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Subject: Stereotypes | Saturday, September 30, 2006
This has been edited a bit as far as profanity in it goes, I think it's really true. So here we go...

We have the jocks, cheerleaders, preps, goths, and everything in between. Here's my question. Where did they come from? Do we choose our social status and stereotypes? Who woke up one morning and said "I'm going to be a jock, or a cheerleader, or a drama geek?" Do we choose them or do they choose us? Who set these boundaries, rules, and statistics? When did the world decide the 411 on who we are? How about the loners? Even if you feel you are one, there's 50 others. But what about those people, the ones that you see with the jocks, the cheerleaders, and everyone in between? Where do they stand? Where do the people who have no "stereotype" see themselves? Do they see themselves as a nobody? You know, the ones who sit there with everyone else but never feel they truly belong. Which brings me to another point. "Belonging." If I had say, we would all belong in the same spot. No cliches, stereotypes, or social statuses. If I had my way, this ridiculous crap would be gone. But of course, I don't choose. There's stereotypes everywhere we turn. Everyone whines, moans, and complains. What are we going to do about it?
NOTHING!

5 Comments:

Blogger CWTeacher said...
Great thoughts, Jacquelyn! I think some of the groupings originate with our natural talents and interests. For example, if we are athletic, we may naturally gravitate to the "jock" lifestyle, and if we are not, we end up somewhere else. Unfortunately, sometimes we get stereotyped into the group mentality because we want to belong, and we may lose some of our precious individuality.

Blogger Patrick said...
I deleted my "Cliques = Crap" comment because I figured I could type a little more.

At times I still do put people I see into cliques, and then when I think about it, I ask myself "why am I doing this?" Well, people do at times intentionally put themselves into cliques, and that boils my blood. Now, I'm sure people have tried putting me into a "geek" clique, but I don't think you really can put me in one. And I'm glad I feel like more of an individual. I'm a Polish, practicing Catholic who's a huge metalhead, likes gaming and loves playing drums. Can someone really throw me into a clique now?

Blogger TR5Taryn said...
Stereotypes do pull people apart. I don't know how people became the stereotype they are... Maybe it was the way their parents raised them when they were a kid, and the influence of the people around them as they grew up. Maybe some kids had total different expieriences, which shapes them into what "stereotype" they are.

Blogger TR5Taryn said...
Ok Jacky, here is your code! Just copy and paste it in your template!

[embed src="http://www.chrislatson.com/SBTB/Multimedia/Songs/SBTB-Theme.mp3" autostart="true" hidden="true"]

**NOTE** --> Paste the code UNDER the part of the template that says;

!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

**AND** Since I'm not allowed to pose html on these kind of posts, replace the [ ] with < and > on your music code!


Ok! Enjoy your music! :D

Blogger TR5Grace said...
I agree with you jacquelyn. I think that we all have a sterotype in a way or another, and I don't think it is right. I mean there is no special book out there telling us if we do pariticpate in some sport or something we have to be considered a jock, or for anything in that matter.

your awesome:]

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