Carson Kressley once said, “People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.'” Classifications or stereotypes can be quite a restricting unseen force in your life. Personally, I find that to be very true as I make my way haphazardly through life, I am quite a clumsy person. As a dependent of a military member I moved around the world a lot and gained what I perceive to be a very worldly way of looking at things. However, through my experiences I have also come to realize that I do not fit into any one stereotype that people try to classify me by. Through travels I know I do not fit into the typical American stereotype: obese, McDonald loving, obnoxiously loud person. In hindsight I guess I never thought that I would ever be truly offended by being classified as American, only time and constant traveling proved otherwise.
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I specifically remember the first time that I was highly offended by the questions and over generalizations. At twelve years old in an attempt to escape the never-ending winter of northern Japan, my family and I spent a week at a beachside resort in Fiji. About halfway through the week, my beet red face, covered in small patches of white zinc, held the look of complete concentration and determination as I worked to spike a volleyball over the net in the pool. Upon scoring my sister and I cheered loudly and high
I specifically remember the first time that I was highly offended by the questions and over generalizations. At twelve years old in an attempt to escape the never-ending winter of northern Japan, my family and I spent a week at a beachside resort in Fiji. About halfway through the week, my beet red face, covered in small patches of white zinc, held the look of complete concentration and determination as I worked to spike a volleyball over the net in the pool. Upon scoring my sister and I cheered loudly and high