...because it's the "hump of the week". Funny conversation in art. But not for me! Seniors get tomorrow off! Yay! Except not because I'm running the freshman retreat from 7:30-12:30 and then volleyball from 1-4ish. Then the double amount of homework that they gave me precisely because we don't have school tomorrow.
Anyway, lately there have been a lot of rumors about engagements at school. And really, I'm just not down with teenage engagement. I think marriage should typically wait a while. I mean sometimes, yes, you're going to fall crazy in love with the person you want to be with when you're young. But three teenage engagements in a a school of 250? Seriously? I wrote a previous post on how marriage as an institution is being degenerated by culture and this is a prime example. Through popular culture some people have come to believe that 1) marriage at a young age isn't so abnormal(Underage & Engaged) and 2) that if it doesn't work out you can get divorced. Marriage is a lot of hard work. It usually entails supporting yourselves and possibly a family. I don't think people really get that. It bugs me. Yeah, you feel strongly, but I for one have changed A LOT in four years. How do I know I won't change so much in the next four, especially considering I'm going to a new place with new people and a whole new experience in college? I think by waiting you set yourself up for a better shot. If you can have the self control to wait, and take the time to really figure out if this is the right decision for you, I think you've got a much better shot.
An high school is just immature. I'm definitely ready to get out in the world where I can be with people with goals and drive. The apathetic, victimized nature of the students at our school makes me extremely angry. The eco club went to the effort of putting out mini- compost bins for the lazy asses who won't walk to the compost bin, and then I find one in the trash and one is missing even after I spent an entire lunch period looking in trash ans and recycle bins for it. And some kid threw away a bunch of paper right in front on my face while I was taking some recyclables out of the trash. ARE YOU BLIND? Goddammit, I can't wait to get out of here.
Oh and I got a FictionPress account but a lot of the stuff is pretty personal so if you'd really like it you could ask but I don't know that I'm ready for people to see it yet.
