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Weird Is Good
"I don't feel embarrassed about speaking my mind, whereas so-called normal people are less likely to voice what they're thinking."
By Thinh Vu
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Thinh Vu think that being weird is the first step towards speaking your mind.
It was a tedious day in the classroom as always. The teacher was lecturing on about the different parts of cells and their functions. There were about 17 kids in the classroom and everyone was either off in their own world, sleeping, or just staring off into noting. All of a sudden the teacher started asking questions, and as everyone was guessing the answers, I had an answer that no one would ever think of. "Chicken!" I shouted. My classmates started giggling but one of my friends looked away in shame and said, "oh dear, he's being weird again." I believe I was justified in this situation, my friend didn't have to look away in shame. I was only bringing joy to the students and making them laugh, there's nothing wrong with that.
Other classmates of mine were at odds at the idea of me just having a sudden, random outburst. But I embrace my weirdness. I think being weird is amusing and is a way to express myself more freely. It has also made me into a more outgoing person. I don't feel embarrassed about speaking my mind, whereas so-called normal people are less likely to voice what they're thinking. And after all, we were given a mind so that we can share our thoughts and opinions; It shouldn't be kept just to yourself. As I described earlier, being in class just listening to your teacher's boring lecture can make you feel a lack of enjoyment. Being an eccentric can help you fight the boredom by bringing vivacity to your life and to others around you. Having a weird personality can benefit more than just you, it benefits all the people around you.
Since I am a weird person, I believe that having a variety of different things in life can help. I don't just want to stay the same all my life, I want to change and try new things. I want to go rock climbing and bungee jumping. Being weird allows me to do and be lots of different things without having people give me a hard time about it. So I'm going to stay weird, because being "normal" just isn't any fun!
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