Blinded by Ignorance

Growing up I've always thought that the way my family was and the way our household was run was normal, but now as a teenager I realize its definitely NOT.

Having parent that are foreigners is by far one for he hardest thing a teen can deal with. Its like you're living in two separate worlds that occasionally inter lap with each other. Every day when I come home from school I feel like I m walking into Purgatory. Its always the same, too. I go home and my mom comes home and she starts yelling at me for very trivial things like why my scarf isn't in my room. She then goes on by telling me how to live my life, and sometimes we get into it pretty bad. For instance, I have a brother who is very disabled, she somehow found a way to say that I caused it. For those of you who are reading this I just want to say that my parents are old-school African parents. They will degrade you and think that you won't care then yell and laugh at you when they see you crying. It's because of them that I'm such the strong tough person I am today.

At school it almost always feels as if everyone hates me, that if when I say hi to someone or they don't respond that they hate me. And that always ruins my buzz. I try to tell my friends how I feel but they don't understand. They have american parents that have been through high school the american way and not the old-fashioned way. My parents don't understand that I care for them and that I am very loving.