Teen Stereotypes- The Breakfast Club

This past weekend, I watched the movie The Breakfast Club from 1985 for the first time. The five main characters are seen as typical stereotypes in high school like the jock, the princess, the brain, the criminal and the basket case. By the end of the movie, each one had proven that there was something about them that went deeper than the stereotype, that there was more to them than what others saw.

I think this is still really relevant today, because people are judged and put into certain social categories by others who may not know the first thing about them. I'm sure we can all think of at least some one who fits the label of a jock, brain, princess, criminal, or basket case, but what do we really know about them that allows us to apply that label?

After the five teens spending eight hours together in detention on a Saturday and uncovering different secrets and details about each other's lives, they developed totally different perspectives towards each other. There was more to them than what met the eye, and I think that's a key lesson. We shouldn't be stereotyping people before we really get to know them.