The McCandless Project

Leia Goldberg

Mrs. Belden

Honors English I

7 November, 2014

The McCandless Project

For my experiment I decided that I would wear two different shoes to school. I wanted to know what people thought, or if they even noticed. First off, not many people even realized I was wearing two different shoes. I might have gotten a few weird looks, or giggles, but when people did realize, it took them a while. Even if people did notice all they’d say is something like, “why are you wearing to different shoes,” or “Did you know you’re wearing two different shoes.” Even my brother didn't notice when he walked by me, and his job is picking out my flaws.

During the experiment I was a little embarrassed; I thought about whether people would think I did it on purpose because I’m odd. Or if they thought I was just really tired this morning, and put different shoes on, on accident, which has happened to me before. On the other hand, for some of the day I forgot I was wearing two different shoes, and carried on with my everyday routine.

I thought more people would notice my different shoes, but at the same time, I was happy that some people were kind enough not to point them out. Overall this experiment has made me slightly more confident in myself. If wearing two different shoes to school didn't throw people off, maybe other out of the ordinary things wouldn't either.