on gays, days, and STAR testing...

I'm really freaking tired right now, with STAR testing and my allergies kicking up. To top it off, there are only about 7 more weeks of school left over here, which would be a good thing if those nasty little finals weren't in the way.

One thing about STAR testing... It is the way the government makes sure the school is doing their job by testing the students on all the subjects they've taken. Now if less than 95% of the school does not take the test (which has most definately happened here) then the government can refuse some funding, or so I've heard from teachers. Students can opt out of the test if they just get a note from their parents saying they opt out, and it won't hurt them a bit since the test doesn't do squat for college or their future. Basically, if you fuck up a STAR test, you aren't fucked for life like the SAT's...

So around school, I hear people moaning and complaining about how they need to take the STAR test and how pointless and stupid the test is, and frankly, it annoys me. First off, bitching about stuff irks my ire just outright, but for some reason complaining about this really drives me insane. Maybe it's my allergies driving my hands to my eyes to scratch my cornea, but I absolutely don't care if you don't like to take the STAR test. Although the brain child of some capitol hill politician looking for an easy way to look like he cares for the children, it is fairly important. If schools cannot be fairly sampled, than how should the government know whether to give them funding. I know I'm ranting and probably not making a lot of sense, but all I'm trying to say is take the damn test. For once, think of someone else.


Now also, yesterday was the Day of Silence for willing students to protest or show their support for gays and lesbians. I'm completely all for it, and would have participated in it if I knew where to have signed up (yeah, I was kinda lazy). Although it isn't the same defiant stance as when it was first done in the mid-90's, for some reason, there are still these "Christian"/"Conservative" people who protest the day.

Reading in the paper today, I saw that there were these students in a school in Sacramento who were suspended for wearing a T-shirt saying "Homosexuality is sinful". Apparently, some conservative group is now taking up the case and suing the school district for suppression of free speech. Now first I'll say this, bravo to the priciple who suspended the students. People may call it a belief, I just call it ignorance to say homosexuals are sinful. If everything in the Bible was actually believed in, well lets just say we'd be preparing for an apocalypse sometime soon.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are people who are using free speech, and abusing free speech. What are homosexuals doing wrong? What they do is not a choice, they did not choose to be homosexual. How can I prove that, well I just believe it is so. I guess you could say I have faith in them. Hahaha, how ironic...


(yeah, I'm done)
Peace, love, and respect
I'm out
-Cecilio