George

 I guess this blog post is based on the thirteen ways to look at a blackbird.

I’m part of a club at Troy High, and there’s a person, let's call George. George is an interesting person. I really enjoy his presence. He’s always laughing and smiling and he never seems to be down. But maybe also because he reminds me of childhood joy. After going through high school, I think I've lost that joy.

But other people in the club have a different perspective.

Before I move on, I just want to clarify something. I don’t want to hate anybody mentioned in this blog post, that’s not my intent. I just want to make that clear.

 
At the first competition of this season, one of my friends was talking to me about the freshman. Throughout the conversation they started making fun of the newly joined freshman in the team. George is a big fella and he does childish things. It’s easy to think of him as a strange guy. And I’ll admit, I used to see him in the hallways and before I got to know him, I remember thinking, “Wow, I’m happy I’m myself.”

I don’t want to talk down anybody. I’m fine with how my friend thinks of George, I don’t think that’s the point of this blog. Everybody should have their own opinion and ideas. I just think it’s interesting how people have different perspectives of others. 

Everybody views others differently. The way you think of yourself is also so different from what your friends or family or classmates think of you. And at first I thought it was due to the information that we're given. I know what I think of myself because I know everything about myself. My friends will think of me differently than my classmates because they know more about me.

But as I tried to connect this theory, I'm pretty sure I have the same "information" about George as my friend. We both know him as a big and childish guy, but I see him differently than my friend. I'm certain the way I think was influenced by a certain hit anime that I've watched, Banana Fish. It made me rethink how I look at people. So I guess it's influenced by the way we think and what we know about a person.