4.0 Student Stereotypes

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Academic success, over achieving and perfect grades are common words associated with a “Nerd” or a student who is excelling in every area of school. Everyone knows a 4.0 student because they're in every class of every school in the United States. A 4.0 student is a title put over a person who really just cares about their education and wants to excel and be the best they can possibly be in their classes. A few misconceptions surrounding these students would be that all they do is study, study and study some more because their grades show it. Another stereotype that over generalizes a group of people who all they want to do is succeed would be that they don't have time to socialize or have time to do anything fun. A 4.0 student is no different …show more content…
Being a 4.0 student in middle school, high school or college doesn't really matter because throughout your academic career you've never thought of it as out of the ordinary or strange to have a love and passion for school. Someone who creates a stereotypes usually has little to known experience or has dealt with the group and speaks of it as if they've been a part of it and faces the same oppression. To put it into perspective just imagine or conceptualize the idea of someone who you don't know or have ever met in your life giving an opinion about you or assuming something about you just by looking at you and not getting the time to understand you better. In a way that that causes also emotional feelings because no one would like to be categorized or put a label cause they do something that makes them …show more content…
All stereotypes have an impact in people's lives no matter how big or small they are because they judge on how a person is living there when it's irrelevant to the person who is judging. When people take the time to make stereotypes they should also put themselves in that position. In their mind they don't see the gravity of the situation and don't grasp the understanding of what simple words can do. Some stereotypes have followed groups for generations because we continue the cycle of ignorance and won't see the truth in how stigmas are created from misconceptions and false ideas of groups that we know nothing

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