VIP Class Notes (Vicki)

Write about a social stereotype that bothers you the most

There’s an interesting social phenomenon in China: many people especially women like to have/change into do a new hairstyle before the Spring Festival. The barbershop hair salon would be very busy during that time so you have to make reservations at first if you want to go. Most people would perm or dye their hair, however, I don’t think that’s a good choice because you have to bleach your hair before dying, and bleaching has a bad influence on your hair quality.
Furthermore, the barbershop hair salon would promote sell the VIP card to you frequently, once you activate it, you would spend a lot of money unconsciously. This is the most troublesome part I think, cuz I can’t control my desire of spending. Even worse, if you enable the “Face Payment “, a more convenient way to pay, you would spend cost more. So I recommend to be far away from the barbershop hair salon to save money.

Vocabulary

barbershop -> men
hair salon -> both gender

magnified – zoom in
i.e. Our insecurities are magnified by social media.

stereotype – 刻板印象
i.e. There are way many stereotypes that need to be diminished.