When I was taught about sea creatures in elementary school, my teacher taught that the shark was the scariest of them all, and I believed her then. Now that I've had the opportunity to research about sharks for myself, I've come to the conclusion that most people are afraid and uneducated about sharks.
The first time I saw sharks with a new perspective was during Shark Week 2014. My brother had it on the TV, and I decided to watch with him. Usually, we didn't get along, but Shark Week had caught my attention, so I didn't argue with him about what channel we should watch. I had watched some shark shows before, and it always showed sharks as violent and angry. I figured these shows would be similar to the other shows, but I was wrong.
Shark Week showed sharks differently than how typical suspense movies like to show sharks. It showed how sharks really act. Yes, sharks might be dangerous and sometimes aggressive, but they aren't human eating monsters. They showed them as gentle giants just looking for food to survive. They had facts and data to back up their shows. A lot of shows and movies showing angry sharks are based on misconceptions.
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I decided to do some research on my own. I learned about different types of sharks and their lives in the ocean. The main thing I was surprised about was how badly they are represented in media. People love to make sharks seem like evil, man eating beasts because they like to be scared. However, in reality, the only reason they attack people is because they have bad eyesight and humans come into their