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A "People" person

The name can be a little bit deceiving, even for me. But recently from my vacation in France and the return to High School I have noticed how much I dislike "people". Now when I say "people" I do not mean human beings in general nor do I mean a mass of faceless population. What I really mean is that there are those who are very... well, for lack of a better word, boring. I'm guessing at one point or another everybody has seen a huge crowd of people where all of the faces, voices, and personalities seem to just run together, to be very similar to one another. That is until you catch a stray familiar voice tone, or the back of a blonde bush of hair and you somehow immediately recognize them as a "person". Enough back-story time to get what I mean, I see "people" as what was described before, an enormous mob of faces and sounds that all seem to have similarities to the T and it could just be my lack of patience in general but "people" only really have a place in my life for getting in my way. On the road there is always that no-name "people" who drives in the perfect position behind the "people" in front of him in a way so you can almost make that right turn, but you have to wait. A person however is a being, entity or whatever with distinguishable characteristics, whether you have seen them before, are good friends, or just sit at the same table with them in Algebra you could pass by "people" a thousand times and the generic expressions pass you by yet that one person sticks out like a rocket ship in a cornfield. The way I have composed this whole observation of mine is into a list, although I dislike categorizing people in such a way. Person class 1: The most obvious type to pick out, these are your friends, significant others or family member who is literally nigh-impossible to miss. Person class 2: These would be the kind of folks you see daily, or at least on a common basis but are either no longer affiliated with them or never were. Maybe he was your friend from Middle school, or maybe she was that girl who randomly stormed into your Geometry classroom 3rd hour and yelled "Grandma!" then sprinted out into the hallway (real life experience talking there). Person class 3: These would be the repeaters, as I like to say, suppose you go the same way to English class every day and a seemly un-noticeable face passes you by and you think little of it. Yet over the next month you see the same person over and over in the same place every time, that is when I feel that they become a part of you, much like Person classes 1 and 2 but more like an afterthought. I actually find it useful to have a lot of class 3s in my mind, if I see a certain person walking down the hallway I can base my own time and speed off of them based on their position, almost like a living landmark. Person class 0- Well this is a short one, these would be your worst enemies or rivals, enough said. People: Well easy enough right, just the huge blob of faces and flesh bumping into you and being a pain in your rear end. I have way too much time on my hands, or my mind I guess. I should try and pay attention more in U.S. History eh?