"Little Women"

When I was younger life was awesome and I did not have a care in the world. I played with toys such as Barbies or dress up in outfits and pretend to be a princess but I quickly grew out of that and looked to my backyard and imagination for fun. That was my life when I was younger but I don't really think I actually knew the meaning behind any of the things I was playing with. I once smeared all the makeup in a kit all over the carpet in my room because I was trying to make my carpet tye dye. My parents didn't really want to stop me from playing with those toys either. I was a little bit of a tom boy and all my mom wanted was to dress me up in pink but instead I would go to my dad and play with the worms in the mud while he cut the lawn. However, I did see all my friends and cousins playing with playing with dolls and dressing more girly than me and that made me think that maybe I should be more like them. In this case I questioned myself and the things that I liked to do. Even in eighth grade at recess time I want to jump rope or play kickball while the other girls just sat on the pavement and talked about TV shows or gossiped about something pointless. Now at an all girls school I feel like we are all affected by the media an then we bring it into school with us because it becomes part of our mindset. But I don't think it affects us as much because when we come to school no one really cares about how they look, they are more preoccupied with the homework due or the test that they have next block. I think the media can affect young people but with the help of family and friends kids are able to become who they want to be and not be pressured to grow old to soon.