We talked a lot about the social clock today and I never realized how true it really is. Even when we are young, children are expected to play sports, have friends, do well in school. If not, everyone asks why? I know that me personally I really dislike it when people ask me these types of questions. Then again, i'm guilty of asking these questions. Everyday, people ask me what I'm doing with my life, where I'm going to college, what I'm going to major in. And I definetely know that I am sick of it.
All around us, there are these types of things that people are expected to do. Right now, the juniors are getting asked about prom. The seniors about college. Once we get to college, the question over and over again is what are you majoring in. After college, there is career questions, marriage and kid questions. Everything is supposed to come in a specific order and even though people say it doesn't matter when these things happen, it really does. When I am asked about college, I tell them I don't know, because that is the truth. But they raise their nose and somewhat don't accept my answer. So recently I've started to make it up. They don't know that I am partly lying, they accept any answer.
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Well Jason, I was in the same boat. Every day somthing new with college comes along. But today I finally made my decision. Once I did that everything got so much easier. Now it's all the picky stuff I get to deal with. Once you choose it's not so bad. But to go on with your post, the questions will never end. People are curious and at every age new questions arise and that means they need to be answered.
ReplyDeleteFirst off Jason, lying is wrong. Second, I hope that if you are lying you are making up some ridiculous lies like you are going to major in extreme sports. But, on a more serious note I am also bombarded with questions on college and yes they do get annoying some times. And also this social clock thing happens for a reason Jason, and its a simple reason at that, WE ARE CIVILIZED. If you want to not partake in these specific things your chances of becoming successful severely decrease, people can often treat you as an outcast, and you could be tagged a radical. So why not just embrace it and keep on living the way that will probably never change, and if it does it will be very little, because it is human nature to hate change, unless you are Barrack Obama.
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