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

First Post

Hello world, I finally made a blog. But since I don't have anything really to say right now, I'm gonna post one of my rants that I wrote yesterday. It was written while I was writing an english essay, so yeah, I was a bit bored last night. Anyways, here it is in its entirety-


"Ok, so I was writing my english essay and got really bored, so I beagan thinking about this one topic that seems to be on everyone's mind lately- illegal immigration.

Now just to be honest with you guys, I'm all for illegal immigration. Sure, it has the word "illegal" in it, which would make you think that what they are doing is wrong, but hear me out. What these people are doing is far from illegal, in fact, I would call it heroic (or just desperate, you pick one). They come here looking for a better life, not just for themselves, but also for their children. They hear stories about how America is the land of the plenty, home of the free and brave. Of course when they get here, they may think otherwise, but hey.

On the legal side of the issue, yeah, there are some problems. Undocumented people are easy targets for people who wish to exploit them, evil owners and the government alike. Just because they are "illegal" doesn't make them exempt from our due process of law, though. Making them fellons is not the answer. Imagine, 11 million fellons running around. What could we do with them? Deport them? Hahaha, frankly my dear, the idea of rounding up 11 million people and getting them to leave is kind of absurd. Yeah, there are "legal" ways to immigrate to this country, but on average they take 5 years to "naturalize" a citizen. While on the contrairy, an Olympic athlete who wanted to participate for the U.S. in this year's Olympics was granted citizenship almost as quick as she asked. Huh? I think a hard working cherry picker is more valuble than a few gold medals.

Me being a 3rd generation child from Mexican migrant workers, I am of course an American citizen and proud of it. I even feel a bit distant from my culture at times. Yet, I know that my great grandparents immigrated here in search of a better life, for them and their children. Through hard work, menial jobs, and good ole' American ingenuity, my great grandparents helped provide my grandparents, parents, and me a better life that wouldn't have been remotely possible back in Mexico.

To deny these illegal immigrants of today their right to seek a better life is not only shelfish, it's the most un-American thought an American can have.


Yeah, those are my two cents and the end of my rant..."