When my opinion mattered...

I would say that my opinion is always worth taking into consideration. There are times where it matters more. I would say this mainly affects my boyfriend. Since he is always with me or we are doing things together he always has to do things that we agree on. I will say I think I have the upper hand sometimes because I get more of what I want. My best friend come to me for help as well. When they are having boy troubles or family troubles they come to me for advice. I remember one incident when my best friend wanted to break up with her boyfriend and I actually agreed with her. I knew she was unhappy so I told her all my reasonings for why she should move on. I do think she took alot of my opinions to heart. She also knows that I have a very good relationship so it was easy for her to see that I'm doing something right. In the end even though she stayed with him for a few more weeks she actually did choose to leave him and I knew a part of it came from my opinion on the situation.

Contradicting the teachers!

When it comes to the note Alex's parents recieved, Im confused on it. I don't understand why the teacher would tell the class a lie? Than to top it off write Alex the note saying that he disagreed with the teacher so it shows "blatant disregard for authority." Im not sure where this teacher was going with this? If a student knows the correct answer to what the teacher has written than why wouldn't they speak up? If it was me in his shoes I would have said something. In the past I have told a teacher that their information was wrong. They never freaked out on me and definatly never wrote a note to my parents telling them they basically raised me wrong. It looks bad on this teacher part.