I was eating lunch in the cafeteria today and one of the laser pointers hit me in the eye.

My parents pay $13 500 for tuition, as a result much of the kids are spoiled brats. Sometimes the young kids in the school become too much. When you listen the some of them, they claim that they are superior just because they are born in a rich family. They think that they will inherit all their parents money and won’t have to work for the rest of their lives.

One of my classmates claims the same ideas. He says that he will get his fathers factory if he can’t get a decent job. Since we are in the final year of high school we are getting acceptances from universities, which I'm glad that I got acceptances already. This guy is now sweating like crazy because he has not heard from any university yet. He now tries to put in deals effort. Todat he sat away from the noisy croud. But, everyone does not seem to see that he is trying to be serious to get decent grades, so everyone seems to be still distracting him. He certainly got himself in an ugly hole.

Not everyone is like this, but there is an unusual number of people that just goof off. They sometimes get on your case.

I even yelled at one of these guys during math class, after some upsetting actions. We were sent to the principal. The guy I yelled at was forced to apologize to me and had to hear what I had to say. The principle thinks that I had every right to get mad, so he let me go(not to mention the guy I yelled at had a bad record among the staff). It’s just this, he started telling me things that I just don’t want to hear. He made is seem as if all the effort I put in is useless. I have to separate myself from my piers because I don’t like what they do on the weekends. It’s as if they are destroying themselves. He tells me that they are getting higher grades than me, and that I'm the stupid one for not joining them. I think no matter what, every ounce of effort is worth it. It was worth turning down every offer. People invited me to their place, but I just politely say no.

I think the people that let this happen, is the parents. With the stories I hear about the parents, they just don’t spend time with their children. Its no wonder why children has no guidance and use pop culture as a basis for growing up. Then there is nobody to tell them that they are doing something wrong. The slowly they start to grow into their vices and become obsessed with them, justifying their addictions as if it’s a right to have.

Bah!

Ranger, speaking as a teacher I have to say you are bang to rights. Be your own man, and don't follow the herd. Who wants to be mediocre?
On Sunday I met an old student of mine, who was a grade A workaholic, and her classmates used to laugh at her and give her a hard time. She is about to graduate with a 1st class honours degree in law and has had about 20 different offers from companies and law firms.
I've also seen one of her classmates working as a postman.
I think you have the right attitude.
Guess who's having the last laugh?

Ozzy

I know what you mean mate.

My parents pay a hell of alot of money for my tuition that we don't really have. I have dyspraxia a curious brain defect that effects how I write and enterperate peoples emotions (as in terrible trouble telling someones mood by facial expressions, strange I know but I have to live with it.) I am 15 but I have matured much past my year group and try to be my own person. I get alot of stick for it and my left wing political beliefs. I am lucky enough to have a very loyal circle of friends and an extremely patient and understanding girlfriend and am glad for it.

Alot of the people have alot of money in that school and believe they own the earth because "daddy bought them a pony pip pip tally ho."

I had a similar shouting match a while ago but with a teacher instead and almost got suspended and it was a ridiculously stupid but so was he.

Just like to say that I understand and hope to get decent GCSE's in 4 weeks time.

As you say rights are very dangorous things to claim they get taken for granted far to easily.

Just a few things about myself that feels alot easier to say on the internet.

Crumbso

Haha yeah my cat does that. Never actually works out what it is.

Sorry to hear that you feel you can't trust people but what ever makes you happy is what matters

its not really about not trusting people it just takes a long time because of previous experiances to actually accept someone as a friend

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I'd say the postmam, because a lawyer is very boring job... ...the only people that want to be lawyers nowadays are girls...why? ???  A lot of boys I know want to be accountants!   I just laugh and tell them I'll fly past their windows on full afterburner when I get a high performance fighter jet...LOL.

Ah well. About 3 times in the last term our german teacher has got slightly pissed off and stormed out of the room.

I also have GCSE's in 4 weeks and due to the schools incompitance me and my maths set are probably going to fail maths. You may say that is our own fault this but it isn't. Since febuary last year our maths set has had no less that 23 differant teachers. And it doesn't help much that were the lowest set either.

Anyway, laser pointers... There great fun. just shine them between peoples eyes and they don't notice.