I Wouldn't Be Surprised

While working on a project for english the other day, we digressed and talked about (okay, fine gossiped) about what would happen to other people in the high school reunion many years from now. One of my friends talked about how she wouldn't be surprised if this person wound up transexual and stuff. Of course we were joking. But it got me thinking. I wouldn't be surprised if some people became things in the future. If some of my friends became lawyers or writers or still be in school. Just thinking of my random 10 people, this is what I came up with.

Person:

1) I wouldn't be surprised if she became married at an early age and have 5 babies.

2) I wouldn't be surprised if he became famous and made the charts with a singing career. I'd probably want his autograph soon to become wealthy myself.

3) I wouldn't be surprised if she became a professional dancer-her energy is limitless and her character independant.

4) I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote a book, and sparked new thoughts in the ignorant society.

5) I wouldn't be surprised if he made the olympics.

6) I wouldn't be surprised if she achieved the dream her parents never reached.

7) I wouldn't be surprised if her poetry was in the textbook.

8) I wouldn't be surprised if she became CEO. Her leadership along with her generosity truly gained my respect for her.

9) I wouldn't be surprised if he graduated from Harvard.

10) I wouldn't be surprised if he never spoke a word to his parents again.

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I have no idea what is going to happen. But I do know that if any of this stuff happened, it wouldn't be a surprise to me. They've got good traits and bad traits. And no matter how judgmental I am right now, you may find that yourself have these same thoughts about a particular person or friend. Surprised? I think not.

It Only Takes One

Instead

Instead of taking risks. Risk yourself for the sake of someone else.

Instead of dreaming of your future, plan it.

Instead of regretting, feel accomplished.

Instead of crying tears of sadness, cry tears of joy.

Instead of listening to your own music, share it.

Instead of comparing grades, compare your dreams. You’ll find it’s different.

Instead of hiding behind your walls of friends, make a river of them.

Instead of holding pride, hold humility.

Instead of trying to be cool, eliminate that from your vocabulary.

Instead of being angry, be understanding.

Instead of counting the days, count the blessings.

Instead of bottling your thoughts, write them down.

Instead of fighting for victory, fight for peace.

Instead of hating your teacher, respect them.

Instead of wishing, make those you can come true.

AGH! I'm soooooo Thankful.

I'm tiiired. I hate this school. Too much homework. I'm bored. This phone sucks. Omg my parents won't let me get a car. My house is small. The food is gross.

It... doesn't stop.

I'm going to be a hypocrite about this, but at least I'm aware of how spoiled all of us really are. I know how everyone is so sick of getting a lot of homework, mad because they can't get a car, jealous because they don't have that cell phone, and want to "suicide" because of that class.

But a lot of us don't have the right to complain. You can be in regulars, honors, AP, or even IB, but the right to complain does not belong to us. I wish that everyone can see that what we have we should respect, and although it's tough competition here there are so many more things that we should say "I'm thankful for."

"We have so much homework!": Of course you can say it, but no one should take this to heart. Like a lot of you, my parents traveled from their home country, worked hard to find a job in a completely new environment to give what you what you call "too much homework". They struggled and landed here, in our safe neighborhood, to give us the best opportunity for a better life that they struggled way too much for. And whether or not you care about the education opportunity given to you, can we at least be thankful we can "carry" that homework through the streets on the way to school with minimal worries of shooting, gang violence, and robbery? Don't even joke about "commiting suicide because of too much homework." We all are going through this, we don't need to exaggerate it anymore.

"Ew, my phone is crappy": Hearing this just two days ago, I was a bit annoyed hearing this. "I only have a chocolate". Wow. In many other places, a toaster is a god gift for them. We are in a place where our cars are better than our teachers', a place where we can access the internet with a push of a button anywhere, and a place where our number one crime is texting. How about the places where people struggle to pay those simple calls? Don't take any of your items for granted.

"My life sucks": Honestly, it really doesn't. You can say it, you can think it, but please don't believe it. None of us in this neighborhood deserve the right to say this. The moment we entered this neighborhood, our lives became at least two times better than many other areas. That F on your test is universal. That drama at school has been there for centuries. But what I don't hear is "my life is great!" --I can choose to hang out at that place, I can sleep in a wonderful home with all these material items, but most importantly, I can come home and eat with caring,even loving, people. Please, you can hate the homework, you can hate the the teachers for all I care, but don't hate your life. "May you never take one single breath for granted"

I love my life. And I want to hear that more often. Because what we have now, these phrases should not even exist.

10 Benefits of Homework

10 Benefits of Homework

1. Homework is a good way to get rid of all those unwanted trees on the planet by turning them into paper that eventually gets torn up and burned.
2. Homework will make eating dirt seem like a fun activity. Eating dirt is apparently quite nutritional, or so I'm told. Why else would earthworms do it?
3. Homework teaches students that nobody cares about their free time and what they would rather do with it. This is a valuable lesson that will leave them cynical for the rest of their lives.
4. Homework teaches students that learning is all about memorizing things, answering questions, and writing loads of crap on topics you don't care about. This is intended to prevent them from accidentally learning anything useful in their free time (so that school can take all the credit for any learning that DOES occur), but it doesn't always work.
5. Homework gives students something useful to do with their free time, because as everyone knows, it's totally impossible to learn anything of value without the help and guidance of school.
6. Homework is a great way to invade students' free time and keep their minds focused on their misery for as long as possible. This will make them like their job one day because of better working hours and actually getting paid. Oh, and the benefit of being able to change jobs and/or quit.
7. Life is short, and homework takes up time that students will never, ever get back. This may result in them living the rest of their lives to the fullest to make up for wasted time.
8. Not doing homework will result in punishment - this teaches students the valuable lesson that victimless crimes are just as bad as crimes where someone actually gets hurt.
9. Homework will teach students the value of cheating and well done plagiarism, and the fine art of getting away with doing as little as humanly possible. This will prevent them from becoming a workaholic later in life.
10. Homework teaches students that there are a lot of totally useless things in life that drive certain people completely nuts if you refuse to do them. It's important that they get used to this fact early, because there are a lot of mentally unstable people out there in the world. Especially in schools.

Taken from: http://www.school-survival.net/comic_relief/homework-benefits.php  

Made me feel a lot better! hahaha.