Typical

Yeah, yeah, I know what whining and complaining will get- impassioned claims of how it's 'not that hard' and 'I did it too' from parents...
They don't get it. They don't understand how high school works. There are distinct cliques in school, and if you try, heaven help you, breach the gaps (bit too dramatic) and try to mingle, at the very least you'll feel uncomfortable.

If you knew me and you were a 'typical' high school kid, you'd probably be scoffing at me or wanting to knock some sense into me for thinking that MY life is bad, or that I have problems. It's true, I don't have anything that important compared to some issues that people face- I'm not a druggie, I'm not a drunk, I don't smoke, and I don't have any eating disorders. I'm probably what you'd think of as a sickeningly sweet, studying instead of partying, nerd-kid who plans to go to a great college and become an astronaut or the president of the United States. You'd be half right. I do study instead of party, because I don't know where the parties are held. I've never even heard of a party in my neighborhood. I don't know if that's because my city's too "good" or whatever, or because I'm so high on the 'suck-up' grapevine that I'm not even in the same zipcode as what's usually called 'trouble', 'troubled', or 'shady'.

I'm one of those kids who still swears that she'll never pick up a cigarette, won't ever do drugs, and won't touch a drop of alcohol till her twenty-first birthday. Same group as the "prudes" who don't screw around and hook up with people, the ones who are still virgins and are 'waiting for marraige'. And you know? It's probably true. I probably won't do drugs, smoke, or drink, and I'm sure as hell not going to have one-night stands, at least in high school and hopefully college, because that's how stuff works for me. If I ever wanted to get drugs, even though 'studies' show that drug is on the rise, I wouldn't know where the hell to get them. Parties? The only parties I've been to are where parents plan and invite guests, and the kids sort of tag along.

[This is the definition of a 'brown party' because it's something that only Indians (and South Asians) do, to the extent of my, my friends', and even the preps (they're Asian, of course)' knowledge. No brown kid (such as myself) would throw a party without supervision, because we're just like that. Our parents don't go out for days on end, we don't have a seemingly-endless supply of booze, and we aren't invited to the people's parties that do. Of course, all of what I know about parties are from reading about them- I know, LAME.]

I'm firmly against smoking, because I don't want to pollute my lungs and body; even this probably sounds weak, loser-ish, and pansy-ish. And alcohol? I'm such a 'sheltered' kid (for lack of a better word; I'd rather not call myself a loser too many times) or loser (there I go...) in 'your' eyes, because my parents, when they ever have drinks in the house (limited to some wine or champagne, maybe some beer during the Super Bowl or something), leave it around. Because they trust me. And even right now, when I'm alone at home, I could just get a chair so I could reach the higher shelf of the cabinet- it's not hidden or anything, I'm just too short- and drink myself silly. But I won't. Because I have morals (not that anyone who drinks doesn't- this is just my POV), because my parents trust me, and I cherish the trust and the way that I, even if no one else knows, know that I'm a good person.