Being a Follower

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Learning to Be My Own Person What is a follower? A follower is a person that follows behind another, mocking their actions. Being a follower can be good or bad. It depends on the person that you’re following and the reasons behind you following them. Some people have mentors that they follow. A mentor is a person who is trusted, a role model and can advise or train someone. There is also a bad kind of following. Following someone can be the best decision you’ve made or it can be a bad decision you’ve made. For example, following a friend that you have known for a long time; knowing that your friend is a bad person or may not be a good leader. Following a bad leader can direct you in a direction you may not want to go. Some may argue and say that being a follower can be a good thing, it can be in many different cases but following behind someone who isn’t helping you become the person you would want to become may be a problem. For example, you and your friend may walk inside of a store and your friend might find something she/he really likes and wants. Your friend decides to pick up the item and whispers in your ear and tells you to also pick up something. You do it only because you see your friend doing it and you walk around to find something that caught your eye and picks it up because you saw your friend pick up an item. Every human has a brain. Every human can make their own decisions. Following behind your friend doing bad things and making bad decisions behind them can be called being a follower. 65% of students in the United States find being a follower funny because in this world now everyone wants to be a leader. Many high school students in the world now are trying to set their own trend and try to get others to follow behind them. For example, the student decides to wear something no one has worn to school before, other students looked as he would walk
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