Contemplating the Mysteries of the World - Part 13: Opinions

Whether we mean to or not, we all have opinions about basically everything we have ever thought about. That opinion may be positive, negative, or neutral, but it is there. Everyone has their own opinion on everything, that is fine and honestly that is part of what makes us individuals. The part that I have an issue with is that we judge people based on the opinions that they hold.

Many people always say that it is okay to have a unique opinion on something, but then try to change people's opinions to their own. I say just let people have their own opinion, and that is coming from a member of my school's Speech and Debate Team. The problem I have with politics is that people turn LITERALLY EVERYTHING into a political argument or issue. Just the other day, I heard someone complaining that they didn't get a job because, and I quote, "the jerk doing the interview just hates all decent people. He was never going to hire a *insert political party here* like me". (I am not going to specify which party, because I am not here to start a political debate). I hate it when people blame politics for their problems, because I guarantee that they didn't ask about political parties when applying for a job at a restaurant. People don't want to consider that they may not have been the best for the job, they just want to blame those that they see as the "enemy".

Okay, enough about politics, though I could rant about that all day (maybe a topic for the future). Let's talk about something even worse... HIGH SCHOOL! This is a time of toxic people in toxic relationships, opinions are everywhere and are usually really stupid. I am just going to say it now, if you genuinely enjoyed high school, I hate you. You were most likely a bully who enjoyed making people like me suffer. One of the many things that I do not understand about high school is why people care so much about the opinions of other people. Personally, I never let what others said bother me, but I know that I am in the minority in that respect (or in most respects). It confused me that people would have mental breakdowns because someone called someone else a name, I just thought it was dumb, so I usually ignored it. I obviously had opinions of people, usually not positive, but I just kept them to myself. I am a jerk, just quietly. But why should it matter! Even if people know what I thought of them, why should they care? I think it is so dumb that people base their value on what others think of them. Why should that effect our self-worth? That is the question y'all need to ask yourselves.

Speaking of you, I tried to ask y'all for your random and meaningless opinions about me. I didn't get as many responses as I would have liked, but I honestly do not care, it just made this blog less fun to write. Opinions can be dumb, and yet we always have them. Even people on the internet who have never met me have some image in their head's about me, that has not base or reason to exist. So, despite what some of y'all think, I do not consider myself a kind person. I tend to ignore most people, because they annoy me. If I am in a bad mood, I am rude and blunt. I try not to be and it is something I am working on, but that's how I am. Another assumption was that I am a bored college student, I am not. I am currently a high school student who needs an outlet to vent so I do not end up screaming at all of the people around me that I think are absolute idiots. Also, just for the record, I am not a redhead. These were the few responses I got from asking, and it just shows that people assume things that are very far from the truth, so other's opinions should not matter, because they are mostly just full of crap!

Here are some things that y'all probably would not assume about me as a nerd who spends hours a day on JetPunk:

1. I am a very outgoing person. I know I mentioned that I was in a play, what I didn't say is that I love to be on stage and hope to pursue it later in life as a minor in college. I have been in 4 school plays, 3 school musicals, and 1 private production. I also do interp. in Speech and Debate.

2. I really love leadership. I have been in student government of years, and I have been to leadership conferences, summer camps, and other events.

3. I love nature. One of my favorite things to do is walk through the woods. I really enjoy hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, white water rafting, spelunking, and other various things.

4. I rarely ever have down time. That is why these blogs come out at such random times, I have almost no time to write them. I am involved in so much stuff that people call me crazy. Also, a wide variety of things, from Marching Band to AP Comp. Sci. Club to Chorus to the school Yearbook team. So no, I am barely ever bored.

I bet you can tell that I am a little cranky, all I will say is that people suck. I hope I have been able to enlighten you about what I think about opinions, I obviously have a very strong OPINION about them (sorry not sorry for the bad joke) because this blog is a lot longer than my normal blogs. Anyways, I am tired and need sleep, but that will not change my level crank and sarcasm. I think I am done ranting about opinions, but I may wake up tomorrow and decide to write another essay about them, who knows. Anyways...

Thank you for your cooperation,

Rosie.