Analysis Of Dm Slides

In the essay, “Sociology of Leopard Man”, Logan Feys talks about conformation and how people are being affected by it. The author introduces the idea of changing your feelings, looks, beliefs, or actions in order to fit in with a group. My opinion is that it is not a good idea. I believe that changing your personality is fine if you are doing it because you want to do it. If you are changing because other people in society are doing it, then I would say that it is wrong. They may be wanting to change because they want to be viewed by society as normal. Society forces individual people to conform to their beliefs. This is affecting people’s lives as it gives them more to think about when they are in public as they are worrying about what others think.

Being unique or in laymen terms, “weird “is not a terrible thing. I am one of those people society calls wired of those people because, I never had a group to fit in with, I do not hide who I am and also, I do my own thing and don’t try to fit in to society

What teens wear identify them as belonging to specific cliques or groups who wear similar apparel. Having this confidence helps children try new things without a fear of rejection. It will give them a sense of belonging and togetherness with other students, and they will feel included and wanted which is essential to a teen’s self esteem (Faber & Media, 2014). In middle school and high school teens need a feeling of belonging and clothing with name brands helps bring them closer together. Teisha-Vonique Hood from SMU (2012) stated that when people associate themselves with a particular brand or branded image, they immediately assume a new identity that is in some sense, confined to the social points of that brand. When people wear a certain brand they are telling people they like that company and what it conveys. Children know that a certain brand could make them popular or

As I transitioned from elementary school to middle school, I have always heard about everyone trying to fit in. For me, I too have experienced trying to fit in. While others tried to fit in by buying the trendiest clothes, listening to the latest music or playing the newest games, I thought I could fit in by just going along with everything people said. However, because of this, in the long run, I began to lose myself.

One might even notice that this whole “clothing epidemic” is going on right in front of their own eyes. Girls these days especially are prone to being sucked in by the way they dress. They believe that how they dress affects their popularity status. I myself have gone through this being a young girl at one point! I wonder where they could have gotten this idea from? Oh, that is right, this idea has been going on since the ancient times!

Most people will change themselves and conform to fit in with the groups of people they want to be apart of. The pressure of society causes people to form themselves into someone that they believe that others would like and accept them. Logan Feys states, “They may call themselves “non-conformists,” but most antisocial freaks, in their obsession with displaying their freakishness, are just as dependent on others’ opinions as approval-seeking socialites.” (Feys, P. 2). This quote claims that not everyone changes for society’s requirements and that being a “freak” is similar to people changing for people’s approval. There’s also those people that don’t follow society’s requirements and be themselves, non-conformists. Non-conformist are people that live for their individuality and their own choices. Non-conformists

In The Cool Kids, Waldman shares common interests with her audience concerning the ideas of cool. The audience that Waldman addresses is adults around there 20’s and is interested in popular culture. Waldman first begins her article with her own experience of what was considered cool throughout middle school. She utilizes examples of different television series that were once considered cool, as well as different fashion trends that only cool kids wore throughout those years. Through her own experience, Waldman is able to draw a connection to her audience as her audience has most likely experienced scenarios that were similar. Since her audience is people who are concerned about the current events regarding popular culture, it is guaranteed that they have all gone through the struggle of trying to keep up with popular culture, whether it is trying to keep up with the latest television

“I think everybody’s weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.” states Johnny Depp in one of his brilliant quotes. Individuality is “weird” to some people, but maybe it is because they are lost in the control of conformity. If we were all to just be ourselves and embraced or individuality then conformity wouldnt control us. In my own view of conformity and individuality as it relates to humanity, society, teenagers, and the world is do not let conformity control you but use it to an advantage while being an individual.

Then it progresses in secondary school, you have to have the popular clothes, you can’t be seen in clothes that does not have a designer label on them. These are what I consider positive conformity; there is nothing wrong with trying to fit in in this type of fashion.

Everyone follows the current fashion. People just want to fit in and be cool. In this generation, others make fun of the kind of shoes you have and what you wear. Therefore it makes us feel that we need to be like others and dress like others in order to be

Do you ever look back on your good old high school yearbook pictures and say to yourself “what in the world was I thinking?” You often catch yourself wanting to hide it or rip the picture frame off the wall that your mom once proudly put up. You find it hanging on relative’s refrigerators, or being the topic of laughter on holidays. Trends throughout the years often change. Many of these changes happen quickly. One week something is “in” then the next week it is totally “out”. Imagine having to go back to school 10-15 years after graduating and trying your best to fit and blend in with the teenagers of that time period. In the movie, 21 Jump Street, that is what they attempted to do. The movie is starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. It’s about two police officers who are forced to relive their high school days. They are assigned to go undercover as high school students to prevent the outbreak of a new synthetic drug and capture its supplier. An “honor roll geek” and “athletic underachiever” work together to fight crime and form an inseparable friendship while doing so. The police officers are forced to gain the mindset of a teenager. They have to learn how to fit in and interact with others during that time period. They realize that some of the things that were once “cool” are no longer as cool as they once thought they were. This movie features various different stereotypes in high school. Styles have changed, along with attitudes, and new clicks have formed. The

I never fit in anywhere. Wherever I went, whatever friends I had, I would mold myself to fit their standards. Though this only was only

Picture it a middle kids trying to find who they are. Going shopping for the start of the school year had always come with some anxiety. How do I want to portray myself to my other classmates? This middle schooler is more of the nerdy type of kid. He couldn’t find any clothes that showed who he is and what he liked. Then one day as he was perusing the mall with his mom. He found this small dark store with this alluring music pouring out of its wooden double doors. It beckoned him into its dark embrace as the music calmed his frantic mind. The kid was enveloped by the wall of character t-shirts from Pokémon to South Park. His nerdy heart soared when he came across the plethora of pop culture references and funny merchandise. I can honestly say that Hot Topic helped this middle schooler on his journey to finding himself. Although to the average person on the outside the store seems dark and intimidating. Hot Topic is a store focused on alternative nerdy

In the modern era, the “hipster” trend’s popularity has skyrocketed among young people of diverse backgrounds. As these groups often unconsciously conform to several dominant fashions, they have also begun to challenge traditional boundaries. In particular, the hipster trend eliminates many gender specific styles, has opened a new front of acceptance and tolerance for new notions of gender identity, which were formerly highly confrontational. However, as with all popular trends has become difficult for many young people not to conform to the hipster trend, especially when the fashion industries and other influences integrate the trend into society, until it becomes a norm. This cultural dominance ultimately contradicts the key components

In “ The Name of the Wind” Patrick Rothfuss once said, “ It’s like everyone tells a story themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” Our identity is what we know ourselves by how others view us in the world. Their many identities that we have some examples are race, gender, fashion, class, sexuality, etc. All these identities shape the way we think, act, and view the world. We may not know it, but our identities impact one another either in a negative or positive way. Either we make our identities by our interests or what we feel like we should be viewed as. Some let others make their identity for them, they’re influenced by what they see on T.V. mainly by what celebrities are wearing. I know for me when I was younger I would watch all these NBA games and see these players wear Jordans. Jordan 's back when I was a youngin and still today where cool shoes you had popularity if you had Jordans. All the cool kids had Jordan 's and I wanted to be like that a cool kid. So I acted like someone I wasn 't, buying many pairs of Jordan’s (which are expensive) so I can fit in and so everyone can know me as a cool kid because as a little boy at Colonia Middle School I wanted to have recognition as the kid with the expensive shoes and the showy clothes. Also, I was pressured by my surroundings to buy these items because I saw a lot of kids being bullied for wearing inexpensive clothes and I didn 't