Student 1
1. Most of my teenage years I felt a lot like Elle Woods from Legally Blonde. I felt like my peers and friends did not take me seriously because I was blonde and it made me feel like I was not smart enough or good enough to be in school. Many times friends would ask me for help with homework and sometimes disregard it and ask somebody else instead. It made me feel insecure about myself and doubt my educational abilities many times. I felt like I always had to prove to others how smart I was by showing them or telling them what grade I got on my exams or telling them how high my GPA was. People would always come up to me and tell me dumb blonde jokes and talk about blonde stereotypes and I would absolutely hate it. There was a point where I mad
e my mom buy me a brown hair dye box so that I could dye my hair so that people could take me seriously. I never did dye my hair though because I felt like I was going to be looked at weird or made fun of, but the idea was always there. Now as an adult, I still sometimes feel the pressure to prove to others that I am smart and that I am capable of going through college. I have had to learn that I shouldnÂ’t focus on how other people view me and just focus on myself and my educational journey. I have had to realize that pursuing an education is something that I want for myself and not prove to others how smart I am. Through the process of learning to disregards blonde stereotypes, I have become more confident in myself and in my educational abilities. no