I had to write an essay today in my AP Language & Composition class. The prompt was “Explain how the ideals of beauty and aesthetics influence daily life.” We’d just finished reading a few essays written about this topic and were given forty minutes to write the essay, as is required by the CollegeBoard when you take the AP test. And so I wrote it. I talked about how people view beauty creates the need to look that way (thus the beginning of the cosmetic and fashion industry)