Wednesday, October 7, 2009

MULAN, HANCOCK: Stereotypes and High School UPDATE!! Scroll down!!

How does this dancing football sequence from the TV show GLEE overcome high school stereotypes? Is there a high school stereotype that applies to you? How are you different from that stereotype? Give me 200 words with your answers to these questions by next Tuesday, October 13. Use standard written English and PROOFREAD!!

THE VIDEO IS NOT LONGER AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THIS BY NOW (OCTOBER 25),  IT IS TOO LATE.




UPDATE: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STEREOTYPES BEING SMASHED HERE????

37 comments:

  1. This video over comes high school stereotypes because in the end of this little scene a little puny kid won the game instead a huge jock or the most popular guy in the school. This little kid was told that he could do it by his coach but no one had faith in him and they said he was too small. But it doesn’t matter how small or big you are but that if you get your job done and he did just that and won a football game for his team. Also, another stereotype would be that jocks are not “graceful” and are always intense with everything. In the part of the video where the football players danced, the dancing was very “graceful” and put together unlike the stereotype of football players that they are like huge ogres. The high school stereotype that is connected with me, and will always stay with me, is the “dumb blonde.” I know that I am not stupid but I am a little confused at times, but everyone is confused at times. The color of your hair does not determine the size of your brain or the most information you learn. I am an A/B student that works hard in school and won’t let anything in my way. The “dumb blonde” stereotype is not only in high school but in all ages of females with blonde hair that might just slip and say the wrong thing by accident. This stereotype is everywhere in America.

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  2. This video demonstrates an all-out defiance of sterotypical labels given to some high school students. In the video the football players just randomly start dancing to Beyonce. Now who would expect this to happen?! The steroype of "jock" or "football star" gives the student pseudo-charateristics such as strength, tuffness, bulkiness, and masculinity. These are traits of players that WIN. As we saw in the video, the smallest boy on the team WON the game. What a shocker! What is this- The Little Giants? This video overcomes high school sterotypes because football players are supposed to be strong and centered around "manly" activities. Dancing is certainly not one of them. What really overcomes the sterotype is the Beyonce brakeout. They dance to "Single Ladies"ON THE FEILD, IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, AND IT'S GOOD!! Then, on top of that, the crowd joins in! The opposing team are the only ones flabergasted by the team. This shows that sterotypes are fasle and in my opinion, just a clever creation of somebody that incerdibly egocentric. The sterotype that I believe most applies to myself is nerd. I say this because I have been called a nerd and I am in an AP class and In several honors classes. I think when most people hear "nerd" they think of people with: hige glasses, no life, few friends, and socially akward. One word--LIES! I have very thin glases, lots of friends from all walks of life (and "sterotypes"), and I do not hate anybody. If people would stop being so inconsiderate and close-minded, high school would be a much better experience. But I don't care that people think i'm a nerd, because in college, I will be the one with high grades, good habits, and rich future.

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  3. This dancing football sequence overcomes high school stereotypes by showing that it shouldn't matter what anyone thinks about you and you shouldn't live your life by the rules set in high school. When the football players start dancing too Beyonce's "Single Ladies" in front of the entire school it shows that they don't care about what other people think. They are showing that dancing too "Single Ladies" gets them pumped up too score a touchdown, and they want the crowd too be pumped up with them. Another stereotype that this clip overcomes is that it is not always the strongest, toughest and biggest football players who win the football games. They show this by putting the littlest football player in, and the only person that believes he can win a touchdown is his coach. The football player takes all that confidence and puts it into his head, and scores the last point. This overcomes the stereotype because most football teams will never put there smallest guy in because they never have faith in him. The stereotype I would think people categorize me in, in high school is the “cheerleader”. When people see cheerleaders they think of pretty, popular, dating the star of the football team, doesn’t try hard in school, and etc. That stereotype is completely wrong. I am the opposite of that stereotype, I am a cheerleader because I love too cheer for all the sports team at our school, and as many may think cheerleaders are “dumb blondes” (another stereotype), they’re not, I try hard in school too get good grades. There are stereotypes throughout every high school in the world, and as far as I know, I do not think any stereotypes will ever change and high school will always be about what clique you’re in and who you are friends with.

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  4. The first scene in the clip is when the whole football team is dancing to “Single Ladies” by Beyonce. That scene is totally opposite from the football jock stereotype. The usual jock stereotype is that they are tough, extremely masculine, and would usually make fun of anyone that did what they did. They are also dancing to “Single Ladies” which is a song that jocks usually would not listen to. The next scene is when a scrawny, more feminine boy also dances to make the extra point to win the game. He is not the normal jock stereotype, but still manages to win the game for the team. The normal stereotype that people always think of me as is the nerd, teachers-pet stereotype. They think that because I am usual quiet during class, not that good at most sports, and actually get good grades for assignments. In addition, because I already know what I want to do with my life and I am already planning for it while the other kids still think they will all be sports stars or something. I also have never gotten a demerit so far and a lot of kids then assume I am a teachers-pet because of that. I am not anywhere near what they believe I am. Once people get to know me for a while, they know that I am not like that. I am not another quiet, no social-life nerd that stays inside all day by himself. I just know how to separate when it is the time for fun and when it is the time for serious stuff and listen to authority.

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  5. The dancing football sequence shows a combination of jocks and theater. As stereotypes in a high school, these two would never co-exist. Football players would not be seen singing and dancing on the field in the middle of a game, especially to Beyonce. They see their position in the student body as superior. They would rarely be caught talking to anyone except another jock or a cheerleader. They would not permit a gay performer to be a part of their team. And the performer would not image doing so. He only associates with other theater members. They are considered inferior and often outcasts.
    The Glee episode breaks down these stereotypes by allowing Curt to join the team as the new place kicker. They also spend time learning his dance moves. And when the game is on the line, the quarterback realizes the only chance they have to win is encourage the team to dance before the play.
    I am considered a Band Nerd. I pretty much associate with other members of the band. I don’t like sports and spend most of my time doing “band things.” I differ from this stereotype be cause I have friends who are not in the band and also have a life outside of the band.

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  6. The dancing football sequence from the TV show GLEE overcomes high school stereotypes by portraying traditionally tough brawny football players as dancers. This overcomes traditional high school stereotypes because football players are usually thought of as tough, dumb jocks, but in this film sequence they are transformed into elegant dancers. Another stereotype in the sequence is when the tiny football player gets put into the game. When most people think of football players they think of the big guy with lots of muscles. When the coach puts the smallest player in he tells him that he can do it and he will be a legend if he wins the game. To me there isn’t an exact high school stereotype that I apply to. I’m not on a sports team or in any school clubs, but I’m friends with everyone. Instead of having friends from just one type of group, I have friends from all kinds of groups. Some of my friends are in sports, others are in the drama club, while others are in blue gold and other school clubs. I think it’s better having friends from a variety of groups because each person has a different personality and brings different things to the group.

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  7. This video breaks a lot of high school sterotypes that really don't have that much to do with high school today. This video shows football players whose sterotype saying that they should be big meat heads listening to music that is the complete opposite of Beyonce's music. Dancing would be the last thing someone would picture when you say the word football player. I don't think that there really is a sterotype that applies to me, the only one that I can really relate to is the sterotype of a jock because I play baseball for St. Mark's. The sterotype of a jock is similar to the one the video is making fun of, when your a jock your expected to lift weights all the time, not care about your grades, and be very manly. I do lift almost every day so that part of the sterotype I do fall under. But I usuall do really good in school and get A's and B's in school which goes against the sterotype of a jock which is that a jock usually fails classes and doesn't care about his grades. Just like the sterotype I am very manly but there are some things that I do that go against that. One being that I a huge Taylor Swift fan and I blast her cd in my car when I'm driving. Even though that I think that sterotypes are usually not accurate they will always be around. Sterotypes mostly apply to high school and I think they will never change no matter how much people change.

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  8. The dancing football player clip is overcoming the typical football player sterotype. Just because they are athletic and have that "jock" sterotype doesn't mean that they can't do other things, like dance. It also shows that the musical "artsy" boy can do other things besides sing. He might not look like a star football player but he can help the team also. I think people would classify me as apart of the "prep" sterotype. But that doesn't mean that I will only buy designer brands or act stuck up to people. A sterotypical prep would always be dressed in the most expensive clothes and act snobby to people. I am not like that.I could also be categorized in the "artsy" type of people because i dance. That doesnt mean that I sing all day or watch musicals all day. It just means I enjoy doing what i am good at. Sterotypes will always be around and people will judge you based on them but you have to overcome that and be yourself.

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  9. This video overcomes high school stereotypes because the football players are supposed to be the big tough guys who are popular and win all the games. In this clip it shoes them singing and dancing and also being good at football. It doesnt show them trying to be big or macho. It also shows the kid at the end who wins the game who is different from the others. People thought that he wouldn't win becuase he was to little but it doesn't matter about your size in this case it was about his atheletic ability. One stereotype that applys to me is being a cheerleader. People think they all we do is wave pom poms in the air and clap and are dumb. However, we practice all the time and not only do we cheer on our sports teams but we compete against other schools. It takes a lot of time and practice to make our routine perfect so that we can get good scores just like any other team. People also think that me being a cheerleader would make me unatheletic. I am atheletic person and it takes a lot of strength and ability to be a good cheerleader. If trying to convince someone about this they usually don't listen and just wanna beleive that what we do isn't important.

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  10. The dancing football sequence from the television show GLEE overcomes high school stereotypes. In the video, the football team randomly gets up and starts to dance to Beyonce’s song Single Ladies. This came as a surprise to me mostly because I might expect this from the cheerleaders at the game but never the football team. The fact that I was so shocked to see a football team start dancing to Beyonce in the field demonstrates the stereotype of a “jock.” “Jocks” are not supposed to dance to Beyonce because it is not “tough” enough and seen as more like something girls would do. This video also overcomes the stereotype of a small, dorky kid. Who would expect the “dork” to win the game??? The coach was the only one to believe in him and in the end he surprised us all with his winning play.
    I think “dork” would be the high schools stereotype that applies to me because I almost always do my homework and get good grades. This is because I take school seriously but I believe I am more then just a dork. I like do fun things outside of school like hanging out with my friends. Even if I am a dork, I’m okay with it.

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  11. This video shows how some high school stereotypes are wrong or that they are incorrect in some ways. The dancing football players disproves that all football players are dumb muscle heads, by showing them doing a girly dance (no offence to girls). Another way that the football player stereotype is disproven is that a girl kicked the football and made the feild goal which won the game. This video shows that it is wrong to asume somthing based on it.

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  12. This dancing football sequence from the TV show GLEE overcomes high school stereotypes, by not caring about what other people think about you. You only need to believe in yourself and it will lead you very far in life, in this case winning the football game. Even though the whole football team thought that he wouldn't make the field goal, just because he was the smallest and wasn't the strongest. He ran out there and won the game. You don't need to be the biggest or the strongest to win something, you just need to have heart and a never give up attitude. No, there really isn't any stereotypes that apply to me. Yeah, I've been put down but I don't pay attention to it one bit. Whatever people say about me, like your too small for a certain sport, or don't have the ability to do something, that just makes me strive to succeed. Like last year at my old school, a varsity cross country runner had told me that I was no good and wouldn't make it to States that year, well the last race before the States I had beat him. I then had earned his respect and he had left me alone since then. Having his respect improved my State race time, coming in 4th place for my school.I normally didn't place at all, but especially for varsity. I am different from that stereotype because whatever people say about me I truly don't care, it just gives me extra juice to achieve at what I'm doing.

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  13. This dancing football scene from the tv show Glee overcomes high school stereotypes. It shows that you should not care about what other people think about you even if you are different from everyone else. It also shows that you should support people who are different because in the end that person could be what brings you happiness. There are stereotypes in my school. Not alot of them apply to me. One stereotype is that all the players on the ice hockey team smoke. I play ice hockey and I do not smoke. Some people say I do and that is stereotypical. I just say that I do not smoke. It really does not bother me because I know I do not smoke. I just ignore it and keep playing the sport I like to play. Another stereotype that applies to me is that football players are not smart. this also does not apply to me. It does not apply to me because I am not stupid, I am pretty smart. I have all A's and B's. This does not bother me either because I know what my grades are and I know they are good. So this is what I think about stereotypes in the video and in my life.

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  14. This dancing sequence from the tv show GLEE shows that highschool stereotypes aren't always correct. In this video, the football players are dancing to the song "Single Ladies." This gets them pumped up and they make a touchdown. People may think that the typical football player can't be silly and get pumped up to a song by Beyonce but that isn't true. Later in the video the smallest one on the team is going to kick the ball. Right before he does, he dances, again, to the song "Single Ladies" and gets very pumped up and they win the game. This video is very important because it shows that even though someone may appear to be small and wimpy may actually be very strong. Stereotypes aren't always correct that's why you should except people for who they are and not judge people on how they look.

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  15. The dancing football team sequence overcomes high school stereotypes because football players are looked at as the popular kids. They are seen as people who try to be cool and don’t let out the person who they really are like a dancer because they feel they have to live up to the stereotype. Also the popular jock always wins the game for the team but in this scene it was a less popular who kid wins it and gets the girl. I don’t think the stereotypes apply to our school because not all football players are popular. It is more about your personality that makes you who you are and how people see you as a person. It is different at school because there isn’t like groups of stereotyped people everyone is different but have the same interests as their friends. I am different from this stereotype because I play baseball and there isn’t really a stereotype like the one for football players. I don’t have to live up to the same stereotype as some of the football players try to be. I just try to be myself and not hide who I really am.

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  16. This video from Glee shows that sometimes people can be falsely stereotyped. This football team, which was probably considered to be too serious and focused on looking good and winning proved that they could be funny and still win. Highschool is typically known for cliques and stereotyping. I do not think i necessarily fall into a certain group. I take my work seriously, but i enjoy playing sports and hanging out with my friends. I do not think i am considered "popular" but i have many good friends that like me for who i am. I do not believe in acting like something your not in order to fit into a certain group of people. I am not a follower of what others do. I am fine with who i am, and do not usually care about what people think about me. I understand that in order to get far in life you need to be honest and dedicated. You cannot lie and cheat your way into getting things. I feel that people you admire might admire you for something you do, or the way you are. Being unique isn't always a bad thing. You should want people to see you for who you really are, and not what you act like you are. We were all given certain gifts. We just need to discover them. Once we do we'll be happy for staying true to ourselves.

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  17. This video from Glee deffinatly over comes the standard stereotype for jocks. No one would really except a bunch of footballs players to be singing and dancing to Single Ladies, and that's why people find this funny, it's because it is totally out of the ordinary. Jocks normally have a tough guy image, so it's actually cool to see them in a different perspective. As for me, I don't really feel like I fit into one, but I'm sure if you ask anyone else they will probably tell me exactly which one I am in, considering in high school, everyone is in one. I'm not in any sports,and my grades aren't always excellent, but I have a ton of friends. So it's hard to really chose one for me, but I have friends in almost each stereotype there is. I think highschool would be so much easier and different without them though.

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  18. This video sequence from the television show GLEE, overcomes the stereo-types of high school students, by showing complete opposites. At first, the football players are dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. That song is one of the most feminine songs that there is out there, and for football players, stereo-typed as jocks, is extremely unexpected. Instead of following the norm by showing off their strength and masculinity, the football players dance with their inner femininity. The stereotype that pertains to me is the title of "the slacker". I am different then this label, because in all honesty I am not slacking in my work performance. I do try very hard in everything I do.

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  19. The dancing football sequence from the TV show GLEE overcame high school stereotypes in that football players are perceived to be very masculine, mean, and serious, and in this video they are dancing, at the end of an important game in which they were losing at the time, to a very feminine song. This goes against the stereotype of football players. Also the kicker who was called “small” ended up defeating the stereotype of the “big and bad” football jock that people always think of when they envision football stars winning the game. He did this because he was a small kid who ended up making the final play to send his team into victory when usually people think that smaller kids can’t play football. A stereotype that applies to me is the high school football player football player who doesn’t care about school or anything but football. This stereotype does not apply to me because I care about school and being successful in it. I have a 3.8 GPA right now and I plan on keeping it that way. That is how this stereotype does not fit me personally. Stereotypes in high school are a lot of times untrue and can make you think something about someone before you even know them.

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  20. This scene from Glee overcomes highschool stereotypes in a couple ways. First, football players are seen as tough,and popular, not dancers. Popular kids always try to be something they're not to seem cool, but in this video the football players act like they do not care what anyone else thinks by dancing to beyonce in front of everyone in the middle of a game. Another stereotype that was overcome in this video was that the "little" kid won the game. Nobody thinks of the smallest kid on the football winning the game for them. People usually think that the big, fit football player would win. This shows that the only person you need to believe in you is yourself,and you can achieve anything. I would have to say the sterotype I would probably be given would be the blonde. I deffinitely do have my moments but I actually am not dumb at all. I am very book smart and street smart, but I think some people might think I'm dumb sometimes just because I like to have fun and mess around at times.

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  21. In the begining the football players are dancing to the song "single ladies" by Beyonce, which is not typically what "football jocks" would do. But, you could also see it as they want people to think they're cool or that they don't care how people look at them. The song gets them excited for the game and the coach doesn't believe the little kid on the team could actually help them win the game. People stero-type people by the way they look, act, what they do, or who they know. Sometime people may stero-type others by the color of their hair, what group of people they hang out with, or how well they do in school. People shouldn't let high school stero-types define who they are, its just how others see them and that shouldn't matter. They shouldn't let people who stero-type others control what they do in life. Its your life and it only matters how you looks at yourself, it doesn't matter what others think.

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  22. In the first scene a group of football players are dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. This is not typical because football players are portrayed to be the tough guys then in this video they are dancing to this song. This is not stereotypically. I do not think that stereotypes are correct because even if someone is in a clique or a certain group they can still act different outside of that. Glee incorporates comedy and exaggeration to overcome the high school stereotypes. There is no certain clique or stereotype that i am in. I think in a way i am alike all stereotypes and unlike all stereotypes. I have different interests and hobbies, as do others. Which makes everyone different.

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  23. VS mulan

    The video from Glee gives you a different perspective on jocks. Typically, they're the tough, popular, too cool to do anything, type of people. They overcame that stereotype by showing their careless and funny side. From this video, they are proving that stereotype, or any for that matter, wrong, and showing people a different side of them. The whole overall message is that you can't limit yourself to do something others can because you don't fit a certain stereotype. I don't think I would belong in any stereotype because i think i have small characteristics that belongs to each stereotype. If i had to choose one, I'd choose slacker, because i am pretty forgetful. I don't intend to forget my lunch money or not do my homework. I am hardworking and strive to get everything done, but there are times when there's a lot going on and things can become too overwhelming.

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  24. This video from Glee overcomes the high school sterotype for the jocks because the jocks are thought of being the tough guys that would never get caught listening, singing, or dancing to "Single Ladies." The jocks, during games, are normally focused on winning the game and not playing around. I don't think I am in a specific sterotype because I study hard for my grades, but they are not always good. I also play sports, and I have been told that I am good at most sports I try. Everyone is different and we should put the sterotypes aside and find out the personality of the person.

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  25. tc hancock
    this video explains stereotyped people in highschool. the jocks on the field always get the crowd appeal. for example, how they just randomly start dancing to the song "single ladies" , it shows that jocks are the big, cool kids on campus and everyone follows what they do. like how the whole crowd started to dance too , and some of the other teams players. another stereotype is how the football player gets the cheerleader in the end. thats always assumed by people. that the head cheerleader and the quarterback of the football team are a couple. thats very stereotypical.

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  26. This video shows how these football players overcome the high school stereotype by showing that football players can dance and not be made fun of for it. When people think of football players they think of jocks that all they do is lift and work out, but this video shows that they overcame that stereotype. I think that there are many stereotypes at Saint Marks as well. One of them are when some one is smart other people tend to think they are a nerd or that they have no life. When in fact I know many extremely smart people that have lives and are very good at sports. I think that if people learned to overcome these stereotypes and treat everyone the same and did not think just because they are smart they have no lives. I think that if people overcame these thoughts high school would be so much different and everyone would be friends with everyone.

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  27. This over comes stereotypes in not only the idea that jocks aren't normally found dancing on the field in a choreographed dance. But you also have to realize that football fans aren't ones to get into something as random as this is so quickly, which makes the entire idea even more out there than it already was. The fact that they transition from the dance straight into a play to confuse the other team. In a way it just makes the entire thing better, they are using the dancing as a way to win.
    I can't really tell you what stereotype is applied to me because I try not to dwell on the whole idea of them, I am an individual so I should be treated as such, but this isn't the case and in my opinion the reason we use stereotypes is because we can't wrap our minds around each person's individual status, and this being undefinable is why we use stereotypes to define that which isn't done for us.
    Stereotypes don't make high school easy but without them we inevitably would be lost in our own thoughts that we probably wouldn't learn anything.

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  28. i think that this video clip from the show glee expresses the steryotype that all football players need to be big strong and,toughto be able to play. in this video it clearly shows that you can be feminine and not manly and still be able to be a foot ball player and play well. also in the the very end of the film it shows a kid who is not the typical football who people think cant get the job done and kick the the field goal and in the end he ends up being able to do it and get the job don. i think that if i had a steryo type it doesnt have a nme like jock its just what people thought because coming in to school freshman year people used to think that since i was in a lower phase i wasnt smart. what happend was i ended up doing better in my classes and takeing extra help from teachers and moving up into higher phases and maintaining and A B averag so people no longer thought that i was incapeable of getting into more challengeing classes. also i think that my steryotype is different from the glee on because it was only what people thought about me football players being big tough and strong is a sterotype for all highschools not just one. NJC

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  29. This video definately shows that highschool is the worst with stereotyping. This clip from Glee, the football team dancing to Single LAdies, is definately a very good representation of it. You would expect football players too be big, tough, rough, not too graceful jocks, but in this video it proves wrong. You know that its true about stereotyping because we you first see it, i think most people are kind of surprised and taken back by the idea of football players dancing to Beyonce. You would never expect jocks to be shaking their hips. This is showing that anyone can be graceful or have coordination and still play football. People are nbot meant to be put in stereotypes, we are all different and have our ownb unique qualities. Also, the fact that the smallest guy in the end makes the touchdown, proves that the biggest toughest guys arent always the most important, or that it doesn't matter what your size. Anyone can achieve anything and thats all that matters.

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  30. This video shows a stereotype being broken, and that is that all football players are big and tough. The video shows that the players at this school have a soft side to them also. It's hard to say one stereotype that I fall into at saint Mark's, but I know one stereotype that I do fit into. This would be the typical teenager. The stereotypical teenager is always angry, tired, talking back, doing something wrong in almost every adult TV show. You hardly ever see the teenagers shown having good manners or being polite. So I definately think I am different than the stereotypical teenager. One thing I pride myself on is the way I talk to elders, and my manners. I may talk back to my parents too much, but that doesn't count. I am big on holding doors open and when somebody else holds the door open for me I make sure I say thanks. I know that's just one small detail. But it's just one of many examples of how I like to think that my manners are much better than the stereotype teenager.

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  31. cmr- hancock- this video really over comes high school steryotyes becuase football players don't normally dance to beyonce, or even dance like that at all. football players usually just play football and try to be as ruff as they can, you wouldnt normally see a football player dancing on a football field to beyonce. the video really represents that high school has a huge steryotype to it. everyone expects kids to do certain things and when they dont its like you dont belong in other groups you just have to stay with what you have always done. for example, the geeks shouldnt join the soccer team and the soccer team shouldn't join the math league. we all have just confided ourselfs to this one little group and this video really shows that anyone can join any team or do anything they want to in high school.

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  32. Well here is something you don't see every day. this video from Glee shows the football team dancing to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce. As far as i know the is no stereotype any football jock should have. But these football players show that they wil do whatever it takes to win the game, even if it means dancing in fron of everybody. This shows that they do not care what people think and that is what we should do. Not care what other people think about us. For me, if I had a stereotype, it would probably be the quiet one. some people think im quiet and keep to myself and don't do much on weekends. But I do well in school and I know what I am going to do with my life. I achieve in my own way so i don't care what other people think. There should not be stereotypes. Just do what you love no matter what.

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  33. The video of the football players dancing overcomes a few high school stereotypes that would normally be attributed to football players. A normal stereotype would be that the football players are considered jocks and that they would never enjoy dancing and especially not to a song like “single ladies.” Football players would be looked at as more masculine and manly. A song like “single ladies” is looked at as gender-specific and would be considered more feminine. However, in this video the football players counteract that stereotype by dancing to the song. They did the exact opposite of what would have been expected of them, which would be to just ignore the song and play their game. Another stereotype that is contradicted in this video is the stereotype that a smaller, sort of scrawny person is not capable of what a bigger, stronger person could do. This is shown when the smaller boy must make the winning point for the team. He is judged by his appearance because he is not the typical jock stereotype that would be expected of a football player. He challenges this stereotype but proving that he is just as good as the “jocks” by winning the game for his team! A stereotype that is probably applied to me is that I am a “nerd” or a “teacher’s pet” because I am normally quiet in class and I achieve high grades. The stereotype of a “nerd” describes a person as having school be the only important thing and maybe not having as many friends as others would. I believe I am considered this stereotype because I am being judged by how I appear but not by who I truly am. I am different from this stereotype because although I do try my hardest in school and achieve high grades, that is not the only thing that my life revolves around. I do try hard in school and study when others may not be but I also enjoy spending time with my friends and my family. I’m not always doing things for school and actually, I procrastinate a lot. I think that to classify someone in a specific group is unfair. I am just like any other person in this world. I have fears and hopes and dreams just like every other person. If a person got to know me, they would see that I am not like what a “nerd” is said to be.

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  34. i do not completely understand each of the videos. honestly, the second one is the weirdest thing i have every seen, and has nothing...? to do with stero types. what is this? I really thought it was a man singing at first like why did i just watch this, in my opinion it makes no sense what-so-ever. The first video was mildly entertaining, and the second one was a waste of life, kind of funny, but mostly weird. The first one is about a gay man perhaps, who enjoys football, and singing glee cast versions of Beyonce. I myself love beyoce, and do not stero type anyone who may want to sing or just be themselves. i have no problem with gays , or weird people, i support them, hey man, maybe one day ill be weird and gay, who knows? :)

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  35. I think that proves stereotypes wrong. Normally you would think of a football team being strong, tough, fearless, & courageous, but here they are very open & free about this song. They do not seem to be afraid of showing other people a different side of them. I think one stereotype about me, is being hispanic, so many people automatically think i speak spanish. This stereotype for me is totally wrong because i do not speak Spanish at all! I was adopted when I was 4 months old, & to this day I still have hispanic people coming up to me and speaking spanish to me without thinking and then are suprised to find out that I don't. I think it's quite funny sometimes!

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  36. this video overcomes stereotypes because in every sports movie you see the jock always ends up as the one that something good happens to them, but in that clip, it showed someone smaller and less athletic becoming the one that something good happens to them.

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