Why People Have Labels

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Why is it that humans have labels that society gives them? It is obviously not true, unless you want it to be. The manner of society is to give labels is by someone's actions and reputation that the world sees. People all around the world have labels that society gives them whether they know it or not. People may have labels for me from my actions and personality and I could care less because there is more to someone than what someone sees from their public ways. Some may think I am reserved for me being quiet and keeping my thoughts to myself...unless I honestly trust you, but there is more to me.
In the days of my younger life, I was surmised as being quiet and shy. I never thought I was that quiet for people to think of me that way, but
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At home, I was just a talker, whether it was with myself or with my family. I also talked when I was around my friends. Though, as I got older, during the days of school I was just a quiet girl. I would never raise my hand to answer questions or to ask for help. I thought I could do school myself and figure out the problems and the questions myself without the help. I was just one who would be self conscious about the way I would do things sometimes. I was doing good with this method, as in making good grades, but then realized school gets harder and you do need help.
Freshman year is a big step. One because you are moving to a new building… mentioning the high school building, and two, you are dealing with harder classes, which can make people either reserved to themselves or outgoing. During my freshman year, I was more outgoing and more talkative than I was before in the previous years. My first semester as a freshman was like a shooting star that shows up for a split second then sneaks away in the dark sky. It went by so fast, yet thrilling like getting the right grades, having the right friends, and being the freshman homecoming

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