Looks vs. Ideas

Todays prompt is asking if I agree or disagree that a person clothing or looks is more important that the person’s ideas to succeed. I personally believe that this is a very difficult prompt because I believe in both. Nowadays I’m sure society agrees more towards a person’s clothing or looks rather than their ideas in order to succeed. If a person has the looks and clothing to get a persons attention, then talks to them about their great ideas, they are the ideal people in this case. For example, Albert Einstein was definitely not the most handsome person in the world. He might not have even worn the best clothes or fashion that most people adore, but he definitely had amazing ideas. With his ideas, he became pretty much the smartest man in the world. That to me is such a great experience. Out of 6 billion people and you are being named the smartest in the world. Another example was the 1960 presidential election between Richard Nixon and eventual winner John F. Kennedy. When the two presidential contenders were debating against each other, their debate was being broadcasted on the television and also the radio. History shows that the people who listened to the radio and only heard the ideas of the two presidential candidates most likely voted for Nixon because of his ideas. However, the people who had seen the debates on live television tended to vote for Kennedy because he was clearly the more handsome man. Ofcourse that is not the only reason Kennedy won, but that had influenced him to win. This shows that even in America, a person’s looks might be looked at more than a person’s ideas. Even in America nowadays, I truly believe that a person’s looks or clothing is a lot more important that a person’s ideas in order to succeed. Most successful people in America are good looking in my opinion. This just shows how America suppresses its peoples in a way that teaches them that looks and clothing is more important than a person’s ideas.

 

To succeed, I personally believe that a person’s ideas are a lot more important than the person’s looks or clothing because the person just needs to be himself or herself. If other people don’t like it, then that’s their fault. But due to today’s society, I feel as though looks must be needed in order to succeed. In the past, being successful was truly based upon a person’s ideas rather than their looks. If one aimed to be successful, that person should bring up their intelligent ideas to the community so that their status in the community can excel. However, nowadays people who have intelligent ideas are somewhat oppressed by the people because of their appearance. This just isn’t right. Looks should not have anything to do with a person’s ideas. For example, majority of the people who are successful are good looking. Most of their ideas are crazy. Take Miley Cyrus for an example. She is a twerking crazy girl. She has become into this wild party girl that has probably annoyed and shocked the whole world. However, take a look at how much money she has because of that. She has so much money because of her stupid ideas but all for her act and looks.