The feeling of me being able to achieve something I've worked for is pleasant. It's like I'm really happy for no reason, and I just want to jump up and shout. I got a 90% on a piano lesson for the first time in a really long time. I feel greatly satisfied in many ways. For once, I think the week is worth enjoying. I think for me, it's a rather huge achievement. How should I explain it? Imagine reaching the sunrise that's always been at the tip of your fingers. That's how I feel like right now.
That aside, tomorrow is Pie Day!! Er, I mean Pi Day. Today at math school, we ate so much pie!! It tasted so good...there were all kinds of pie, but I only liked the chocolate pie and pumpkin pie. Too bad there was only one piece of pumpkin pie left by the time it was our turn to have class...since we have class last, we always get the "leftover" of things. But, whatever...it was still good. :)
I read in the Argus today that the parents of Mission San Jose elementary are striking against the principal, Mrs. Byrd. Even though I'm only in eighth grade, I still think those parents are stupid. Is it a sin to see a child come out of the office crying after they've received a lecture for doing something bad? I hate parents like that. The kind of parents that are quick to blame others for things that happen to their own children. Honestly, if a child does something wrong, is the principal supposed to 'encourage' the kid? I'm proud that Mrs. Byrd has the courage to yell at the kids. Many school teachers are just a timid bunch who are afraid of getting fired or sued by parents. They just want to keep their job. Mrs. Byrd is the real kind of teacher; the kind who is not afraid to make a child cry in order for them to learn a lesson, and a teacher that is so dedicated to her students that she will yell at them. Have the parents not stopped to think that this is for their children's own good? They need to GET A LIFE. Besides, what's the point of a strike? Is having a nice, doting principal more important or going to school to learn more important? Kids (including me) don't go to school just to learn academic skills. We also learn how to be good citizens. But how will we learn if teachers never point out our problems, never lecture us, and never admonish us when we don't listen? There are kids out there who lie to their parents, and be a good little angel in front of them, but when they get to school, they're devils. Ha, parents might say they don't believe me. But I would like to ask them, "What do YOU know about your own kid?" Know why I know that kids do things like that? Simply because I am a kid just like any other, and I have done things like that before.
And why did I not turn out into the kind of kid who goes to the office every day? I am proud to say that my mom is the 'smart' kind of parent. She saw through all of my fake 'good girl' acting. Yes, she did hit me and keep me in the garage, and not let me eat dinner. But you know what? I learned the price and the pain of doing things like that now. Parents who always tell their children that they haven't done anything wrong are STUPID. Their kids will get the message that no matter what they do, their parents will still stick up for them. Kids like that won't have a future. They'll just always lean on and depend on their parents.
Anyhow, that's just my opinion on something that I completely don't agree with. Of course I'm not going to send any of this to the district or anything. They'll just take advantage that I'm a kid and think I'm a bit out-of-it. Will they listen? ADULTS?! They never listen to kids.
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