“Let me tell you something, I don't care about being your
stupid prom queen. I'm 25 years old. I'm an undercover reporter for the Chicago
Sun Times and I've been beating my brains out trying to impress you people. Let
me tell you something Gibby, Kirsten, Kristin, you will spend your lives trying
to keep others down because it makes you feel more important. Why her? Let me
tell you about this girl she is unbelievable. I was new here and she befriended
me no questions asked. But you, you were only my friend after my brother, Rob,
posed as a student and told you to like me. All of
you people, there is a big world out there... bigger than prom, bigger than
high school and it won't matter if you were the prom queen, the quarterback of
the football team, or the biggest nerd in school. Find out who you are and try
not to be afraid of it.”
The world becomes smaller when you put a frame on it. High
school is like a small society, to have an enjoyable high school life, one has
to be popular, and the way to become popular is to be cool and it can be
achieved by bullying the weak ones. Those smart people in the schools are the
weak ones; they often have dreams which are different from the cool ones. They
are bullied because they don’t want to fight back or when they are regarded as
nerds, they should be bullied. The cools ones are those people who have
confident in themselves, they are fashion forward and have leadership skills. Their
confidences are built by bullying the nerds and creating phenomenon (Rufus) in
school. The nerds are good at academic while the cool ones are good at sports;
they are grouped together by the sense of belonging. There is one place for all
of them to shine: the prom night, which the most popular people will be crowned
as prom queen and prom king, and it is important for teenagers in Western
countries because when a person is crowned, he or she is considered successful
in his or her life, just like being rich in adult’s world. After going through
hard times in high school and in workplace, Josie Geller understands what’s
important in life now. She goes back to the school and manages to become
popular helped by her brother, Rob Geller. She fills all her shadows she left
when she was young and the contrast is big. She had the taste of being popular,
but she soon realized that this is fake when she sees her first friend in
school, Aldys, becomes the victim of Guy Perkins, Gibby, Kirsten and Kristin.
Unaware of the consequences, she reveals her identity when she is angry and
upset for what has happened throughout her undercover life. She voice out as
she wants to help these lost teenagers to find what’s important to them. In the
outside world (the real society), it does not matter that you were the prom
queen, best football player or smartest person in the school, what really
matters is you yourself, your choice and the life that you want to live. Never
afraid of anything or anyone when you found that who are you and what you want
in your life and go for it. Although Josie messed up with her work, her life
(Josie’s brother) and relationship with the teacher, Sam, but she manages to
fix it back and did a confession on the newspaper. On the night of final
gameplay, Josie, stands at the center of the field, get her first kiss by Sam
when the countdown ends. High school life, changed Josie’s life twice, one
which makes her realized how weak she is, another one which makes her realized
how strong she is.
Transformation from Josie Grossie to ordinary Josie and
to
the copy-editor Josie Geller.
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