English class is starting to suck...

We pretty much have to write a new paper every two days. They are not hard, but they are focused upon fairly controversial issues that frankly I have not really thought about.

First:
I had to read something that Rush Limbaugh wrote about giving out condoms in high schools, then respond to it. I had to write about my opinions on it, and everyone in the classroom started fighting about their opinions. I suppose giving out condoms in school is rather straightforward, but the school should have them available. Maybe handing them out is a bad idea, I agree about that. Schools shouldn't JUST teach abstinence though. Not everyone is going to make the choice to remain a virgin until marriage, and schools should teach teenagers ALL the ways to stay safe. Abstinence plus sex ed (condoms, safe sex, etc.).

Second:
The paper that's due tomorrow that I'm neglecting to write until the last minute. The statement he gave us was "Should mentally ill men and women be sterilized from having children?" That's such an incredibly broad thing to talk about. Also, I need clarification of the term "mentally ill." I mean, mentally ill can mean depression or Tourettes (or perhaps eating disorders....), gender identity problems (not really sure if that is really a mental illness, but it's more of a displacement I guess...)... but it can also mean schizophrenia, multiple personality disorders, autism, down's syndrome, and anything and everything inbetween.

I don't even know where to start. It's hard to separate my emotional feelings from reality here. I mean, I believe everyone should have the right to have children. I cannot imagine anyone taking away the ability for me to have kids. That would be awful. When I look at it from a more realistic point of view, I realize that some people cannot take care of themselves, so how would they be able to take care of a child?

There's also legal issues to deal with when it comes to mentally ill people having children. It's illegal to have sex with a mentally ill person (you know what I mean when I say that... like, people who have a certain extent of mental retardation) because they cannot legally give consent. So, it would be illegal to get someone like that pregnant, unless they are both cognatively challenged...in that case, I'm not sure what to say to that...

I suppose it all has to do with if the parents are not deemed unfit parents.

I'm so confused about this topic, it's ridiculous.





ANYWAYS,
I broke ABC today because it was my grandma's and great-grandma's birthday today, so we celebrated.

Pizza and cake.

Shit shit shit.

Needless to say, I will spend a couple hours at the gym tomorrow to burn off some extra calories.

Tomorrow is..... 100 calories. haha, what a difference from today.

I'm sure it's totally possible. I'm hanging out with my new boy-love-interest tomorrow. oh, I also have another story, but I might just start a new blog post for that one because this one is already much too long.