So guys one thing that i have been thinking about is the idea of image. What exactly does image entail? Is it outdated?
One thing that pops into my mind when I hear the word image is how people view me. So it would go in with how you look not necessarily who you are factoring in to how people stereotype you. Right now I am wearing an argyle sweater jeans and my glasses. If someone who doesn't know me was to look at me they would probably stereotype me as a nerdy prep kid who does good in school, basically an overachiever. What if I told you that I'm not a straight- A student I failed statistics my senior year of high school and I barely got into college? Or how about if I was a big party goer who would get drunk every weekend and hooked up with a bunch of (good-looking) girls? Or how about the fact that I was almost arrested and thrown in jail? As you can see the way someone looks does not necessarily define who they are. Now many of you may feel this is true but then again many of you may not.
Another thing that this might play in to is the idea of cliques. In pop culture cliques are shown as social barriers that none my bypass i.e. nerdy guy may never talk to popular girl, or stoner will never hang out with the jocks. I know at least in my school this is not the truth. Although I was not clearly defined in to a specific group many people in my school were, that said they were not held back by these "social barriers" that would not allow them to mingle with people of other groups. In my school the groups are as follows: Jocks, popular girls at the top then below them the stoners and the wannabes, then below them the video game nerds, the theater people, and the smart kids, and then down at the bottom were the band geeks. Now I played sports in high school which would throw me in the jock category right? But lets see I also smoked weed, and played a lot of video games so therefore I'm a jock stoner video game nerd. But is that how I should be defined, is that all people should think of me? Although this is what pop-culture tells us it is not the truth. I dated one of the smartest girls in the school smoked with the stoners, played video games with the nerds, hung out with the "smart kids" and partied with the jocks and popular kids. By pop-culture standards I am a super human as i have single handedly broke the social barriers that have been placed by so called "cliques." Now I'm not saying that pop-culture is wrong but maybe a little outdated.
Well that is all I have to say at this time if you guys would like me to continue with this subject at my next post or have something to add then please feel free to post a comment or follow me on twitter to see when I have posted again.
Vale,
Josh
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