Stereotypes In High School

High school stereotypes can be a teenager’s friend or worst enemy, depending on what group you will fit into either by your appearance or personality. There are many different slots you can fit into in high school jocks, nerds, goth’s, popular, losers, cheerleaders and many more. The two that will be discussed and contrasted is popular kids and unpopular kids or nerds. Everyone can remember what stereotype they were in high school and for some can bring back some haunted memories. Can you remember yours? High school is where teenagers will find themselves and express who they are as a person. If your stereotype isn’t what people think is the “cool” thing to do then you are classified as a loser or one of the downgraded stereotypes. Popular …show more content…
An example of this is a high school senior Brandon Powel, at Robinson high school. Brandon committed suicide in the back parking lot of the high school, a popular eighteen-year-old kid who was just a week away from graduating. Too much pressure was being put on him and he shot himself once in the back of the head. A star soccer player at their school and an academic genius who had the world going for him. Right before this he wrote a tweet stating, “I love all of you. This day has been coming for a long time I love my family so much and especially (my girlfriend) I’m sorry.” Although this isn’t from a bullying point of view in school it is from too much pressure being put on him. Having to carry the school soccer team on his back and always worried about his grades in school, pressured to pick a certain college to go to that would excel his future to the next level, Brandon could not handle all of the pressure and decided to take his life leaving loved ones behind. High school can be a cruel place or one of the best experiences of your life. Depending on if you are popular or not these types of stereotypes can ruin some ones life and the choices they can make will not benefit anyone in a positive