I really am not a fan of when people make things a lot more dramatic then they have to be
I do too…
I don’t really like it when my friend who abandoned me when we got to high school randomly wants me to come over and fix her iPod. How about we talk at school, and then I’ll help you? I wish she was still my friend, I miss her, but this doesn’t seem fair.
It’s not, really…what jerk does that?
Thanks. She thinks she’s really cool now, but whatever. Her iPod will remain broken 
Nice…okay.
LOL you go Evangeline! I have a “friend” similar to that. We were really close last semester, lockers beside each other, walking to school, same classes, shared secrets, all that good stuff. Now this semester she is in this musical theatre class and she thinks she is all that and a bag of chips. She never walks with me anymore, hardly talks to me and she won’t even sit at our lunch table anymore. She’s in her own little world now. Then she tries to walk home with me sometimes and I always end up giving her a ride but she NEVER gives me a ride anymore when she gets a ride like every single morning. …That felt nice to vent about 
I hadn’t noticed how much that actually annoyed me.
I KNOW! I’m in the same situation.
Semesters is grinding my gears, and it’s grinding the whole student body’s gears in my school.
You’re not xenophobic. I feel the same way. I live in a Bi-Cultural town, and many people are Mexican and speak Spanish. I love driving around town and seeing signs in Spanish, and authentic food and the beautiful Mexican-American culture.
But I’m always bothered by those who refuse to learn English. The official language of the USA IS English, and if you want to live here, at least try to learn English. It’s cool to talk Spanish at home and with friends and family. It’s awesome to be proud of your heritage and language. But some Mexicans I know get upset when things aren’t spelled out for them in Spanish. At least use effort to learn English.
To quote the Broadway musical Avenue Q:
“Everybody makes judgements based on race. Not big judgements like who to hire, but little judgements like thinking that Mexican busboys should learn to speak Godd*mn English”
MissCarrera: Perhaps you should have a talk with her and find out why she is alienating you after joining musical theatre? You can do this subtly by asking her out to go watch a movie or hang out at the mall, and if she mentions she’s got friends at theatre or has to go for rehearsals, gently joke about how you no longer hang out as often anymore. If she really does appreciate your friendship, she will be apologetic and explain the true reason why she can’t be as close with you anymore (maybe she really does have other commitments, or she has to go for rehearsals or something). If she truly doesn’t like you anymore, she will tell you so and you guys can ‘break the friendship’ amicably. But I would advise that even if you don’t mix together as often, you should remain friends, because you had some great times together, a long time ago.
SoA: Haha, maybe you should stand firm and tell them you’ve got a life too?
EJE: I’ve always wanted to watch Avenue Q! Its songs have been the subject of a thousand YTP parodies, and although I know I can probably watch the entire play online, I’d rather see it in person with my friends or siblings. It really is a play for grown-ups.
On a semi-related note, my brother and I went to a revue last week which my sister acted in, and it was a spoof of Sesame Street!
Anyway, yeah, I’m glad you share and understand my opinion. People always are ashamed to be proud of their heritage (more often than not, they will try to adopt another culture just to be cool, although there are many people who truly appreciate another culture while still remaining proud of theirs). People are so afraid of being “racist” that they refuse to participate in debates or pretend as if race doesn’t exist. You can be proud of your race and acknowledge others as well without being prejudiced.
Although I’m one for multiculturalism, this doesn’t mean I support monoculturalism (ie To be American, you must speak English, like hot dogs and apple pies, and watch Jersey Shore).
Without getting too political, protectionist immigration laws and overt-nationalism is the very stuff of totalitarian societies. And in an increasingly globalisted word, it is simply not economically feasible. Our ancestors were all immigrants at one point or another. Even indigenous Hawaiians and Malaysians, for example, came from other islands in the Pacific, so really, why should we discriminate against foreigners when we were all ‘foreigners’ once many centuries ago?
BUT, if you go to another country to live in, it is expected that you went there because you like the culture, you appreciate its history, and you want to be friends with the natives. If you go to another country simply because you want to get a university education, make some money, and stay in little enclaves, it defeats the entire purpose of leaving your homeland. We travel all over the world because we want to experience another culture and learn more about the blue orb we live on.
I complained in another rant that I was on a tour trip once and some of my (mostly Singaporean) tour group members demanded Asian food even though we were in a foreign country. Why on earth did you book your trip if you’re still gonna eat the same kind fo food you can get back home? 
I feel your pain.
Me too. School is driving me insane lately and it won’t stop till the year is done. 
EDIT Thanks for the advice TDIT I guess we are still friends to some degree we just aren’t as close as we used to be.
I can’t wait to leave school already.
Me too. Then near the end of summer I’ll be ready for school again. Then I’ll get to school and wonder to myself…“WHY did I want to come back to this?”
Yup…you know the Foe button? I’ve never used that before, but today I might use it.
I see, no explanation necessary. I’ve thought of using it myself but I’m not sure what it’s like and I don’t feel that strongly towards anybody…yet.
I’ve used the foe button for one certain person. Basically, what it does is forbid you to see public posts from them unless you demand to see them.
I’d also recommend making a PM rule to delete any PM’s from the person before you read them, just in case.
So that’s what it does? I think I’ll wait until someone REALLY makes me angry before bothering to use it then.
How do you know, Miss Carrera? Oh…her. And, that’s what it does?