Senior Prom After Party Thoughts

This weekend was my Senior Year Prom. I had the perfect red dress, a great friend to go with, and we had an amazing time at the dance. Everything was magical and perfect and how I would have wanted it. I felt respected by my friend who I took.

But I was excited afterward to go to my first after party. From other people, I have always heard about how people get "sh*tfaced" aka hammered and lit. Part of those rumors was actually that parents willingly supply alcohol to these parties. Little did I know that those rumors are true. At the party, the parent of my classmate actually encouraged the use of alcohol and supplied it! What has this world come to? Neither my date or I drank but the fact that a parent would do this is batsh*t stupid. The amount of liability and risk was exponential. I know I won't be going to a party like that again. I hope that if you read this, you think twice about serving alcohol to underage people.

By the way here are some photos from the night!

American River Drive Rivalry

I go to high school in a rich, white part of Sacramento, California. If anyone that is familiar with the Sacramento area, there is a school in Carmichael called Jesuit High School. Jesuit High School is an all-boys private school with top of the line facilities, state of the art academic departments, and outstanding athletic teams. No more than half a mile away is where I go to school. I go to Rio Americano High School where our facilities are lacking, academics have gone downhill, and an average athletics performance by all teams. For the longest time, there has been a rivalry between these two teams; the Jesuit Marauders and the Rio Raiders. Those who root for either team are seen as traitors and puts you at the bottom of the totem pole. Since, the spring semester of Sophomore year, I have had a sports medicine internship at Jesuit. My history with Jesuit goes back to my dad and his two brothers who all went to Jesuit. Tonight, is the last Rio/Jesuit Basketball game. My freshman, sophomore, junior, and now senior year, Jesuit has won with a large margin. The rivalry amongst these two schools is unruly. Both stands are packed with fans cheering and shouting at each other with anger and hatred of each other. Without this rivalry, my high school life would be very different.