Working in retail, and providing a service for someone as being a makeup artist really gets me interested in how people interact with others and there unique habits. From the way people expect you to act and seeing how people behave that are from different walks of like is very interesting to me. The title, The Yong, the Rich, and the Famous: Individualism as an American Cultural Value sucked me in immediately, and little did I know it was one of the longest stories.
I am the type of person who enjoys being different from everyone else, just being able to show the world who I am is a big part of my life. While I was in high school I wasn't afraid to be myself like so many others are and I do think that this is an American cultural outlook on what high school should be. We are shown through books, movies, and real life scenarios that there is a specific vision of what high school is like. At that age teens are already in the stage where they can't find there identity and our culture throws this perceived picture of how you should act in high school.
Friends of mine that went to high school in different countries didn't seem to have the same outlook on high school as I had. For example, everyone is friends with each other, they all go hang out at a specific café or park were they all bond together. There isn't as much judging and everyone is accepting. Having this persona of who you must be in high school and which click you fit in is so childish. No one can man up and be different because they are all afraid of being rejected by the image of perfection.
-Maddie Rzeppa
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