Silver Lining

I am so sick of people judging each-other. Everyone in this school has an opinion of everyone else whether they have met them or not! You say something to a friend about someone, like, 'I really liked her skirt today…' and they go, yah, but shes a bitch/slut/you fill in the blank. Meanwhile, i'm thinking, that's so mean! Have you even met the person? Or have you just heard the rumors and based your opinion on them? I don't pretend to be perfect, and I try really hard not to do this, but honestly people! Think about what you say BEFORE you say it! If the person were to walk up behind you, apologies wouldn't matter much when there thinking, 'I don't even know you so why do you hate me!? Whats wrong with me…' I would know because this has happened to me before. try and be less judgemental!

I disagree with the statement that one parent wrote in response to this question. They said “Parents should protect their children at all times from hurting themselves or others (safety).” Now I’m sure this parent has much more experience than me, and that they will possibly regard this as poorly thought out criticism from someone at least 20 years younger them. However, this statement still does not make sense to me, so my inexperience feels compelled to say something anyway. As a child, I don’t think I would have learned nearly as well if I had’t been allowed to make small, measured mistakes. Of course I was protected from making BIG mistakes such as running out in front of cars, but my parents realised that there were times when I would, and should, make mistakes myself so that I could learn from them. If a parent protects his/her ‘child’ until they are 18 it really isn’t doing them any favors because once outside of that sheltering wing, they will get SMACKED in the face with the world instead of getting slowly used to it while still at home (where some amount of control is a very good thing). They will also never learn how to learn from mistakes and move on (a valuable life skill) because they will be protected from all mistakes possible. The ‘child’ (now 18) will not be able to lean ANYTHING themselves without their parents holding their hand.

Im in no way a fan of ‘hands off’ parenting (even as a “rebellious” little 14 year old). In fact, I think that kids need structure, punishment, etc. However, totally protecting your kids from every mistake will lead them to make MUCH bigger ones when they are off on their own, and really not do them any favors in the long run.

1. Learn about 3 punctuation marks in grammar, and understand how to use them. Then, write a shot story incorperating them correctly.

2. Write two pieces in a format or genre I have never used before (or one that I am not vey good at).

3. Study a training program for my horse, study it, and then complete it.

What I need:

1) A grammar book, and I can also search online sites like Wikipedia for information.

2) Books to study other writers styles, and books specifically (or online sites) about writing in certain genres.

3) A training program (I already ordered one. It include books, DVD’s, etc.)

Why do adults (or anybody, really) look at someone and based on their age, or where they live, judge them? Even if they’re to polite to say it, they think, ‘you can’t understand. You’re just a kid. You know nothing about the world.’ And then they think we don’t know that what they’re thinking. They paste on a fake smile, but we can see right through it. If those judge-rs took a minute to just look into our eyes they would see that we know a lot more than they think. Some people have been through even more hell than they have, but they still feel superior because of their age. They think that our little lives bounce along ‘perfectly’ and the only problems we have last 10 seconds. Right. Just because we don’t feel like answering with more than a ‘fine’ when they ask how our lives are going. What do they expect? A 30 minute essay on how life is really going doesn’t mean that we have easy lives. Pathetic. The look on their faces, fake, makes you want to hit them in the stomach and then walking away. But you can’t, because you’re only (age goes here) and it would just be considered ‘rebelion,’ and ‘immaturity’ when really they brought it on themselves because of THEIR ‘maturity.’ How ironic. It makes you wonder how things would be if you suddenly reversed the tables and put them in our lives. Now THAT would be funny. They wouldn’t last 1 day in middle school, and they would do even worse AFTER school.

promise its gonna be all right

promise i wont end up hurting inside

but you cant promise whats not yours to give

you cant wall yourself off and forget to live

sometimes all you can do is wait

hoping and praying for a good break with fate

what do you do

when your whole world is screwed

and everything you do

seems to just hurt you

how did we get to where we are

why are we cutting open old scars

why do we end up broken up inside

nomatter how hard we try

we cant avoid getting hurt

because we just hurt worse when we try

Searching

For anything to fill the emptiness

The emptiness they don’t understand

Hiding from the light

And searching in the dark

Because they’re afraid to be seen searching

But in the dark

They won’t find what they’re searching for