341-348 the importance of being beautiful.

There is no doubt that being attractive can can you much farther in life than being unattractive and that’s the point this chapter makes. If your considering ugly it will affect you your who life from elementary school to when you are living in the real world with a job. I find it sad that even school teacher generally treat uglier kids more badly. There is a stigma around unattractive people that they are meaner, dishonest, awkward, boring and anti social. This is what sociologists call the “halo horns” affect. To us, attractive people are considered more “normal”. They are seen as smarter, nicer and more approachable. It seems that you are also more likely to get a job if you are considered beautiful looking. When I was in grade school, I knew a few kids who were considered more unattractive. This one kid was fat and had a lot of Acne so he was picked on a lot by everyone. He never really tried in school so his grades were very poor. It seemed like all of the other teachers pretty much gave up on him. This was pretty much the halo horns in affect. He would have been more respected by everyone if there wasn’t anything that kids could make fun of. It would have helped his self esteem and maybe he would have done better in school.