Our theme and subject for the first half of Define Normal is a very sensitve subject. Stereotyping, bullying, etc has directly effected us all. When discussing the matter please be the mature young adults that this subjects requires of you. Be precise with your word choice, and reread comments before you post them. All school rules apply, but just as importantly, the social skills of our world apply.
Stereotypes-we all have heard them and many of us have used them as our simple way of filling in the blanks for what we do not know or are not willing to learn. As we learned in class, the problem occurs when stereotypes (theory/idea) grow into something much bigger like an prejudice (attitude). At many schools, including ours, stereotypes play a major role in "bullying"; a problem many us have faced in our middle school careers.
Not including age or sex, many of us have characteristics that are prone to stereotypes. Think about this school. Where and when do stereotypes come up? Without using specific names, what are some of the groups who take a bad wrap? Feel free to discuss the origin (where do they begin) and happenings of stereotyping at our school. On a larger scale, who in the world is to blame for stereotypes?
The bigger picture is, how do we stop it! Take some time to evaluate the strategies the school has introduced to stop stereotyping "Mix it Up Day," "No Name Calling Week," school assemblies. Are these effective? What are some suggestions you would make to improve the school's problem?
Please have an open, but POSITIVE discussion on stereotyping in your life. Think of it as a journal entry with a chance to read, respond, and connect with others.
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I think that there's nothing the school can really do to stop people from stereotyping or labeling other people. It's something everyone does. When you see someone who dresses or acts different than you, you automatically stereotype.
ReplyDeletestereotyping is probably the first step of bullying because you judge others by who they hang out with or talk to. other ways people steretype others is how they dress. stereotyping is wrong and it shouldnt be done because you dont know the person. so why do you have any reason to judge them?
ReplyDeleteSterotyping plays a role in everyones lives. Teachers at our scool try to stop it, but it will never work. Everyone sterotypes weither they know it or not. It's apart of our dailys lives. There is no way to stop sterotyping.
ReplyDeleteas we all know, sterotyping is a major problem in our school. whether we like it or not, every where we go there is some form of sterotyping. noone is to blame besides us, the people of the world. it was noone's specific fault. and there will be no way to stop it, unless EVERYONE accepts, others have feelings and opinions. which, isn't likly to happen.
ReplyDeleteStereotyping is to big of a thing to try to stop completly...to many people all ready do it.
ReplyDeleteStereotypes come up when people look different or act different. Many people like this get stereotyped because other people don't know everything about them so they judge them on their appearence and that's not right. There's truly no way to stop stereotyping because so many people do it. When people come in to talk about bullying and stereotyping many people listen but others don't even take it in. I think people should start keeping their feelings to theirselves before they judge others.
ReplyDeleteizzy- i agree it is a natural instict
ReplyDeleteTom i agree to what you said
ReplyDeleteHonestly, steriotyping is considered a way of bullying at some oppinions . Everyone has their own oppinions in life , but some of them can be really mean or rude . People shouldn't judge too quickly because you could have the wrong impression on somebody or something . Example;A new girl sitting alone at lunch, "wow that girl looks weird, nobody talk to her." But once you get to know them, she could turn out to be a really cool person.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, stereotyping is not okay, but there is no way to avoid it in the world we live in today. Although i agree that stereotyping is wrong, where would we be without it? I don't want to sound rude by saying this, but i think it would be the safest thing to check all people you are suspicious of, even if it is just because of their skin color. Our safety DOES come first. Just like if we took a trip to Iran or Afganistan, they would still be suspicious of us.
ReplyDeletekatya and izzy- i agree
ReplyDeleteStereotypes can lead into to bigger problems. People have been hurt by many stereotypes that involve something about them. Stereotyping leads to people becoming predjudice and leaving others out of their groups.
ReplyDeleteKatya, I really like what you had to say about stereotyping
ReplyDeletecarly, i completely agree with you and your words of wisdom.
ReplyDeletestereotyping isnt something the school can just stop bu having assemblies or "mix it up day". we have to be the ones to actually want to be a better person and stop what we know is wrong.
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ReplyDeleteCarly ~ I so agree !
ReplyDeletecarly - stop stereotyping stereotyping
ReplyDeletei agree with you kasi about it leading to bigger problems.
ReplyDeleteKatya, I completely agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you tori.
ReplyDeletethank you tori! i liked yours too, your 100% right. people really should keep their feelings to themselves before judging others.
ReplyDeleteFirst, stereotypes usually come up when kids see some one who looks different or acts in a certain way, people judge them. I think people back in the 1800s started using stereotypes by descriminating against black people. Some strategies the teachers use in PCIS might be effective, but some people disagree. Like "Mix It Up Day", most kids don't like it at all and refuse to take part in it. Also sometimes using stereotypes is a natural instinct, some people don't mean to do it, but just do.
ReplyDeleteIzzy and alex I agree with what you said
ReplyDeleteStereotyping is a natural instinct. You do this to protect yourself from danger or predict if something is bad or good is going to happen and you can't stop it.
ReplyDeletetina- i agree with the part about they can't stop it with "mix it up day" or assembilies.
ReplyDeletetori i agree, way to many people do it to stop it
ReplyDeleteAgree x100 kasssi .
ReplyDeletei agree with twood 100%.
ReplyDeleteJEANETTE I AGREE WITH YOU! COMPLETELY!
ReplyDeleteWhat you dress like is normal. And when you see someone who acts or dresses different, they're not so normal. And when you see someone that's not considered normal, you stereotype. But everyone's different in some ways, therefore everyone stereotypes.
ReplyDeleteTina i think your completely true
ReplyDeletealex- i agree with you also. most of us do stereotype without even knowing and it usually isnt something you can stop doing
ReplyDeletecarly i agree
ReplyDeletejeanette- i agree that some people dont mean to stereotype but they do anyways
ReplyDeletehi tom
ReplyDeleteKatya- i agree what you said.
ReplyDeleteBridget your right i agree. people usually wont talk to people because theyre new. some people should think about what it would be like for them moving to a new school. what if it was them. but they dont care unless its them moving to the new school. of course they seem quiet and weird theyre probably trying to figure out whats going on in the school. they have no clue. so people should stop judging before they know someone.
ReplyDeleteIzzy thats 100% true
ReplyDeleteI think that there is no way to stop stereotyping. The school tries so hard to stop it but no matter how hard they try they can't put it to an end. I feel it's something everyone does and we need to try to just ignore it. Every stereotype isn't true so why do we take them so seriously?
ReplyDeletei agree completly with kasi.
ReplyDeletelies
ReplyDeleteagreed izzy and mary
ReplyDeletestop now
ReplyDeleteJesse, how is it possible for me to stereotype stereotyping?
ReplyDeletetina and alex i agree about the mixit up day, i dont think that dressing a certain way for a day is going to change anyones opinions about something...because right when that ends people ar back to stereotyping again...until the next mix it up day...
ReplyDeletetrina- i agree that people should stop judging eachother before they get to no them
ReplyDeletestop- stereotyping me by telling me that you cant stereotyping stereotyping
ReplyDeletemary, i completely agree with you
ReplyDeletecarly- i dont agree with you, just because people look different doesnt mean they're guilty of hidding something. nobody has the right to search random people unless they are 100% sure thst person has something to hide. yeah our safety comes first but thats an invasion of privacy to the other people
ReplyDeletethats so true tom
ReplyDeleteoh and, everyone in our school gets sterotyped whether we are catorgorized as "popular", "goth", " wierd", "jocks" or something like that. it's not like we want to be, it just happens. if people were to look beyond our outter exteriors and got to known eachother these clicks would probably slowly vanish.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you iizy.
ReplyDeletebyeee
ReplyDeletei agree with you mary. maybe instead of ignoring them, you can form a stereotype but give that person a chance to prove it wrong.
ReplyDeleteBut Katya, There's nothing you can say to make people start look at peoples inner exteriors other than outer exteriors.
ReplyDeleteKayla Lamber is amazing too<3
ReplyDeleteGianna Corn is the best<33
ReplyDeleteEveryone in Mercury 8th grade is amazing<3!! haha
ReplyDeleteahha ^
ReplyDeleteKayla agrees i see ^
ReplyDeleteStereotyping does play a role in everyones life. I honestly don't think anyone can stop it if it automatically happens. I do think it is bullying but, it just happens
ReplyDeletethe mix it up days don't work to stop stereotyping. we are being forced to sit with random people we don't know, and the little talk that does happen is what evers on the notecard in front of you.
ReplyDeleteStereo type comes up when people see someone dress differently and doesn't fit into a certain crowd. Some kids who dress in all black get acused for being goth. I dont think theres a way to stop it because everyone has a first opinion on every one so they can just not judge what their opinion is.
ReplyDeleteI think in todays society stereotyping is our outlook on life. No matter how bad it seems we all do it.And if you say you dont your lying. These generalzations while they have some truth to them cloud our thinking of people and there true personalities. as horrible as it seems its inescapable in this word today.
ReplyDeletesteriotyping will never stop its very hard to make everyone to stop steriotyping
ReplyDeleteStereotyping is obviously a huge problem in schools, but unfortunately it is hard to stop. When a person sees someone with a different type of look or culture people start to think things. This is almost uncontrollable unless this person has information about that other person or has actually had a conversation with that person.
ReplyDeleteagreed dturner it helps with nothing really.
ReplyDeleteI dont think stereotyping is bullying, its wrong but its not bullying. - Hannah Cully
ReplyDeleteMary I agree. Unfortunalty, there really isn't a way to ever completly stop stereotyping, since it is all mental. It would be extreamily difficult to change what everyone thinks, but I don't know if we can just ignore it.
ReplyDeletetom, I both agree and disagree... sure, stereotyping is too big to stop but that doesnt mean we cant at least slow it down
ReplyDeleteI think that even though no one can stop stereotyping, and that people still do it, people should stop! So if you do it... I personally think that you shouldnt.
ReplyDeletesteryotyping is the begining to bullying. people steryotype other people and it can be true but it can also not be. people assume things that are not true just because the way they dress, who they hang out with, and where they live. steryotyping will never stop even though people try to stop it.
ReplyDeleteSterotyping is something that nobody can really stop, but if its you that is sterotyping in the first place then you are participating in sterotyping. People may talk different, dress different or whatever else they may do ,but there still a human and so are you so there is no reason that you have to judge that person if you dont even know them.
ReplyDeletetom- i agree with you completely
ReplyDeleteSterotyping is a big problem as we all know! i dont think that the school can do anything about it because people will still do it and label people the way they see them from the outside! thats not right! you shouldn't label anyone even though everyone does and we know that! i do it too! its not right and everyone should try to be friends with everyone no matter what there personallity is or clothes or other friends!
ReplyDeleteallie i agree with you and they should stop because it's true.
ReplyDeletegianna- i agree with wat u said
ReplyDeleteStereotyping is definately not a good thing to do, but it's not so much of a big deal. A lot of people forget that there's a difference between stereotyping and being racist/pregodist. People can stereotype all they want as long as they don't degrade people by doing it. People stereotype all the time, it's natural instincts.
ReplyDeletestereotyping occurs in everyones thoughts. everytime you see someone you make an instant assumption to who they are based on their appearence. Stereotyping is not good, but its not really bad either. It only gets bad when you act upon the stereotype. it could make you talk to someone differently or treat them differently because of how you have categorized them
ReplyDeletetiffani- i agree!
ReplyDeletehaley and tiffani...i completely agree
ReplyDeletetiffany- i agree :)
ReplyDeleteTiara- i agree 100% with u! you are so right about everything u said!
ReplyDeletejason i agree
ReplyDeletestereotyping is a really serious matter that kids and adults dont nessesarily think is a bad thing to do. Because pretty much when you stereotype someone or something, you are judging them based on what you see or think. Therefor you are somewhat bullying them.
ReplyDeletesterotyping is bad jason because your making assumptions of people that you dont even know.
ReplyDeleteI dont think there is anything that we can really do in the school that will make stereotyping stop. Because everything having to do with stereotyping goes on in your head. but i think that people should try not to jump to conclusions about peopl ebut get to no them first.
ReplyDeletejenette- i agree wit u completely!
ReplyDeleteJason i agree too!
ReplyDeleteallie i agree..
ReplyDeletei think its only ok when you act upon it
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of you who say that stereotyping is like an instinct. When you see someone who looks or acts differently, it's natural to stereotype them. But this also leads to bullying when prejudicial and discriminatory behaviors are exhibited. In a perfect world, everyone would accept each and every person for who they are, embracing their differences. But, unfortunately, the world isn't perfect, and nothing the school does will stop stereotyping. The school's assemblies and other programs may aid in stopping prejudicial and discriminatory behaviors, but people can, will and do always stereotype people, like it or not.
ReplyDeleteAs much as all the comments were great, in my opinion if we all do our part and each try really, really hard we can stop it. Of course it will come in our mind once in a while but we got to learn to control ourselfs, because if we can't even control ourselfs who can? and remenber as hard as it is DON'T QUIT! we can do it.
ReplyDeleteJyerrmee i agree with you. We stereotype things to make us feel safe it is a natural thing humans do.
ReplyDeleteno wait i meant it not ok when u act upon it
ReplyDeleteAllie, please clarify what you mean by "when you act upon it."
ReplyDeletekatya-i agree wit u!
ReplyDeletetiarera you could think something about a person and treat them normally until you find out whether your stereotype is true or false and nobody would be affected
ReplyDeletepaige-i mean like when you start hating that person or something
ReplyDeleteMarcella i agree with u, if we try we can stop and and we can't quit!
ReplyDeleteBruno: do you mean "prejudiced" instead of "pregodist"?
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ReplyDeletefirst of all my name is tiara BIG-J and yah you can treat them normally but if your sterotype is tru does it rwally matter?
ReplyDeletepaige- i agree wit u
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ReplyDeleteIf only everybody could learn to make judgments about people and things after they know enough about them.
ReplyDeleteKasi, alex, and tori i agree with u guys toataly!
ReplyDeleteit depends what the stereotype is big t
ReplyDeletestop calling me that! its not funny seriosly, and sure whatever
ReplyDeletetiffany i agree with u 2 and i think the school should talk about this more
ReplyDeletePaige im soooooo very sorry for offending you by saying pregidist but everyone else is spelling wrong sooooo......
ReplyDeletemarcella i think that u r rite we will really have to try thou
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ReplyDeleteI think stereotyping in our school is very harsh and people always think it is a fact.
ReplyDeletestereotyping is way to big to stop and every does it
ReplyDeleteStereotypes will always come up when your talking...sometimes when you don't mean it
ReplyDeleteI think sterotyping is definitely a big problem in our school, as well as plenty of others schools. We get our 'labels' from what we do, how we dress, and who we hang out with. It really doesn't matter about all of those things... it only matters who you are inside, and people should realize that.
ReplyDeletei think its impossible to stop stereotyping becasue everyone does it
ReplyDeleteeveryone stereotypes. There is no way the school can stop people from judging eachother, so i sugest we just ignore it
ReplyDeleteStereotyping is just wrong. I mean, of course everybody has done it! We did it yesterday in class! Probably at least 50% of the time it is accidental. But it is still wrong.
ReplyDeleteyou cant stereo type poeple accidently travis. people just don't realy know what they are doing its not and accident it like our instinct
ReplyDeleteI disagree Eric.
ReplyDeletetravis 50% is more than you think. it wouldnt be that much on accident
ReplyDeleteStereotypes come up in conversations wether you mean to say it or just by accident. Mostly people say it because of the way people look, their apperance.I think everyone is to blame for stereotyping because it's our fault for saying something just by someones apperance, and I don't think we can stop it because it's people's opinions to say what they want.
ReplyDeleteWell we did it yesterday in class and we didn't even mean to.
ReplyDeleteyou can still do it by accident nick.
ReplyDeleteEveryone has stereotyped sometime in their life. At PCIS it happens all the time. Most of the time stereotyping is based on what type of clothes you wear, your friends, etc. You might not even know you are doing it, because it happens so often. There really isn't any way we can stop it, it has stuck with us, and it is common.
ReplyDeletestereotyping does happen a lot in our school, and in many others. I dont not think stereotyping can be stoped because almost everyone does it. It is also easy to just lable a person by there apperence.
ReplyDeleteMost of the time stereotypes come up when you don't mean for them too. It is usually when you are talking about someones looks. You see them and you fill in the blanks yourself. Sometimes it can be for the worst and people can be offended by it
ReplyDeleteI agree with micayla!
ReplyDeleteNo matter how many assembalies we have, i don't think that there is any way to stop stereotyping. People may look or act differently and usaully the first thing that comes to many peoples minds is usaully something negative. Everybody does it and sometimes you may or may not realize it, but there is no way to prevent it.
ReplyDeleteyes we did mean to. we even all discused it together and agreed on the ideas it wasnt an accident we just didnt realize it was wrong
ReplyDeletespell my naem wrong tk..
ReplyDeleteWe all thought an indian outfit was binladin
ReplyDeletetravis,exactly we didnt think about it because we were told to describe them, so therefore we stereo typed on our own. I dont think the word you are thinking for is accidently, i think you just mean the we dont know we are stereotyping
ReplyDeleteCarly- Thats completly wrong, You shouldnt search someone because of their skin color. Your saying that if someone is colored they should be searched? If your uncomfortable thats a different thing but you cant just search someone because of a STEREOTYPE ( espically your skin color.) Your skin color doesnt define who you are. - Hannah & Ariella
ReplyDeleteWell, it wasn't binladin. We saw the beard and all thought it was binladdin. It could have been any person of that race. We were stereotyping and we didn't even know it. To me that's ACCIDENTAL.
ReplyDeleteGet owned Nick....
ReplyDeleteyou think its accidental, but it isnt, we perposly thought he was a terrorist. and we all thought it was a teroriist as soon as we saw the beadr and face it was our instinct, thats not an accident we thought of it purposely because that is what we do. you cant accidently think of something, you chose what you think of so therfrore you chose to stereotype
ReplyDeleteHmmm. your very convincing in this arguement. BUT, it's not necessarily instinct. it doesnt have to be somebody of that race. All i'm saying is that sometimes we say things that are stereotypical by accident! it might come up in a conversation and you dont even know it.
ReplyDeleteyou cant say or think something accidently! you control what you say and think of therefore you abviosly ment to say something stereotypical
ReplyDeleteEver heard of the expression "Think before you talk."? Maybe some people just say things that just blurt out by a.c.c.i.d.e.n.t.
ReplyDeletei have heard that expression, and what it means is the person said something stupid or wrong that they should have not said. words just dont pop out of your mouth yo have to say them
ReplyDeleteThis is true.But like mr. sorensen said in class, "These guys could just switch hats and they would look the same." only because they had the same beard. That sants Clause could have been Binladin for all we know. We didnt know, therefore we accidentally stereotyped the two masks
ReplyDeletethat makes no sense! and we only looked at one picture each so we did stereo type on purpose we just didnt realize what we were doing was actualy stereotyping we just thought of it as doing what we were told!
ReplyDeleteUgh. You win.
ReplyDeleteYEAH THATS WHAT I THOUGHT!
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ReplyDeletesorry thravis nicks right for once hahahahaha :)
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ReplyDeleteNormal is whatever you want to be. If you think it's normal to where black clothes, piercings, and makeup, that's normal. Stereotyping and normal tie together perfectly. People stereotype because the other person does not look like their definition of normal.
ReplyDeletemy definition of normal is an average person who just does what everyone else does
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ReplyDeletegosh bruno...your definition is so much better than mine
ReplyDeletei think normal is wat an average person looks like, dresses like, and acts like where they live or where they are from. normal is different for wherever u r from and wherever u r and whatever ur age is.
ReplyDeletemike- i agree wit u
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ReplyDeletemike and bruno-i agree
ReplyDeletebruno- i completely agree wit u
ReplyDeleteCarly I agree completely with what you said about stereotyping. The terrosts attacking America aren't the caucasian people who speak English it's the guy wearing the turban
ReplyDeletenormal...is waatever you feel you want to be, what makes you feel normal some people want to be a circus clown, and thats normal to them. same with lawers, thats normal, whatever you feel that makes you happy, is normal
ReplyDeletenick definitley wins...sorry travis
ReplyDeleteashaley- i agree wit u!
ReplyDeletei agree with ashaley
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion I don't really know what the definition of normal is.Everybody has a different meanig of normal but it depends really on what your doing, because like Mr. Sorensen was saying Is killing normal? and of course everybody said no but what about a soldier in war that's normal to kill. So, in the end I think normal is when a person lives their life and when they do something they don't feel quilt or don't regrete doing it or for most people normal is average (being just like everybody else)
ReplyDeleteallie- ur definition doesnt rly make sense.....
ReplyDeletemarcella- i completely agree wit u!
ReplyDeleteAshaley i love your comment about normal and i agree with u
ReplyDeletehaley-what i meant was that i think a normal person is is just a person that goes with what everyone else does...but if they do their own thing, than i wouldn't call them normal, i would call them different...which is a good thing
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