A photo of a young man was on the front page of our newspaper the other day. Before I read the article about him I'd already made a few observations based on my personal feelings. What I saw was a young native man who looked to be about 20 years old, wearing neat but teen blaring clothes, sporting several piercings, and wearing black lipstick. Mentally, I declared him a street kid with no job.
Then I read the article which explained that he was a native who felt he'd have a better life living off the reserve and I thought, "very wise of him", but also thought he won't have much of a chance with that physical appearance. The article went on to explain that he was a highschool graduate who was going on to university. "WOW!" Now I was intrigued!
I think most of us make up our minds about a person within the first few moments that we see them so the things that are special about this young man never occurred to me before I read the article.
I admire him and his educational choices greatly but I do hope he'll come to see that his appearance does matter when it comes to being a successful adult. He doesn't need a suit and tie but those piercings and that black lipstick will definitely put limits on him because they scream "juvenile with an attitude".
It's the truth. I wish him well!
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