AUTHORITY!!!

You know, since the last time I posted about that great day of skating and fun, there hasn’t been a lot of skating or skating thinking, and I’m starting to realize that skating for me isn’t like it used to be and that I don’t know if it ever will be. It’s sad, but I’m just not into it. I’m sorry to anyone who wanted my blg to be about that or the topic of skateboarding, but it’s just not me. These are my last words about skating for the time being. I may, at some later time, go skating again and have lots of fun, but it will never again be a passion for me like it used to. That time in my life was a great blessing, but now I have other interests and hobbies. I have new friends, and it’s just not really a part of me.

For me, skating was life, and it’s funny how much I loved riding around on a little plank of wood. The whole art of skateboarding is using your muscles to make that board do stuff. It is a simple idea, yet so complex when actually tried and tested. It brought so much joy to my life, and I was immersed in the cultural aspects of the sport as well; I read skate magazines, watched skate videos, and talked about it with my friends. It was a great activity that kept me fit and healthy, and that allowed me to have fun when I had nothing else to do. I loved it, and I’m sure it loved me too. One can never forget the feeling that comes along with landing a new trick for the first time. Just knowing that you landed back on the board after your first sketchy kickflip ever makes you want to yell and scream with joy.

As ironic as this is, all of this makes me just want to go outside and skate. However, I know that won’t las for long and the longing will soon fade into the back of my mind. I wish I loved it like I did, and I will still skate from time to time. I heard somebody say once, “Once a skater, always a skater.” It may have been someone on the skateboard-city website. That is so true. I will always respect those who participate in the activity and, like I said, it will still be fun for me to go out and do with friends. But for now, my blog doesn’t realy have a topic, just a sort of mash of stuff. It’s more about life. And the life lessons that I learn. Oh yeah! There’s my topic. I can’t wait to post on it.

Well, I’m not exactly sure what freedom means, but to me, it is a certain idea. Here goes. I think that freedom is being able to do what you want, but with reasonable restrictions that prevent one from going TOO far. I’m so grateful for this freedom, especially the freedom of speech we’ve been talking about in English and Social Studies. Having freedom of speech, I can say most anything I want, as long as it is not affecting others in a negative way. I can go on and on about basically whatever I please, and that really is a great blessing. I can give my opinions, my beliefs, and my feelings to others freely. The one part of speech that can be bad is when you threaten someone or make up lies about them, which is called slander. We are not free to do those things, and I believe that to be good. Those hurt people and are not something we should be able to do freely, because these rules to freedom are to help, not hurt.  However, us students in Ms. Rumford’s class need to remember that those rights are the rights of adults. Being students in a school, we have less rights to do what we want and we must be careful. For instance, students have rules against swearing. People could say that that is unconstitutional, but, since we are kids, it’s fine to have those rules. If we went up to a teacher and said “You are a hag,” we would get in big trouble. Although we have freedom of speech, we are not allowed to do that. Just recently I got in trouble with one of my teachers. I was trying to do something nice for her, but she didn’t like it and got mad at me. I didn’t really yell, but my voice got more emotional and angry as I told her I really was trying to do something nice for her, to help her with something she needed help with. Then she yelled at me even more, and I left. I’m freaked out to go to her class, and I have it today. Yikes  Also, all of this stuff really pertains to bloggers and our blogs. We have somewhere we can post whatever we want, but that doesn’t mean it will come without consequences.  Ms. Rumford told us about a kid who got expelled from his school because he wrote on his blog that he was going to (Listen now, this is funny) that he was going to hire a *hitman* and kill his teacher. lol. That is just funny to me. I mean, who would ctually put that up? Later he said he was “joking,” but it was too late. I mean wow. Try to think about what you’re actually saying, eh? Like that boy/girl (I’m not sure), we have to be careful about what we say. Like Ms. Rumford said “The Internet is not something you can hide behind and flippantly cock your head and shrug you shoulder in a sign of arrogance.” We really do need to think about what we are posting, ad make sure it is appropriate for everyone. Think about it. Is it something you would say to your grandma? I don’t really know what we’re supposed to be talking about now, but yeah.