Having recently become a writer for The Odyssey is by far the best thing to ever happen to me, because now I get to do something I love in a professional way. Please take a second to read and share my first article for them!
highkey want a boy who’s taller than me and has messy hair and nice eyebrows and is strong enough to lift me and carry me when I’m tired and is intelligent and can carry smart conversations and calls me beautiful and treats me right in front of his friends
Remember that movie in which Jack Black was a teacher and building a rock band and when a little black chubby girl asked to be a singer he only said “sure! let me hear you” and the moment she started using her beautiful voice his lit up like all of his dreams came true, PLUS the same little girl was scared that people would make fun of her because she was fat and he started listing awesome singers with some weight on and included himself and told her that people wouldn’t laugh because she is awesome at what she does and that is all that matters PLUS that it’s ok to enjoy food?
Also, when a little boy asked to be the band’s stylist he just said “sure, go ahead fancy pants” like, there wasn’t a single second of questioning it, he went into “ok, that will be your position then” right away
That fucking movie is an hour and a half of Jack Black teaching kids to love themselves disregarding all of the stereotypes
School of Rock remains one of my favorite movies
Or having the kid who liked to burn stuff channel his attention and aggression into drumming. Recognizing the kid who was getting stifled by his father was the one who needed to be allowed to shout and create, and using his song on stage. Giving the micro-managing, incredibly astute girl all the managerial power that she ever needed, because he recognized she was a hell of a lot smarter than him, and a bigger shark at ten, and lauding her for it. Telling the awkward quiet kid with an accent that being damn good at his instrument made him more than cool enough to be in the band.
And growing the hell up in the process, for the sake of the kids he’s teaching.
