Post by LadyRiona on Nov 18, 2005 21:40:23 GMT -5
I have some boxes for her, too...*sets them aside*
I am my own person. I want to join the military, where you practically lose your individuality the first day of Basic Training. Guys have their hair buzzed and girls are intructed to have it up at all times or to have it cut at the instructed length. Even then, a lot of people look alike, they are not individuals, they are not unique.
I strive for uniqueness. I mean, my mom said I can't blame everything on this, but I grew up partly in California. The area I lived in was very eclectic, to say the least, in their tastes. You'd have one person who liked skirts and her best friend was a goth or something crazy like that. No one looked the same. That's how it is with the homeschoolers in my co op. We've all been brought up differently, with different methods of teaching, so we do stuff differently, thus react to things differently. Yes, I used 'differently' like four times there.
And I think that, sometimes, when a parent says they want the best for their child, it's the best according to the Joneses. We've NEVER kept up with the Joneses! We've never had enough money to! -ironic laugh- And the people who think it isn't fair that little Jimmy down the street has the newest toy car or whatever, I've got news for you. Life isn't fair; whoever says differently is selling something.
(Thank you, Princess Bride.)
Tangents are fun...that's how this thread started. It originated from a comment about sailor moon....xD
I am my own person. I want to join the military, where you practically lose your individuality the first day of Basic Training. Guys have their hair buzzed and girls are intructed to have it up at all times or to have it cut at the instructed length. Even then, a lot of people look alike, they are not individuals, they are not unique.
I strive for uniqueness. I mean, my mom said I can't blame everything on this, but I grew up partly in California. The area I lived in was very eclectic, to say the least, in their tastes. You'd have one person who liked skirts and her best friend was a goth or something crazy like that. No one looked the same. That's how it is with the homeschoolers in my co op. We've all been brought up differently, with different methods of teaching, so we do stuff differently, thus react to things differently. Yes, I used 'differently' like four times there.
And I think that, sometimes, when a parent says they want the best for their child, it's the best according to the Joneses. We've NEVER kept up with the Joneses! We've never had enough money to! -ironic laugh- And the people who think it isn't fair that little Jimmy down the street has the newest toy car or whatever, I've got news for you. Life isn't fair; whoever says differently is selling something.
(Thank you, Princess Bride.)
Tangents are fun...that's how this thread started. It originated from a comment about sailor moon....xD
