On Thursday, Dec. 4, during 2nd and 3rd hour the stereotype presentation was put on with the help of Counselor Mary Kerr-Grant. It included presentations from the Students for FHN, the African Americans Senior Leaders, and the Gay-Straight Alliance Club, and included a short presentation from a Russian foreign exchange student. The presentation is put on each year to help students become more tolerant and accepting of different races and groups of people that attend FHN.

“I put this presentation together to raise awareness and tolerance to people that are different and treat other with respect,” said Kerr-Grant.

The Students for FHN gave a standard definition of what a stereotype is. A stereotype is label put on to a group of people that describes them in the way that the norm of society describes them as.

“Just learn to co-exist with people, you don’t have to like each other, just be a decent human being to other people,” junior Maddy Bowen said.

There was also a personal 1st hand account of the struggles of fighting stereotypes of being gay or lesbian. Claire Boenitz gave a speech pertaining to being a lesbian while attending public school.

“To some extent, we all feel the need to stereotype and generalize so we can make sense of things and know what to expect from people,” junior Boenitz said.

A Russian foreign exchange student gave a short presentation about the stereotypes that Americans have towards Russians and how most of the normal stereotypes are incorrect about the typical Russian family. Some of those stereotypes included the consumption of alcohol, which she said was a total incorrect stereotype they only consume alcohol on special occasion, and that Russians aren’t very aggressive people but are nice and friendly people that “have a heart”.