It has often been repeated that what is taught in school is never really used in the workplace. Well, I certainly hope that it is true because I am beginning to doubt how my unnaturally long lab reports will ever help me in my life.

As vicarious consumers of gossips on the lives of the rich and famous, which are regularly fed to us courtesy of celebrity gossip magazines and the paparazzi, we tend to view these high-society people through a myopic lens, especially with the gloss and shine on the magazines, potent enough to permeate our senses.

As a result, when we judge those people who are prominent fixtures in high society galas, we are fixated on their appearance, developing preconceived notions about their characters, based primarily on the way they look. Unfair? Absolutely.