Nowadays you can’t even go to school without seeing a scandalous amount of skin. This problem is even more extreme on Halloween. Teenage girls use the holiday as an excuse to dress even more risqué than usual. This Halloween, however, two girls stood out by choosing to ignore this trend. Nicole Bade and Tara McClanaghan decided upon more conservative costumes. They went to a Halloween party dressed as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy from the children’s television show, SpongeBob SquarePants. Although this act might be seen by their peers as “childish” or “weird,” they made the decision to stand out and make a statement.
When asked, Nicole Bade said, “Although Halloween is a holiday for kids, no matter how old you are you should still take advantage of the traditional opportunity to release your usually cooped-up inner child”. It’s a challenge to find true transcendentalists in this day and age, especially in high school. Standing out is not something that most people want to do in high school, but Nicole and Tara did not let the unpopularity of their choice stop them. When choosing how to dress, these girls did not take into consideration what others might think of them; they just went out and had a good time without any worries at all. The party consisted mostly of your typical run-of-the-mill Halloween costumes that are commonly seen at any given Halloween party. There were even doubles and triples of some costumes; but not of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Their costumes were a success and they plan to create another pair of original costumes next year. Despite the pressures of modern day society to conform the girls did what they believed to be right without letting anyone else influence their decisions and that is the mark of true transcendentalists.
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