Unfortunately, what is stated above is very accurate nowadays. We care less about what is behind a person’s appearance, including his or her clothes and other marital possessions that show the given person’s status. There are several kinds of status symbols that help us to make quick judgements whether we accept the other person or not. According to my opinion, it is thanks to the fact that we live in a society where you are what you consume. If you can afford fancy clothes and precious cars, you belong to the privileged class and this is the group of citizens where everyone would like to belong to.
To tell the truth, it is quite a primitive approach to fellow humans. I grew up in a middle-sized town, where this sort of attitude was neither accepted nor encouraged. That is why when I moved to the capital to start my studies, I was extremely surprised then I first witnessed bullying. The reason for that was the simple fact that one of our classmates wore the same clothes more than two days a week. It made me feel incredibly frustrated, since the boy in question was the most intelligent and generous on the whole faculty.
That was the time when I promised myself I won’t act like how my fellow classmates did, even more, I attempted to cheer the insulted person up. I explained him, that people coming from wealthy families are used to paying attention to what catches their eyes first – for instance clothes in this situation. Although we can’t blame them, since that is how they were raised. Despite their behaviour, it shouldn’t have made my classmate less of a great person than he was.
The conclusion is that we have to teach our children how to make judgements based on inner values, since they are more important and the society won’t be the proper educator in this case.
Unfortunately, what
is stated
above is
very
accurate nowadays. We care less about what is behind a
person’s
appearance, including
his or her
clothes
and other marital possessions that
show
the
given
person’s
status. There are several kinds of status symbols that
help
us to
make
quick judgements whether we accept the other
person
or not. According to my opinion, it is thanks to the fact that we
live
in a society where you are what you consume. If you can afford fancy
clothes
and precious cars, you belong to the privileged
class
and this is the group of citizens where everyone would like to belong to.
To
tell
the truth, it is quite a primitive approach to fellow humans. I grew up in a middle-sized town, where this sort of attitude was neither
accepted
nor encouraged.
That is
why when I
moved
to the capital to
start
my studies, I was
extremely
surprised then I
first
witnessed bullying. The reason for that was the simple fact that one of our classmates wore the same
clothes
more than two days a week. It made me feel
incredibly
frustrated, since the boy in question was the most intelligent and generous
on the whole
faculty.
That was the time when I promised myself I won’t act like how my
fellow classmates
did, even more, I attempted to cheer the insulted
person
up. I
explained
him, that
people
coming from wealthy families are
used
to paying attention to what catches their eyes
first
–
for instance
clothes
in this situation. Although we can’t blame them, since
that is
how they
were raised
. Despite their
behaviour
, it shouldn’t have made my classmate less of a great
person
than he was.
The conclusion is that we
have to
teach our children how to
make
judgements based on inner values, since they are more
important
and the society won’t be the proper educator
in this case
.