Stereotypes In Today's Society
We all have encountered some type of stereotype or prejudices. A stereotype that I had to face was age prejudice by me being so young sometimes people don't set the high expectations for you that other people would at an older age because they expect for you to make mistakes. At times my mindset isn't where most kids are at my age. I skipped pre k and I am supposed to be in the 8th grade. When I tell people my age they be like " OMG you are young to be the grade that you are in" this is a perfect example of what I am stating that people sometimes think that you have to be average and can't go over and beyond your years. Sometimes when it comes to making decisions in life or coming up with ideas aren't as important if a grown person would. I feel as if the accomplishments that youth make in today's society isn't recognize but when something go wrong or bad they are quicker to recognize
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So, we all are in the mall walking to footlocker and see a past teacher that I had in middle school. She speaks to everyone and gives them hugs, she says out loud “who is the oldest out of your group of friends?” the girl that was the oldest replied. The teacher walks over there and whispers to her “keep an eye on her that’s the preachers daughter and you know how they do. So when the lady left my friend told me what she said so of course I felt some type of way because you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. This is an example of bandwagon because she know that there is a stereotype when it comes to preacher’s daughters and she use that like everyone else did and used tat against me because of the history/
So, we all are in the mall walking to footlocker and see a past teacher that I had in middle school. She speaks to everyone and gives them hugs, she says out loud “who is the oldest out of your group of friends?” the girl that was the oldest replied. The teacher walks over there and whispers to her “keep an eye on her that’s the preachers daughter and you know how they do. So when the lady left my friend told me what she said so of course I felt some type of way because you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. This is an example of bandwagon because she know that there is a stereotype when it comes to preacher’s daughters and she use that like everyone else did and used tat against me because of the history/