Last year, I took up theater again by joining my school’s musical production. When I signed up for it, I had no idea how much the impact would be to me. Those who know me know that I am or was a typical person that kept to their own group. I never really had the opportunity to go outside my crowd. Then The Music Man rolled in and I was getting to know people from different social groups and grades. It was the most important part of my life for three to four months. I was able to talk and bond with others on a daily basis and overtime, met some of the most fun and different people from my school. I feel as though everyone from that year was my friend or even my family. I stepped out of the barriers of high school cliques and stereo types and ventured into a whole different world. It has definitely been one of the better decisions of my life to continue doing it (even though the previous year was not as enlightening).

I now have become less socially inept and have a more outgoing personality. There is always the first day, like it was with the musical; All quiet and mysterious. The second on the other hand, becomes the talk session, even though it may not have been the time when we started bonding, I believe that it was the day that we heard voices speaking that we never had before. I heard jocks talk like they were artists, chess players saying how much they like to dance, and my friends (who are mostly music buffs) discussing the technical machinery of the auditorium. It was almost like a dream. I felt a kind of comfortable phase, the feeling one gets when they are so overwhelmed that they are no longer hurt by it. I was surprised to realize the old phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, was so naturally true.