Dear Friend…
Dear Friend, What is it about fitting in that makes you want to change how you act just to be accepted? What is so good about these popular kids? They just seem like regular kids to me. Am I wrong to think that you don't need to fit in to be popular? There is technically, no physical definition for the word 'popular.' The word popular can mean so many different things. I feel popular within my own little social niche because I have friends who care about me and see me as I am meant to be seen -- as a person with opinions that matter. The popular circles have been influenced by teen movies such as _Mean Girls_ and, you know, they don't really care about you. All they care about is that you're good looking and rich. Once you lose one of these two things, your friendship is immediately revoked, and you're just left on the cold, hard floor of loneliness. Why would you want friends who see you only as a piece of meat, when you can have people who truly see you for you who you are as a person? I, personally, do not see what is so good about these popular kids. I mean, sure, they dress nicer than most of us, but does that make them more important than us? They walk around school with an air of importance, but what is it that makes them more important? Sure, they talk about sex and about 'pimping,' but to me, that seems like an act of immaturity and not an act of maturity. The popular kids strive to be people that they're not; bad imitations of what they see on MTV. Why do I feel so isolated among my peers? I feel so much older than them, and I walk around school just watching them with contempt disgust. Why do I feel like the only when feeling this way sometimes? I walk around school, looking at people who just _try too hard_. What happened to actually learning in school? Now, it's just like the school's been divided in half. The 'Populars' VS. the Regulars. I assume it's part of human nature for people to feel better than their peers, but why? Why do we feel an innate human instinct to just prove that we're just as good? Why can't we just be happy with who we are as a person, and just let that be? Why can't you just see from my perspective? Why do you insist on trying so hard to fit in, when you're already a great person? I've been trying so hard to just make you _see_, but it's a hopeless cause. I don't even know why I try anymore. Sure, I could let you become everything that you're not, but then you wouldn't be the same person anymore. What happened to individuality? Trying to be different? It seems like people are throwing away whatever individuality that they had and turning into some wannabe teen-idol. You may see me as stubborn, old-fashioned, maybe even obnoxious, but I just don't want you to become someone that you're not. It's fine if that is really who you are, but please, don't throw everything away just to 'fit in.' I know I'm a selfish person, but I just don't want to lose you (it's happened before).
Sincerely,
Alex Qin
Alex Qin
This entry was posted on November 19, 2007 at 08:19 PM and is filed under Personal,.