Connection: Egyptians and Lady Gaga

A very important idea we have talked and learned a lot about so far this semester is challenging the status quo. People challenge the status quo every day, by going against what is considered normal, by thinking outside the box, and by doing something different.
In fact, in class we talked a lot about how the Egyptians are challenging the status quo this very moment by protesting and overthrowing their government. The Egyptians are going against what is considered normal. They are thinking outside the box, and as a result they have organized together and massive numbers of people have swarmed the street, setting fire, rocking cars, and scaring the police and military away. They are challenging the status quo of being respectful and obeying their government, and they are doing this by protesting in mass numbers.
In addition, they are challenging the status quo by organizing their protests over social networking. Before this wouldn't have even been an option, but as a result of the technological age we live in now, it has become a reality for the Egyptians. The government shut down the internet, but that wasn't until after the protests had erupted after the Friday prayer session.
The Egyptian people are a good example of challenging the status quo. They challenged the dicatorship of Mubarak that they have lived under for thirty years. They challenged their old way of life. A life where they were not happy and pleased with their leaders. A life where they couldn't vote for the president. A life they didn't want to live anymore.
The Egyptian people challenged the status quo, and they aren't the only people doing that. In fact, the famous musician Lady Gaga challenges the status quo every day.
Gaga wear isn't just a joke, it's a reality. Lady Gaga goes above and beyond to designers in France and throughout the world to get the craziest, wildest, and most obscure clothing, so that she can challenge the status quo, so that she is always wearing something new and different. She is doing this by wearing clothes and outfits that aren't considered normal. She is challenging what normal is considered now, by being different and setting a trend.
The Egyptian people and Lady Gaga are both challenging the status quo. They both are thinking of new ways to be creative, the Egyptian people by using social networking to organize their protests and Lady Gaga by getting attention on her wardrobe. In fact, they both can relate to each other because they are both doing things never done before. They are both taking a gamble and being themselves, stating their opinions, whether it be fasion or politics and they are both making a statement that the whole world is hearing.
They relate to each other because they are both making a difference and a change in the world, and they are both informing each other, as well as the world, that it is good to challenge the status quo because what is now isn't necesarily the best way, whether it be the clothes or the government.
As a result of the Egyptian people and Lady Gaga challenging the status quo, it has made me realize that I should challenge the status quo by expressing what I feel inside. Lady Gaga and the Egyptian people both are expressing how they feel inside, and they are also setting an example and paving a trail for others to do just that.
They have made me realize that I should do what I think and express myself how I want to, regardless if I am the only one. They have also gave me an insight that it is the people that express themselves by beating to their own drum and doing something different are the ones making history, like they are and like everyone has the potential to.