Be YourSelf
In every school a top crowd sets the pace, while the others follow their lead.①Lets say the top crowd decides that it is smart to wear bright red sweaters. Pretty soon everybody is wearing a bright red sweater. There is nothing wrong with that, except the fact that on some people a bright red sweater is extremely unbecoming. The situation can even become dangerous, if the top crowd decides that it is smart to drink or to drive cars at seventy miles an hour. Then the people who follow the lead are endangering their lives. They are like the sheep being led to the butcher.
Now, chances are that you have come across situations like these more than once in your life; chances are that one time or another you probably did something you knew to be wrong. You may have excused yourself by saying, Gee, the crowd does it. Well, let the crowd do it, but dont do it yourself. Learn to say, No.
Develop your own standards and your own judgment. If you know the crowd is planning something you disagree with, have the courage to bow out politely.② Youll have the satisfaction of standing on your own two feet.③ Remember this in your heart, you are the unique one in the world, just be yourself.
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本文第一段先對學校中現存的這種不良風氣進行闡述。第二段進而分析其危害所在，其實這樣做最大的'危害在於明知自己做錯了，還可以爲自己找到開脫的藉口因爲大家都在這樣做。在第三段中陳述了自己對待這種情況的態度，那就是要Develop your own standards and your own judgment.。對於你認爲是錯誤的事情，即使大家都在做，你也要勇於退出。最後一段提出作者的建議，呼籲學生們要學會自立，做自己，不盲從。
