Acceptance

Fat, ugly, stupid, and boring; these are just a few of the names kids call one another. Kids judge each other on a daily basis on appearance, wealth, and even intelligence. People are constantly being criticized and evaluated without even realizing it. We all do it, and we are all the victim at one point or another.

Growing up involves struggling with acceptance. Everyone wants to have a lot of friends and for people to like them for who they are as a person. Though acceptance is easy for some people, it can be difficult for others. Some people may be shy, or come from a lower class family that may not be able to afford the hottest new style. Growing up in a world that revolves around materialism drowns out the important things like personality and talent. When it comes to accepting someone, it's about how they look or dress instead of their personality and character.

Nobody wants to be called any of the names I mentioned previously, and people will do just about anything to prevent that from happening. Kids will change their entire look just to fit in with the popular crowd and even change the way they act, or the type of music they listen to, and eventually they will forget who they really are inside. It's hard to be that one kid that gets picked on and feel as though you'll never be accepted no matter how hard you try, but it happens to all of us eventually.

I went through this exact problem as a kid. Sometimes I went home crying because some girls didn't like me, or maybe a boy called me ugly that day. It turned out that a few years later as I got older, those same people who made fun of me and told me how ugly I was were the ones who wanted to be my friend and told me I was pretty.
This goes to show that acceptance is tough sometimes, but one day you will be appreciated and you will find people who accept you for exactly the way you are without changing a single thing about yourself. If you truly want to be accepted, just be yourself and nothing else.