[OOC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[Akayaofthemoon]

Well I think that is amazing ^_^

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon Likewise. I don't think I'd be capable of running that at all. XD

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

Two boys playing running tag in the hall in middle school made it so I can't run. They slammed into me right when I was about to pick my foot up so my foot slammed all the way forward. It didn't break which would have been better because it would have healed up and I could have still been able to run. Instead my ankle hyperextended

[21308]

You guys are great friends for encouraging me, thank you so much! I promise not to brag about it in here anymore. I mean, not unless it's something major and you might need to know anyway since I'll be gone, like if I decide to commit to an actual marathon or something.

[21308]

@Akayaofthemoon Oh goodness, that's awful! I'm sorry for you.

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon Owch, that really, really sucks. I'm sorry to hear that, Akaya.

@21308 You don't have to feel bad about sharing things you're proud of, silly.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@21308

It fine, not much I can do other than say that they so no running in the halls for a reason. It's not like I can't completely run, it's just that it can either lock and make me seriously anime fall is the best word for it on my face. It also is easier for me to seriously sprain my ankle but it doesn't always happen. If I use a brace or run careful I am fine. It's just last time I sprained it bad they said another sprain like that could mean surgery which I do not want at all XD

[21308]

@Akayaofthemoon Clearly those rules exist for a good reason. I'll say I really respect your attitude about it, I don't know if I'd be quite so chill if something like that happened to me. I mean, I've had people injure me before, but not like that.

[Loony]

@21308 Agreed. Another rule that people should really respect is the 'Do not throw objects in class' one. A student threw a pencil and it hit my music teacher in the eye, and now he's blind in said eye. Same student ignored the 'do not place the trumpet horn by someone's ear as they play' and now this unlucky kid is completely deaf. I'm really sorry to hear that happened and I wish some people would think for a moment before stuff like this happens.

[21308]

@Loony Oh man schools are starting to sound like combat zones or something.

[Loony]

@21308 More like zones for idiots to gather.

I present to you, ' I swear these aren't even hypothetical they're actually things people have said or done in my class'.

~~~
"Madame, do chickens reproduce asexually?"

"No, no they-"

"THEN THAT MEANS WE EAT CHICKEN BABIES!?"

"I'm going to google it. See if it's real."

"What's real?"

"Chicken sex.'

~~~

"If you could only bring five things with you to a deserted island, what would you bring?"

"Shampoo-"

"Shampoo?"

"Yes, Shampoo. To protect me from Ebola."

~~~

"Hmmmm, in class essay, huh? Cellphones in the front? Hah! I'll just keep mines in plain sight and copy this essay online word for word! Not like the teacher will notice or anything!"

~~~

"I'm sure I can sneak marijuana into the classroom. No one will see it. Especially not the teacher, who sits in front of me. "

~~~

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[Akayaofthemoon]

@21308

What made me made is that they didn't even say sorry. No teacher helped me. Students passed me as I thought my ankle was broken because I couldn't move it and was in more pain than I had ever felt. One person saw me struggling to use the wall to stand and went to class, dropped their stuff off and came back for me. I was in the hall all alone and this stranger was like a knight and shining armor. If I had known them even a little better I might have kissed them. I seriously made the nurse write them a pass to explain why they were missing from class.

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon

Oh my gosh, I'm sorry to hear that once again. People can be such jerks.

Something I've always hated about Canadian culture is that we seem to pride the idea of following scheduels more than helping one another. Our school is really overpopulated, and one day a boy was trampled under a swarm of students, unable to move under their weight and unheard due to the noise all around us. Once a teacher noticed and the swarm spread out, my friend and I tried to approach the kid and help him up, because his face was a mess and for all we could tell he wasn't breathing properly and his nose looked broken. The teacher yelled at us and got us in trouble for trying to help this kid instead of going to class. Like...I don't know, but those priorities seem really messed up to me. The fact that you had to write a note in this person's defense seems equally messed up.

[The ghost in black]

Wow so many people getting hurt at school sorry to hear that had happened to you akaya

[21308]

@Loony Those are all too hilarious for words!

@Akayaofthemoon Ugh, that's terrible. I'm really sorry for you, I imagine that being the type of thing that would make you lose some faith in humanity, especially as a kid. It's the type of thing that motivates me to make a conscious effort not to be swayed by the bystander effect. I'm glad things eventually turned out somewhat alright for you.

[HaltingBlooper]

Someone make a sleepy Emerald count.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Loony

I had to argue with the nurse because and this is quoting

"nurses aren't allowed to write hall passes or notes for students."

I stick up for people no matter what, especially when people do something for me. I didn't let up till she wrote it. Told her that I would have the person that helped me take me to their class so I could explain it to their teacher myself and that the nurse could explain to my mother why I wasn't in the nurses office to speak to cause I know my mom would want to talk to me or that she could explain to my mom why I was possible straining myself more when the nurse is suppose to help me.

She wrote the note really fast after that. She has a whole pad of passes.

[Akayaofthemoon]

Honestly, I was disappointed in the school more than people. The kid that helped me only was saved cause I forced the issue. Most would have gotten in trouble for helping instead of being in class. A teacher was right there. All they did was keep telling the boys no to run. Never once out of all the times they said it did the teacher pull them aside. They never got punished for any of it. The teacher didn't help me.

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon And this is just one of the many things messed up with the school system. > ^ <

[HaltingBlooper]

@Akayaofthemoon@21308@Loony Once there was this bully in (I'm not kidding) 1st grade who kept beating up people, mostly one of my eventual friends. So once, he went after me, and I totally wasn't prepared due to looking in the other direction, and I kicked him in the shin out of fear, so he fell (kind of on purpose) and then immediately got up (so he probably wasn't actually hurt) and started running towards the nearest teacher. See, in my old elementary school, who got punished was determined by if they got to a teacher last....for some reason. He got there first due to being faster and having a head start, so I got in trouble even though like four other people had followed me so they could finally get the guy in trouble. I got sent to the principal's office along with him and two of the four people (including my soon-to-be friend) and he ended up getting expelled a few weeks later for attacking a teacher.