I have been thinking about 'Social Reputation'

[Will Paine]

For quite a while now I have been saddened about how society labels you with a social reputation, and it sticks to you forever.  When this reputation sticks it basically prevents you from changing your personality. 

For a while now I have wanted to change mine from being energetic and outgoing to something else. Because unlike when I first started going to school I a sometimes scared to meet or talk to people from time to time. But with my social reputation, I feel that I have to keep doing it because people will think that is wrong and expect different from me, so they will not accept the new me at all.

Why is it that we are stuck with how people label us? I just want to be the true me. I used to be the true me, but it has now changed. So why does society force e to be the way I used to be? Why must people have a social reputation in the first place, AND it be frowned upon if they act any different. 

I mean the other day there was a guy me and my friends think is a jerk, but we saw him helping out someone pick up their books when they were dropped. He was actually starting to be kind, but my friends thought that he was only doing it to get on her good side so that she will accept a date from her. It turns out that he used to date her and this was him basically making a truce about them 'not hating each other anymore'. 

When someone is labeled as shy, annoying, immature, etc. They are basically stuck with the same description basically their whole life. The only way to get rid of it is to run away from ANYONE you know or have known in your short life in this world. We all know how impossible that seems with the internet being what it is.

I am even more frustrated when I realize how much you change in just a week, seeing as my attitude is here to stay now. If people did not know me before and they knew me as I truly want to be right now, then they would never believe how I used to be just a week ago. 

And there is my semi-rant/venting blog post. People have been saying I should write so please stop teeling me I need to. As you can see I have done it. So stop telling me please.

[Jenna]

I am the same, ironically I am in a play which nobody would ever guess the quiet, nice girl would do. I actually have bad stage fright ironically. I am really quiet any other time though, an have a hard time being myself. The only time I can really say my opinion is being a computer screen or writing. Also everyone sees me as some serious smart kid, when really I laughso muh around my friends and family it is so unpredictable.

[Wish Upon A Wish]

Yeah, it's kinda of annoying how everyone expects me to be the really quiet kid in the corner, yet they also try and get me to speak more. I am still relatively quiet, and fell awkward talking on the phone, and when meeting new people, but other than that, I'm not really the quiet, does-not-make-a-sound type anymore

[Dusty]

Hey, I definitely felt this way in high school. I was always the shy, awkward kid, but then when I got to university, where I knew nobody, it was time for a change! I find that when you spend time in different social situations, you can try on new personas, which tends to happen only semi-consciously. But yeah, being in the same group of people the whole time really molds your personality a certain way. I definitely still feel this way with my family, and have trouble acting outside of how THEY expect me to act... :/ even though I'm trying to change

[xCutemintix]

YES! I completely agree.

I wanted to radically change my  "shy-and-quiet" image, but I feel like my social reputation is preventing me from doing so. You think people will say things behind your back and make all sorts of assumptions, think you're fake, or even desperate. It's damn hard to change people's impressions of you when you've been with them for a long time. I can't wait to go to university and start fresh!