Personal appearance

  Is it really necessary for us to pay so much attention on our personal appearance in modern society?

  Admittedly, having a good appearance can be valuable to an individual in many situations, especially when a person is looking for a job. My sister is a person who really cares a lot about her appearance and always follows the trends in fashion. To be specific, she wears make up all the time and always wears the trendiest clothes. When she graduated last year, she tried to find a job as an assistant in a famous company. There were numbers of competitors; different competitors wore different clothes, and each had a totally different appearance. According to my sister, most of them wore classic uniforms in dark colors and wore no make up on their faces because they thought it would make them seem more professional. But in fact, they all looked the same, so they did not impress the interviewers of the company. In contrast, my sister wore a bright colored uniform which made her looked much more sincere and passionate. She also wore proper makeup. Her good appearance not only impressed the interviewers, but also made her more confident during the interview. As a result, my sister got the job at the company.

  Paying too much attention on personal appearance is a waste of time and money. This attention will only make people waste energy, which could have been used to do other more important things. My brother cares a lot about his appearance, especially on his hairstyle. He goes to the barbershop at least four times per week, not only to cut his hair, but also to wash, curl, and dye it. These extra events cost much more money than a common haircut; however, my brother doesn’t care. He spends almost all of his money working on his hair. Eventually, the attention that he pays on his appearance will badly influence his schoolwork. He will fail many tests and probably not finish his homework.

 It is necessary to care about your appearance, but we should not place too much attention on it.

New Year Resolution

  It is the beginning of a new year,  so I would like to set up three goals for myself, and try my best to achieve them in this year.

  I want to improve my English skills because I want to integrate into the Webb family. English is the common language here, so I have to learn it well in order to communicate with my friends. To be specific, I want to improve in my grammar skills because grammar is the basis of English, especially for people who learn it as a second language. In order to fulfill this, I need to focus in grammar class, so I can easily understand using various tenses in grammar when teacher emphasizes them. Practicing is also important.  I am the kind of person who loves making new friends, so I want to be able to make local friends here in the US. I need to try my best to be better at English.

  I want develop a new hobby. Photography is interesting because it can helps feel and express my feelings. If I take a picture of a cold color scheme, I can express unhappiness or disappointment. If  I choose the light color scheme as the main color of my photograph, I may be able to express my happiness or delightful. To achieve this resolution, I have made a specific plan. I have to travel around a few places to widen my horizon in the first place. After that, I can try to photograph some of fantastic sceneries. I can ask for other's opinions about my photos and figure out what others' feel toward my photos.  out what others’ feeling toward my photos. Do they feel the same way I do when they are looking at these photos? With all these useful opinions and my progressing personal view, I believe that I can comprehend the keys in photography and enjoy it. 

  My last resolution for 2015 is to become more confident, in no matter under what condition. I have to know the reason why I was not confident before and think about how it was an essential reason. Was it serious enough to influence me and to make me unconfident, or was it just an excuse for my shyness. I need to make a change. I will try to communicate with others more frequently. I also have to be louder I am speaking in public. More importantly, it is necessary to expend my views by reading books and traveling. I will have more conversations with different people, so, I can gradually become more and more confident.
  These are my resolutions for 2015, and I believe that I can achieve all of them in this year.

  I pledge my word of honor as a Webb lady that I neither given nor received help on this assignment.