What?!!
A sad thing was brought to my attention by an old elementary school friend. A VERY LARGE part of my life is being erased. The Magnet Program. It's funny seeing I'll swear up and down I hated Northern, or Mrs. Nassif, or any small thing that irked me, but to believe that it won't be like that anymore is like...impossible.
No one else will know what it's like to be an "upstairs kid", or take classes with around 60 of the smartest, most intelligent, sometimes stupid, but mostly wonderful kids for a good 11 years of your life. No one else will know the slight elitest feeling you have from calling the kids not in the Magnet Program, "the other kids", or "the regular kids". No one else will have that sense of belonging that I actually felt from being in a certain academic program. Without the Magnet Program, I seriously doubt I'd be the person I am today. Where else could I have gotten an hr and a half lunch just to hang out and do stupid stuff with my buddies? I would've never met my first boyfriend, the rest of the Atherton kids, went to Canada, made a rocket, or any of a MILLION other wonderful opportunities I had. I never would've been forced to THINK FOR MYSELF. (I sometimes fail at that, but I'm working on it) Now I think many kids in the next couple of years are gonna have to suffer while a transition for who knows what, good, or bad, takes place.
It may seem like I just want to keep all these opportunities to those deemed "smart", but that's not true. I know the Flint Schools could use some overhauling, and all the kids should get the same opportunities, but stopping the sharing of Magnet classes isn't right. I guess it's just hard to let go of something that I took pride in saying I was a part of. Why the fuck don't they have just a Magnet High School? I know Flint is broke as hell, but god!
Ok, after that short little rant, can I just say that I obsess about a new boy every week? Is it that I don't want to make the effort? I don't want to be hurt? I'm slutty? I get bored quickly? What is it! I guess the boy of the week is currently Peter. After our little session in Joel's room at the Vaginologue party, I've thought about him a lot. (Along with Tim, Jeff und Mario) Today we talked on the cpu for 2 and a half hrs. Nice convo. Hmmm....I'm gonna let this one go where it may. (I always say that, but let's see if I can follow my own advice)
No one else will know what it's like to be an "upstairs kid", or take classes with around 60 of the smartest, most intelligent, sometimes stupid, but mostly wonderful kids for a good 11 years of your life. No one else will know the slight elitest feeling you have from calling the kids not in the Magnet Program, "the other kids", or "the regular kids". No one else will have that sense of belonging that I actually felt from being in a certain academic program. Without the Magnet Program, I seriously doubt I'd be the person I am today. Where else could I have gotten an hr and a half lunch just to hang out and do stupid stuff with my buddies? I would've never met my first boyfriend, the rest of the Atherton kids, went to Canada, made a rocket, or any of a MILLION other wonderful opportunities I had. I never would've been forced to THINK FOR MYSELF. (I sometimes fail at that, but I'm working on it) Now I think many kids in the next couple of years are gonna have to suffer while a transition for who knows what, good, or bad, takes place.
It may seem like I just want to keep all these opportunities to those deemed "smart", but that's not true. I know the Flint Schools could use some overhauling, and all the kids should get the same opportunities, but stopping the sharing of Magnet classes isn't right. I guess it's just hard to let go of something that I took pride in saying I was a part of. Why the fuck don't they have just a Magnet High School? I know Flint is broke as hell, but god!
Ok, after that short little rant, can I just say that I obsess about a new boy every week? Is it that I don't want to make the effort? I don't want to be hurt? I'm slutty? I get bored quickly? What is it! I guess the boy of the week is currently Peter. After our little session in Joel's room at the Vaginologue party, I've thought about him a lot. (Along with Tim, Jeff und Mario) Today we talked on the cpu for 2 and a half hrs. Nice convo. Hmmm....I'm gonna let this one go where it may. (I always say that, but let's see if I can follow my own advice)