I’ve been called weird, that emo kid and loser, and trust me it hurts. Labels are bad and they can affect people in negative ways and in some cases people go into a major depression phase.

Labels ruin a person’s self image and once they have been labeled they’re always going to be insecure because they will believe what they are told time and time again. The labels slut, whore, fat, skinny and stupid are way over used and generally wrong. People shouldn’t be labeled for what they look like or how they act.

Labels make people feel like they aren’t good enough. Take the label “popular” for example, the “popular” kids are the kids who have money and nice things, and when they’re given the title of “popular” it makes other kids feel like they aren’t good enough. Just because people don’t have a lot of money doesn’t mean they deserve to be labeled.

I don’t see how people can instantly judge a person without knowing anything about that person or what they’ve experienced. Labeling is a world wide problem that has affected me, my peers, and other people around the world.

Some schools have made efforts to attempt and stop the labeling going on in educational settings. However, I don’t think that the name-calling will ever stop. Labels are not for people and they need to stop.