Whats the deals with Labels?

Question

Okay well when your in high school your always labled. I hate labels... but what you don't know is that you are labled. Your labeled as emo, punk, goth, prep, jocks, nerds, geeks, clubbers, skateres and posures/wannabes.
What I would like to know is that why do people have you classed as these groups or others? I always think that its not always what you wear or how you talk or act, but how you deal with things. Am I wrong? My best friends and I are labled as punks, goths, skaters, and emos. But why do people have to lable us. I don't like lables by then you have posures who think they can do whatever they want but they just become annoying. Whats up with that? And like I said .... why do people have to be labeled... its like War World 3.

Answer 1

Kids need a sense of identity???? I was big into them when I was young...goth, punk, thrash chick!!!!

Now I'm just OLD!!!

Answer 2

It's part of the identity-forming process, and it can have advantages as well as drawbacks. On the one hand, high school students who dress in a certain manner and listen to a certain kind of music are choosing their own label. Being an emo, skaterpunk, goth, jock, or geek gives you the right to hang out and be friends with other emos, skaterpunks, goths, jocks, and geeks. It tells you you're not alone.

The downside, of course, is that some high school students will use these labels in reverse, not to forge a common identity but to insult or ridicule others.

The good news is that as people grow older and more confidant, it becomes less necessary for them to use these labels. I'm sure it's annoying to deal with the labels, but this too shall pass!

Answer 3

Labels are ways humanity forces itself to be segregated. I don't see the fascination with wanting to differentiate from one another. That's always caused problems.

In the end we're all human.