The RyceBowl

You might think of me as a ordinary teenager living an ordinary life, going on with ordinary things, leading to what might be, the end of a wasted life. But I don't see it as that way. I see myself as a privliged and, as my Reading teacher would call me, precocious individual trying to make her mark on the world. I've been interested in writing, reading, and drawing for who-knows-how-long, and I've come to the conclusion that I want to be a writer and an artist. Not a money greedy, overly glamorous pop-idol or camera-hungry, heart-breaking actress; but an writer and artist. Ever since I could think my first thought or idea, I've constantly been rambling on all kinds of story ideas in my head that I lust to bring out into the world and try to put my mark on the literature world. However, no one ever said that it would be easy. And I knew this. But as an individual thinker, I believe there are times when we should be a pessimist and times when we should be an optimist; and when it comes to one's dreams, one should never be a pessimist.
But as I go on, there is another reason that I would like to become a writer/artist. Not just because I love the idea of expressing my ideas and creativity, but because of the fact that I am a teenager growing up in the kind of society today. In being an artist, you get to notice things that others might not see. Even in this day-and-age, I notice poverty, greed, lust, envy. Also liers, whores, pimps, secretive government officials, back-stabbers, and the glitter and glam that is the U.S. But what stick out of this land that we live on is the fellow teens. All over the internet, they pour out their hearts and souls in their beliefs and opinions and their own pieces of art, and I think that they are all fabulous ideas. And even because of this fact, teens are still ignored, underrated, kicked-around, and basically treated poorly just because of their age. Older people believe that it is a teens job to just sit their and look pretty. They ignore us when we're doing fine, but the moment that we make the slightest mistake, we make it to the front page of the news. Teenagers are mistreated in so many ways that it's not even funny.
I want to show others that those of us do have ideas and that we want to be hear. We're not just for show; we have just as much purpose in this world as older people do, so you just shut up and listen. And I quote Anne Frank, a meer 13 year-old who spoke out to millions, "I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out." And that is exactly what I will do.
And though this little passage that I took about a half-an-hour may not matter to others, it means a lot to me. It is the starting point for my 14th year of living, and I will most certainly not waste it.