Response #2.

This is in response to Chelsea's blog in which she asked, "What do you believe is the best course of action if people are spreading a rumor about you that is not true?"

All throughout high school, I was always that kid that nobody really knew too much about because I kept to myself and to my friends most of the time. However, for some reason, my name floated around the school despite my tendencies to lay low - I guess out of intimidation because I was never afraid to really be myself, or because I've always been a bit out there, so people didn't really know what to make of me. But nevertheless, there have been instances where people did spread false rumors about me.

Through my experience, I can say the best way to deal with these rumors is just to ignore them. Rumors are a really immature and childish thing to deal with, and if you create them into a problem bigger than they should be, you're not only giving people the attention that they want, but you're also making a spectacle of yourself, leading people to further believe that the rumor is true. However, if you just ignore the rumor, brush it off your back as if it's nothing, then it will soon die off. You won't be giving people the satisfaction of knowing that it possibly bothered you, and because you showed that it didn't bother you (even if it did), then people may figure out that it is untrue and go about their daily lives and leave you alone.

Although this is on an unrelated note, my question is, "Do you believe that Beauty is purely subjective, or is there a collective social standard of what is deemed beautiful and what is not?"