Stereotypes 

Those who don’t ask don’t know US. Those are the people that are full of knowledge in every single way, except this, when they’ll become dumb ones, always in a shadow of assumption and rumors. They’re the ones that hear the stereotypes of our society today, but don’t hear US. They might know who they think we are, from what they see and hear, but those are usually lies. And they judge us with their eyes, cold cold eyes from where deep inside, their brains decipher their thoughts about us, our looks, our family, and our friends.

It’s not their fault. Usually. They can’t help but fix thoughts in their heads from what they see, place labels on names to help them remember, “Oh, that’s the kid with the brother who got expelled from high school.” And they compare. To our siblings, to our peers and our friends. How we’re different, how we’re the same. They watch us like hawks watching their prey they’re about to kill. Usually we don’t meet their expectations. Usually we’re not the same as our talented siblings, our crazy friends, or the rest of our society, when they do get to know US. They’re surprised when they shouldn't be, and then they ignore us when they realize we’re just like any other person.

Because my brother is stunning with the musical arts doesn’t mean I am too.  People think that, since we’re in the same family. That doesn’t mean it’s true. There are different arts to triumph over.  Because my friends act a certain way, doesn’t mean I’m 100% like them. People think that, since friends have similar personalities. That doesn’t mean it’s true; there are many people in this world. Because the rest of society, boys and girls my age today, are on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, always busy texting on their phones and being like teenagers are, doesn’t mean I have a phone too, and I’m spending my Sunday night crashed out on the couch watching TV while playing on my phone and doing three other things too; some people are different.

Different from who you ASSUME them to be. Because, if you go all your life not asking them who they REALLY are, you’ll never truly know.  And they’ll also be the ones judging you, putting labels on your name because of your family history, your peers and friends. And we’ll all be the idiots, implicated to those loyal stereotypes, and strangers to impartiality.

-Caroline XD 
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Hey thanks for reading. This was for school, social studies when we were assigned an assignment to write about the steriotypes in our lives. All of this was true for me, and I spent some time on it, so I hope you enjoy