Writers on the Inside

There are many stereo-types in today’s society. For example, there are the jocks, and the preps, or the band geeks, Goth kids, and the socially awkward. At my school, we have these types, and of course people expect for people to stay in them. But do they? No, they don’t.

I was a part of the “outcast” group, but I talked to everybody. I had friends that were cheerleaders and some that were basketball players and some were in the band. Some of the people from the other groups didn’t like that too well, so I became the target to socially destroy. People made rumors about me that weren’t true, and all other kinds of mean things. So, eventually I just stopped talking to everybody and kept to myself thinking this would make the rumors stop. To my dismay, they didn’t.

So now I just ignore everybody, and as the time has been passing, the rumors have slowed to a stop. Not everybody picks what group they go to. When I transferred to my new school, I was immediately placed somewhere because of my appearance. With my skinny jeans, band T-shirt, lip ring, and converse….I was admitted into the “outcasts” because they all looked like that also.

Although, high schools aren’t the only ones who stereo-type. You also see it in the music industry. Here are some examples of some genres; there’s rap, pop, punk, screamo, metal, classic rock, country, and new wave. People expect these genres of music to stay in that genres, but you see some of the bands from other genres come together and make a song together. Like, Taylor Swift and Steven Tyler made a song. So they don’t always stick to their genre, though society wants them to. But when people hear what they’ve come up with, they love it.

I think that we should get rid of the groups people put us in. How do we plan to do that? I honestly have no idea. But, it would help if people quit stereotyping people on how they look. If they would take the time to get to know someone, then they might actually like them and become their best friend, no matter what they look like. People should just give others a chance before placing them somewhere and then talking about them because they look different.

I think it’s wrong to do this to people. Because, in the Constitution it states that all men are created equal, and I know there is something in the Bible that’s says to treat everybody the same.  It’s wrong to treat people badly because they’re different.

Stereotypes. The thing about that is, in my opinion, are that everyone has there on “clique,” meaning that there are always groups, like the athletes, the cheerleaders, the nerds, the Goth kids. How it works is that every one of these people stay with the category they fit in. I think that it’s crazy because it’s always been like that. I mean, what’s the big deal about a cheerleader dating a kid in the science club, it’s no different then a cheerleader dating a football player. But people seem to think that you can’t move away from your groups and do something different.

I remember one time a Goth girl tried out for the softball team and all the old players that were playing again told the coach they didn’t want her on the team because it would make our school look bad. I felt bad for the girl because she was a really good athlete, but because of what she wore she didn’t get to play. I think a lot of the times people don’t get to choose what “clique” there in, other people judge them before getting to know them. If everyone would just get over themselves then high school or anywhere for that mater would be a better place that people wouldn’t mind going to.

We should try not to put people where we think they should be, we should let them do as they please as far as letting them hang out with people or letting them play sports or even go to work. I don’t see why people think that white people can’t play basketball or African Americans can’t play baseball. It’s stuff like that that makes everyone want to do as they please, I mean so what if the cheerleader wants to date a nerd or a football player, what’s the difference? We’re all people, who cares if a football player is valedictorian? I don’t see the big deal at all.

In my opinion, there isn’t one because we’re all the same. People need to just get over themselves and quit judging people by how they look or act because we don’t know how they really act or what they’re like to be around. Sometimes the most fun person to hang out with is the one no one talks to because there not in the same “clique.” It’s crazy what being nice can do. So try it sometime and go sit or talk to a nerd, or give the football player a chance to be in the chess club. You might be surprised.