{"id":10856,"date":"2015-04-24T10:49:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T15:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2015-05-07T11:34:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T16:34:37","slug":"accepting-others-in-todays-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10856","title":{"rendered":"Accepting Others in Today’s Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The students at PHS congregate\u00a0 at lunch with people who accept them. Photo By: Emma Daniels<\/p><\/div>\n

By: Emma Daniels<\/p>\n

Accepting other people is a major part of life. With today\u2019s generation being based off of social media, the differences between people are hardly seen.<\/p>\n

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Throughout life, people have either been accepted or rejected. To not be accepted due to beliefs or features that are not changeable can be hurtful. When someone is not accepted, it gives the feeling of \u201churt, distress, and sadness,\u201d said freshman Mackenzie Winrotte. With today\u2019s generation growing up in different circumstance than those in the past, they are more likely to make mistakes. Senior Spencer Southwell says that \u201cthe over stimulation of the media and internet has made people less unique and very quick to hurt and reject others. What makes each individual unique is gone just so we can fit in, this is the murder of our true selves and it’s getting worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

When accepting others, it requires both people to want to be accepted. \u201cI think it’s very important to support people in your life. I do everything I can to accept my friends and family, even other students, no matter what,\u201d said freshman Rem Miller. When someone is accepted, it can make past mistakes seem unimportant. Freshman Olivia Emmons states that \u201cI haven’t made the brightest decisions in my life, but when I have had friends be there, it makes me feel better about myself. Almost as if everything’s going to be okay.\u201d While freshman Yohoni Torres claims that \u201cI just love to see the smile on peoples\u2019 faces when they can talk about anything and not be judged, we all make mistakes, and we’re all human.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When people feel accepted, they feel safe. Photo Contributed By: Eric Burch<\/p><\/div>\n

Southwell claims that he would only reject someone \u201cif they thought it was cool to hurt others and do evil things.\u201d Today\u2019s society is unlike those of the past. Today\u2019s generation is focusing more on social media and who society wants them to be. Sophomore Logan Carroll said that accepting others and becoming who society wants people to be \u201cleads to difference and without that there would be nothing to change, nothing new to find, there would always be the same thing over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The world is changing and so are the people in it. People accept others by \u201coverlooking all of their wrongdoing\u201d said senior Laney Mora. Emmons says that she accepts others by \u201cbeing kind to all of my classmates and people that surround me.\u201d With people having different views on how to accept others, how does society accept everyone? Today\u2019s generation overlooks the differences between people. Torres states that \u201cwe all believe in different things, but that shouldn’t matter because we are all different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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