'I'm way too forgiving. I am not a door slammer. I will walk away from a person or a relationship when it's painfully clear they  don't want me in their life. Other than that, I have only walked out...|||This has happened with me before too. I tend to open up a lot to people and gauge how responsive they are to what I'm saying. I agree with the posters above that it was probably 1) your good...|||I'll try and find the names of some of those essays. :laughing:|||This reminds me of a controversy that happened when I was doing my Masters in university. Some kid kicked up a ruckus about the blatantly objectifying material we had to read. She had signed up for...|||I feel a bit useless these days. Dispensable. Like no one gives a shit what I do or where I go. I come home past 10 pm one night and my parents don't even care I was out so long, they don't even...|||Like someone else said, banning books is a more serious form of repression and hegemonic thinking!|||You need to tell us what this reading material was. A lot of Shakespeare, a lot of Greek tragedy, a lot of modern 20th century writing - a LOT of literature from every age has references to sex and...|||I think I'm a little like Kate... Cats... Books... sigh :happy:|||Oh wow... These are really good! The first thing I thought of when I saw the bolder lines was SCOTT PILGRIM, hahahaha!! I'm a huge fan of Scott Pilgrim. You're really talented! :kitteh: Will keep...|||What do you do when someone you really have a crush on is busy crushing out on someone else? :crying: I didn't think it would feel this gut-wrenching but it does. :sad:|||I have a colleague who complains about the same thing with a few of her 2nd grade students as well. So we put these slow learners in one room together and she and I taught them using clapping....|||I'm fed up. I don't know if I'm expecting too much or if I'm just not up to the mark. I'm tired of waiting and I'm tired of trying. I can't make myself any clearer than I already have. I'm tired of...|||Sorry for the double post, but I couldn't resist saying: Blake's The Tyger is about the ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, who was called the Tiger. He was defeated by the British in the Anglo-Mysore...|||I love poetry! Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, William Wordsworth, John Keats and Emily Dickinson are my absolute favourite poets of all time!  A Dust of Snow Robert Frost...|||Well, I stayed in university for five years so this list is based on my experience alone. I love(d) -- Lots of things about university life that I can't continue doing now that I'm living at home: ...|||Haha, that's the only thing I can make well-- a fluffy phulka :P I try to teach myself to cook sometimes, but my mother doesn't like it if I mess up her kitchen. My cooking skill is very sad. I can...|||A cat makes his own home, he doesn't necessarily follow his owners. So he thinks the first place is his. I suggest you lure him back home with a dish of food outside your new front door, so he...|||Well, I got into teaching... I don't teach little ones, though. I teach high school and higher secondary :S (grades 9-12 lol).  This is my first teaching job as well, and I'm overwhelmed in just...|||I was just beginning to feel sorry for myself tonight (no one loves me, I'm lonely again, etc.) when the prospect of a great weekend with a friend came up. His message was Hey my place is ready...|||Lonely as fuck.|||I usually curl up every night and imagine them with me and cry myself to sleep that way.  None of my crushes ever seem to have the slightest interest in me. :crying:|||A LOT of these sound like me. I have smething to add.  So I go to a store with my dad to buy a flash drive. The red one is 16 GB and the pink one is 4 GB and they're both priced the same. The red...|||Yeah me too, I'm horrible at outward displays of affection. I'm a cold-hearted bitch and save my xoxo only for people who deserve them. :dry:|||Fuck it, I'm crazy about this one person and I wish he could just take me in his arms and kiss me already. I just finished reading Norwegian Wood and I wish I had a Toru, someone who loved me with...|||Well, there was another scene today.   I think I've finally got to the root of this, although that doesn't make it any easier for me to control my anger.   I have figured that my parents just...|||This was really good to read. The suggestions are very real and things I can relate to. I was a teenager when my brother's illness was diagnosed, and it took a long time for them to accept something...|||Nope it's not English. The correct form is drowned - the past tense of drown|||:shocked: Lol. no. I was an irritable teenager. Well, not irritable, just quiet and unresponsive.|||Long version  Every weekend is a nightmare in my house because both my parents are home and I'm convinced I hate them.   My POV when I have an outburst: My dad is too hard on me and often...|||I love this thread! I have a Pinterest board with images just like this... That I can look at, sigh about, and wish I was there. :sigh:|||Diphenhydramine this is something you can answer!|||I liked my room mate in university. We both liked staying up late, she was quiet and thoughtful and would spend most of the day doodling or writing in her diary, and we both love animals, so every...|||Today I saw a very cute sight. A student of mine, a 13 year old boy, was spontaneously affectionate with his mum. I was sitting across the table from his mother and talking to her about her son's...|||Yes, that's correct.  Lesson 2: Your and You're  Your = belonging to you. You're = YOU ARE.  The apostrophe means that letters are missing and it's a contraction. Thus, you are becomes...|||DPH's last word brings us to effect vs. affect.  Effect is a noun. Alcohol has a bad effect on me.  Affect is used in its most common form as a verb. UV rays affect the skin.  These...|||:sad: I don't want to believe that my ex will never be the one. I live in a different country from him now, but my feelings for him are as strong as ever. I haven't really gone on dates or...|||I'm a bit like you. If I could have, I would have cut off all (or most) contact and tried to move on without ever thinking about my ex again. But he didn't want that. I was angry, too, very angry - I...|||You can if yo're doing the the International-GCSE curriculum. I'm not sure about any other curriculum, but maybe IB has the same thing (not sure). But if you want to do IGCSE, yes, you can be an...|||Jennywocky Thanks for that. Not that I paid much attention to it before, but the gossip is that she got bad feedback from the kids last year because she is too strict. I don't know what kind of...|||How can I stop taking what's known as constructive criticism so personally?  I have a horrible flaw, and that is to immediately get defensive whenever someone says something that makes me FEEL...|||Crying things out is a great solution for me.  Also bitching about someone to your mum (but immediately listing all the reasons you think they're awesome, basically arguing with yourself while...|||I'm not too insistent on beauty routines, but I do like to feel girly and pretty. So I go in for regular eyebrow-threading, waxing my limbs when they need it (and if I need to wear something that...|||My brother talks like this when he's psychotic (he's bipolar) but more likely your ex was drunk or high... Or he just plain got his facts mixed up. Don't worry too much! *hug*|||#1 I just hate fair weather friends. Friends who come to you only when they're lonely or in trouble or want something from you. Friends who just dismiss you the rest of the time like you're not even...|||The two things I bolded: wanting to leave the country, and, to a lesser degree, wanting to join my boyfriend (now ex) in a country on the other side of the globe from me... These two aspirations were...|||Your grades have fallen from 70s and 80s to less than 20. You need to take this slow, MM. You might get bogged down with the administrative processes between now and September. You REALLY need a...|||Monsieur Melancholy  I spent 3 years in university fucking around filing appeal after appeal for an extension while I was doing my M.Phil. The first half of 3 years is granted to everyone (1 1/2...|||@Bago: Lack of sex for 15 years doesn't mean the marriage is dead and that is not why he is leaving, he is leaving because of all the other feelings of emptiness this relationship has left for him. I...|||The ones I bolded, but I'm also too friendly and open at times, and lack diplomacy and tact in certain situations. I'm always saying things I think about later and think oops uh oh! :blushed: and I...|||Everything I've bolded in your list, and with a REAL emphasis on Resilience. I'm afraid I give up too easily, I fold way too soon. I'm terrified that I won't be able to handle it if something big...'