Time I Was Judged Unfairly

In school, I tried to blend in the best that I could. I liked all of the things that the other students liked, I tried to dress like them, I tried to act like them.

One of my self-defeating emotional patterns is that I worry that people stereotype me because of my race. I remember I had this emotional patterns a bit differently when I was in my own country, “IRAN”. When I was in Iran I worried that people stereotype me because of my religious beliefs. Since my religion was minority, many people don't like to hang out with me or in some cases they threaten me to change my religious beliefs or els. Although my fear was not unreasonable at the time,having this self-defeating emotional patterns crushed my self-esteem and stopped me to achieve my goals. After cogitating about the undesirable effects it can have on my life I start fighting this patterns. Unfortunately ever since I moved to the U.S I worry about

Trying not to be a product of your environment is so detrimental in making it in life. There are so many people blame their upbringing for the trouble they get in. Just because your mom or dad was not the richest people, or honest, or even if they were in and out of jail, drunks, drug addicts or whatever. That does not mean you should follow in their footsteps. No matter what, us as children should always strive to be better than our parents. No matter the pigmentation of your skin there will always be stereotypes. When some people see an African American male with a t-shirt, jeans, and a pair of Jordan’s on they might instantly think he is some type of thug or drug dealer. When some people see a single mother no matter African American or Caucasian with more than four kids some may think that they the kids might not have the same fathers. The crazy part is that the young African American male you see might be a doctor, a lawyer, or maybe the CEO of the company you want to work for, the single mother you see might be widowed, or anything. One goal in life should to be never to fall into the stereotype of your race, gender, or

In our society everyone expects to be the same, however, no one is ever going to be the exact same. Everyone has different beliefs and different interests. Today people judge the nice stuff people can afford and the way people dress. In the story, “The Doll’s House”, there were two girls known as the Kelvey sisters and they were really poor. “They were dressed in “bits” given to her by the people for whom she worked” (Mansfield 203). Nowadays people judge you on appearance and if you are dressed sloppy you are more likely to be made fun of. If you cannot afford the up to date things people have a reason that they don’t want to talk to you. If you are wealthy you are more likely to be judgmental. Not all people are like this but it is known

I never knew that there was a big social differentiation between who hung out with who dependent upon race. To be very blunt, the ratio of black to white people in my school was about 4:1. I was a very quiet girl especially during my sixth grade year. In seventh grade I began to open up more, but this caused frequent altercations. As people began to know my name I recruited names such as “preppy” and “white girl”. I found the phrase “white girl” to be ironic considering the fact that I am fully Hispanic. When I corrected anyone who believed I was white, I would often get “I didn't know you were mexican, you look like you’re white!”. These accusations and the shocked looks on the faces of those who knew the truth never disappeared. Being a Senior in High-School and knowing most of my fellow classmates, I still frequently get the same comments or faces of those who have never thought twice about my race because I “look white”or I “act white”. Through the years of receiving comments like this, I've come to the realization that these judgements of people based upon their appearance happen all of the time. I will admit to doing this myself and giving the same comments as I have gotten. These racial judgements don't just come with African American or Caucasian

If they don’t try to fit in or look like everyone else, they will be judged because they are different and society fears people who are unique. The reason that the public fears people who are different is because everyone fears the unknown since they believe that the person is

However, you shouldn't always conform to a group, kids these days often try drinking or even worse go into the influence of drugs to impress their friends. If these people were really your friends, they should accept you for who you are even if it’s not who they want you to be. In the article “The Sociology of Leopard Man” the author Logan Feys tells us about Tom Leppard a man tattooed from head to toe with leopard spots, people call him the Leopard Man. He is, according to society, a freak. Despite a lot of people know who he is Leopard Man is not trying to get attention he is no ordinary frhe lives in a small cabin in the Scottish wilderness. People fear what they don't understand so when it comes to someone doing something different people look at it as weird or

The movie, Rocky IV, contains many thought provoking quotes that are applicable to anyone’s life. My favorite quote from the movie is when Rocky Balboa says,“The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.” Even though it is not a feel good quote, it helped me to take action in an intense problem that I faced when I was in sixth grade.

I’ve been judged at a predominately white school because I am black and was treated at a lower standard than everyone else. I am black, so I “don’t” belong in a good school. We are all human and we all survive the same way meaning we should all be held to the same standard. I also”can’t” get a 4.0 gpa and I “can’t” wear clothes that are “expensive” without doing something illegal to buy it. I feel like anyone of any skin color or gender should be treated the same and held to the same

In years past, I felt as if I need to conform to what was around me to fit in or be considered a normal person. I struggled with this for a long time until I realized on how unhappy I was. I thought that if I had done all these things that I belonged with my peers .I learned that I would be much more happy in my own skin and doing things that make me happy as well. I learned that it was okay to be different and have a strange personality and perspective on life.

The way people treat you impact in many ways. For some it can make someone have a good or bad day. Wearing the fat suit I feel like people treated me the same. Expect for in the clothing store. I thought the sales associate should have been friendly and ask me if I need help , like they did to the other customers. Looking back to the day when I was heavier , I feel like people treated me different. From friends to family and now they treat me different because I am lighter. I do believe people treat you based on your appearance. For example, when I was heavier some family member would call me lazy and compare me to other family member body type. They would also, tell me I need to lose weight. My friends were the only people that did not treat

People often have an opinion about a person based on things they've heard or just the physical appearance of somebody. Getting people to change the way they assumed I would be was probably my hardest challenge, and I've had to face it my entire life. I'm from Fairfield and when teachers heard that they just assumed I was behind and that I would be bad. I grew to love when people assumed that about me because it just made me work harder to prove them wrong. Seeing them look dumbfounded when it turned out I was ahead of the kids in their district and school. Proving people's assumptions wrong, showing them how wrong stereotypes can be was one of the best feelings. It started off as one of the worst feelings because of how people treated you just

Writing Questions are Optional: Provide a short response, 200 words or fewer, to each of these prompts. Q1. Anticipate what it will be like for you as a student at the University of Delaware. Both in and out of the classroom, where do you expect to feel most comfortable and where will you need to stretch? I would feel most comfortable in classes that pertain to my career path: veterinarian.

Wanting to become less shallow is the first and most mysterious portion of the cure. It cannot be taught, and few know the true appeal of becoming different, deeper people. This occurred to me in the recent past and

Being different has never occurred to me before. I believed that since everyone is human, we are all connected, that we should not be judged based on what we look like. I was wrong.