Individuality
"Don't be afraid to be different."
This is a sign in the classroom I'm in right now. It got me thinking about part of the post I wrote on beauty. I think that the main reason that people are scared to be individual is because the need to be that beautiful man or woman. Individuality in a person in similar to different spices in food. It would be boring if every food tasted the same, and that's why we enjoy different foods. Most of the foods that you look up look beautiful, and most of them taste pretty good too.
So then, why are we so worried about having people with different "flavors"? There are so many different things that we are all made up of, even something as non-important as skin color. But that had become so important in our culture. You can't hire all these white people because you have to have some asian and some hispanic. Why should it matter, it's just the color of their skin. Most of them were born in America anyway, and so it shouldn't matter. Yet, there are people who can't get into the college of their dreams because they aren't part of a minority skin coloring. It makes me angry, and, at the same time, I'm glad we (as a country) are fighting toward total equality.
Another thing that I've thought about regarding individuality, which was also in my post about beauty, is the fact that we should care what others think.
There are always those people, and I'd say that I'm included in this group, that say that they don't care what others think about them. People always tell me that I'm so strong, and that I'm unique because I don't care what people think.
I hate that assumption.
And it's not even an assumption that people make, it's something that I tell them and something I show them through how I act. However, it's not really how I feel. Sure, parents always tell their children to be themselves, no matter what comes up in their lives and no matter who dislikes them for it. But I think that caring about what other people think of you is a huge deal. If we honestly, and thoroughly, didn't care what others thought about us, we would just leave the house in whatever we wanted (and for me, that would be sweat pants and no hair combing). Parents tell that kids that they shouldn't care, but they should tell their teenagers that they should care partly. They don't need to discourage the idea that the care about people's opinions. Plus, if we didn't care, people wouldn't ask others how their hair looks, their pants and shirt match, or how they should do their makeup for Prom.
Other's opinions are important in our lives, and some of my closet friends have shaped my opinions and on many things. You shouldn't push to change people, but letting people mold you isn't a bad thing. Just make sure that the opinions don't take over you. I could rant about that, but I'll save it for another time.
You'll have a great day whether you know it or not
Carly
This is a sign in the classroom I'm in right now. It got me thinking about part of the post I wrote on beauty. I think that the main reason that people are scared to be individual is because the need to be that beautiful man or woman. Individuality in a person in similar to different spices in food. It would be boring if every food tasted the same, and that's why we enjoy different foods. Most of the foods that you look up look beautiful, and most of them taste pretty good too.
So then, why are we so worried about having people with different "flavors"? There are so many different things that we are all made up of, even something as non-important as skin color. But that had become so important in our culture. You can't hire all these white people because you have to have some asian and some hispanic. Why should it matter, it's just the color of their skin. Most of them were born in America anyway, and so it shouldn't matter. Yet, there are people who can't get into the college of their dreams because they aren't part of a minority skin coloring. It makes me angry, and, at the same time, I'm glad we (as a country) are fighting toward total equality.
There are always those people, and I'd say that I'm included in this group, that say that they don't care what others think about them. People always tell me that I'm so strong, and that I'm unique because I don't care what people think.
I hate that assumption.
And it's not even an assumption that people make, it's something that I tell them and something I show them through how I act. However, it's not really how I feel. Sure, parents always tell their children to be themselves, no matter what comes up in their lives and no matter who dislikes them for it. But I think that caring about what other people think of you is a huge deal. If we honestly, and thoroughly, didn't care what others thought about us, we would just leave the house in whatever we wanted (and for me, that would be sweat pants and no hair combing). Parents tell that kids that they shouldn't care, but they should tell their teenagers that they should care partly. They don't need to discourage the idea that the care about people's opinions. Plus, if we didn't care, people wouldn't ask others how their hair looks, their pants and shirt match, or how they should do their makeup for Prom.
Other's opinions are important in our lives, and some of my closet friends have shaped my opinions and on many things. You shouldn't push to change people, but letting people mold you isn't a bad thing. Just make sure that the opinions don't take over you. I could rant about that, but I'll save it for another time.
You'll have a great day whether you know it or not
Carly
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