Strange But True

This being my 100th post (for the year) would be slightly special.

This might sound outrageous, but my science tuition teacher actually suggested that Lee Chong Wei was bribed. Whoops. Maybe China gave him 3mil to settle with if he loses? OK, forget this suggestion, to all LCW fans.

This point onwards was inspired by Cassandra's post.

In every class of society, there's always this annoying bunch of people who are bound to make us feel "unpopular". They seem to set the trends and everybody wants to be part of them. Almost everyone knows them. The "in" crowd, as we all call them. They are treated like gods of the human world. Worshipped by their own kin as well as thousands of wannabes. Always following the flow of trends. People want to be like them, somehow. After all, they are the ones getting all the attention, right???

WRONG.

It is, actually, US that's giving them attention. We just don't seem to figure that out. The puny, teeny, "normal" crowd not only gives attention to them, some die-hard wannabes worship them. The actual truth is that they are just normal people living normal lives. Their lives do not really differ from those "normal" ones. Basically, all they ever do is exactly what "normal" people do. The only difference is that they EXPECT attention to be given to them. And, more often than not, they DO get the attention expected. Why? Because "normal" people are the ones giving them the attention seeked.

Sometimes, if viewed from the third person's point, the "in" crowd often does stupid things. Even then, "normal" people, who don't want to be left out, follow these stupid things. IT'S CALLED PEER PRESSURE. For example, millions of bloggers out there actually bother linking other people's blogs. Who the heck started the whole linking thingy?? I actually salute one of my friends, who gave a perfect statement: "Why does everyone link each other? Does it really matter? I don't link anyone". That's pure genius. Stand up to the crowd. And there was another time, when the whole 2 Batai went back to their original classroom after utilizing another classroom, unlike other days when they would stay in that same room for 3 periods. Their Geography teacher, not knowing so, sent a class representative to tell the class to bring themselves and their bags to the hall.

A partially confused student questioned the need to bring down their bags and reasoned that maybe the Geo teacher didn't know that they already placed their bags in their original class. The representative, being one of the "in" gang, stated that the class just "bring their bags down in case". The confused student then asked, "In case what happens?". By that time, many other students began doubting the need to bring their bags down. But, after seeing the popular kids bringing down their bags without any resentment, they hastily picked up their bags and made their way to the hall. The confused student, still seeing no point in this act, put down her bag, took out the necessary books and left her bag in class.

IN THE END, THERE WAS NO SPECIAL REASON TO WHY THE CLASS TOOK THEIR BAGS DOWN. There was no use for the bags. A spotcheck wasn't even conducted.

This clearly shows peer pressure.

We also tend to follow them so much because they look so confident in doing whatever they do. They don't hesitate. They just take action. No judgement. Nothing whatsoever. That's why people follow them, regardless of how the results will turn out to be (As seen in the class glitch above). So, "normal" people SHOULD JUDGE THINGS ON THEIR OWN. Not follow someone-who's-not-really-judging-the-situation-well-but-still-look-confident. Confide in yourself.

Now, we can all see that the "in" people aren't so "in" after all. So leave them alone and forget about fame and fortune.

Happiness comes first =D