VII

Have you ever felt as if you’re forced to submit to what society deems proper. If you do anything that is different, well, you are a social outcast. I think it’s just strange that in today’s world it is said you have to be unique, special, exotic, and the best word, an individual.

But over the years, I have learn that being unique and not caring what others think of you is not a good thing in the US. You are considered weird. Outside the norm. I find this rather annoying and rather appalled by this social fact. This is because I used to believe that what you see is what you get. And if you can’t handle that, well, it’s your lost.

After coming here, I have noticed that it is actually my lost. It seems that here, you are forced to be a conformist. Although I am still trying to be an ‘individual’, different from everyone else. I find myself questioning every choice I make. It seems that the society I am in right now is a society that wants you to be a unique and open minded person, but at the same wants you to conform to what the media has deemed proper and acceptable.

No longer are the ideas that you conjure up for yourself that you believe is the real you. The real you is what your friends depict it so. That is when you begin to conform. You are no longer an individual; you are one of the masses. You are unable to convey your ideas and aspirations for fear of ridicule and ostracize. You compromise and compromise, till one day you realize that no one will remember you, not even your so called friends. Because no one will remember them too.

It seems that you have to pick a side in order to survive in this society. If you move away from social norms, you are deemed a rebel and also a freak. And that makes you a social outcast. But if you stick with the group, be one with the people, you are fine even if you’re pretending to be in the group. You are considered safe, reliable and trustworthy. And most of the time you are none of those things.

For those of you who have chosen to rebel, I salute and bid you good luck on your quest of being an individual, and not a conformist. As for me, I am still a rebel, even if I don’t seem to be. But let me warn you that if you choose to be a rebel, you will be tested, again and again. All your actions will be scrutinized and questioned, even though you have done nothing wrong.

Well, that’s all for now………