What stereotypes do people have about you? What stereotypes do you have about other people? Are stereotypes beneficial or harmful? Why do you think this?
There are several different stereotypes that people have about me. Among them, the most frequent misconception is that I am a scary, not nice, and rebellious person. Due to my ‘scary’ first impression, some people think that I am very quiet person and do not like to talk nor socialize with others. Yes, it is true that I am not the kind of person who goes up to strangers and start a conversation, but actually I am a very talkative, open-minded person who loves to socialize with people.
When I first came to TCIS, I did not have many friends at first. I was not used to the new environment, and for some reason people would avoid talking to me. After a few months, I made many friends and got to know a lot people. The funny thing was that, most of them confessed that they were intimidated to talk to me because they thought I was scary, and assumed that I would be one of those ‘mean girls’. I thought it was silly, but at the same time funny because I never got that kind of comment from my former school.
It is funny that most people tend to judge people by their first impression. Even though it is so not reasonable or scientific, but people still say that first impressions are important. Which I totally agree with. When I was young, I usually labeled people by their looks, and I would not try to know people that had bad impressions. However, as I grew up I realized that first impressions are mostly wrong. The people that I though would be nice and sincere turned out to be mean ones, and the people that I thought would be boring or mean actually ended up being my best mates. I decided to stop judging people by their looks when I entered middle school.
By the kind of stereotypes I had and the stereotypes people had about me, I realized stereotypes are never good nor either right. When you have stereotypes against something, you usually do not even try to know or go through the thing that you do not even know well. You might be missing something very good and special. If it was not a good experience as you predicted, you can just take it as a lesson and learn something from it. I believe that everything is worth to try. However, stereotypes are what creates prejudice, and obstructs people from having more diverse and amazing experiences.
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