Revolution: Loneliness

How many of you feel lonely? *Looks around and raises my hand* In fact I have thought about self Harm. I have even thought about commiting suicide... I understand that this is something people just don't talk about, but it needs to be talked about! Those of us who are lonely think that we are alone in this fight, but you know what? WE ARE NOT! We tell oursleves we are alone in this fight! That no one cares about us. That if we died today no one would miss us! Then Satan uses that lie to get at us to knaw at our hearts and eventually we will fall so deeply into the darkness, it will seem impossible to get back out. I experienced rejection from people I thought were my friends! I know how it feels. But we need to remember that there are others out there, just like us who think they are alone...I released my story to a few of my friends and three people responded to me telling me they had felt the same way! And had even gone further than I had. They were the most amazing people in the world! I would never have thought that they had those feeling! They had put on a mask like I had and we all knew each other pretty well, but had never known this.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
-Sapphire

Revolution: Love (WATCHED FROZEN!) (SPOILERS!)

Who has seen Frozen? *All raise their hands* And if you didn't, well go see it, it is worth the money. The moral of the story has to do with the Love of two sisters (Anna and Elsa). But the moral is about TRUE LOVE. As Olaf said: "That [Love] is when you put somebody else's needs before your own." There are so many have the misconception that an act of TRUE love is: Making out, Kissing, or even having Sex. But an act of True Love is putting someone else before yourself. It doesn't matter if your mutual friends, or your significant other!
NOTE: This goes for both boys and girls! You have to give a little to get a little!!!
I don't know much about relationships, but I know what I would want a boyfriend/husband/or just plain best friend to do. I would want him/or her (In the case of a best friend XD) to go around his to go around their wants, their desires, their emotions, and their actions to put my needs before their own. I'm not an expert at this, and I certainly am not perfect, I don't do this as often as I should. I am often selfish and put my own wants and needs before others. But I will try, as I hope you will as well.
What do you think?
Did I get this right?
-Sapphire

Revolution: Importance of Diverse Knowledge

As an NCFCA debater I learn about one specific subject ALL year long. Well, it isn't that specific. Our resolution is "To Significantly Reform Federal Election Law within the United States of America" and last year the resolution was to "Significantly Reform or Abolish the United Nations." These might seem like rather ambiguous topics, but not really. They center on what is currently happening in our world/society today! I have learned so much about our (United States) election system this year, such as, 

• FEC
• Electoral College
• Territories right to vote
• And D.C. 
• Etc...

The thing is, is that a well thought of person, is a person who knows a bit about everything! But is also willing to learn.

Teens are often thought of, as people who obsess over Video games, Actors, TV Shows, and possibly how the government is going to turn on us. The thing is, is when I talk to an adult, adults are often stunned that I am capable of holding an articulate conversation with them about something going on in our government and/or society. It's because I often have diverse knowledge, but still there are a lot of things I don't know, and don't really care for.

I hope that this article has inspired you to try to be more than the typical teenager, and to start a revolution against standardization.

-Sapphire

P.S. Are you interested in debating about National and International Topics? Are you interested in debating on values? Are you 12-18? Well if you live in the United States of America you are eligible to enter a speech and debate league with thousands of competitors nationwide. Check it all out at www.ncfca.org

Revolution: From Adult to Child of the Centuries

Let's be honest, the expectations of teens are not what they use to be. Back in the time of King Tutankhamen, he was a kid and was expected to rule all of Egypt! Okay maybe an example of centuries ago is not as effective, why don't we try our grandparents. When my Grandparents were teenagers, they could make a living for their family, they would work hard on a farm, or in school, or even with the house. They owned animals and were responsible for them. These kids couldn't wait to start a job to provide for their family! (I'm not saying there weren't a few in the bunch who were lazy)

Time went by and new laws came across, such as the Child Labour laws. Although the Child labor law was meant to protect children from being paid unfair wages, these children may not have known how to read and wright, but they certainly knew what a bit of money was even though they didn't know how much it was. The thing is, that during the 1800 there were hundreds of kids lining up in front of factories to work. These kids worked in all sorts of dangerous places forcing the government to do something about it.

 

Next came the machines, yes, when children worked there were machines, but after the children couldn't work, the factories needed some way to make their products. Because of this a machine was invented that could do ALL the work. Turning a job for 100 people into a job for 1 person. 

 Finally came the schools, the government is currently regulating laws that force your parents to send you to a school or at least educate you! If they don't you get taken away by the CPS! Now I'm not saying School is bad for you, but seriously they have been dumbed down to the lowest commen denominator! Meaning that almost anyone can pass the tests! WE HAVE BEEN DUMBED DOWN!

WE WILL NOT LET PEOPLE DUMB US DOWN! WE WILL RISE ABOVE THE NORM AND PROVE THEM WRONG!

What do you think? What are your ideas? Why not start this revolution?

-Sapphire

Revolution: Think!

I can't believe it! No one expects me to critically think about anything! Not Adults, Friends, or family! If I think I get in trouble! The basic thing is, people hate it when you think, but when you think you can tell who to trust and who not to trust. The simple truth is that Teens are not expected to think. We are expected to just consume the information and regurgitate it on command! We are taught Math and Science hoping that we will be analytical because when you think...you're free. We are no longer taught to create, but we are taught to learn pointless facts that will never help us in the future! That's exactly what happened in Germany, NAZI GERMANY! They taught the teenagers to only take commands and no to question the command. So, when Hitler fell no one knew what to do! PARENTS STOP. MAKE YOUR KID THINK!!!! IT'S THE KINDEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR THEM! Don't put us in a bubble, don't make us think that we have to go with the flow. It is time to think for ourselves! And when we think, we can change the world. 

What do you think?  How can teens change the world? Let me know your ideas in the comments! And I might do a post on one!

-Sapphire

Revolution: Decepted teens

I don't understand it I really don't.  I once knew a woman who said it was normal for teenagers to have sexual relationships. That drinking was normal.  That rebellion was normal. Seclusion, lieing, and just plain being STUPID was normal, because we are teenagers, and that's what teenagers do. I found out an enourmous amount of parents believe that! Parents talk about their teenagers being so unresponsible, while these same parents are the ones who set the bar so low. They call us the leaders of the future, but how do they expect us to lead when they won't give us the challenge, ethics, and chance to lead. Adults say they can't trust us because we're teenagers, but it's their own fault we can't be trusted!  I'm sorry Iay be standing on my soap box, but really this has to change! What do you think?
-Sapphire