The Dwindling Pool. Pretty cool name eh. By "Dwindling Pool", I'm referring to something that I get a lot at school. The ever decreasing amount of topics I hear being discussed. Three things now dominate the in-school discussion.

1. Call of Duty

Ah. Call of Duty. Copy paste games that keep fans coming back for more every new game with little or nothing added. I walk round school and I hear barrages of "I did a no scope!" or "LOL! You're s***! I once got a two hunter killer swarms in one match!" Then, when I get dragged into conversations about games I couldn't care less about, I suddenly become a "Pussy Gayboy" when I said I preferred RPGs and Puzzle games. Around the time of Call of Duty 2, the campaign was a challenging test of skill. The minute Black Ops and beyond rears its ugly head, the campaign becomes a piece of cake and everyone goes crazy for a game-mode that few at school realise had been created in World at War, Nazi Zombies. It takes the proverbial biscuit.

2. Girlfriends... sort of

Number two is girlfriends. It seems that now we are all 13 or 14, it has become a requirement that you have at least one girlfriend (yes, someone once had 3 at once). I don't because I don't want one as I don't feel I need one. And of course, using school logic, this makes the "gayest person ever". Yeah. You got that right. Apparently, being gay is not as gay as being single. I don't get it either. The thing is, most people who insult the single ones are usually the people who see these as the most important thing in a woman:

· Cup Size (32C or GTFO)

· A big butt

· Willingness for reaching 2nd/3rd base

Girlfriends as an object for feeling and fondling are fine to them. Kind, intelligent girls with the common sense not to get drunk are turned away and in some cases ridiculed. The talk of girlfriends is a non-stop bombardment, but not to the extent of the next.

3. Homework

Homework has always been a topic but it now overshadows everything. Absolutely nothing wrong with discussing the task so you gain an understanding the hilarious inept teachers didn't give you but one question, one short question gets asked over 3 times a day:

"Have you done the X homework?"

People ask it to undermine confidence if you haven't done it, find a kindred spirit if they haven't done it or just ask it as part of a routine. It just drags the atmosphere down as well. If I've just come out of having a particular fun game of Magic the Gathering, my emotions set to full happiness, someone has to pop the question and bring me back to the reality that I've got two more years of infuriating, monotonous discussion to survive.

Thanks for reading. Comments on what angers you at the constant discussion would be most appreciated.