Paying for Public School

Just to give you a more complete mental picture of myself, I'll let you know that I'm in high school. Of course, I'm not going to tell you which high school, or where, or what grade I'm in, but at least now you know. It will help this post make a lot more sense.

So, at my school, people have a lot of problems with the way things are run. It's a public school, but they tell us how to take our notes, how to use our electronics, what classes to take, how to spend our study period, etc. Most of those things are greatly overlooked, though, after the shock wears off after the first month of freshman year. But there are some things that just can't be ignored. Like the fact that the school nurse CHARGES GIRLS FOR PADS AND TAMPONS. The first time you need one, it's a warning, but after that, it's $0.50 for tampons and I think $1.00 for pads. 

In my humble opinion, that is the most fascist thing I've ever witnessed, let alone the fact that it happens in a public high school. Not to brag or anything, because God knows I couldn't care less, but my school district has a lot of money. So why the hell do they have to charge us for everything? Right down to freaking pads and tampons! What's next? Charging for lockers? It just shows how ill-prioritized the school board and superintendent are, because while we have enough to buy Promethean boards for EVERY. SINGLE. CLASSROOM. We don't have enough to buy better textbooks, hire better teachers, or give students what they medically need, (i.e.- PADS AND TAMPONS.) I mean, really. Does the chorus room, gym, and art room really need a Promethean board? 

About Me

Anyway, now that we've got the whole "welcome to this new blogging endeavor" thing out of the way, I think I should let you know a little bit about myself.

EDIT: October 2015 (Last updated in 2013, yikes).

For starters, I'm a girl, just to clear that up, (I go by Emmel - like the letters M and L.) I'm currently a student at the College of William and Mary, although when I started this blog I was 16 and had just ended my sophomore year of high school. I want to use this blog to share with the world my experiences, my thoughts, and sometimes (a lot of the time,) I'll overshare what I'm currently reading, watching, listening to, or enjoying in general. I'm a confused, mostly happy, music snob who has no idea what I'm doing 97% of the time, but that's okay. Most of the time it results in something funny, which is fine by me. I hope you enjoy this blog. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Also, because you're probably dying to know, or so I tell myself, here are some pictures of me. I'm the consistent one, with dark curly hair. If that helps, which it probably doesn't but whatever. ;P

At a neon art exhibit, a selfie to commemorate how white it made our teeth

French class shenanigans, obviously the coolest kids in school

High school graduation day with my best friend

At a diner in North Carolina with one of my favorite people

I Wanna Be a Punk Rocker with Flowers in My Hair

Artist Guitar Peeps at iHop, aka the Greatest People You Will Ever Meet

Me and my gorgeous younger sister a few summers ago

Me and my dad on a mountain, sort of

My last first day of public school, with my siblings

The oldest kids on the moonbounce

My hashtag beautiful mother, on Mother's Day

First Post

So.... this is kind of awkward. I haven't blogged (for real) in like, 2 years. Tumblr doesn't count, that's hardly an actual blog. ;) But anyway, I decided to start blogging again because I missed it and I felt that if I wanted to get my voice out there, I had to put it out there. So here I am. I've decided that I'm not dedicating this blog to any one set topic, and that I'm just going to write about whatever it is I feel like writing about. But, this is not my personal journal, so I won't be talking about specific people. At least, not very often. Anyway, I hope whoever is reading this enjoys my publicized mind farts. :)