We are worlds apart.

We all hear it, all the time, or have heard it, once upon a time: we are in different worlds, we belong to different worlds, etc. We have been victims of bullying, gossip, dirty jokes, sneers, because of it. But, what fails to entertain me is when these ideas run in the social lives in the academic worlds: the universities and the colleges. The other myth: he's/she's just not in my league. What does that even mean? He's too good looking or too lame looking for me? How can you even tell at one glance across the bar, across the dance floor. The biggest blow to someone's self-esteem is rejection by societal 'populars'. Heck, had I been 'popular' in highschool or even now, I am sure I wouldn't be here blogging about the victimization of the outcasts. The truth is, I didn't really care about the popularity by social standards. I did what I had to do and then I bolted right out of highschool. I am now in a university where not a single soul from my past exists and lives within 200 - 300 kms of me. A fresh start, right? Not really, since it's the same everywhere that I go. I see these cliques, leagues, groups of friends and social contracts being written up everywhere that I go. It is thoroughly embarrassing for a university student to succumb to these societal norms when we've been taught day in and day out: don't judge a book by it's 'damn' cover. And, yet, we go right ahead and do just that. I know I haven't approached people in the past because they 'look like they are busy' or 'look like they are wayyyyy out of my league' or something similar, but then I realized how many awesome opportunities I lost in making the friends that I could have, because of this flaw in my very own personality.
Now, you, the reader, might think: this is the norm. If this is the norm, then no wonder we are all living a life of clichés. The lonely kid falling in love with the popular kid only to find his/her feelings not reciprocated. What a sad... cliché story. Let's mingle, be a little more dynamic and free.
I swear I must find the popular kids in my year, but I know I can't: too many people with a 150 people + 'friends' listing on Facebook.

That's all for now.
XOX