Classroom Culture: Common Classroom Stereotypes

Often in schools cliques are formed and opinions about other students; genders and races are made about peers.

Who Controls the Group Opinion?
- "Popular" students
- The majority ethic groups 

                                                     

How Are these terms/ opinions formed?

~ When peer groups disagree and have different values

             These stereotypes and terms are not concrete.
~ Do the individuals a society would call a nerd see themselves personally as a nerd ? 

 

~ Aside from the name calling are these terms offensive or something an individual can embrace?

This all depends on the context of the culture and environment.