I used to get amused by this phrase whenever I used to come across it , with my peers and my teachers pointing to me that indeed "First impression is the last impression" while I partially agreed with this fact, nodding my head in agreement to what my Gurus had to say. I remember that during my childhood days, the girl I used to be, the one with her spectacles and braces on, beaming with confidence and trying to keep in pace with the competitive lot of her class, the teachers always took me to be the good girl in the class. Although, much to my amazement, even my Professors in college somehow carry the same idea about me. Moreover the present scenario takes me sans my braces and my spectacles occasionally switched over by my pair of contact lenses.Well, people couldn't end up with this last impression of mine back in those school days.
However the main reason behind my disagreement to that particular phrase was the gradual changes in mindset that come about while you get to know someone with time.Now this can easily be a part of the group discussion for entry to the top B-schools because the face of it I am talking about doesn't much take into account the first impression only. It can have many angles to view from. It is really a debatable issue because even if a person applies for a job today, a single meeting with that person is supposed to decide whether he is fit for the job or not. It is true that we have become accustomed to this typical selection criteria but to overcome this pain of preparing a mask for yourself that fits the needs of the employer perfectly as the Jigsaw part can be really troublesome. I remember my teacher stating an example of a woman in sales dressed up in designer outfit while the other dressed up in casual clothing trying to persuade the customer in a similar tone to buy an outfit from their boutique. The customer is more likely to get easily persuaded by the one in designer outfit. This has nothing to do with the visual appeal alone but to the overall first mark impressed upon the customer. Now this is the reason why Indian arranged marriages follow the tradition of matchmaking just by a single meeting with the to be bride and her family while the families leave no trace of filth anywhere so as to get accepted by the groom's family within no time.
However applicable this phrase might seem in the personal or professional front, a single look at the prescribed medicine by a doctor with a final labelling done upto standard mark by the pharmacist who prepared it is enough for the patient to decide whether the decision to visit the doctor particularly was good or not. This might seem somewhere out of the blue but I just tried to keep it in close proximity with what I am being taught at my University. Nevertheless what one may mask for the other to comprehend is totally the person's will but how the society may accept him just by his mere first impact holds the same stereotype truth where reasons fail to validate themselves.
However the main reason behind my disagreement to that particular phrase was the gradual changes in mindset that come about while you get to know someone with time.Now this can easily be a part of the group discussion for entry to the top B-schools because the face of it I am talking about doesn't much take into account the first impression only. It can have many angles to view from. It is really a debatable issue because even if a person applies for a job today, a single meeting with that person is supposed to decide whether he is fit for the job or not. It is true that we have become accustomed to this typical selection criteria but to overcome this pain of preparing a mask for yourself that fits the needs of the employer perfectly as the Jigsaw part can be really troublesome. I remember my teacher stating an example of a woman in sales dressed up in designer outfit while the other dressed up in casual clothing trying to persuade the customer in a similar tone to buy an outfit from their boutique. The customer is more likely to get easily persuaded by the one in designer outfit. This has nothing to do with the visual appeal alone but to the overall first mark impressed upon the customer. Now this is the reason why Indian arranged marriages follow the tradition of matchmaking just by a single meeting with the to be bride and her family while the families leave no trace of filth anywhere so as to get accepted by the groom's family within no time.
However applicable this phrase might seem in the personal or professional front, a single look at the prescribed medicine by a doctor with a final labelling done upto standard mark by the pharmacist who prepared it is enough for the patient to decide whether the decision to visit the doctor particularly was good or not. This might seem somewhere out of the blue but I just tried to keep it in close proximity with what I am being taught at my University. Nevertheless what one may mask for the other to comprehend is totally the person's will but how the society may accept him just by his mere first impact holds the same stereotype truth where reasons fail to validate themselves.
