I have a different opinion from the rest of the school...

I hate having a different opinion from the rest of the student body. But isn't that life? Aren't we called to go against society? To act purely and be kind to all? God said that we will be persecuted.. and man have I been through that lately. But it will all be worth it in the end. I need to spread the Good News and also let everyone know that IT IS OK to be pure, chaste and drug-free.

Anywhoo.. wow I got off topic. 

My town is extremely blessed. Our high school gives us laptops to use as "educational tools." This started when I was in elementary school. It's been less than ten years with these. When one enters middle school (6th grade) you are given a laptop. You can take it home.. game hard.. pinterest hard.. whatever. They are used for writing a billion essays and doing research.. our teachers email us assignments.. well it's great. This year we did something different. The middle schoolers now have ipads with otter boxes. They seem to be ok with it. My sisters have them and get all their work done. BUT... they don't write an essay every night or have huge research papers.. I have my own ipad at home and it's very hard to type on them. I know what you're thinking-Get a keyboard. They won't let us take the cases off, sorry. The internet is significantly slower.. and the downsides go on and on. The teachers want to start give the high school ipads next year as well. I don't want ipads. I LOVE MY LAPTOP. It's so nice. The ipads are great too, sure, but for middle schoolers. I agree with the rest of the student body when I say that I do not want an ipad. The reason for this change-money. The administration has told us that laptops cost too much. Alright.

Here's the problem- the entire school is acting like a bunch of brats. Was that too harsh? Calling my friends brats? No. You should see what they're doing and saying. Next week a boy scheduled a high school "sit-in." Where the entire student body is to sit in the commons when school starts and not go to any classes for the entire day as a protest. The creator of this event made it clear that there would be no rude back talk to the teachers. He said he would serve as spokesperson and do all the talking. Now please understand that the ipad problem is not the only reason he started the event. We have also recently established a drug-testing policy. Like at any other high school, there is a bit of a drug problem... Drug-testing is fine with me. I don't do drugs. The people that do should be punished, sure. But the way they're doing it... Every student in a club or sport may be called at random to be tested for drugs. You are guilty until proven innocent. Uh, uh, girl. That's not ok. Some students don't like the drug testing at all, while others, like me, just don't like the way they're doing it. The third problem- the administration wants to change our four block schedule to an eight block schedule. Uh Uh. No way, Jose. This one I don't like. Neither do the other students here. This one is still far fetched though. 

So. Everyone is acting rudely, disrespectfully and all. We should be thankful that we have these great rights. What other school in this country gives their students laptops?! Not many... I think we should say something like so, "Hey administration! How about this- the high schoolers keep their laptops and we'll compromise money from somewhere else. Also, let's review this new policy. It's pretty unjust. And let's not waste our time changing something that doesn't need to be fixed. Thanks XOXO."

I think I'm in the right here. Hey peers-let's not talk badly behind our teachers. Let's not tweet bad about them. Let's not be spoiled brats. I don't want that to be our reputation. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.