I wanted to be unconventional and inspiring
soooo
i decided to do something different
my guidance counselor and i had the same idea
which was:
write about my hair dying!
which i thought was ingenious because that is something about me that sticks out to most people
besides my high grades
which those two also seem to clash in a way so i just figured...
Perfect!
soo here is the outline i wrote up for her and i to go over tomorrow when i go back
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Amanda Butera
College Essay Ideas/Outline
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The significance behind my hair dying will be
the main focus
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All the colors I have done and their meanings as
a whole(http://crystal-cure.com/color-meanings.html)
and (http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/meaning-of-colors.html)
o
Red
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Stands for passion and courage
o
Orange
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Endurance and optimism
o
Green
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Life and well being
o
Pink
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Love and beauty
o
Blue
§
Youth and spirituality
o
Gold/Yellow
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Joy and prosperity
o
Purple
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Royalty and mystery
o
Black
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Earth and stability
o
Half and half: Top one color and underneath
another color
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To me having my hair different colors isn’t
about attention or the shock factor, different hair colors made me feel
differently and bring out different parts of my personality
o
When I have black hair I feel more put together
and more mature
o
When I have red hair(favorite) I find myself to
be more outgoing and courageous
o
My pink and purple hair makes me feel more
feminine and beautiful
o
And my blue hair(favorite) makes me feel more
deep and interesting
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When I have other wacky things with my hair such
as streaks/highlights I feel it allows me to show some of my eccentric
personality, like a glimpse of the more daring part of myself, but still allows
me to look put together and not just totally out there
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I started dying my hair in 6th grade
when I realized I didn’t want to be like everyone else and I didn’t want to fit
in one particular mold or stereotype
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Dying my hair is a way to express the different
parts of my personality, my feminine side, my courageous side, my mysterious
side and my maturity level all at once
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Use this quote to explain that we live in a
world of color which makes things more interesting
o
“I found I could say things with color and
shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.” Georgia
O'Keeffe(American artist in early 1900’s)
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so yeah that's it and i'll come back to this topic again soon
after her and i go over the concept!
:D
