Student Stereotypes

Stereotypes have bad effects on students in high school and their academics because so many different stereotypes have been developed throughout the years. It has become a normal for people such as teachers or adults in general to label students with those stereotypes and treat, look and talk to them as if that stereotype were true. This is what causes students who are of any color or anyone who is not a man to think less of themselves when doing important assessments such as finals. This is because most people of color and women listen to those stereotypes and believe that they must be true so they keep it that way. In (Enter RHETORICAL PRESI) the students would get treated and are seen as delinquent latin teens who will never make education

wise by the staff, teachers, and some parents. They were treated like this so that is what they assumed that they were and they had to be taught to prove those types of stereotypes wrong and that they had the potential to succeed. The kids then did so and became over achievers. This is an amazing example of how stereotype are very effective even if we don’t realize it at the time and they cause yourself to become less confident in our work. This is what leads to bad grades.
(RHETORICAL PRESI WILL GO SOMEWHERE IN BEGINNING) An article by Shankar Vedantam called “How a Self Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down a Performance” suggests that stereotypes affect life after high school aswell and they are what determine weather you get accepted into college or not. It is stated by stanford researcher Steven J. Spencer that
“ Let's say on the SAT you have a score of 1200, what would that predict about your GPA at university? It would predict a 3.2 GPA. What has been observed in high-stereotype-threat environments is that that 1200 does not predict a 3.2 GPA but a 3”. The schools say that they are very familiar with the knowledge that women and minorities under perform on tests. This quote goes to show that stereotypes and labels always being put on you and it is really interesting when something so important and life changing like an acceptance to a college is based on something so dumb like stereotypes. This affects student ability to be able to take the next step in their education.