"I trip over everything you say."
Today was one of those days that reminded me of what life is going to be like without all of the pointless school and everything ridiculous that comes with it.
While I don't think that I know everything about life, I still feel like I know enough to give myself some credit. I know that any teachers/adults that read this are going to want to comment and say, "You are sixteen, you have no idea what you are talking about." I've been told many many times in my life, especially recently, that I am mentally much other than my birthday gives me credit for.
And what is age, anyway? It really is nothing but a number. I know people much much older than me who are extremely immature. People who have no communication skills or methods of dealing with their own "problems", people who lack the motivation to get their life in a good direction....so they are automatically "smarter", "wiser", and thus have "authority" over me? Nuh-uh, no way.
Explain to me why me, a 16-year-old girl, has worked on her first job ever at Vanity for over nine months now. And over those nine months, I have watched dozens on girls aged from 19-25 get hired, work for a few weeks, realize that the job is difficult, and QUIT. Girls who are irresponsible, inconsiderate, have no sense of duty or DECENCY for that matter...So who's the more responsible person? That's right, I win.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, I just get so perturbed when people are so prejudice when it comes to age. When it comes to me, I don't care how old you are. It's about how you act, how you treat other people, how you treat yourself...it's about who you are, not when your birthday is. You open yourself up to soooo many more good friendships and great experiences when you WIDEN YOUR NARROW FIELD OF SIGHT and CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION.
There is life without the ridiculousness of school. There's actually a real world out there! I know! I've seen it! I feel like when you see a world without research paper deadlines and the repetitiveness of Channel One, there's no going back. You yearn for that. Your heart beats for the moment when you can run at full speed, pump your fists in the air, and scream, "SCREW YOU, HIGH SCHOOL!" Then go off and be successful in something. Like college, haha.
So that's what goes through my head. I could care less about getting an A in Pre-Calc, because my head is too busy storyboarding camera shots, sketching out dialogue, and dreaming of the day when I can wake up after these years and years of work to see that my dreams have come true because I RAN AFTER THEM. I didn't just sit around and TALK about success, I went out and BUILT it.
When I get out into the "real world", I'm not going to look back and say, "Man, I am sooo glad I worked my butt off in Chemistry! Good thing I spent hours and hours in Math Lab! It's sure handy to know about covalent bonds when I'm in the studio..." Nope. I'm going to look back and say, "Man, I am soooo glad I went out and tried to make some films. All that practice with shooting and editing really helps me out in the studio!"
To review, I am in a mental state far beyond your exertion of projects that bear no fruit but the "feeling of knowing my GPA will go up .002 points by the time I graduate". Oh, and if my resume for Film School is longer than your transcript to an Ivy League school, it means I've beaten you.
Relevance is the key. And maybe spelling, too. Might want to sharpen your spelling skills, too. But we always have spell-check, right? Alright, then Relevance and Spell-Check is the key. Key to what? Oh, I don't know. I've been juiced of all of my (un)profound sentences for the night.
I never thought Communism could be so funny.
While I don't think that I know everything about life, I still feel like I know enough to give myself some credit. I know that any teachers/adults that read this are going to want to comment and say, "You are sixteen, you have no idea what you are talking about." I've been told many many times in my life, especially recently, that I am mentally much other than my birthday gives me credit for.
And what is age, anyway? It really is nothing but a number. I know people much much older than me who are extremely immature. People who have no communication skills or methods of dealing with their own "problems", people who lack the motivation to get their life in a good direction....so they are automatically "smarter", "wiser", and thus have "authority" over me? Nuh-uh, no way.
Explain to me why me, a 16-year-old girl, has worked on her first job ever at Vanity for over nine months now. And over those nine months, I have watched dozens on girls aged from 19-25 get hired, work for a few weeks, realize that the job is difficult, and QUIT. Girls who are irresponsible, inconsiderate, have no sense of duty or DECENCY for that matter...So who's the more responsible person? That's right, I win.
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, I just get so perturbed when people are so prejudice when it comes to age. When it comes to me, I don't care how old you are. It's about how you act, how you treat other people, how you treat yourself...it's about who you are, not when your birthday is. You open yourself up to soooo many more good friendships and great experiences when you WIDEN YOUR NARROW FIELD OF SIGHT and CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION.
There is life without the ridiculousness of school. There's actually a real world out there! I know! I've seen it! I feel like when you see a world without research paper deadlines and the repetitiveness of Channel One, there's no going back. You yearn for that. Your heart beats for the moment when you can run at full speed, pump your fists in the air, and scream, "SCREW YOU, HIGH SCHOOL!" Then go off and be successful in something. Like college, haha.
So that's what goes through my head. I could care less about getting an A in Pre-Calc, because my head is too busy storyboarding camera shots, sketching out dialogue, and dreaming of the day when I can wake up after these years and years of work to see that my dreams have come true because I RAN AFTER THEM. I didn't just sit around and TALK about success, I went out and BUILT it.
When I get out into the "real world", I'm not going to look back and say, "Man, I am sooo glad I worked my butt off in Chemistry! Good thing I spent hours and hours in Math Lab! It's sure handy to know about covalent bonds when I'm in the studio..." Nope. I'm going to look back and say, "Man, I am soooo glad I went out and tried to make some films. All that practice with shooting and editing really helps me out in the studio!"
To review, I am in a mental state far beyond your exertion of projects that bear no fruit but the "feeling of knowing my GPA will go up .002 points by the time I graduate". Oh, and if my resume for Film School is longer than your transcript to an Ivy League school, it means I've beaten you.
Relevance is the key. And maybe spelling, too. Might want to sharpen your spelling skills, too. But we always have spell-check, right? Alright, then Relevance and Spell-Check is the key. Key to what? Oh, I don't know. I've been juiced of all of my (un)profound sentences for the night.
I never thought Communism could be so funny.