Agrument with Parents About being a Teenager

Tonight I had an argument with my dad about teenagers and how they feel how they "don't fit in", and also about bullying and labeling. At a public school in California, on their school I.D card and binder would have a certain color; white, green(i don't know for sure if it really was green, but doesn' really matter), and black. The colors were based on how high you scored on the California State Standards Test. If you received black on your I.D card and binder, that would mean that you scored high on the test and get discounts on school functions (sports games, dances, ect.), as well as a few things outside of school, as well a have a separate line for the cafeteria. If you received green, you tested average on the test and would earn some discounts, and also have a separate line for the cafeteria. As you can guess, white means that you did not score well on the test, therefor you have no discounts and have the regular line in the cafeteria (which is worse). So lets recap.... Black card means you get the best of the best because you tested better than average. Green card meas you get the medium quality because you tested average, and white card means that you get the worst because you tested poorly. The CST has nothing to do with your grade or placement in classes, instead it is a way for the school to gt more money if they have the best scores.


The cards not only make people treated better or worse in public schools, yet it also causes segregation, and another reason to be labeled. Your test scores and your grades should be something private between the student, teacher, and parent(s)/guardian. Being in separate lines and getting discounts does not make it private.


My opinion was mainly put out there when I told you the story so it is a little biest. My dad's is that yes, it is not fair to be having discounts and to be treated better or worse because of it, but there is always something that people are going to label you under, so who cares if people label the other because of the card...... well for me why create yet another thing for people to label another as. There is already so many, why add another. (If you are reading this, post you opinion about it)


My dad doesn't understand why teens have to fit in. He says stay true to yourself and everything will fall in place. Well most teens opinions.... it doesn't work that way. You better fit in otherwise high school will become living hell. I don't change who am to fit in. I am thought of as school as a geek; a straight A student (I am not at all though) because I have my supplies mostly all the time, I don't cuss, I don't usually talk in class. I am very outgoing, yet in class I do focus on schoolwork, so people who don't know me very well think I am anti-social. I am thought of as a slut because I have a lot of guy friends, yet I am also known as a very nice person since I don't cuss and I'm very tolerant of people and have quiet a bit of passonts. I personally don't have a lot of friends right now and people think I am awkward and strange, even though I do everything right to be a good kid, and am nice. I don't think dumbing myself down, being mean, cussing, being a disturbance in class is the best way to go. I am not ugly or a large person, so it's not looks. Maybe my hair is curly ad hard to tame and not straight, but I am not going to spend 2 hours every day to do that.

Sincerely,

Shelly

P.S- I have decided that at the end of every post I'm going to put a song, poem, quote, joke, ect.... just something that I thought funny or that I enjoy that I am going to share with you, since I love my viewers :) just another way for your entertainment.
Also I have desided to do my posts in different fonts and colors (if there is a font/color that is hard to read le me know and I will change it). Once I find a font that best fits my blog I might keep it to that one. So send in your votes on what font or color that you would like to have my blog on (if you can let me know how to get more fonts on here... I just realized that I only have 7 choices :P boring)

This is a song that I particularly like. I enjoy music and appreciate it. Not only can I rad music, but I sing and play piano (one of these days I'll put my stuff up here so you can listen to it :)

Song- The Reason  by Hoobastank