Friday, March 13, 2009

Stereotypes about Homeschoolers


This is my family. We were all home schooled a majority of our lives. Homeschoolers not nerdy kids who sit home and study and have no friends outside of their family. I am the oldest of the childeren in my family and I am an ex-gymnast as well as a collegiate diver. My brothers are both swimmers and the older one is now about to join the air force. My sister is a dancer and is in the grade above what she is suppose to be in.
Stereotypes for homeschoolers bother me especially because I was homeschooled and loved it. When people say things that are discouraging homeschooled students it is only because they do not understand how homeschooling works. Homeschooling is a fabulous alternative to those who do not wish to put their kids in public schools, and can not afford private schools. I loved homeschooling and so did my brothers and sisters, who are now in school part time. So before you think the stereotype of homeschoolers, get to know my and my family, because if we did not say we were homeschooled you would never know it.

Highschool stereotypes



In high school we all fit into one click or another, whether it was a jock, nerd, band geek, emo, snob, cheerleader, gangster, or any others.




Jocks and cheerleaders, like in most schools, ruled the campus because of their Letterman jackets and nice, toned bodies. However these Jocks were also stereotypes as being "dumb as rocks". I know that in most high schools students believed that Jocks only passed their classes because they were athletes, so the teachers gave them the passing grade they needed. The stereotypical "meat head" jocks and the blonde haired, blue eyed "barbie type" cheerleaders will always live on because it has been the stereotype for a long time.


Another stereotypical click in high schools are the nerds/geeks. These are the students who are all A's students, are members of National Honor Society, run for class president, and join extra curricular clubs like Chess to put on their college resumes. These are the students who did not go to dances and if they were males, never got dates. However these aren't true either. These are just hard working students who want to get into the college of their dreams, so they work hard to achieve their goals in life. Unlike athletes who have talent in specific sports, these students have talents in writing, math, or science, which makes them who they are, which is not nerds or geeks.
Although students are labeled as a specific stereotype in high school, and even college, does not mean they will not do great things when they start their careers. So people should not let who they were/are in high school define them. Beat the stereotypes. Be who you want to be.

Appalachian Stereotypes




When you see these images from the movie Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, all you can think of is that this movie was based off a semi-true story that happened in WV.



Although these movies are entertaining for some, people get the wrong impression of those who live in the Appalachian area. I use to be one of those people for the most part, since I watched the movies and thought if you got lost in the woods people were going to kill you then eat you.



These stereotypes of the Appalachian people are completely untrue. I went to school in WV for almost 2yrs and the people i met were some of the nicest people. They also refused to watch movies such as Wrong Turn because they knew it was not true and was just making fun of where they lived, as well as giving people the wrong assumptions about them.


These movies set up even more stereotypes in the world than there already are, which is sad now that stereotypes are targeting specific states and areas due to some stories that happened in the past. There may be some people who live deep in the woods, however the chances that they look like mutants of incest and are cannibals are unlikely. So remember that if you love watching gory, scary movies for entertainment that it is just a movie, and mostly untrue.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Hair length stereotypes?


Is there really a difference in a woman who has long, brown hair compared to a woman who has short brown hair?

From what numerous of my male friends have told me, guys tend to like women with long hair over short (even if short hair looks 10x better on them)


Make sense? It does not to me either. I believe that men think women with long hair can complete their fantasies they have about women. Which is fine, however they should not automatically not get to know someone because their hair is not exactly the length the male wants it.
Women with short hair need to rock their look and men need to like them for their personality, not just their looks.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Blonde Stereotypes


Have you ever noticed that although many of us believe stereotypes are not true, they still live and people use them to define us.




When I was 13 I colored my dark brown hair to a platinum blonde color. I loved it! However through my first couple years in college I realized that professors and students would assume I was a certain way due to the color of my hair. I also got stopped every time going through security at the airport. These little things finally got to me so badly that I went back to my brunette roots. After that it was like magic, there was no more assuming something because I was blonde. Also, I have yet to get stopped through airport security.




I realize now that people assumed who I was as a person instead of getting to know me. Although many women go through this no matter what hair color they have. Red heads are assumed to have fiery tempers, while brunettes are told to just be intelligent.




I think stereotypes do not define a person, it is people who define the stereotypes.