Do You Give in to Fit in?
Are you someone who would do anything to fit in, or would you rather stand alone before giving up any of the qualities that make you who you are? Take this quiz and find out how true you are to yourself.
1. You are at the hottest party of the year, and everyone is drinking. The host offers you a beer, but you are not a drinker. You…
A) Tell him, "No, thank you. I don't drink."
B) Take the beer and carry it around, taking sips only when people are looking.
C) Take the beer and drink it as fast as you can.
2. On a weekly basis, you practice your religion; however, your new group of friends tease you about it, saying it's not cool to be religious. You…
A) Continue to practice and tell your friends that your religion is important to
you and ask that they respect that.
B) Continue to practice, but lie to your friends when they ask where you are.
C) Stop practicing and spend that time hanging out with your friends.
3. You've started hanging out with a group of girls who have a lot of body piercings.
Although piercings are not your thing, they try to convince you to pierce your nose. You…
A) Tell them that you respect their style, but piercings are not for you.
B) Get the piercing, but take it out two weeks later and tell them it got infected.
C) Go ahead and get the piercing.
4. The dance team wants you to join their squad, but they ask you to drop one of your
closest friends, because being seen with her would be bad for their image. You…
A) Tell them that you would like to dance with them, but you are not going to ditch a
good friend.
B) Join the team and avoid your friend at school, but continue to hang out with
her on weekends.
C) Drop your friend and join the team.
5. A boy you like asks you to skip your last class to go smoke pot with him. You
don't do drugs, and you have an important test coming up in that class. You…
A) Suggest hanging out at another time and then go to class.
B) Tell him that you'll leave with him, but aren't interested in smoking.
C) Leave with him and smoke.
Quiz Results:
If your answers were mostly A's, then you are a person who knows how to stay true to herself. You are proud, confident, and sure of who you really are. You are not easily swayed by others, and you refuse to change yourself or what you believe in to fit into a certain group. Stay true to yourself and you are sure to get the respect you deserve.
If your answers were mostly B's, then you know who you are and what you like, but at times you overlook that in order to fit in. When faced with new situations you sometimes look for advice from others rather than asking yourself. Be careful of pretending to be someone you're not, because you may lose track of who you really are.
If your answers were mostly C's, then you are overly focused on other people's opinions of you. You give up pieces of who you are to meet other people's standards. Next time you are in a situation where you have to choose between following the crowd and sticking to your own values, think about what kind of person you want to be. Others will respect you for simply being yourself.
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Have you ever done something out of peer pressure that you regretted later on? Did you feel like you had betrayed yourself? What did you do about it?
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Be True to Yourself: A Guide for Teenage Girls, by Amanda Ford
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