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tock172
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I got a new idea
I know this has been said many times by many people before, even I have said something very similar to it. Either way, here it is again.
I have recently decided that growing up and being a teenager would be a hell of a lot easier if school was not a part of it. Think about it, say you are 14 and you have your first real heartbreak and guess what, you have to go to school the next day.
What a nice thought, You are feeling lower than low and you still have to get up early and go to a shitholy and get tormented by people you wish you never had to see again.
Sounds great doesn't it? Of course many will argue that work is the same way. However, with work we are not only older, but we also call a lot more shots in our lives.
Doesn't this piss you off? I know I would trade going to school for a huge number of things that I do not really like doing in m life.
"One cannot make a difference if one cannot express opinions properly" -Eric Harris
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Ultimately, attending work is better then school because no one tells you Where to work, you can choose any job you like assuming you have the credentials and the drive to work. If your self employed or you work in a position where your employers need your happiness and motivation to succeed in their own ventures (say a rock star who needs to be in a creative mood in order to produce music), you can even negotiate your schedule on your terms.
I believe strongly in finishing what i
one of the most interesting differences between school and prison, is that prior entering the second, you are read your rights. The less you know the better.
'Why is it that every time you open your mouth, you say something to annoy me?'
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SoulRiser
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And you get paid at work. And if you feel really shit one day, you can call in sick without having to get your parents' permission or have a doctor's note. And you don't need your parents' permission to quit, or get a different job somewhere else.
The thing with school is that a lot of adults make the false assumption that nothing that happens in teenagers' lives is meaningful or worth anything, and that studying and schoolwork should be the "most important thing" because nothing else matters. It's completely ludicrous to think like that.
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That it is, but for whatever reason, that very logic is accepted as the social norm. If we so much as go against it, as adults, we'll be blown off as bad people, ignorant, or somehow messed up in the mind.
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SoulRiser
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True. Are you gonna let that stop you though? 
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if you go through something that is really bad in ur life(heart breaks,death of family or friends,etc.)u should act all weird and get the teacher to notice it and get sent to the counsiler and hopefully the counsiler will notice that u can't get educated when something like that has happened and maybe get sent home or something(this is very unlikely to happen,unfortunetly)
Telling people to do something without giving a reason compels them to rebel not to obey-Avenger
We need to learn not to be afraid of making mistakes all the time-Avenger
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1.life sucks most of the time
2.sex is natural and it feels good
3.everybody can be an asshole
4.most people are idiots
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SoulRiser
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Or they'll put you on antidepressants. 
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Avenger
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SoulRiser Wrote:Or they'll put you on antidepressants.
unfortunetly that's what they do alot of the time,when really u need a hug,someone to talk to and to be at home.
Telling people to do something without giving a reason compels them to rebel not to obey-Avenger
We need to learn not to be afraid of making mistakes all the time-Avenger
FACTS OF LIFE:
1.life sucks most of the time
2.sex is natural and it feels good
3.everybody can be an asshole
4.most people are idiots
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David B.
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It's only bad when you have no one to talk to - at least thats how it tends to work in my case. It would be the same both ways if you felt lonely on all fronts. Feeling down at school isn't much different from feeling down at home. It's just one of those issues that will feel horrible regardless.
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