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.