Senior Stereotypes

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It is August. The sun is out. School is about to start. For most teenagers this is already a routine, but, for a senior, it means so much more. Which means it is time to bring out the best wardrobe and be ready for long summer nights filled with laughter and memories. As this is the final time seniors will ever experience this. They will forever remember and cherish this chapter in their life for years to come. This will eventually will lead to having both joyful and exciting stories to later tell. Therefore, for males, this year means as much as graduating to them. Stereotypes and misconceptions are both related by the way they contradict each other. For example, stereotypes paint a picture of a topic and misconceptions prove how they are …show more content…

Why do male seniors have a bad reputation and where did it come from? Well, to begin these stereotypes, mainly come from movies based on high schools. A typical male high school senior is a varsity athlete who has a girlfriend and a nice car. You can see an example of this stereotype in the movie “The Goonies”. In this movie one of the characters named “Brand” is a high school student who is devoted to working out and trying to win over his crush. So, this leads to just about everyone having that picture of a high school senior in their heads. Another reason seniors have this bad reputation is solely because former students reflect when they were seniors and add to this stereotypes. For example, they say phrases such as “I remember high school parties when I would get wasted with all my friends” or “I never did any work because it was senior and all I had to was pass”. This quote just mentioned is a prime example of how a mediocre male senior thinks. Also, it shows it give a different personality. The last reason male seniors have a bad reputation is simply because underclassmen see these types of students and can all make a generalization about them. So, there are a variety of reasons why this stereotypes and misconceptions are put upon male seniors. There is also a group of people who think seniors just walked into a never ending stereotype. While others just simply just do not believe anything and go off their personal

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