How Do Students Perform Stereotypes?

At a young age, students are introduced to the threat that has served as motivation or the down of many careers or lives, known as stereotypes. Stereotypes are defined as a broad introduction for students into their own choices in life. Some may argue that these stereotypes can serve as a pupil’s hamartia, but can also encourage students to strive for success. When students feel threatened upon being categorized, their social and educational performance can be dramatically affected negatively or positively. To begin with, certain stereotypes have either assisted or conflicted with a student’s behavior. When conducting a survey, my evidence proved that my fellow peers were encouraged by these stereotypes and opposed the threat that these ideas presented. “Many people have categorized as “reserved” and “boring” because I am mostly quiet throughout the whole day. This stereotype has motivated me to step outside the box and prove them wrong,” one of my fellow peers stated. This provides the information that students are able to prove the stereotype wrong and use it to their advantage. Children grow up with the idea of judging someone based on what the individual provides on the outside.
Through surveys that have been conducted, they showed that many students have chosen to outperform the stereotype, but some may live up to that stereotype and let it be the hamartia of the individual. An example would be categorizing a pupil as “idiotic” or “academically-disabled”. The student would then be affected by this label and feel the need to live up to that standard. Sadly, many children are taught to ignore stereotypes that affect their lives negatively but don’t put their knowledge to