INTRODUCTION

          Trying to fit in? We've all been there, and we are still even doing it nowadays. Given the facts we heard about getting out of our shells and showing who we really are. As I see it, we all really want this so badly. Everywhere you look now there is this one person who tries so hard to be "cool". He goes with the flow of what's "hot", what's "in", and and what's "new". I find this a problem, trying too hard to fit in.

         What is cool anyway? In the dictionary cool means low temperature. In an aesthetic definition, it means an aesthetic of attitude, behavior, and style. Looking deeper at it the connotation says that being "cool" means being unlike the others, being that one person who did something no else did. Cool just means being that one guy who apparently does not care about anyone's opinion. On the other hand, people who want to be and try to be cool care about everything people say to them.

          We all have different perspectives on being cool. A school bully may think he is cool because of beating other "inferior" students because he can. Quarter backs in school varsity for example, who happen to beat up people who are in their circle of interest, or an "emo" kid who happens to be suicidal for he thinks it's cool. You see, there are just numerous things to take into consideration just to come up with a concrete idea of how to be cool. My point is why try to be cool, when there isn't any specific idea for being "cool".

          Why do we try to fit in? Is it because we are afraid of embarrassment?  Isn't that too tedious to do, trying too hard just to impress other people and stand out? Yes, we may still do it anyway, but let's open our minds to the given fact that there's more it than just being cool. Let's try to find out how and why we need to be "cool" through the use of my blog.