I don't want a debate here, I'm just saying teens who can't vote need to stop posting on facebook how mad they are about the election and who won. Most of the time they are uneducated about what the canidate is going to do and only want them to win due to their parents influence. Which brings me into my topic today.
             We need to get some thinking of our own. Teens have no common sense anymore and they don't think outside the box. It's all conformity. That's something the "experts" got spot on. In school we have to dress like everyone else, talk like everyone else, and look like everyone else. All the "fads" are made due to conformity. And this is what impacts our education.
             Kids who are very intelligent pretend to be dumb and fail a test on purpose just o fit in with their friends. This isn't right. So when people are saying what's wrong with education and teaching styles? Most of the time the answer is the kids know the stuff, they are smart, but conformity forces them not to show it.
               So if you're a teen reading this, it's okay to get good grades and be smart. It would be better for you. After high school when you apply to college and they don't accept you because you didn't get good grades you will wish you didn't sink into the conformity. Be your own person! Who cares about what anyone thinks. You have a future and you need to think about it. If you are an adult reading this with kids of your own, I enourage you to talk to your kid and let them know how important grades are and let them know you are there to help. Don't push them. Don't say you NEED to get good grades, just let them know you are there for them.

POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED!
I can now post as usual. Sorry, it was really bad timing to start the blog hopefully everything will be normal from now on.

On day seven of no power. Not fun! It's cold and dark all the time. But I am lucky I am safe and my home is not flooded. I hope all of those not as fortunate are doing better as time progresses. Please stay safe.

Read this book!
- Dear Blue Sky by Mary Sullivan
It is a wonderful book that focuses on a young girl whose brother went off to war. The war is the Iraq war so it is a modern story. Not only does it show the American point of view but what is so great about this book is it shows the point of view of a young girl in Iraq. I encourage all to read this book.

I am a big reader so from time to time I will be doing a READ THIS BOOK!

Hey everyone! Sorry I skipped a few days of posting. I lost power from hurrican Sandy about 20 minutes after my first post. I still don't have any power and shouldn't until two weeks from now! So I am very sorry about the lack of posting. However, I want to wish everyone a (late) Happy Halloween!

These are the nails I did to my sister to celebrate. I love halloween. I mean free candy who doesn't love halloween? Sadly due to the hurricane (once again) halloween has been postponed.

I hope anyone who was in the hurricane is safe and the damage wasn't to bad.

1st Post!

Finially! I have had this blog idea for forever and finially found time to make it...in this oh-so-wonderful hurricane were having. Good news is no school! Anyways, about the blog. One day I was sitting in english when my teacher passed out three articles that we had to read and analyze. One article about body image and how girls are becoming more obssessed with how they look, one about sleep disorders in teens, and another about why teens withdraw from their parents durring these years. As I sat there reading the articles I realized half the information was actually wrong. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was wrong for everyone or that I am an expert because I'm not, I just realized that a lot of the "facts" in the articles were absurd and what the teachers and adults THINK not what the sudents and teens are actually feeling. So I thought why isn't anyone saying anything? The class erupted into discussion after reading the article and many had the same veiws I did saying these things weren't what was really going on and the teacher looked shocked to hear this. And so this blog idea was born. I was hoping to get a lot of people to read it and hopefully change the stereotypes of teens. We arn't these crazy, rude, obssesive kids many adults believe us to be. Well, not all are. It is a stereotype and stereotypes have to be based on something. So yes, there are those crazy, rude, mean teens...but we arn't all like that. In my blog I want people to see what really matters to us, what we are going to change as the next generation, and what we are seeing. Our eyes are open, ears are listening, and minds are questioning. People need to know this.