School. Moreover, the people inside it, and how they've been acting, lately.

Out of the AP Courses offered for my year, History probably has the most homework. I have it every morning, first period. After that comes AP English Comp, and after that comes AP Chemistry, then lunch. I've got all my AP classes in a row, no breaks in between.

Those born more fortunate have History in their 4th or 5th periods.

Every day when I walk into English, I am 'The Guy'. As in, The Guy Who Has History First Period. So, everyone mobs me with questions- What are we doing today? Is there homework? Is she giving us a quiz? Is there a pop quiz? Was anything due today? Is anything due tomorrow?

I could honestly deal with this for awhile, but now that it's becoming more obvious that a few people are abusing my general desire to help others, I'm starting to get really pissed off. No, I'm not going to tell you if there's something due today. If something was due today, you would know- the teacher tells you. And if you had any sense of responsibility, you'd have done it at home or before the class is just an hour away. I have to do this every morning. I don't lean on anyone. I can't procrastinate or spend any of my periods doing homework for my AP classes that happen later in the day, because ALL MY HARD CLASSES ARE RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

No, I'm not going to let you copy my homework because you were on Myspace all night. You're in an AP class, you should know better by now. I'm tired of babying you. Just because you call me the class genius doesn't mean I'm a tool.

Yes, go ahead, throw a fit. How dare I suggest you take some academic responsibility for a change! Our value of friendship seems to differ wildly, too! Whenever you do something nice for me, you'll write it down somewhere and keep track, waiting for a moment when you up and then suddenly demand I return the favour. That's not what -my- friendships are all about. If I do something nice for someone, I do it simply to -be- nice. The act itself isn't expectant of a reward- the act -is- the reward. I'm not going to try and blackmail you into copying homework or cheating off tests or anything just because I've helped you out.

Speaking of cheating? This guy's been doing it on every single Chemistry test. He has his friend, sitting right next to him, whisper across all the answers. He doesn't even have to study. I'm getting sick of it. They sit right behind me, and I can hear them copying and cheating. He copies his friend's lab report every time we do a lab. During the one test where his friend wasn't there, his score dropped to -three and a half- out of 17.

It's not just this guy, who I was under the impression was a friend, who is pissing me off, either. It's the people in general. I've never seen so much petty side-choosing and scheming in a school environment in my life. It's a grade, people- the grade can be improved. Just because someone got less than you on a test doesn't mean they're a retard. There's no reason for you to form a study group for the class and deliberately exclude other people. I'd have thought the obvious answer is that -everyone- would succeed (and that everyone has the potential to ace the class) if people would just help eachother out for a change, but that's apparently not the case. Is it that hard, really? Study a bit. Don't understand it? Ask for help. That's what the teacher is there for. That's what the other students -should- be there for.

I don't know what to do at this point, but today has probably made me the most bitter and world-weary I've felt in a very long time.

Voters who can't keep religion out of their politics.

Arizona has had laws on the books, laws that, mind you, were NOT put to popular vote, banning gay marriage. In this election, one of the issues on the ballot was Proposition 102, a proposition to add a clause to the state constitution defining marriage as existing between one man and one woman. In a narrow election, simply because few people were aware of it, Proposition 102 was passed today.

What this means is that, short of another constitutional amendment at either the state or national level, there is now no way for any church in the state to marry two men or two women. Which means that we're thrown to the wolves as far as health care, benefits packages, housing, and adoption, just to name a few issues.

And 56% of the state decided that we can't have those things. Now or ever. And there is no non-religious justification for that kind of action, that kind of statement. The nation was founded on the principals of allowing other people to do their own thing in peace, provided their thing didn't interfere with other people doing their own thing. And trust me, the things we do only affect us. The only difference between us and them is in the bedroom and in our hearts. We are the same people, at least when we aren't being targeted by legislature that goes against the very spirit on which the nation was founded. We have the same goals in life, the same wants, the same needs. We just happen to fall in love with those of the same gender.

And apparently that's so morally repulsive that John Doe just can't stop being bothered by it long enough to go on about his business. Instead he spends all his time keeping his tighty-whities in a bunch, rendering him incapable of functioning in society. So instead of him dealing with his issues, instead he goes out and lobbies to make it harder for us to function in society, as if that would stop us from being gay.

So now I'm stuck perpetually single, legally. Unless I move, the amendment gets repealed, or a national constitutional amendment gets put in pplace making this one illegal.

And apparently that's so morally repulsive that John Doe just can't stop being bothered by it long enough to go on about his business.

I'm really sad that the adoption ban passed in Arkansas. Because it has made it illegal for anyone cohabiting outside of a valid marriage to adopt or foster a kid.

Why, with thousands and thousands of children with no family at all, are we TAKING AWAY options for them to find a family? I just honestly don't get it how it can be better for a child to have no one than it is for them to be raised by a gay couple or an unmarried straight couple.

Edit: Noola! You's got dead dragons!

The government has been allowing interference from religious/social matters in that regard for pretty much as long as there's been a government in more than one country.

School. Etc

gay marriage stuff