Poem: Hi, I'm Society.

Background: 
This poem is what started everything off for me. My senior year of high school I was approached by my creative writing teacher asking me to produce a piece of writing to be entered into a contest. This writing could have been a long or short story any type of poem. To be honest I wasn't to fond of the idea. I knew I was a good writer but for a contest? I told her I would think about it. I went home that night and watched some poem readings on YouTube to get some inspiration. Once I felt inspired I started typing. I hammered this poem out in a matter of 10 minutes. I was very proud of this piece for I think it relates to a lot of young people. I read it to my mom and she loved it, she said it was very powerful and true. I ended up submitting this to my teacher, and she along with other english teachers loved my piece. My piece along with some others in my class had got chosen to be published into the All Conference Writers Magazine. We also got to go to a reading and dinner. A person from each school got chosen to read their piece in front of everyone. Lucky for me I was chosen to represent my school. It took me a lot to read this to everyone for I have a fear of public speaking. But I'm glad I did!
About The Poem:
This poem is portraying society as a person, a very demanding person. Because society is very demanding. We all look up to society and try to fit into the expectations even if its not something we please. We believe the only way to be successful and pretty is if we follow the guidelines of what is expected, also known as the "norm". Society has an effect on some more than others. I think a time where society is right in your face is the teen years. In your teen years your trying to figure out who you want to be and how to achieve that. In todays world we live with social media that affects how we see things everyday. The teens see what the "norm" is and who and what gets the most likes. A common "norm" is to score a 21 or higher on the ACT, and if you get anything lower people assume your dumb and will not get into any colleges. Another "norm" is that everyone goes to college after high school. So if one chooses not to go to college and take a year off working, they are automatically seen as weird and people ask and say things like "why would someone do that?"  "they are never going anywhere in their life." When in reality none of that is true. But because of society we see those things as true and can lead us to making decisions that don't necessarily make us happy.