The World's a Garden..Let it Grow!

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This week for my blog I chose to write about this interesting picture I found when browsing the internet. This weeks reading was about people challenging the status quo. This picture immediately caught my eye because it's of a dark brown sheep amidst a hoard of white sheep. This picture was obviously taken because the photographer wanted to get his opinion about "fitting in" heard. The sheep in the middle stands out the most.

In today's society it is frowned upon to stick out and they are even sometimes discriminated against. For example, lets take a look at people that express their individuality through tattoos. When someone has a lot of tattoos most people can't help, but stare. No matter what their tattoos might mean and how artistic and beautiful there tattoos are, they are going against the status quo and are therefore standing out and getting judged. Parents seem to always frown upon their children getting tattoos when they come of age, but I think that it should be their choice. Sure it is permanent and sometimes it is a mistake, but they need to be allowed to express themselves. Take a look at how interviews for jobs are conducted. You are supposed to dress nicely and be clean shaven with very little piercings, in other words, you must look like the other prototypes that are trying to get the job just like you. A lot of interviewers decline many applicants who have piercings or tattoos or if they just don't look like they'd fit the job. The reason is because they are automatically judged and not given the chance to "fit it". The person in charge does not want that person to flaw how their company looks as a whole. Does this mean the company itself is scared of accepting different people?

I definitely have my own opinions about challenging the status quo. Especially when it comes to living up to one's "expectations". I remember in high school everyone figured since I was part Japanese I had to be amazing at math and a horrible driver. The normal overplayed asian stereotypes. Although I have to admit that I am a horrible driver and that everyone should watch out when I'm on the road (=p) I absolutely hate math. I can't do it and haven't been able to completely understand it since middle school.


I chose this picture because it shows someone trying to make an impression to their picture's viewers. This sheep is standing out amongst all the rest, but they continue to be sheep and the world does not fall down around them and cease to exist because one decided to be a different color than the rest. What it all comes down to is that the world is scared. Everyone is scared of change, but I think we need to embrace it. Without change how can the world progress?