Days Like These...

You know, sometimes, I read about how politicians are pushing for longer school days. I'm pretty sure that politicians are supposed to represent the people's needs. So have they lost it? I wake up at 6:30 every morning, go through 7 classes (and no, that's not counting lunch!) and get out of school at 3:30. Then I have to take care of whatever school business I have, go to my locker, pack up.

After the one hour long commute home, it's about 5:00 already. Add in some socializing, and all of a sudden, I get home at 5:30. Let's say dinner and a shower take an hour total. That's 6:30. I work on homework for 3 hours (which really isn't enough), and it's 9:30. If I go to sleep then, without tossing around until 11 like I usually do, then I get 9 hours of sleep. Not too shabby, right?

But this is based on an ideal world. Guess what? I'm a teenager, so I have a social life. Then there's other things that get in the way, like a Physics unit due, an AP Chem lab due, a Guitar concert to play in... And I can't fall asleep right away either. So maybe I get 7 hours of sleep every night, and some days, I have to skip certain homework assignments to make it work. This juggling act doesn't work... I wake up every morning, my body already beat. Then I tear it through 7 and a half hours of school.

By the way, to any politicians out there, all teachers like to make their big assignments due around the same time. It's the week before winter break, and I have a test/quiz/unit due/concert in EVERY class I take. I'm not exaggerating. I have a test in AP Chem, a unit due in Physics (Hon), a concert to play in for Guitar 2, a quiz in Pre Calc (Hon), a quiz in Mandarin 3 (Hon), a quiz in Brit Lit (Hon), and a quiz in Driver's Ed. I'm only a sophomore.. God damn it, the system is so fucked up already. And these retarded politicians want to extend the school day? I dare them to do it. I dare them, because they won't be elected once my generation is allowed to vote.

Seriously, these politicians need to get more in touch with their people.