Essay On Misconceptions And Stereotypes

Do you ever see a group of people and automatically assume the way the individuals will act? These assumptions are either called misconceptions and stereotypes. Misconceptions and stereotypes can sometimes set the wrong reputation among groups of people. Misconceptions are made from people incorrectly assuming about someone and giving them a false reputation. Stereotypes are made to simplify the truth because of what some people in the group have portrayed. Usually these misconceptions and stereotypes are brought upon groups of people who have something in common. For example, teachers always have a bullseye on their head to be talked down upon. Teachers tend to be wrongly perceived because of stereotypes and misconceptions, teachers are there to help and educate future generations and need to be better understood. Stereotypes are opinions built from what some people in a group have reflected to make the opinion. They tend to be exaggerated due to it only being valid for some people in the group while most of the group is the complete opposite. Stereotypes are oversimplified images of groups of people that have been built from some people in the group.

People have to deal with teachers for at least 18 years of their lives. My mother was in parent club at my elementary school for all 7 years I was there, I grew up around teachers and in their classrooms outside of school hours. I always got to meet their families and got to see how each individual acted outside of school. Teachers always tend to put on a serious face in the classroom. I’ve learned from experience that once teachers are outside of the school hours most teachers tend to drop the serious face and be goofy and very loveable. Most teachers have families to go home to and children of their own to teach family rules. Not only do teachers deal with kids all day they go home to their