Covering

One thing I cover is the fact that I am not particularly religious. I cover this because I live in a predominately Christian society and I do not want people to think that I am an untrustworthy, evil devil worshiper because I am not religious. This is not the case. I realize that many people probably would not think this way--at least openly--even if they are religious, but there are the radical people too who would. Another thing I cover is my intelligence. I feel like if I speak all intellectual like, people will think I am a nerd or "uncool". This is probably why I hang out with natural science majors, but when I am around other people I sometimes cover. I also used to cover the fact that I am in the middle class. Growing up, I was friends with the kids of doctors and lawyers. In other words, they were rich. I wanted to fit in with them, so I dressed like them and I drove a (really old) BMW in an attempt to cover up my middle class status. Now I don't really care about my class because all my friends went off the ritzy private schools and I go to a college where most of the students are middle class.