7-Year Old Gets Plastic Surgery

          Something you may have heard in the news recently is that a young girl has undergone plastic surgery "to pin back her cup ears and fix a fold on her right ear.". In an interview with the girl, she says she hasn't really been bullied all that much, but her mother claims that there have been other adults who point out her ears with her right there. She says that the surgery is more to "prevent bullying in the future".
          I have a lot of problems with this. Main one being that her parents are essentially teaching her that her appearance is what matters, and that you should change the things that are different about you instead of embracing them. I'm sure that isn't the intent of the parents, but things like this can affect a child for the rest of their life. As can bullying. Which brings me to my next problem with this.
          They assume that with her ears- which are usually covered by her hair anyways- is just going to prevent her from ever being bullied. Sorry honey, it don't work like that. I don't know a single person that hasn't been bullied in their life. People will always find something to pick on and try to make you feel ashamed of. So instead of trying to change yourself for other people, you learn to love and accept your flaws and realize that not everyone is going to like everything about you. I went on a huge rant about how I got bullied for being androgynous, I understand how it's hard and it makes you feel bad, but that's part of growing up. If it won't be her ears, it will just be something else. I'm afraid that this surgery will cause her to think that changing herself so others will accept her is the right thing to do.
          However after all that being said, it's hard not to feel happy for her when she seems so pleased with how her ears look. But honestly I doubt it will always be that way. I mean I don't think this will be THAT huge of a life changing experience for her, she may hardly remember it once she's older, but I do think that there's a big chance of it affecting how she approaches these sort of issues.

         I'm against plastic/cosmetic surgery as a whole, so my opinion is a bit bias. What do you think?


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I'm Conflicted

          Recently, after a year long struggle with identification and situational problems, I got my GED. Or my "good enough degree", as I like to call it. It's not the biggest accomplishment in the world to be sure, but a pretty necessary one. Now I have a pretty big decision to make that will essentially affect the rest of my life. Scary much?
          First thing I'm having to decide is, college. Which brings on a plethora of questions, such as:  Where do I want to go? How the heck am I going to afford it? Do I want to go to a community college first THEN transfer to a university? Or do I want to just go straight into the big "U"? Will they accept me despite not having two years of a language course? What do I want to major in? How long do I want to go for? Do I want to consider going to a school out of state? Can I handle it? AHHHHSDFSLJ

          Now, in a perfect world where I could just do what I want most, I'd go straight to University of Oregon (affectionately called UFO) on a grant and/or scholarship. I'd major in either sociology, philosophy, or psychology. Minor in either literature or linguistics. Possibly switch the minor and major around. This is what I would really like to do. However the sucky part is that pretty much NONE of the things I want to major or minor in open up very many job opportunities, and the one's there are are difficult to get. I've always been the type to say "screw having a plan B and just go full force for what you want". But the problem there is that I'm most likely going to leave school in huge debt due to student loans, so if I don't start making pretty good money and making it fast then I'll quickly find myself in a mess. This raises the question of whether or not I should sell my soul for an almost guarantee of a job. If I do this, I will likely major in journalism. I like journalism and think a job in it would be fun, IF I got to write about something I actually care about. Journalism is something I've had very minor experience in but I've enjoyed it while I've done it. Problem is, it's not my first choice. As I said, I want to major in philosophy, psychology, or sociology, and get a job reflecting that. I'm sure I'd enjoy it more than anything else, especially while going to school. Journalism would probably entail very boring classes that I'll have no motivation to show up to. This could be a problem to the point of my dropping out, because I'm the type that has a problem finding the will and the motivation to finish something that I don't enjoy in the least (one of the many reasons I dropped out of high school). So, I'm scared to take journalism. I'm scared of taking two years of basics at a community college first for these same reasons.
          I'm not sure why I decided to write about this. I suppose to get it out to someone that isn't an elder in my family because I don't want to hear about how I need to go to school to be a doctor so I can make a lot of money. First of all because being a doctor is about as appealing to me as jabbing forks into my eyes on a daily basis. Second being because I don't care about being wealthy, I care about paying off loans and then doing well enough to get by. Don't get me wrong, advice is nice, but lately it seems to make me more and more pessimistic about my chances to just do what I want to do and be happy doing it. I mean, every human has the right to pursuit of happiness.... right?

          Well, I hope yet am sure you didn't enjoy my slight stress relieving all over your face. But it needed to be done. Now I'm off to pull my hair out. Have a great day~