Where I Sound Preachy, But Thank You :) (Day 9)

I have recently realized I don’t know HALF the things kids my age are out there doing. And quite honestly, I don’t want to know. (I had a hunch before, but it has become confirmed now)
Generally I give people the benefit of the doubt, sticking to the idea that people aren’t really stupid, they’re just unmotivated.
And I’m no prude. I know A LOT about what’s happening out there, I’m a well rounded person, I’m educated. I just didn’t think it was happening around people I would never suspect it of.

This is also where I have come to realize that my friends and I have kind of combined the best of everything to create a little group.
We can discuss almost anything, we’re open to new ideas, we’re the kind of smart where you know you are, but you don’t find the need to flaunt it, basically we’re just awesome people with clear concepts of what we want our morals to be.

We don’t drink because either we have alcoholic parents and can see why it’s a bad idea, don’t see the appeal because of all of the stupid things that happen to happen around alcohol or because…we just don’t spend anytime with people who do drink so why would we?
We don’t smoke; it’s basically a death sentence from my point of view.
We don’t run around with bad guys (or bad girls for that matter). They have enough tail, if they want us; they’re going to have to try harder.

I don’t want to sound preachy, because I’m not here to judge or run anyone’s life.
I understand that people do see things differently than I do.
But when I look around my school, there are 8th graders sleeping with 19 year olds, 7th graders running around in short skirts, and sixth graders who have been so utterly uneducated that they use words they can’t even BEGIN to understand.
But they say it because they heard it before (I swear to god they were using MILF on the bus and when I finally turned around to ask them if they knew what it meant, none of them could answer me. They only knew it had mom in it.* shakes head*)

I just want to take this moment to thank the good influences in my life.

And I would like to thank the BEDA people, nerdfighters, just everyone who chooses to show their nerdy and not be ashamed of it.
If more people stopped pretending they were something they’re not and started showing their true selves, the children of the world would have better examples, we wouldn’t have to worry about the direction the world is turning in, and there would just be a greater level of awesome around.

So thank you, for being awesome

Nerds FTW.