Dear world: High schoolers are not made of money

Today in school, my class was called down to for an assembly about class rings. It seemed pretty innocent at first but then BAM!! The price hit me like a piano falling from the sky. The least expensive ring was over $80! Others included "Just four easy payments of $64.78". Does anyone really have the need for something so worthless yet so expensive? They tell us to be smart with money in this economy but send us off with a catalogue of completely useless junk and, oh yeah, it'll cost you over $100. How the world doth turn.
When you're a teenager, you don't really think about money and how you spend it until you don't have very much to spend. And if you don't have a job, like me, you really can't do anything about it. So you have to be smart because the world, it costs money to live in it. Of course, no one in this predicament will spend $200 on a teeny little ring you'll lose in 6 months, but prices start to look more expensive. $3 for a hamburger is painful and even clothing is hard to buy. Hmmm.. I wonder if this is how adults feel too. I just might be onto something. Study it out, Watson, and come back to me when you have the answer.
If there's anything that annoys me the most, it's when teachers start doing it too. You'd think they'd KNOW, being around kids all day and listening to their conversations. Not to mention that teachers don't get paid very well either, but suddenly one day they decide that your entire class is going to do something costing $20 per student, and they make it required! Let me tell you how many times this has happened to me today. Many. No, seriously. It happened many times just today. I am not a happy camper. Just to save money I'll have to make clothes out of socks and eat paper plates from the garbage. Ok, maybe not quite as bad, but I'm still really mad at the world. Anyway, I'll stop venting so the children reading this won't drop out before high school (which is bad. And illegal. So don't do it).
I'd better end this on a happy note. so here ya go: "Ding!"

Nevermind, (giggle), It's not funny twice

Laughter. Oh how I so enjoy thee. Laughter really is the best medicine, for anything really. A few months ago, I had a really bad day during one of my many play rehearsals. When my mom picked me up, she recognized the early signs of insanity (frustration, yelling out unrelated things at unexpected moments, etc.) She then told me to start singing really loud, and cranked up the radio. No more than ten seconds later, we were laughing at our own singing. By the time we arrived home, I was cured.
Laughter not only cures emotional problems, it can help with your physical ones too. Laughter can build up your immune system by making more antibodies in your bloodstream and saliva. People who have allergies found that laughing made their symptoms grow less and less worrisome. It even helps your heart by increasing heart rate and blood pressure.
Laughter can also relieve stress. After laughter, you feel relaxation because it "works out" your heart and lungs. It is actually recommended to laugh at least ten minutes a day to help relieve stress. Another suggestion is to take deep breaths, and what do you do while you're laughing? Breathing in that Oxygen!
I love laughter. It brings a little more happiness into the world, and gets your heart pumping and your stress heading for the hills. So, when you find someone is laughing AT you, laugh WITH them because now you know that it's good for you. The only thing I have left to say is... That's All Folks!!

(p.s. If you want more information on laughter, you can see more at http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/happiness/laughter-cure-illness.htm :)