The Stereotypes Of Me

Stereotypes are different thoughts that a variation of people hold about people who are different from them. A stereotype can be associated with a single word or slogan; such as nerd, or jock. Stereotypes can be expressed in either a negative or positive way. Most people apply stereotypes in a negative way to make them feel more superior over others. The category that most people would place me under would be the classification of an athlete or jock. The jock title that I have been placed under has been with me pretty much my entire life. I have played sports since I was four years old when I first started playing soccer and tee ball. From that moment on I

I see myself not depressed, nor a loser, but quiet and intellectual. I see myself as ok in my eyes. when I look in the mirror, I don’t see a loser or emo, but a nice person. I think of myself as passionate and understanding. When I hear about being stereotyped it doesn’t really affect

Many people look at a person’s gender, age, race, and ethnicity to determine who they are. Yes, they all play a key role in who you are but there are other ways to identify yourself. Some examples would be your favorite song, movie, sport, and more. You can be identified by these individual things because you are able to relate to what is being portrayed from the song, movie, or sport. Sometimes you can easily be identified just by the type of song, movie, or sport. But there are many stereotypes that will simply just consider you as a type of person you are not by these as well. For instance, many people believe that if you are a boy you shouldn’t play with dolls, because they have a mindset that if a boy play with dolls he will be gay. The same thing goes for a girl if she was to play with action figures or race cars. I have not been judged by my favorite song, but I can only imagine what some people may think.

Stereotypes, prejudice, and racism feed off of society. But, in my early teen years, I did not have knowledge of such terms and how this negativity affected the person I have become and how my high school career began.

Isn’t this neat? So I have this preference and you have that preference. This sure explains lots of things.

I have always been the “smart girl.” That was my stereotype, my cross to bear. It was definitely not the worst person to be. However, I always felt there was something missing. All my friends danced or sang or painted, and all I did was ace tests. I wanted to find a passion of my own, but I had no clue where to start.

I think that I have come passed a difficult weakness of mine; it used to be hard for me to voice my opinion or speak up. Whenever asked about my views on a certain topic I would always try to stay neutral to try to not stand out. Whenever something bothered me I wouldn’t say anything to avoid hurting someones feelings.In the end this would prove useless and still either render my opinion worthless or it would make me or someone else uncomfortable. That is why over time I have learned that what defines you is what you think. What made me start to think that I should speak up more is one time I read something and it said that suffering in silence will only hurt you. This made me realize that when something bothered me I should speak up because

Other people tend to see me as a really funny person who is very outgoing. I love to be funny at school because I get bored and I want to lighten the mood by telling jokes and being funny. Also people think that I never leave my house when I get home from school. People know me as being very athletic and being good at all sports. I’ve always played baseball, basketball, and football.

The world we live in today is very diverse, with people of different color, race or culture. It does not matter whether you are at school, work, a sporting event, the grocery store or even at church, when you look around you will see a variety of people. Unfortunately, not all people are treated with respect and kindness. Every person is categorized with either a negative or positive stereotype. Stereotypes are inevitable because it is human nature for everyone to pass some form of judgement or to classify an individual based on color, race or ethnicity.

Stereotype: How others stereotype me are similar. I am stereotyped as many insults such as fat and stupid. To be honest these insults are just non intelligent insults that kindergartners use on the playground. Im also called annoying and a nobody, Annoying is a popular insult which is for those who run out of things to us as a insult instead of using a real insult which has a reason behind it. And when people call me anybody thats also a un intelligent insult. Other insults include Depressing, not funny, and a nerd. all of those are things I block out which arent true. (Nerds get allot of money in jobs)

A belief that I previously held about myself was that I’'m not as smart. I used to believe that I won't be good at anything. This belief made me have “ I don't care “ attitude. I wouldn't try my hardest on my work because I thought it wouldn't change the way people saw me. Eighth grade was the year that I stop trying. My assistant principal would always make me feel this way. She would always compare me to another student and tell how they are better than me. She would say insulting things about me in front of my peers that would be feel embarrassed. This made me start to believe this things that she said about me. Instead of challenging her belief, I would settle with belief that I will be nothing.

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story”.

I truly appreciate that you pointed out my inappropriate behaviors. What you said this afternoon wakes me up and pushes my up. I still desire to work harder to improve my ability , like keeping awareness of what I’m doing.

People get stereotyped everyday by the way they act and who they are. There are many stereotypes like preppy, jock, nerd, geek, normal, and so on. Most of my friends are classified as nerds and geeks. I am classified as these two stereotypes as well. I am classified as this because of what I wear, how I act, and the things I am interested in. Here is why I am classified as a nerd and geek.

Brant Douglas is most likely one of the loudest and enthusiastic person on this planet. He will listen to about every kind of music with the volume ear busting high. Brant will wear bright and relatively loose clothing like a neon green sweatshirt/pullover and dark sweatpants or shorts, rarely wears jeans. He will speak his whatever is on his mind to people but knows when not.