I got glasses at a very young age. In elementary and middle school I was one of the very few children who had glasses. Among children of that age the stereotype is that people with glasses are just bookworms and nerds who study a lot and do nothing else. This stereotype shaped my classmates’ behaviour towards me which in turn influenced my behaviour.
My classmates used to tease me a lot about my glasses. They would call me a nerd and a bookworm. They teased me when I did not know something in class since I was supposed