CBL Project Overview

My CBL Project Overview

 In English class, we are working on a CBL project, which is called, Write to Change the World. “I wish I could be pretty, or cute, or more appealing…” CORRECTION!!! You are pretty. You are cute. You are appealing. We want to reverse people thinking they aren’t perfect or pretty. Body image is our topic and it is super important to me and my community. Our Essential Question is "How can we change when people look at a magazine and see a model.  They think they have to look like that model in order to be beautiful?" The issue at hand is that when people look in the mirror they think they are ugly, fat, and all in all not beautiful. In most cases though, this is not the problem. They look at magazines and think in order to be beautiful they have to look like the model on the cover. Many magazine companies edit people so much, that they look like angels and fake, when in reality, they are beautiful without editing.

This issue is important to me because many people don't think they are beautiful. I have been told many times that 9 out of 10 girls think that they are ugly. A lot of the girls in my community look at themselves and say that they are ugly or weird looking. Many girls actually get sick in order to be thin or to be pretty, redo themselves with loads of makeup. Boys however also get sick, by getting sick I mean when they eat, they throw it up or they don’t eat altogether. Many people die from getting sick. Sadly, the only reason that they get sick… is because of this issue. This issue has impacted me because many girls and boys have tried or committed suicide, which is really depressing to parents and/or friends that are close to the victim.

 In this project I hope to accomplish spreading the word to let everyone know that the face on the magazine is not actually how he or she looks. I want to let people know, no matter if you think you are ugly, weird or funny looking, you are beautiful because you are you and you shouldn’t change how you look. I want to tell everyone that those people on the magazine cover are fake. They are edited way too much. You look exactly like them inside. In conclusion, I want everyone to wake up in the morning and say" Wow, look at me. I'm beautiful!"