seem somewhat harmless and anybody who takes it seriously is obviously overreacting. But, what if I told you that these seemingly small things are the first step in a larger cycle? Behind racism, injustice, stereotypes, and etc. is fear, more specifically fear of the unknown. However, it is not fear that leads to racism, it is the insensitive actions that occur due to this fear and through the use of stereotyping they reinforce their fear and justify their actions.

I believe that any graduating teacher that attempt to go into a classroom as a teacher must have a management strategy in place and completely organized before attempting any learning. Students will push our buttons and I feel it is important for the students to respect and fear the teacher because otherwise the students will gain complete control of the classroom. I cannot tell you how many times my CT had to hush the students and two minutes later she was hushing them again. Without classroom management all teachers will eventually

Have you ever been judged before for the smallest and unimportant things you can imagine? Or maybe you have seen others getting judged for the way they act or dress. On September 16, at James Giles School 7th and 8th graders were having lunch and recess. The students were having a good time talking playing games and eating lunch naturally having a good time. A group of 7th grade girls were talking and suddenly another girls joined them. The girls that joined them was their friend because they would go to the park together and walk together after school. The girls didn't like the idea of joining them. The girls started being mean and judging her of what she wore to school. People that judge others in a mean way know that its mean and hurtful

As a young child I learned what the good group of kids looked like and what the bad group of kids looked like. In movies, the bad group of people are portrayed in high school as boys who wear really big clothing and girls that wear too dark of makeup. However after my junior year, I now know that you never really can tell between who the good and the bad people really are. Starting from when I was very young, my brother began changing my entire life for the better because I grew up with him in and out of jails and prisons for theft, drug use, and underage consumption. During his time in jails and prisons, it killed my mother and father. However for me, I never really knew the person labeled as my brother. He was a shadow with a name for me.

The media portrays high schools being full of identity stereotypes, whether it is in movies, TV shows, or sometimes music. Each school has the group of star athletes, the kids bound for broadway, and the kids who could become the next Einstein. Every show or movie has the same supporting character who each belonged to different cliques.

The one place that everyone thinks is their own personal hell, theirs plenty of reasons though. It could be that you don't want to spend your day learning, you hate your teacher- especially Mr. Harris-, you have no friends, or the most famous one is that you have bullies. Bullies from the popular group like Lydia, who would bully you mentally by criticizing your outfit. Or Jackson; who would, other than pushing you against the locker, mentally bully you by saying your weak, you can't play lacrosse, or by making you think your poor by boasting about his new silver Porsche that he got from his rich adoptive parents. Then, last but not least we have

Kids in middle school, are enduring a time period in their life where they're becoming teens, who are becoming adults. Kids going into middle school are at a point where boys being friends with girls was somewhat acceptable, to adults thinking if two 11 year olds of the opposite genders are gonna have sex with each other if they're left alone together for 5 minutes.

There is a lot about your story that expresses how I felt during high school. I avoided high heels then and I still do today because I could never figure out why anyone would go through that type of pain just to wear shoes. I wore make-up, but I never went as elaborate as my friends did. My hair had a mind of its own and it was always a curly mess that did whatever it wanted to do despite my many attempts to fix it. I wasn't called butch nor did I have problems with people spray painting negative words on my car; however, I do know what it's like to be looked at differently because of the way that I dressed. I think that stereotypes focus a lot on someone's physical appearances and I really wish that that would change. I’m pretty sure that

From overt to subtle, prejudices and stereotypes in the United States sustains a widespread, structured institutional presence in culture, law, and psychology and remains one of the greatest determinants of inequality (Ladson-Billings & Tate, 1995). A ubiquitous misconception is often posited that Black males, an underrepresented and highly stereotyped group on higher education campuses, utterly and unequivocally share similar experiences and backgrounds (Harper & Nichols, 2008). Conceivably, some misconceptions generated about Black male undergraduate students can be attributed to changing demographics in higher education and the acknowledgement of differences between established races. Efforts dating back to the 1960’s, accompanied by affirmative

Dr. Shankar Vedantam is a profound author and scientist for the NPR. The author of the passage “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” Shankar Vedantam believes that by reminding a certain race of people about their race before a test they will score lower than if not reminded. Shankar’s purpose in revealing this information is to erase the imagery of stereotypes when testing. He adopts a different tone when the article moves on by going from a factual article to a more opinionated one. The intended audience is for people who stereotype because he is trying to convince them to try not to do it to any other people.

Have you ever been stereotyped, if so how did you feel? In American education, it is typical for students to be stereotyped as well as the educational system. The stereotypes can often effect the students' education. In the movie, Freedom Writers, teachers and administration had given up on students that they perceived as “trouble,” except Mrs. Gruwell. She wanted to prove regardless the stereotypes, everyone can still learn and have the same opportunity at education.

I will first do two separate observations. My first observation is going to be at a coffee shop here in East Lansing where a lot of students my age tend to go to meet up with other students. My plan is to observe where two or more people meet up together at the coffee shop and record how many times each person pulls out their phone. In order to fit the stereotype of my generation based on people from older generations, the numbers would be high of how many times phones are pulled out during a conversation. My next observation is going to be at a coffee house in Grand Rapids, where I live and at a coffee shop where there are a majority of non -students and an older clientele. I will go through the same process and compare the numbers to see

“Mrs. Young? Oh I heard that she doesn’t even care. That class was so easy! Well, I guess I will see you around, I’m going to science with Mr. Budienstien.”