The Social Norms of young adults in society today? The Pressure? The Guilt? Every young adult in today’s generation after high-school is expected to go to college, and get a good job, have a family, etc. I wanna shift into another sensitive topic about the social expectations in 2018 is that being gay is wrong, the color of your skin, etc. I don’t want sit here, and preach about whats right, and whats wrong. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. There are hundreds of examples of Norm Violations such as public behavior : walking on the wrong side of the sidewalks, wearing clothes backwards, eating soup with a fork. The Social Normalities can be as simple as not flushing the toilet after you use the bathroom, which even today that is beginning to be a social norm if I am gonna be honest. Breaking the social norms today startles a lot of people, and starts major controversy. Nowadays people can’t even express opinion without being judged, the public is so scared to be judged that they change their personal image to someone they aren’t. Lets bring it back to the topic of young adults going to college. As a college student myself its hard, coming out of high school being 18, they expect you to know what you wanna do for the next 30+ years of their life. Kids will start college, and find out it’s not for them, and dropout. Which then they are looked at as a failure, or not educated enough for opinions. I’ve seen it firsthand. College isn’t easy , the financial hardships? debt? Hard work? just to maybe get a job when you graduate. College is primarily one of the biggest scams with a bigger risk, than reward. Most people aren’t willing to take that risk, and are finding better ways of income which is okay, but apparently not the social norm. College Undergrads are even overly judged on what major they take up. Students, parents, will try and decide what you want to do with your life. For example Art Majors I feel are constantly made to seem like their futures are gonna be in the garbage making no money. How do you think that person feels? You just potentially made that student feel insecure, and look into changing his/her career path just with a couple of unjustified words said. This just doesn’t go for art majors this goes for all majors that society thinks are under performing in the real world. Just wanted to remind the viewers/readers that I am not trying to change the minds of how people think, or how they live their life personally. It’s just a topic that always seem to be a problem, and that I address on certain occasions when neccessary. Proving a point that the perfect adult just isn’t made the “perfect” way anymore. More resources, more connections, different oppurtunities, specific requirements are all in the hands of young adults now, and can be used to their advantage. The Social Norms are changing through generations, and the generation I live in currently is changing right in front of my eyes.
Change Was Needed ft. John Alviar /
John Alviar a follower of my blog, and a student at Rowan University. His taste for fashion recently emerged, and he is ready to change his style for the better.
John recently went to New York City to find his “fashion identity” in search of a style that fit is unique personalities, and met his standards. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to find it going to various stores that he entered such as Louis Vuitton, Kith, Supreme, Off-White, etc. He said “Those high-fashion just don’t fit me as a person well enough, it’s not my style.” He especially didn’t wanna be in the category as one of those “hypebeast” the people who wear the expensive trendy clothes for attention.
LIST OF STORES JOHN POSSIBLY WENT TO
“Why buy a $200 shirt when you can get the same one for $20 I just don’t get it” John Continued.
I asked him about the clothes he just recently ordered, how and why is fits him the best.
“Hmmm well my outfit on my recent Instagram post was inspired by Han Solo from Star Wars”
“My new clothes that just came are tailored for the summer.”
“If you want me to get more specific: Say in the blog that my most recent fashion inspiration came from the early 1990s anime-movie called Ocean Waves by Studio Ghibli. The clothes they wear in the movie are very basic and emphasizes simplicity. It’s everyday Japanese casual-style clothing back in the early 1990s. It’s clean, soft, and very comfortable”
“Before I used to just wear shirt hoodie and pants. Nothing special and I never cared too much about having a unique fashion style until now”
He thanks my blog for helping him open his eyes to the fashion world, and could possibly put him at the next step.
I was also able to talk to his older brother Neil “I have seen a different style from him recently, I was actually kind of impressed I asked if everything was okay, and he was fine so I guess he’s just changing the way he dresses.”
Dressing usually sends a message on how that person is. I got to interview a South Jersey psychologist / Therapist, Ida C DeLiberis, specializes in adolescent counseling. I asked “what makes a teenager or young adult dress the way they do?” Her response “Its not really the way they do, dressing is a message, the way you take care of yourself, the clothes that are on you, it sends a message on what other people think of you. An example would be to ignore or listen. Trust or to not trust at all.”
PSYCH ARTICLE MORE INFORMATION ON TOPIC
The Slideshow below shows John unveling his new style. His brands are H&M, Old Navy, and Macy’s
Obituary Guidelines For Copy-Editing /
There are multiple things you can use in order to do an obituary for a copy editing project. I mean to me the editing tools will come as basic as they can be such as an Ap Style book, and a dictionary, but for something like this fact-checking is the most important. You wanna make sure whoever wrote this is very accurate about the death and information put on paper to eventually be published. You don’t want any wrong doings about the death of someone because you can’t just ask them yourself such as the format.
Personal information: Name, age, city and state of birth (please do not provide the exact date of birth, which increases the chance of identity theft).
Date and location of death.
What actually made them unique? Education, military, career, clubs, organizations, church, hobbies, and special interests.
Survivors? Separate relationship in “levels” rather than “families” — spouse; children (spouse); grandchildren (spouse); siblings; etc.
Maybe even service information? Viewing (if appropriate) will be from (time) on (day) at (place) in (city, state). A (memorial, Mass, service, celebration of life) will be held at (time of day, day of week) at (funeral home, church, park, etc.) in (city, state) with burial at (cemetery name, city).
Also you can see if any donations were made and see if names wanna be put in as well.
COMME des Garçon? /
COMME des Garçons? This is a high profiled brand founded in 1969. This is a Japanese fashion label based in Tokyo also in Paris where is actually launched in its first fashion show in 1981. Since 2008 on its rise this label has done multiple collaborations with Levi, Supreme, Louis Vuitton, Nike, etc. Also an H&M line that released in fall 2008. This brand has always been known with its heart-shaped logo with 2 eyes. They made a line called “Play” for the younger market for teenagers, and people in there 20s such as me. “Play” is currently leading the market making it the best-selling line that they have. When “Play” debuted it was seen worn by multiple celebs such as Justin T, Kanye West, and Pharrell Williams. After that like I said they went into works with other high profiled fashion labels, and now are viewed as a prominent fashion brand not just in Tokyo, and France but internationally like the U.S. This brand also are very big on perfumes and fragrances doing a Unisex fragrance with Pharrell Williams in 2014.
Comme des Garçons has multiple store outlets around the world such as London, Paris, New York City, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka.
I had the opportunity to go to their New York City store and check it out myself. The clothes were nicely made and they prices remind me very much of Supreme’s line of pricing, maybe between $120+ per shirt. What I did love were the Converse collaboration they did. Regular high top Chuck Taylors that were originally $55 retail were now $125 which still isn’t bad. So I tried on to see which size worked for me, and I got me a pair. The material is nicely made, it’s completely different from a regular pair of Converses. I was very impressed, and will recommend it to everyone.
http://www.comme-des-garcons.com