Breaking the Ice that is supposed to stay broken and my eternal embarassment.

In my sociology class we were assigned to break a social Norm. Well, I broke one for sure. Being a 16-year-old girl, image means a lot and many are familiar with the words "self concious." I know that when one sees the girl who is sadly outdated and maybe needs a little help with the concept that you should not wear gym shoes with a skirt, they start to make funny faces, gasp, and sometimes just give complete dirty looks. People in the American Society always seem to judge because of the way we are brought up, and the things and media we are exposed to. The girl who may be slightly outdated or wearing those opaque tights with those bright white shoes, probably doesn't know any better because of the kind of environment that she has grown up to see as right. I think that in society today, it is so important to have a self image and be okay with who you are despite what others say.
My experiment was to dress up as one who doesn't know better, and to break the social norm of fluffing the bangs, wearing the childish earrings and gym shoes with a skirt. I felt so embarassed, but what made me feel bad, was that I did feel embarassed. It made me realize what kind of society we live in when people in the social setting were staring and giving me sad looks of disapproval. I went to dinner at JCW's. I felt awkward knowing there were so many attractive guys there and that people were not okay with the way I was. I even felt so stupid, I took out the scrunchy, flattened my bangs and took out the earrings. American Society judges. Sometimes maybe a little too harshly. This experiment really opened my eyes to the way we see things fit and our social norms. :) Have a good Thursday everyone! :)
only yours truly,
Maddie Violet, the girl wearing gym shoes with a skirt.