So there are a few people I'd like to mention, but I'll keep it short(ish). The first one and only one I'll talk is this one girl I've known since 3rd Grade. I now sit next to her in my Social Studies class. Anyways, here goes (I'm going to make a bullet point list)
- She thought that Romney was asian (Rom Ni?)
- She STILL believes that all people who are homosexual should be put in a hunger games arena
- She does questionable things with the Twilight Saga Movies.
- She once gave 1 dollar to a homeless man so he could visit his family.
- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand lastly, (This is a big one), She manages to get into honors classes only to flunk out of them by asking questions as, "Why is this school shaped like a circle?" or "Why is this important? It's not like we're living then." "Why do atheists not believe in god? I think they'll just burn in hell." (That one she got suspended to due to it being a hate crime,) and "Why are you teaching, because you're not smart enough to teach? If I were teaching I would make sure that everyone learned that God created the Earth and that all the people who believe in any other religion, or in evolution will burn in hell." (That got her suspended).
And all of this happened last year in my Algebra and Physics classes. I am not lying.
I have a neighbor (Heck, a whole family) across my street. They're all exactly like that. I tried to be a nice, friendly, outgoing and otherwise productive citizen with them, but when the subject of our separate beliefs came up, I was immediately told I was going to Hell. It's times like that when I sort of wish I'm still in a system that enacts local punishment towards people like that. The wife over there used to think like me, too, but she was in a forced marriage, and her husband is the abusive sort - he had an extremely rough childhood, and through that process developed a pathological fear of women.
Reminiscing about the fools across the street has brought one particular saying to mind, a saying that I believe was posted on facebook or some such thing like that. It goes something like, "Religion is for people who are too afraid to go to Hell, and Faith is for people who have been through Hell and don't want to go back." I'm not an Atheist or anything, but I certainly don't believe in ignorance.
I tend not to hear about other stupid people, because stuff like that in the pipeline just makes me depressed. There's a crime in nearby Fresno every day, sometimes twice. Whenever I hear the news on during the day, it's pretty much the focal point of the local media. There's not much to describe - it's Fresno, the worst place on Earth besides China. A day without crime is just about as rare there as the sun coming up in the middle of the night.
Although I once knew an individual who prided himself on trying to be the sleaziest, most overt picture of the Street Gang Stereotype known to man. One particular incident with this man involved a conversation between him and my boss, which I happened to be overhearing at the time. This man, if you will, was having trouble getting to work, as he apparently held his other job in a higher regard. In a burst of sudden casualty, the man decided to "Impress" my boss with a story of how he went eighty miles over the speed limit in answer of his frenemy's race challenge text on an open roadway to the east. My Boss was thoroughly disappointed.
Let that all sink in for a moment. I know it's a bit much.
