School Problems

As a 15 year old sophomore in high school, things can be tricky. You're still trying to figure out what you want to do, who you are, what your sexuality is, who you like and dislike, what your strengths and weaknesses are. As a teenager, what I've found is most common in high school today is that fitting in can be one of the hardest things you'll have to do. Sometimes you might have to talk to different people and find similar interests. It took me almost two years to be friends with the people I talk to now. And it's difficult. You have to find people that make you happy, and that you can trust.
          Now, high school is very serious. Freshman year is pretty much the year where you can almost stay a middle schooler in some ways. But in sophomore year they don't take it anymore. I hear people complaining about the amount of homework we get, but yet they want to go to college. It just doesn't seem to make sense to me at all.
          Also, what a lot of people have a hard time with, (I know I do) is trying to focus in class. You have cute boys/girls (sometimes) around you that you want to stare at, you have your best friend just inches away from you where you're eager to gossip about the newest break up in the school, and you have your phone in your pocket. What I find most helpful is sitting away from your friends, and if possible when asked to partner up, work alone. It's not because I'm a loner, it's because I work best alone and because I want to get my work done. Now some people may find this silly, but it's something that's worked for me for a long time.
         So I hoped this helped. Especially from someone who goes through things like this every day and struggles.

Elementary

God. It kills me, because (Joan) Watson’s deduction skills are getting so good, and Sherlock is slowly realizing that she’s beginning to do the same as him, and follow him. Because at first, she was just

supposed to watch him, right? She didn’t have to take part in any of these cases or help him out, but she does, because they’re becoming closer, and she trusts him, and he trusts her. And that’s the beautiful thing about their relationship.
It's amazing how their relationship has progressed. They overall trust each other more, and I think what they're building is not only a romantic relationship, but also a healthy relationship/friendship as well. It was all said without words in the episode in which Joan asks Sherlock's father to stay and he says no, but she stays anyway, because she can't imagine her life without him.

Interview

One of my best friends, Sierra, had to interview me for an English project, so I figured I'd put it up for your enjoyment.

Sierra: Who is your biggest inspiration?

Me: Kate Middleton

Sierra: And why?

Me: Because she started out as an average person and showed that you don't have to have a lot of popularity to make a difference in the world.

Sierra: When did you start to like her? I know thats a weird question but i don't know how to phrase it

Me: Around the end of eighth grade.

Sierra: What is your favorite thing about her?

Me: Hmm. Probably her effort to make a difference in the world.

Sierra: Okay how do you think she will impact the world?

Me: I think that she'll show that just doing even little things can make a big difference, and by doing this she'll show people things in the world that need to be noticed that have gone unnoticed.

Sierra: That's deep

Me: Hell yeah it is. It's the truth.

"Prepared To Do Anything"

When you listen to “Prepared To Do Anything” And your mind just traces back to everything that John and Sherlock have been through, and how their friendship just started out as this little tiny thing, and then he saves Sherlock’s life, not once but almost twice (with Moriarty) and then you think of all the laughs they’ve had and how important that their friendship was and how John can’t survive without him and how he didn’t know he couldn’t live without him before he even met him, and now he’s sitting somewhere in his flat, thinking that Sherlock is genuinely dead, when truly he’s out there, thinking about John, wanting to tell him the truth, but he can’t because he has to protect him, because he cares about John. Because he loves him.

Derogatory Terms

Sometimes it sickens me.

I hear left and right at my school-a high school- kids using the word “Rape” as a word for attack. It truly sickens me for many reasons.

You never know who it’s going to affect around you. You don’t know if the person you just said that in front of had been raped, or known someone who had been raped. It’s a touchy subject, I know, but people need to take things like this more seriously. And honestly, I don’t understand why more adults-even they use it sometimes- even teachers, don’t do anything about it. I hear it and it drives me absolutely bonkers, and whenever I try to step in, someone always ends up saying “Don’t take it so seriously, jeez.” And you know how that makes me feel? That makes me feel pissed off and not powerful. And men aren’t the only ones saying things like this, I’ve heard girls say it as well.

My point is, no matter what the situation, it’s not appropriate, nor kind, to use “rape” as a term for being attacked. Go grab a dictionary, look up the word “rape” and then look  up the word “attack” in a thesaurus. There you have it.