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[xauntxjamimax]

NOW ITS TIME TO REALLY START CALLING OUT PEOPLE. TODAY AT SCHOOL THE GOSSIP WAS HOW TWO KIDS WERE IN A CAR COLLISION. THEY HAD COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NOT FAR FROM THE SCHOOL. THE PASSENGER WAS KILLED AND THE DRIVER IS AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THIS IS THE SUGARCOATED VERSION THAT WENT AROUND SCHOOL. THE TRUTH IS THE DRIVER WAS DRUNK, DROVE, KILLED HIS FRIEND, AND HE'S IN SERIOUS CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. DO NOT EXPECT MYSELF OR OTHERS TO FEEL PITY FOR THEM WHEN THEY MADE A BAD DECISION. NO ONE TOLD THEM TO DRINK, DRIVE, OR GET IN THE CAR WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY INCAPABLE OF DRIVING. I FEEL BAD FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE INVOLVED HOWEVER IT IS NOT RIGHT TO EXPECT EVERYONE TO FALL OVER THEMSELVES MAKING CONCESSIONS FOR THOSE INVOLVED. THE TWO OF THEM MADE HORRIBLE DECISIONS THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE PAYING FOR AND OTHERS WILL PAY FOR. THE POINT I'M TRYING TO CONVEY IS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT SYMPATHIZE WITH THOSE WHO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HURT OR POTENTIALLY KILL THEMSELVES OR OTHERS. IF THE SITUATION WERE DIFFERENT THE DRIVER WOULD BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE THAT WOULD RESULT IN JAIL TIME AND HEAVY FINES. BUT IT ISN'T AND LENIENCY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN NOR EXPECTED. I WOULD LOVE TO TURN BACK TIME AND STOP THEM FROM DRINKING OR GETTING IN THE CAR BUT I CAN'T. THEY MADE DECISIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY INVOLVE MORE THAN THE TWO IN THE CAR. WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILY WHOSE HOUSE IS RUINED? THE FAMILIES OF THE INJURED? THE EMERGENCY WORKERS WHO HAD TO DECLARE THE PASSENGER DEAD? NO ONE HAS THOUGHT ABOUT THEM AND NO ONE WILL. SAD TO SAY BUT THE ONLY THING I'VE HEARD ALL DAY IS ABOUT HOW THEY WERE IN AN ACCIDENT AND HOW MESSED UP THINGS ARE. SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED THAN THE TWO OF THEM. HOWEVER IN THE MIDST OF THIS TRAGEDY MY PEERS WHO BELIEVE THE FLOAT AROUND SCHOOL AND THINK THEY ARE INVINCIBLE ARE NOW REALIZING THAT THEY ARE JUST AS MORTAL AS THEIR DECEASED RELATIVES. THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY HURTING, THE ONES WHO ARE REALLY TOUCHED AND DISTURBED BY THIS ARE THE VERY ONES WHO BRAG ABOUT PARTYING. THESE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT SHOULD SCARE AMERICA. THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT. THE BEST OF THE BEST APPLIES TO ACADEMICS AND PARTYING WITH THIS BUNCH. THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT MUST GROUND THEM AND MAKE THEM FACE THE REALITY THAT THEY ARE NOT IMMORTAL, INVINCIBLE, OR UNTOUCHABLE. NOW TO THINK THAT SOME OF THESE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE NERVE TO CALL ME A COLD, HEART, BITCH BECAUSE I WON'T CRY MY TEARS TO MOURN THE STUPIDITY OF MY PEERS. GET A GRIP! IF I WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT NO ONE WOULD PITY ME... SO DON'T MAKE EXCEPTIONS. KIDS MAKE IT A POINT IN LIFE TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS GOOD OR BAD.
XOXO
AJ