McCandless Project

Delaney Megahan
 Mrs.Belden
 Honors English 1
 November 7, 2014

McCandless Project

My experiment was dressing nice for school Monday. I wore nice jeans, nice shirt, new
scarf, boots and I curled my hair. I usually don’t curl my hair because it takes to long and I don’t ever do anything that nice with it. Monday is the day everyone dreads and not that many people dress up that day. That is why I chose monday because thats when I thought I would get judged the most! When I got to school on Monday my friends all gave me looks and asked why I looked nice. I just told all of them I felt like it and they would say “But it’s Monday”. Many other people asked me why I was dressing nice and some asked if it was just for the McCandless project. I also, got a couple dirty looks and long stares from people. My closest friends teased me a little and thought it was for a boy but they eventually stopped the teasing and said I looked pretty. During the experiment at times I wanted to change my clothes and throw my hair up in a bun but I couldn’t so I just started to ignore people. I almost felt like I didn’t fit in because all the little comments I got. I was very surprised by some of my friends reactions but I knew my closest friends were going to tease me but I don’t think my other friends would make any comments. I also, didn’t think I would get dirty looks or stares. I thought I would get a couple questions but I had a question every period! After doing this project I do feel free to be my myself. I was just dressing the way I want. I can wear what I want and when I want to wear it! I like seeing how this felt because it makes me think about how Chris felt. He was just doing something he was interested in and liked. 

My Quote

My quote is “I believe everything happens for a reason! People change so you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you can Appreciate them when they’re right. You believe lies so that you will eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes, good things fall apart so better things can fall together” (Marilyn Monroe). I chose this quote because I think it is true and it is deep. I can look at it and know that everything happens for a reason even when at the moment it seems nothing is going the way I want it. This represents me because the things that have happened throughout my life have happened for a reason and that is why I am here in a wonderful place. Many of my friends have changed and I have learned to let go and when good things do crumble many happy things then formed! It has made me think what to worry about and just keep going and believe everythings going to be alright! If I lived by this quote every second of my life then I would be very open minded and I would always think positive. I would probably never worry about things. It would be wonderful!