People are confused about why they are here and they don't understand what life is supposed to be about. They think that they should be a certain way or think a certain way, but they are all wrong. We should all act however we want to and not let the world influence us.

When I was a child I thought that the world was to big for me to understand, but I was wrong. The world is easy to understand if you're not crazy. All you got to do is realize that no one really knows what he or she is doing or where he or she is going. Every day that I wake up I wish that the world would change to where it was all right to be who you really are. Instead you have got to be what the world wants you to be. Its sad that these days a child can be left out of a certain group because his parents cant afford the outrageously expensive cloths that the other kids ware. This may cause

This is the guy that you will most often find in the back of class asleep because he doesn't think he should try or put forth any effort. His parents have not paid enough attention in his eyes and for this he hates them for bringing him into this world. He is just waiting for the day when he turns 18 so he can drop out of school. He's not thinking of getting a G.E.D. to go on to some sort of technical school though. He often speaks of the fact that he has a gun at home and when he turns 18 he can buy bullets. "This will be the fastest way." He has mumbled to a few classmates that grow concerned that he might not be kidding around. And when they go to the guidance office to report what he has said, the consoler tells them that she is busy today and tomorrow, but she will try to get to it sometime Thursday around 10:30.

Since that day I've been on a quest to in some way show the world what I was fortunate enough to learn. I've tried in many ways to show my peers that it's ok to do your own thing and not follow others. Often I've just been criticized for my actions and told that I was being ridiculous, which in a few extreme cases was true, but I didn't let that stop me. Over the past six years of my life I've crawled out of what could be called the filth of society and established myself as an "outstanding young man" in order to get people to notice my examples I'm trying to set. Of course I totally despise myself for the levels I've stooped to in order to get where I am today. Never the less, I believe if you're going to do something right u might as well go all out.

The largest problem with today society is the constant pressure that teens have put on them by the world of entertainment. While most things on television aren't bad it's the little things that make it hard to be a teen. In the days of the boy bands and the rap rock groups most teens are torn between being a "punk", with long hair and no real fashion statement other then blue jeans and a t-shirt, and being a "prep" with gelled hair and tight cloths. This often causes large groups of divers people to cling to those more like themselves. In the splitting of these two groups I've seen the best of friends turn the other way when passing each other in the hall.

I want to make a name for myself in this world, and in order to do that I've got to do something big to get recognized and get out of this small town.

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Approximate Word count = 4469
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)