Lately, I’ve been a bad kid. Not according to me, but according to my parents. Not only is it frustrating that they think this way, but it starts a lot of fights between my mother and I. If my parents looked at the big picture, they would realize that they have a daughter who is involved with National Honor Society, sports, clubs and extracurricular activities, honors classes, and more. I have two jobs. I spend my weekends with my friends. I have never been arrested or even suspended, and I had a lunch detention one time in eighth grade.
If you compare me with half my class, you’d see a good kid. But to my parents, I am a ‘troublemaker.’ I hate these types of accusations. I don’t do anything extremely bad that would ever make my parents disappointed. Sometimes I do go out and have fun, but I am always safe and I always let them know what I am doing at all times. It insults me that my parents ask me if I was drinking when I come home late, because I was just hanging out and all of a sudden it turns into me going to a party and getting wasted. My parents did not give me an answer about going to Wildwood after prom for the longest time, mainly because they thought I would be drunk the whole time I’m there. That is not the type of person that I am. I can go out with my class and have a good time without having a drink.
I can’t stand it when people think that the only way to have a good time is to go drinking alcohol, making fools out of themselves, and tweeting about the rest of the weekend. People that do that kind of stuff are going to get a rude awakening in college (I am predicting that they will go to college, get wasted the first few weeks straight, start failing, and then realize that they need to cut down on the bull and hit the books.).
If only there was some way that I could let my parents know that my future is filled with big plans, I would let them know that I don’t plan on ruining that. Life is more than just high school, and my parents need to realize that I am getting by just fine. I have a good balance over school work and play time. If my homework isn’t finished, I am not allowed out. That is a rule that I actually enjoy. I know that if I procrastinate my work won’t get done.
I keep up with most of my work, so if I want to take off a day of school to sleep, my parents should reward me for being so awesome every other day of school! It is hard to relay this type of message to them, so instead I’ll continue to hear the lectures about being a good student and I will keep it in the back of my head that they will (hopefully) realize soon that I am a good kid.
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