Labeling people is a practice that we use to identify what a person is or what they do. It is a very negative thing that we choose to do. The first reason on why it is a bad thing is because it makes the parents of a child who has problems think that their child cannot do as much as another child. The parents “don't want to put a ‘ceiling’ on their child's potential by labeling them.” (Special Needs Children: Should I Label My Kid? 26) This shows that labeling people is a bad practice for our society. Another reason on why it is bad to label people is because of what happens in high school. Kids “from working-class backgrounds often don’t have that luxury—and are the ones who are most damaged by high-school labeling.” (Can You Ever Escape those