As I go to school for the first time in a long time, I'm around my peers, people my age. I find myself judging them or how they are going to be solely on how they look. They can walk into a room and I either feel like they are going to be someone rude, nice, or snobby. But this is where I'm wrong. What I am doing isn't right. I wouldn't want and don't expect people to judge me by my looks.

Another thing I think is common is people not only doing this in person but online even more. They are behind a computer and they tend to be meaner and not very personal. It's just a picture. But it's not, the person in the picture has so much more to them. They have a character. You can take a picture and put it online through many different social accounts. You can pose, or it could be a candid picture. Either way, that picture only shows what you look like on the outside. Can someone really judge someone by a selfie? I'm not talking about someone doing something in this said a picture, because people can make assumptions. I'm talking about someone just singled out in a simple picture.

I can tell you right now I take lots of pictures of myself, whether I like my eyes, my hair, or my outfit. But that picture will only tell you small things. Yes, you'll know I have brown eyes and what I am wearing. But what you don't know are the big things. You don't know what mood I am in. You don't know ME. My photo portrays me, but is it really my identity? I would have to say no.

Your identity can be made up of lots of things, whether it's your likes and interests or your fears and failures. I am a person with emotion, feelings, and opinions. I find that others (and myself) judge people without getting to know them. For example, just by a silly picture they post on some social media platform. Just because you see a picture of someone wearing nice things doesn't mean they have money or get everything they want. They could've gotten that from their friend or for a gift. You never know the situation, and honestly, why should you ever have to? It's not your business.

I think it's great to post pictures, or selfies as some call them, about yourself. It is a way of expression. Whether it makes you feel good or just because you like it, do it. Also, you're never going to look the same as you do today or in that moment. Capture it.

So people, let's just stop judging people on how they look, dress, or what they post on social media or how they appear in real life. Unless you are in that person's life and know exactly what they are going through, their thoughts, and interest. Your identity can't only be a picture it's who you are as a person, not just the way you look to the outside world looking in. A lot of people even choose to hide their identity in pictures because it collides with who they are around and other people's opinions.

Not everyone is open minded, but it would sure be easier if they tried. So try to be nice, don't judge or think you know this person because you have them on a social site. All in all, be a good person. You can not know a person as a whole until you talk to them.