Today my mum took my younger brother and I to Kingston Crown Court, because there was an open day and she thought it would be pretty fun. Also, it would help my brother with his story, which I must say is pretty interesting. However, I'm sad to say that we're not on very good terms and I'm pretty peeved at it balancing on my apology, when I really don't have anything to apologise for. This is where self-loathing comes in, because I start thinking that I'm being selfish and too prideful, and then the other part of me kicks me in the ass saying that I shouldn't roll over because that's what I always do, and I'm really tired of being treated inferior to my younger brothers. I mean why should I always apologise? It's not like I'm always in the wrong, even when it isn't my original fault I have to apologise. But when it's between my brothers, they're too headstrong and the youngest of the two actually never apologises for anything, not even for pissing me off. I'm really fed up with it, but am too much of a pushover to say anything about it because I don't want to get on the wrong side of my mum. I mean, it's easy for her to treat me like an adult because I'm the oldest, but my brothers aren't getting any younger either and she still coddles them. I mean I still do get praised for doing things, but it really hurt me when she made a big deal out of my youngest brothers GCSE grades, and I don't remember her getting all excited about my University marks. She even went so far as to celebrate his achievement, when nothing was done about mine. Don't get me wrong, I love my mum to bits and she's an awesome person, but everyone has their shortcomings.
Man I sound jealous, and it just adds up and I hate myself even more because of all things, I don't want to come off as a selfish person. I don't think I could handle that. Anyway, I have only one more year before everything is over, hopefully by then I can build up the courage/guts I need to actually say something. How unlikely.
Anyways, I was actually meant to talk about the Crown Court. Methinks I actually have a good sense of direction, since I was the one that got us there as we traversed through Kingston after parking the car a ways back. It was a cool and fun day, because when we got there we attended a mock trial, which was very entertaining; something that was done to keep the younger audiences entertained. We then signed up for the tour of the court and while we waited we looked around at the displays. We popped into the Children's Court, which allows children to play Judge for a day, and got goodie bags! I got sweets! Jelly Beans, Gummie Bears, Gummie Rings, Minstrels and an Egg! No, not an actual egg, but a jelly-type Egg. Man I felt like a kid ^_^
Anyhow, after that we sat around until it was time for the tour. The tour itself was very informative and we saw a lot of stuff, plus we got to sit in the Jury seats! We learnt about the different types of courts that the Crown Court houses. There are 12 in total, and some of them have special features, such as Screens for the Witness, Video-Link and such. All for different situations, just like Judges. Each on has their speciality, or Ticket.
After the tour we headed down to the prison cells, just to check it out. The cells themselves weren't really interesting, but when we went to check out the prison van, now that's when it got good. The prison van isn't like what you see in the movies or on TV, it's actually an armoured van that has the body divided up into an even number of cubicles, which seem to be 2x2 at least. The cubicles were lined up along either side of the van with a pathway down the middle. The policeman actually locked us up inside them, and I have to say it's quite nice in there. Really quiet and the space is all to yourself, though it's pretty dark in there.
After that we headed home, and all in all it was a pretty fun day :)
Oh yeah, my youngest brother didn't come with us, because again his friends were more important.
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