I don’t know how many people will read this but one thing I ask for people is to be real. All too often, I see so many of my peers putting up some front. I don’t know why - maybe they want to look good in front of someone, appear more powerful because of whatever leadership position they are in or whatever it may be, I am sick of it. Just be real. Be who you are. Stop trying to act like somebody you’re not. If you don’t like someone, don’t fake being their friend. I see this stuff all the time where I am put in the middle of some bullshit friendship and I am not gonna lie, but I tell that person straight up. “Yeah, they are just fake. They really don’t like you.” The truth hurts, but hell, that stuff sets you free.
Also - I hate politics. Last year, when I ran for USG President with Mark, we acted the same as we normally do. We didn’t have this “Yeah-I’m-the-Best-So-Vote-For-Me” mentality. We ran because we wanted to help the student body. We like to evoke change, representing students on their behalf. We have many passions and it embodies the many things we do. My adviser told me that I need to take a lot of notes when I meet with members of the DBA. “This might be the last meeting you’ll have with them.” What? No. Regardless of our positions in student government, I am still going to be meeting and catching up with our discount program and still trying to behoove the bus situation. The passion for change should not come with a title. It doesn’t matter what your position is…
Prior to the election, I felt like some people were acting different -perhaps more friendlier to me. Quite honestly, the sad thing is, I’m a soc major. I can notice changes in how people treat me. (lol) It was really sad. Hell, Mark and I went into the election not knowing the outcome. We never said, “Oh when we win.” No bitch. No. When you develop that certain stuck-up persona, people will start to hate you. That’s why, if I ever run for a public office when I’m older, I am going to be real. I am not going to sway people with my words. I am going to give them me. I am going to be raw (lmao I almost typed “rawr”) and speak how I normally speak. Granted, there are some people that intimidate the hell out of me because of their talents and I get really awkward and quite around them. But still, I am not going to be fake or be nicer to someone so I can just get an extra vote or two. I think people will like you more when you are your true self. Then, people won’t have to figure out the mindless puzzle of who you really are because you’ve already showed the world what you can accomplish.
Last, I’m not being passive aggressive. The people who I don’t like should realize that I am sick of their dumb ass actions and should just be real. Don’t act different when I’m around or whatever. People are such mind-boggling creatures that act different so they can appear “better.” Yes - Erving Goffman argued on the theory of symbolic interactionism that human actions are dependent on the time, place and audience. However, when it comes to peers on a friendship or election standpoint, when you act like two completely different personas, in the same context, it gets questionable.
Also - I hate politics. Last year, when I ran for USG President with Mark, we acted the same as we normally do. We didn’t have this “Yeah-I’m-the-Best-So-Vote-For-Me” mentality. We ran because we wanted to help the student body. We like to evoke change, representing students on their behalf. We have many passions and it embodies the many things we do. My adviser told me that I need to take a lot of notes when I meet with members of the DBA. “This might be the last meeting you’ll have with them.” What? No. Regardless of our positions in student government, I am still going to be meeting and catching up with our discount program and still trying to behoove the bus situation. The passion for change should not come with a title. It doesn’t matter what your position is…
Prior to the election, I felt like some people were acting different -perhaps more friendlier to me. Quite honestly, the sad thing is, I’m a soc major. I can notice changes in how people treat me. (lol) It was really sad. Hell, Mark and I went into the election not knowing the outcome. We never said, “Oh when we win.” No bitch. No. When you develop that certain stuck-up persona, people will start to hate you. That’s why, if I ever run for a public office when I’m older, I am going to be real. I am not going to sway people with my words. I am going to give them me. I am going to be raw (lmao I almost typed “rawr”) and speak how I normally speak. Granted, there are some people that intimidate the hell out of me because of their talents and I get really awkward and quite around them. But still, I am not going to be fake or be nicer to someone so I can just get an extra vote or two. I think people will like you more when you are your true self. Then, people won’t have to figure out the mindless puzzle of who you really are because you’ve already showed the world what you can accomplish.
Last, I’m not being passive aggressive. The people who I don’t like should realize that I am sick of their dumb ass actions and should just be real. Don’t act different when I’m around or whatever. People are such mind-boggling creatures that act different so they can appear “better.” Yes - Erving Goffman argued on the theory of symbolic interactionism that human actions are dependent on the time, place and audience. However, when it comes to peers on a friendship or election standpoint, when you act like two completely different personas, in the same context, it gets questionable.
