Boys vs . Girls - Part 3 : High School Battle

From day one of high school , you've entered a popularity battle . So your first impression can very well be your last impression . If you're not with the right crowd or you're dressed a certain way , automatically , those become your friends . So if you wore all black , you've basically just made a statement that you are Gothic . If you wore those fishnets on your wrists , than you are either emo and trying to hide the cuts or you are a skater . Even if you aren't either of those and you unintentionally wore them just because you liked them , you've already been pinpointed as some sort of stereotype . Hanging out with the thugs will always get you a look or two from the teachers , especially if you dress like them . If you've established that thug persona for yourself , than your making the statement that you're tough and you have swagger . Nowadays , being a thug also means you do drugs or you sell them . Hanging out with people that smoke , will obviously raise the suspicion that you are a smoker as well .
I think it's hard for girls and boys because there's always that certain look that's portrayed by the media made out to look and be cool . Girls have to wear skin tight clothes and show a lot of skin to get the attention and boys have to have pants that have enough space to fit two of themselves in and their clothes must be brandname otherwise it's not cool .
And it's becoming more and more popular in teens to take part in drugs and alcohol , which raises the interest in teens to do them so they too can be cool . The funny thing about popular kids is that they think that they are being original or making a statement by the way they look and carry themselves . But the truth is , is that they are doing what everyone else is doing . They're following each other and they're following what the media is doing . They do not actually create their own looks . So who's to blame for this battle for popularity and what the standards are to be qualified to be cool ? The media . Just look at how many young artists use drugs and alcohol in their videos and look at the way the dress . We're all just following exactly what they do .

Be real . Be yourself . Start your own trend . Start your own cool .

Summer Fierce