Sillygurl-amberlina

Hope, Love, Faith
2004-03-02 00:27:05 (UTC)

Fighting the System

I'm not doing it. Nope. I'm standing up for what's
right, like lots of kids should have done a long time ago.

Yeah, I'm talking about the semester test rule again.
Here's the rule in a nutshell.
3 absenses-A
2 absenses-b
1 absence-C
If you make those requirements you don't have to take your
semester tests. Well, I have 5 absensces and all A's.
I've had all A's my whole freshman year. I'm not taking
my tests.
Today in 3rd hour I kind of got into it with my teacher.
It went something like this.

Me: umm...what would they do if we didn't take our
semester tests?
Her: we really don't care if you take your tests or not
Me: Oh
Her: becuase you get a 0 and that doesn't bother us a bit
Me: well it's just not fair that I have to be punished for
being sick
Her: life isn't fair and you're just going to have to get
used to it
Me: it's not fair that those kids that pull a C take a day
off to smoke pot and they get out of thier tests but me,
someone who as all A's and got pneumonia and has doctors
notes to prove it, has to take all of my tests.
Her: you just have to take them and go on...it's not fair
but you get over it...and if I find out about that going
on I won't let them get out easy
me: I know it goes on
*then she told me a story about her in college*
Later she was telling us how many absences we all had and
she got to my name
Her: Amber you have 5 right?
Me: *silence* yes *okay so I used a little bit of a tone*
Her: your answer is kind of testing it

Testing it? In other words the tone of my voice was
pushing it? Well, I almost got up and walked out of class
that's how mad I got.

Then, during 4th hour I got a note that told me to go to
the office. So, I went downstairs to the office.
Principal: do you need something?
me: umm well I got this note to come down here
secretary: let me see
me: *hands it to her*
secretary: go to Mrs. X's room. *X is to protect the lady*
me: *walks to Mrs. X's office*
X: I got your appeals for your absences but you didn't
need them...so I just thought I would let you know that
and...is there something you need to talk about?
me: yeah. I don't think it's fair that I have to take my
tests
her: there's nothing I can do about that
me: yeah but there should be something in the rule that
says that if you have doctors notes that you can be exempt
her: I'm sorry but thats a school policy and I have
nothing to do with it
me: I know and I'm sorry but I mean, there should be
something I can do because I have all A's and I get sick
so I have to take them but the potheads that get decent
grades dont.
her: okay well I know you don't like it and I don't either
but there isn't anything I can do about it it's a school
policy ...you'll have to go to the board of
education...it's in the hand book
me: then I'll do that
her: do you have a handbook?
me: yeah
her: its all in there
me: I know
her: I'm sorry but you can talk it over with some of your
teachers and if they say that its okay then you don't have
to come but if they say you have to take your tests then
that's that
me: okay thanks
her: sorry

I'm not taking my tests. Nope. I didn't do anything
wrong to deserve this punishment. They're 1/5 of my
grade. So, that's 20 points. So, I'll have C's in all of
my classes. So be it. I'm standing up for what I believe
in. And, I think I'm standing alone. Everyone I know is
saying that I'm making too big of a deal out of this and I
should just give in and not fight the system. How little
they know me. And, as soon as I can find the number to
the board of education office...I'll call them and let
them know that who ever made up the stupid rule didn't
think it out all the way. People get sick. They
shouldn't be punished for being sick. I'm going to talk
to all of my teachers first to see if they will let me
miss the block finals under my circumstances and if they
won't then I'm going to the board of education. And, if
they don't listen, then I'm sure theres some kind of
organization that will.

This is the first time in my life that I've really fought
for something that I want. It feels good. But, I'm
scared to death.




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