What i have learnt recently

I have became more aware of things around me this year, about; freinds, family, school and life in general.
At school i chose a creative writing class instead of doing physical activities which i thaught would be interesting and a good option because i dislike excersizing.
So we all had an option of a form of writing to do this term, i was very quick in jumping to the option of blogging, as half of my life revolves around the computer and internet.
Therefor that is why i am writing on this website now.

i will start with me.
i am Arliah, i go to highschool and am in year 9.
i have quite a few friends.
i go for the richmond tigers, and currently my dad is getting very frustraited as they are loosing.
i love myspace and try to go on every night.
i play the tenor saxophone
and am currently in the school musical which is an awesome experience
i see the world and how it is changing, and it realy upsets me.
in the last few years once i have come to this school, i have been frustraited by the lack of things i have learnt, teachers dont realise what we need and how we learn. and that is a big thing for me considering i know how much time we waist and also how much money my parents pay for me to go to school.
i have a realy big family, consisting of 47 first cousins.
my mum and dad split up when i was 2 or 3 and my mum married Andrew, i call him my dad, he is realy special to me. It is realy good cos i have two dads, not just a step dad and a real dad....... i have 2.
Andrew is a policeman so he knows alot about the people around which is realy frustrating as he is always very cautious. and sometimes i'm not allowed to go places or see people cos he knows who will be there or thinks that person is a bad influence.
but he knows i'm smart and that i wont ever follow them and the choices they have/do made.

my step sister is 16 and my step mum has had alot of difficulty with her, she doesn't want to live at home, does drugs, smokes, and has a mental illness.
she told me not that long ago on her 16th birthday how she was living with one of her uncles and her mum called her that day, and she had a big fight with her, she then told me she didn't want to live. i personally think that these days teenagers take suicide and depression as a joke with 'emo's' and everything. they do not realise that depression is a mental illness and its nothing to joke about. Emos is short for emotional and started in the 70's, its a form of music that is displaying emotions, its even got a look and trend to go with it. but why do people see it as a bad thing being emo? or even to lable people? or even to bag emo people?

last year was the first time i had heard about global warming and how the world has changed.
and that is pretty sad as i am sure there are thousands who do not know about it now.
it only made a big difference to me when i went to echuka for a holiday this year and whilst driving there seeing all the dry land and dead grass and low rivers.

well anyway i will be updating this site often, goodnight