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True, I agree with what your saying about usually based off appearance. I typically think stereotypes aren’t really something someone should be blamed for, it’s really just used out of ignorance. Everybody is different, so you can’t really make assumptions nowadays. But we are humans and we can’t help ourselves, we’ll look at someone and probably think, “Oh that girl always wear sweaters, she’s probably a nerd.” Not many people say it but people DO think it, whether you admit it or not. But sometimes stereotypes may be a good thing, it can be true or maybe even something good. Maybe if somebody sees someone wearing glasses they may say, “Oh she wear glasses, she’s probably smart.” I’m stereotyped for many things, which I won’t name because it will probably give away my identity. I think stereotypes can be good or bad. -Miriam B.
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To me, a stereotype means kind of like a label you give to a certain group of people, something that describes them but isn’t always true to all of them. It can be offensive sometimes, but it can also be a compliment. I’ve heard of MANY stereotypes, like people who stereotype One Direction fans as extremely emotional teen girls. Or when people stereotype some people as Instagramers, people who use Instagram a lot. I have been stereotyped, typically as the smart girl. It gets a little annoying, since everyone gets jealous of how good my grades are, but they don’t seem to pester me too much. I’ve also been stereotyped as a FNAF Fan, which is what I am, but the #|description for one like me is SO misleading. We’re not always dark and depressing, we also have our sweet side to us. I’ve never really stereotyped people, because it can get pretty offensive at sometimes…..I, like my alter ego Pinkie Pie, don’t think we should make judgements on people based on one fact about them, nor should there be a general description for this group. -Miriam T.

In my opinion a stereotype is someone that judges someone else by their appearance, and although I know they can be either a joke, a compliment, or a mean misleading comment. I don’t really look at them as a bad thing I never have used those comments in a bad way but I have seen others do so. If I ever do it, it is a joke and it’s not behind their back usually we will say it to each other and that way it’s not one sided and neither of us get hurt. I have been stereotyped as I explained before, but in a playful manner and not a cruel misleading way. I have never really been hurt by them because people criticizing me and being stereotypes just makes me try harder to achieve goals that I have and so it never affects me in a negative way because I don’t look at it from a negative stand point I see it as a place for improvement.

-Isaac E.

Wow, you guys have some great points about stereotypes!!! I agree with you, I’m not one to really #|answer #|questions great, I write stories and things like that. But, I agree with your points about it not always being bad, because some stereotypes are good, that's true!!! Anyways, onto the next thing we must discuss.Thisreveals that Mr. Frank is such an optimist, wouldn’t you agree? Even in times of absolute horror, he still keeps the spirit bright. He thanks god that they are still alive then proceeds to still celebrate and keep the mood bright by having Anne sing the song! He doesn’t look at the bad side of it all like everyone else does, he just looks at the bright side, they aren’t dead! I’d probably be like that, too, since it was a REALLY bad situation they were in, it makes things always a little better to have an optimist!! It also reveals how negative the other characters can be, since he had to bring them all back together after they thought they were going to die, which reveals how much of pessimists they are!! Mr. Frank was telling them how much they were panicking, so it reveals how little faith they have in times of danger!!! If I had to live in hiding with my family and other people I didn't know, I would go insane!! I couldn't IMAGINE having to spend time with my little sisters, who go insane after being quiet for waiting an hour at the dentist!!! And on top of that, to have more random strangers with us, my family already being six people, we would NEVER have enough #|food!! We'd probably argue a LOT, since my sisters would NEVER be able to stay quiet for that long during the day!! We'd probably get caught!! I would find it the most difficult to try not to loose my sanity because you're trapped in a freaking house all day with nothing to do!!! No one to hang out with, you can't even talk!! It would make me go insane, since I can't even IMAGINE how bad it would be to leave your friends behind and have to #|start a new life, it would be EXTREMEMLY difficult!! See ya  guys next time, when we discuss another matter!! -Miriam T.

(Sorry I wasn't able to post on Monday I was taking Keystones)

Nice points, I agree with what your saying about optimism, I wrote blurb before I looked at the group page and realized how many words we share like about going insane and optimism, this is what I wrote.. It shows where Anne got her traits of optimism. Mr. Frank is a very optimistic man and has also takes the instant lead in being a leader. He tries to cheer everyone up when they have all lost faith and hope(like when he says “Have we lost all faith? All courage?") but Mr. Frank is still there with a big grin on his face. He's upset too in the inside, but he never shows it. He is cool, calm, and collected kind of dude. He reminds everyone of the good things like how they're all "alive, safe." and thanking the Lord because he is still looking at the good things and forgetting about the bad things. I can see the other characters #|actions considering they've been in there for 2 years. A normal person would probably go insane, but they are just cranky and hungry, which I also understand. It shows their characters are... well normal because that's what normal people would be like- cranky and hungry. The problems that would happen the most would be my brother and I fighting. We fight already at home, and with a tough space and little food I couldn't even imagine. I know that if I had to stay in hiding for two years I'd go crazy. I'd try and smash the windows or jump out or something, even though that wouldn't be a good idea haha. I think the little food part because... I have to admit that I like food to myself, especially when I'm hungry and I like privacy.

-Miriam B.

 If I were free, I'd run free and scream and yell. I'd go to all my favorite stores and buy my favorite candies and food. I'd go to the mall and get McDonalds, then Chick-fil-a, then Chinese food (bourbon chicken with lo mein and maybe orange chicken). I'd go home and get my laptop and headphones and just listen to music and read. I'd turn on the TV and re watch the whole Glee season all over again and over again and over again while eating raspberry ice cream. Then after that I'd go to the gym and run on the treadmill and feel the thrill of running, I'll go to practice and compete with my friends in relays and have so much fun. That's what I personally would do. I think Anne would want to go out and be a journalist. She actually wrote that in her diary that she wanted to be a writer when Mr. Frank was reading it in the future. She also explains her likes of reading and how the way she talks with vocabulary is so advanced and flourished for a 13 year old. She has the writer’s traits and wanting to do it. In Act 1 she shows her love of the diary and how she has a sort of relationship with it, addressing it when she writes. She grows to learn what living in fear and danger is like and that is a very good topic for a book; she has a very nice personality and seems very determined (like when cheering people up, such as Peter) to get information if she was going to be a journalist.

-Miriam B.

Yup, Mr. Frank is probably the calmest of them all!!! He is SO cheerful in the dreaded times like at that moment, it’s pretty cool to be that optimistic. Anyways, if I was free after many months of hiding, I would just, first of all, squeal and hug my sisters and be SUPER HAPPY!!!! Then, I’d probably go to the mall and get some new clothes and things that I missed DEARLY while I was in hiding, mostly video games. I would go home and FINALLY watch all the new videos from my FAVORITE YouTubers, I have an obsession with YouTube. If Anne was never discovered, I think she would TOTALLY go back to school and make some new friends for herself to hang out with, considering how alone she was for so long! And then she would take some time and focus some more on her writing I bet! And I think she would TOTALLY get to know Peter better, if ya know what I mean. I bet she would TOTALLY go to Paris and pursue her lovely dreams of doing something creative with her life, as long as she had enough money! Poor Anne tho, never getting to live her life……that’s awful!

-Miriam T.

I love YOUTUBE, and in video games I am a total Mario lover haha!!!! I also liked how you brought up her personal life outside of her career after she gets out of the annex. Anyway the quote that Anne wrote, “despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” I can somewhat agree with what Anne is saying. Sometimes people are just full on bad and others change. I’m not a very optimistic person like her but I’m not one to be pessimistic either and see the glass half empty. I always believe in another chance, and another chance, and another chance; just until it starts to become ridiculous and the person is literally just taking advantage of me giving them another chance. But others do take that second chance and clean themselves up and become nicer. I half agree and half disagree because it really depends on the person. Some people are really just plain MEAN and others are just wanting to be fixed. You just have to see the person and figure it out.

- Miriam B.

OMG YOU PLAY MARIO?!?!?! I LUV MARIO!!! Even though I can’t finish some of the levels….that’s beside the point. And thanks! I think and write a little bit too much. Anyways, I kinda agree but then again, I also disagree. I mean, there are some pretty mean people out there that are actually secretly nice……it’s kinda weird…..But then, there are people like serial killers who have NO REMORSE for their victims…….From my life, I’ve meant some pretty mean people, who turned out to not be that bad when I got to know them…..they’re actually pretty cool. But then, there are some people who were just born mean, and they’re not willing to do anything to change. My one friend can sound really mean and heartless sometimes, but he’s really a sweetheart. I think he’s really sweet but then there are the kids at his school who bother him…..They are the mean ones, and they aren’t willing to become nicer. Maybe they are, I dunno, but all I know is that people sometimes seem mean when they’re the nicest person you’ve ever met…….. -Miriam T.