3/26 Write about a time when you realized that your perception of a person or group was based on stereotypes. How did this realization affect your behavior or beliefs? What steps did you take to change your perceptions?"

When one of my now best friends first came to lakeside, I didn't know how to approach her because she looked like a stereotypical mean girl. She had a confidence about her that scared me so I just thought she was mean. In reality, she is one of the nicest people I have ever met and I regret making that assumption about her. 

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