MY MOTHER AND FATHER ORDER ME TO BE SOMEONE ELSE, said (shouted) a 13 year old girl.

X: "Who do they want you to be?"
Susan: "A preppie!"
X: "What's a preppie?"
Susan: "The kids that suck up to the teachers in order to get good grades, they join all the clubs, they all dress alike, they all hang out together, and they all brag that they're going to college."
Mother and Father: "Look at her! She always looks like a slob!" 
     Susan was wearing jeans with holes in the knees and a black t-shirt with weird sayings on it.
X: (to parents) "I just drove past the home of the wealthiest people in town. A 13 year old girl was out on the driveway with a garden hose, spraying off the drive. She had on jeans with holes in the knees and a black t-shirt with weird sayings on it."
     They paid no attention.
     Mom and Dad had a lot of reasons to be disgusted with their daughter.
     However, at school the teachers loved her. She was smart and creative and the teachers frequently got her to write articles in the school newspaper. She was sassy and they loved it.
     But, she refused to be a preppy.
     Three years went by. Susan told her parents to drop over at the school auditorium that night, but didn't tell them what was going on.
     Mom and Dad were shocked to see Susan sitting up on the platform with a bunch of preppies. She was being inducted into the National Honor Society, and was also receiving plaques and medals for making outstanding contributions to the school and community.
     SUSAN HAD ALWAYS BEEN A PREPPIE !

Moral: No matter how hard you try to be someone else, you're still the same old person.