Research Question: Why shouldn't we care about what people think?
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Many people care about what others think. They conform to another persons standard or to the "rules" of society. Why hide their true selves? Is it because there is too much peer pressure?someone is forcing them to conform? Or is it because they feel that they have to, to make them feel accepted or to make someone else happy or we shouldn't care about what people think , because we don't need someones approval to be feel important, everyone is important in one way or another. We should be true to ourselves instead of being 'cool'. We are all unique in our own ways, so it is your choice of who you are.
We shouldn't care about what people think, because we are all important with or without them. In the time of the Ninth doctor, in the episode called "The Unquiet Dead" the Doctor states " In my 900 years of living I have yet to meet someone that is not important."(Euros Lyn) In this scenario the Doctor is facing an extraterrestrial form that is speaking through dead bodies, the person whom he is saying it to is Gwyneth, she is a servant that thought less of herself due to some discouragement from her boss, , and she has visions of what is happening in different places in the present future or past. This shows how the Doctor conveys, to the shows audience and Gwyneth, that not everyone might be going down in a history book, but in one way or another you are important to the world and to the people you interact with. The larger implication of this is that, instead of doing what other people think we should be doing, we should just be who we are. Also supporting that, is another Doctor Who episode "Father's Day", the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler go into the past to see Rose's father right before he died, so that he wouldn't be alone when he died, Rose prevents him from dying and the Reapers are sent to try to fix the tear in time. At this situation the Doctor starts scolding Rose, saying that she is just another selfish person that has taken advantage of him and tried to bring back someone they weren't supposed to ,also saying that "even the most common man is the most significant and important man in history"(Joe Ahearne). This evidence shows, that even if the completely ordinary they are extraordinary and very much significant. This is important because, of the way we should live is to our own concern and no one elses, unless it starts to negatively affect others . "Everyone needs reminders that the fact of their being on this earth is important and the each life changes everything" (Marge Kennedy,100 things you can do to keep your family together...pt.1, 1994). This demonstrates that, even if you don't believe that you are important others do think that you are , it can be inferred that with others believing that you are important, should encourage you to think that you are important. In the book The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan, Percy asks for every fighter over the age of 15 years of age(not including Nico di Angelo a 12 year old son of Hades with extraordinary powers and training from the underworld). Due to the life expectancy of a demigod, the heroes are trained from the age they realize until they are at the ability to take care of themselves and others in a world full of monsters(Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Real world[criminals, robbers and others]). This shows that, every demigod even the unclaimed or the minor demigods are treated the same as any other hero in the book. this means that, even the weakest demigod is counted on, that they are going to do the best they can to destroy as many monsters as they can to prevent the death or injury of an innocent being and Percy jackson has the modesty to not take credit for all the lives that he has saved due to someone making his destiny for him, but in the end he changed his fate and made someone else into a hero (and he got the chance to say that he killed the titan kronos by handing him a knife;)). This means that, anyone even the smallest person can make a difference and make themselves important. So we are all important, we just need a chance to see that we are or someone has given us a chance to see that we are important.
Instead of doing something to be 'cool' we should be true to ourselves. For example, in the Doctor Who episode called "The Eleventh Hour", The Doctor says to a seven year old Amy Pond(Amelia Pond) " Amelia Pond. Great Name you should keep it. It sounds like a fairytale." (Adam Smith) What the Doctor means is, that she shouldn't change herself , no matter what other people say it's okay to stay in your fantasy, as long as you know what is important to you. Later in the episode the Doctor tries to find Amy at that exact age and day, but he ends up going 12 years too far into the future, she gets angry at him saying she had to go through three counselors, because she kept biting them when they said that the Doctor wasn't real. The Doctor became disappointed at hearing that she went through so much trouble for just believing in him, but he gets even more disappointed when she says her name is Amy now, because she changed, she stopped being her, a child that was so innocent, someone "the Doctor didn't mess up" as he said when he was nearly dieing in another episode. In this era of technology anything can be hacked into or monitored by someone else, you know what can't be hacked into without permission from the owner, you mind. The minds is a unique thing that can make up the most remarkable stories and universes, I mean just look at the stories that humankind has created: a worlds full of wizards, demigods, monsters, magic, even the future, and many other things. In the Supernatural episode " LARPing and the Real Girl" , Charlie Bradbury stated that "It's not just that, though. It's an escape. I mean, here, I'm queen, a hero. Out there in the real world, I'm just hacking out code and chugging coffee all day long."(Robbie Thompson) This shows that, even though she is just a somewhat normal person most of the time, she still finds time in her day enjoying her true self. This shows that, even if you want to look professional, once in a while it is ok to be yourself even if it with alot of the same people, at least they have the same interests. The other day, I asked my little sister what she thinks it means to be true to yourself, her response "Well being true to yourself is to stand up for what you think is right, go against something or someone that you feel is wrong, and you have to be able to stand up to the little voice in your head that causes all the negativity in your life." I feel that this is possibly the wisest thing that she has said to me. This shows that over the years there is going to be at least one person that sees something a little bit differently, how they feel about something that seems negative, but in it's own way, it is positive. In the Kane Chronicles series, also by Rick Riordan, throughout all three books Anubis keeps telling Sadie Kane to be true to herself and stop fight for dominance with Isis, one of the voices in her head( the other being her conscience and the occasional god or ghost messing with her head), the goddess of magic. He not only tells her this , but he also tells her that he like her just the way she is. So this means that, there are many people that believed that she should be true to herself(not to mention her overbearing brother that believes this as well). So if Sadie Kane, the most stubborn character in Rick Riordan's books, can be herself to everyone else then you can too. So don't you think that you should be true to yourself as well?
Everyone is unique in their own ways and you aren't alone when it comes to stuff you like. Deoxyribonucleic Acid, it's what makes us what we are, it is the blueprint of our lives, it stores infinite information about the human body it is part of ,and what I like about it most is, that it is unique, that little strand of acids, is the most important thing in the human body. It can be multiplied over and over again to make new cells, but it is not always the same outcome, it has the littlest changes in it every time it makes new cells, so that not one of them are exactly the same. The point is, that even if you do choose to conform, you are still you because there is no one else like you out there in the world. Looking around classrooms and other area you will come to realize that not everyone is the same and even if they wear the same clothes and stuff you can always tell the difference, even twins have differences whether it be their personalities or their physical appearance. So, remember that everyone is unique in their own ways even if the look the same they will never seem the same , because everyone is different in their own fantastic little ways, the ways that will never change, no matter what. Another piece of evidence is, That in the show 'Supernatural', when both Sam and dean die ,in episode called "The Dark Side of the Moon", they go to heaven and they meet up with a friend named Ash from a few years ago( He was killed by demons to prevent the spread of important information). Ash then states" Everyone in heaven gets their own little slice, because they all have different events that makes them feel truly happy, kind of like you[Dean], one event from your heaven is, the time you and Sammy were playing with fireworks on fourth of July". These events are the ones that define you for who you are and what you feel is the happiest moments of your life. This shows that everyone has their own definition of a happy day or a great time. In the book City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare, Clary Makes a new rune of power, it is called the rune of bonding, they use this rune to bind someone with another person or creature. Clary made this symbol in order to unite the different species of people in the book. She successfully binds many people to each other (this rune is much like the relationship of parabatai, which is also a binding rune, but it only worked on the Nephilim) and the benefits of the rune were that the people involved were more powerful, but the one condition was that the people involved must get along well for it to work properly. This evidence shows that, even if you are being your self there is always a chance to gain new friends(even if they were not willing to be friends at first).This is significant because, this means that if you are yourself, your beautiful unique self, you are not alone when it comes to things you might have in you ever heard the saying that "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?" and then later on in life hearing "Why can't you be like other children or like so and so?", if not, well I have and so has Troy Cochrane along with many other people that agree with him on /a-short-note-on-bridge-jumping/ ,frankly we have found these phrases contradictory. When people say the second phrase consecutive to the first then, to paraphrase it,they're saying "Hey, everyone else is jumping off the bridge. Why aren't you?" well frankly this seems a bit as though they are mocking us, goading us to conform, to prove them right and to show that you are inferior to the people you are conforming to. You are not inferior , do not let their words affect you in a negative way, just use it as another reason to be yourself, like everyone, you are unique.
We shouldn't care about what others think. We are people that are important, we are able to think for ourselves and be our true selves, we are unique individuals, so why does it matter what other people think of you? Ask yourself that. Why care about what people think? Remember that you are who you are and you and no one can change that not scientifically, not emotionally and not psychologically.
Cochrane, Troy. "Chris Guillebeau." A Short Note on Bridge Jumping : The Art of Non-Conformity. 9 June 2008. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. /a-short-note-on-bridge-jumping/
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