My life is bad right now. I don't mean to whine, because I've done my fair share of that in the past... I guess I just didn't see it coming, I just thought that my sister getting D's when she was in high-school was an alabi for my own actions... I didn't think that my parents had it in them to actually go harder on me and make my life worse than for Stephanie. I know they love me, but I don't see how it could come to this, I think them doing this is really going to wreck my next couple of weeks, outside of pessimism and general complaint, I really do think that they don't listen to what I say, we (the three of us) talked for about 2 hours this afternoon and I just couldn't bear not being heard, I completely understand everything that they are trying to get across as a mature adult, but they treat me as if I were a 5 year old child, I just don't think they had anticipated me actually growing up. I just wanted so badly for them to understand... and still, I know they don't. They don't even care. They just want me to "not do it next time"... because that's all it comes down to. My actions of one week have cost me so much in high-school, the reprocussions are innumerable. The thing that bothers me the most is the fact that the lienience was all in Stephanie's favor, and I agree she was a better student than me... but when my parents tell me that I'm judged on the same level as her, when she never got her car taken away or even punished when she got multiple D's in high-school is beyond me. I don't understand my parents reasoning and they still take me as an arrogant obstacle to them. I really truly do understand discipline and learning as I go, but taking privelages at the blink of an eye can sometimes leave more pain behind than actual, real, benefit. I just don't think they want to ever think that they're son has actually amounted to being right for once in his 16-year-old life. I don't think they want to give me the kind of respect or responsibility that I have so justly earned. I've done everything they've told me to do in the last six months down to a T, and they don't even congratulate or change anything. All of the things I had taken away for getting an "in danger of failing" notice in spanish were wrongfully taken... I had a C, which is the standard to live in this house, the entire time. I wasted concerts, time spent with friends, and even periods of just good times at church over my parent's nit-pickyness... I don't think my life will be happy for the next 4 weeks, but I'm going to try and stay happy, because that's just the kind of person I am. I also told my dad a few things about how he judges people, and he didn't listen... as usual, I think he makes more sense when talking to me, but doesn't want to listen to what I have to say or any type of enlightenment I have to offer him... I'm just his son to him, which means I have nothing to offer him. Interruptions are frequent, enlightenment is not. Sleep well everyone.