Trying to be PERFECT is NOT worth it

Long hair, thin legs, tan skin, and a girl who is “PERFECT” in the eyes of social media. Alexis Ren, a twenty-year old Insta famous model has been an IDOL to teenage girls all around the world. Yet, she recently opened up about her eating disorders and the extent she went to in order to be modeling agencies idea of “perfection.” Alexis is not alone. In fact, June from the story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan deals with similar issues. Although June does not need to impress agencies, she needs to impress her mother. From tests, to piano practices that lasted two hours, June would DO ANYTHING in order to reach perfection in her mother's eyes. Like June said in, “In all my imaginings I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect: My mother and father would adore me.” All June wanted, was to be the perfect little girl that her parents wanted, and she thought that by fulfilling their idea of perfection that they would adore her. But, in reality everyone who is considered perfect, has hidden SECRETS  that reveal IMPERFECTIONS. Society as a whole, needs to refrain from using the word “perfection,” and teach young adults that there is NO SUCH THING as someone who is perfect. To everyone out there who is reading this, BE YOU and DO YOU!