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apparently i'm the last to weigh in on the "free hilary" controversy...agh but i don't really feel like stating my opinions because no matter what i say i know that someone will be pissed off at me. this is so annoying. ok well suffice to say that dragging it out (i.e. talking about it in Latin on Friday) just makes it feel like its happening all over again. and to my embarassment i did start crying in latin, which surprised everyone, including myself. god poor feds probably had no clue how to deal with me. it was really embarassing, and kind of surprisng because i wasn't upset about it when it happened and then on friday this jerkface made a really insensitive remark and when i was trying to explain the full extent of what was written i just lost all composure right there. AGGGHHHH I WISH I HAD MORE DIGNITY! AND COMPOSURE! ooh and it gets worse! i went into the washroom after class in the hopes of pulling myself together and unfortunately just cried more. lawdy lawdy...and the weird part is i'm not mad about it, and i wasn't when it happened, but god on friday i just got so upset! i don't understand myself a lot of the time.
another story is that nicole had a dream about michael welly last night, which is funny because she doesn't know him or what he looks like. hahaha.
all right i cant take this much longer i'm going to state my opinions and i don't care how many people i piss off! ok i think that it was fully within the school's rights to take action, because if someone called me at home and was harassing me (thanks to rachel for that example) or if someone beat me up when i was walking home from school, i would expect the school to take action. and if someone is making it so that i (and six other girls) feel that school is no longer a safe environment, then the school needs to step in. i do NOT feel like suspension was the right punishment however. i think that the gravity of gossiping about people should not be the same as using drugs/alcohol at a school dance. and the problem with suspending her was that now everyone seems to sympathize with her, which means that there will be no social consequences. this is good for her, but i don't think its very good. it would be nice if lakeside was a self-policing kind of place. for example the school wouldn't NEED to take action, everyone at school would say 'gee i cant believe you did that' and that would be enough punishment.
and if you disagree with me, then that's all right. but keep in mind that i am involved because i was actually one of the people written about. its easy for someone to take sides when they were not hurt by what was said about them. and i wish that i could just remain neutral but i don't like the idea of my opinions being bottled up inside just because everyone disagrees with them.
if anyone got offended i would be happy to talk to you about it, but please bear in mind that these are just my opinions and that i'm not saying that i am holding a grudge or anything.
another story is that nicole had a dream about michael welly last night, which is funny because she doesn't know him or what he looks like. hahaha.
all right i cant take this much longer i'm going to state my opinions and i don't care how many people i piss off! ok i think that it was fully within the school's rights to take action, because if someone called me at home and was harassing me (thanks to rachel for that example) or if someone beat me up when i was walking home from school, i would expect the school to take action. and if someone is making it so that i (and six other girls) feel that school is no longer a safe environment, then the school needs to step in. i do NOT feel like suspension was the right punishment however. i think that the gravity of gossiping about people should not be the same as using drugs/alcohol at a school dance. and the problem with suspending her was that now everyone seems to sympathize with her, which means that there will be no social consequences. this is good for her, but i don't think its very good. it would be nice if lakeside was a self-policing kind of place. for example the school wouldn't NEED to take action, everyone at school would say 'gee i cant believe you did that' and that would be enough punishment.
and if you disagree with me, then that's all right. but keep in mind that i am involved because i was actually one of the people written about. its easy for someone to take sides when they were not hurt by what was said about them. and i wish that i could just remain neutral but i don't like the idea of my opinions being bottled up inside just because everyone disagrees with them.
if anyone got offended i would be happy to talk to you about it, but please bear in mind that these are just my opinions and that i'm not saying that i am holding a grudge or anything.