I quit my job, mostly because I couldn't handle the stress of working, going to school, dealing with everything that's been happening, and I don't know. I was just so overwhelmed with everything that I couldn't handle it anymore. I felt bad, but at the same time a lot of stress I'd been feeling relating to work and hours went away.
Too bad, the school couldn't not cause me more stress. I'm so angry at the school right now. Okay, I've been sick..and they've done absolutely nothing but harass me. I didn't turn in absence notes, didn't really think about it because hey, I go to school to get an education, not worry about the school intruding upon my business. Secondly, I didn't even have the notes to turn in..so I didn't worry about it. Well, the Assistant Principal, AP for short, in charge of the attendence note thing, calls me into her office and has this bad attitude and sticks me in lunch detention, for the whole hour..I didn't go, because, quite frankly, it was stupid...and I didn't want to. Well, then, they assign me a full day of ISS, over being absent. It was completely ridiculous..I call my mom and she clears up my absences..and they tell her I'm completely clear..what they didn't tell her is that I still had to serve ISS. She tells me I'm clear...well..I don't go to ISS Monday Morning, because I was supposed to be clear. So second period, they call me in and take me to ISS. I got pissed...and called my mom..and went ot ask the AP about it..and she said that it didn't matter that my absences were cleared, I still had to serve ISS. At this point, I'm crying, because as a student, there is absolutely nothing I can say to this women to get me to listen to her...and it frustrates me...so much. My mom pulls me out of ISS, we try to get things cleared up, instead we sit in another women's office and she tells me..that..
1. I have no rights as a student, if I'm given directions, I MUST follow them.
2. That I deserve more then one day of ISS, since I'm making logical points..
3. That no matter what I say, I can't get out of ISS..and that all I want to do is argue with her about why I'm in ISS.
I'm crying so hard and she's still being Miss-I-don't-care-about-your-problems. I make a point that I'm missing more class and she says that it's helping my education to sit in ISS. And then claims that..
1. Teacher's have no impact on education.
2. The administration has the right to tell me what to do.
3. I have no rights and no say in what's good for MY education.
4. Only the administration matters in terms of education.
Don't you think it's illogical for them to stick me in ISS for being ABSENT. It's like, come on stupid...let's let you miss MORE school...and ruin your future even more by telling you that you won't graduate. They use that threat so much and all it does is make me angry. I've worked to hard for too long for them to tell me some kind of--if only I cussed--like that. They act like they can stop me from succeeding. I'll be dead before they do that. If I don't graduate, then I'll get a GED, take my full scholarship to Hutchingson Community College and then transfer the next semester. I'm not stupid and I will succeed with or without their support. It just makes me angry that they would rather suppress a student and teach them that thinking is bad rather then acknowledge the fact that sometimes things are more then just black or white. I hate how they tell me I won't be successful, sorry, I'll be successful, because I've had good parents, grandparents, friends, and teachers who have embraced the fact that I know how to think. Thank God for them, because I know that all public school teaches you is to follow and suppresses free thought. I can say that, debate, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Tansil, and a few other teachers actually teach students to THINK.
Sorry, I'm totally slamming public school, but I see an inherent flaw in my school and it frustrates me that no one is looking for a solution for why so many Title 1 schools fail. It's not teachers or students, it's the mindset that the administration works under and right now..the one at Del Valle...sucks, majorly.
I'm so angry.
But, wish Del Valle High School CX Debate teams Good Luck at districts,
and text/call/message me if you need to talk.
Love you guys.
-Becky
Monday, February 9, 2009
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