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Smart Stereotype
Why is it that TV shows and movies make the smart kids look ugly and the pretty kids be stupid? That's so not the way it is. In my school, the prettiest people are athletic, smart and beautiful. At least two-thirds of our Honors classes are beautiful. Is it like that everywhere else? I mean, I know smart kids that are ugly, but I also know athletic kids who are ugly too. If that's the way it is, then why do people assume smart people are ugly/nerdy? Or why beautiful people aren't smart enough to do anything? Where did everyone get this stereotype?
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Basically the color key is
Red=Third world
Yellow=Second world
Green=First world
The more green something is the "more" first world they are. The more red something is, the more third world they are.
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It's based on the UN's Human Development Index. A higher number is more first world.
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I totally agree with you, I'm just going to tell you the reason why it is this way. I do not in any way believe what I am about to say. :)
Beautiful people can use their looks to get what they want. They can get by just by being beautiful. They can get great, high paying jobs that don't require you to know much like modeling or acting. Since they are beautiful, they don't have to learn anything or be smart. Everybody wants to be like them and they have a very active social life, which takes away from studying. Their social lives become much more important than their academics. Ugly people though, have to work really hard to get by in life. They need to make up for what's lacking in the looks department with brains to win out a job over someone that is attractive. They don't have much of a social life since nobody wants to hang out with them because they're ugly so they stay home and read, study, and learn. They don't have to deal with drama or relationships that social lives bring so they have less going on in their minds making more space to learn stuff like math.
ALL of what I just said is untrue. Why? Because it doesn't apply to everyone. Sure it may be true for some people, but definitely not all. It does kind of make sense though if you think about it. All stereotypes do. Remember, though, that just because something makes sense, of course, doesn't mean it's right. The media is very far from real life and the truth. Most characters on TV, etc. are beautiful and attractive. Following the stories of people that have interesting social lives is more of a pull to the audience than people that are smart. Strange social problems and dumb people makes for good, funny TV. Anybody that is smart that appears in a TV show won't make that great of a character. They add contrast to the dumb people, which is good, but they're rarely main characters. They're just not that interesting or funny. They make those people ugly to accent the fact that they're different from the other characters. They're weird and not really supposed to be liked by the audience. In other cases, smart people that are supposed to be funny, likable characters are made ugly just to make them funnier.
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Negative media.
UGH! I feel the same way as you. Just because you're smart doesn't mean you're ugly. I mean, I'm smart.. and I certainly wouldn't consider myself "ugly" although I'm certainly not "hot" or "sexy"... lol.
Don't let stereotypes discourage you. Stereotypes are an overall MISJUDGMENT of a group of people.
ster·e·o·type (stěr'ē-ə-tīp', stîr'-)
n.
1. A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, <b>opinion</b>, or image.
2. One that is regarded as embodying or <b>conforming to a set image</b> or type.
The first bold: OPINION. Opinions are specific to a person. Does this make it right? NO!
The second bold: CONFORMING TO A SET IMAGE. The set image is what is normally thought of the group of people. Does that mean that all in the group are like that? No.
So I am so against stereotypes it isn't even funny. Just forget those who think that stereotypes are how people really are. People are individuals. GAHHH!!
--Jack
(16/m)
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Stereotypes are sterotypes, honestly, they are called that because they don't make sense. We all know that they are silly and its not true.
Some people will believe it, and some wont. I dont nkow why tv shows do that. They see things as black and white. But we all know not everything is black and white, hardly.
I think everyone is beautiful to someone, maybe we dont see it, but to someone they are. You know? TV has that way of over glamorizing people and things. It's stupid.
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