The McCandless Project

My McCandless project is to walk a different path to each class, without telling anyone.  It was really weird walking by myself and seeing new people in the hallways walking alone.  I usually don't walk alone and I walk with a couple people to each class, so when I wasn't with them but I was in class I got several different reactions.  One reaction I got was someone asked me if I was doing the McCandless project even though I didn’t tell them, they knew several people were.  Someone else asked me if I was mad at them because I didn’t walk with them that day.  Another reaction I got was someone asked me why they didn’t see me in the hallway.  The last reaction I got was someone just asked me why I didn’t walk with them.  I just felt awkward walking a different way with seeing different people in the halls, and I thought I would be late to class because a couple of the ways I went were longer than usual.  Although I knew people wouldn’t notice me going a different way for one day I felt like people were thinking “why is this girl going this way?”  I know now that people probably didn’t even think anything of it, but that’s how I felt at the time.  The reactions I got from going a different way weren’t too surprising because I thought that at least someone would ask me why I didn’t walk with them or why they didn’t see me.  The only thing that really surprised me was when one of my friends asked me if I was mad at them because I always walk with them.  I think I’m “free” not to conform based on the results to walk a different path to my classes, but I still think someone would ask me why I didn’t walk with them.  I think this whole project was pretty fun and easy to try out because it was fun to see what people had to say about me walking a different pathway.  It was just a simple project that didn’t do any harm, and I wasn’t late to any classes, so I think it was fun!  Overall, I really enjoyed doing this great project, and seeing how people reacted to the different situation!

My quote is "Life isn't about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself."  This was said by George Bernard Shaw.  I chose this quote because I think this applies to everyone and how they act and react to situations.  This represents me because I know that I should be nice and kind to people or I won't have as many friends and people will think of me as a mean person.  It's about people who are rude and mean to others creating a bad reputation for themselves and will be known for their bad choices.  I like how this quote is saying that you create yourself as a person and show people how you want people to know you by your behavior and how you react to situations.  This shows how your actions and beliefs reflect on you as a person.  If I lived every second of my life according to this quotation, I think I would be more careful about what I say and do to make sure my words and actions wouldn't hurt the people around me.  I would also make sure that all my choices are good, create a good reputation, and help me become the best person I can be.