HYPOCRISY

hyp⋅o⋅crite  /ˈhɪpəkrɪt/ [hip-uh-krit]

–noun 1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.

2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

Quite the touchy subject. Hypocrisy is a lot more common now in teenagers, well from what I see. From the defenition of a hypocrite it posseses quite a negative meaning. One society looks down on. Many of its synonyms aren't as pleasing either. Words like pretender or deciever accompany hypocrite in the dictionary. It's not exactly something anyone wants to be called. To be called a hypocrite isn't ideal. Under the definition and using today's more popular slang terms you may as well call the person a faker or plastic

As teenagers live by this. We don't know everything. There's many things we are undecided on. We know a little. We don't know a lot. But this learning experience is a part of life. A lot of the time, many of us will seem like one of these dreaded hypocrites. It's not as if we intend to be this fake, but as a teenager you'll wake up likeing one thing one day and by the next day you realize you don't anymore. Growing up and learning, we'll be fickle. A lot of the time being fickle may seem like being a hypocrite. We create these opinions and thoughts based on what we're told, what we hear or see from others. Sometimes many of us keep these opinions but sometimes we experience things ourselves and we change our mind. In a growing, changing society we are a different generation from those before us. Selena Gomez made quite a good point by also blogging about how a teenager will say things one day and do it the next. This. Is. Life.

Growing up during adolescence we will experiment between thoughts. We will experiment trying different fashion styles. We will experiment with different foods to find out favourite. We will experiment with friends, music, opinions even sexual orientation just to find what we like. We hunt for our individuality and as that happens we will live with hypocrisy.

Sometimes we do know what is wrong, and at the right time we will say it. But the thing is we don't always think. We live in the moment. But is it still being a hypocrite if after what we've done, we realize our mistakes?

Hypocrisy could be like changing your opinion. Or just learning from mistakes.

They do say that learning from your mistakes is the best way to embedd something into your mind.

Hypocricy is just a matter of learning. Saying what's wrong. Knowing what's wrong. Doing what's wrong. Learning from it. That is life.