It's amazing to me that my dad still gets upset when I walk away from him at the store, yet all these people expect me to pick a college and plan my life -- at seventeen years old.

I cannot vote, I cannot drink, I can't drive past nine, I can't get married, I technically can't have sex, I can't get a hotel room, I can't lease a house, I can't get a tattoo, I can't buy cigarettes, I can't see some music shows...but I'm being trusted to start myself on a path to the rest of my life.

Does anyone else see how screwed up that is?