Reflection

Preps, jocks, nerds, emos, band nerds, popular people, cheerleaders. I have covered all of those topics and I think it is time to end this blog. I have had a LOT of fun blogging and in this last post I am going to tell you about the process and recap on my stereotypes I have covered.

The whole blogging process was actually stressful at parts. Certain blogs were due at certain times, my computer crashed in the middle of this assignment making it hard for me to blog at home, it took me a very long time to come up with some ideas for the posts, and on top of all that I needed pictures, videos, links? Wow. But the stressful parts were so worth it when I went back and looked at my blog. I never blogged before and I feel that I did pretty well considering the circumstances. I am proud of my work and I hope it is as satidfactory to you as it is to me. Basically the process to create a post was to get my topic, type out everything, then I would add all my pictures, videos, etc. This may seem pretty easy but it wasn't. I must admit thinking of topics took me forever. But overall, I am very satisfied and even if I fail this assignment, I will be happy knowing I did my best.

Preps- They come off as loud, perfect-ish, and overall cool.

Jocks- They seem a little dumb and overly obsessed with sports.

Nerds- They seem incredibly smart and a little weird.

Emos- They come off a little scary and they seem very dark.

Band nerds- They seem to always be at band or talking about it.

Populars- Well.. they are just popular. Everyone knows them.

Cheerleaders- They seem ditzy and a little mean.

My goal of my blog was for you to read all the bold writing up there and say, "Wow. That is stereotypical!" I truly hope you caught that.

Don't always judge people or label them. They may not be what they seem. This is my last post for this blog. Hope you enjoyed it and learned something.

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Oh the cheerleaders. I am a cheerleader and I think some of the stereotypes can be true, but only to certain people. Some people when they start cheerleading think that they must fulfil these stereotypes. The most common ones are being flat out stupid, being popular, and being snotty. So like any stereotype, some people do live up to the reputation. But it is harsh to just say eevryone who fits into that category is exactly like the stereotype calls them out to be.

So I must admit, some cheerleaders are not that bright. Some are popular. And some are mean. For an example I am going to use myself. I have good grades, I am not popular, and I am pretty nice. I have cheerleader friends who are just like me. So we have obviously proved the stereotype wrong. I have actually been aproached when I was in my uniform by some guy who thought, just because I was a cheerleader, that I was dumb. He talked slowly (on pupose) and tried to use small words. He would stop and ask me if I knew what simple words meant. I was pretty offended. If you are going to be like that towards anyone then you should rethink about what you are really saying.

All I am saying is that cheerleaders are not all dumb, we aren't all popular, and we aren't all incredibly mean. And I would like to add that cheer is a sport. If you don't think so watch the video above and tell me that what we do is not athleticism.