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- GTP_Johnny1996
High School
- Thread starter BubbleBelly542
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- Conway, NH
- Astroboy2215
To be honest it's not a lot, but I really don't like talking about myself, it feels kind of weird to me. Besides all they need to know is that I'm short and love cars.Geez.
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- GTP_Johnny1996
Same here except, not to be disrespectful or anything, the opposite of short.
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- Tecumseh, MI
- I_Fail_At_FPS
I'd kill to do 400 word essays again. In college, I often find myself doing at least 1,000 word essays in college. In fact, I've had to do several essays that wound up being over 1,500 words.
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- Conway, NH
- Astroboy2215
Its very easy, I just don't like writing about myself, I usually right my essays at about that word count, have a story that's going to be hitting 80,000 words soon.
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- Blitzbay
- Blitzbay
In college there is usually a shift from word essays to page essays (especially if your major is not language arts). My final paper for an Economic Forecasting class, complete with graphs and data results, turned in at 35 pages and over 6,000 words.
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- Tecumseh, MI
- I_Fail_At_FPS
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- Melbourne
- ScottPuss20
- CheetahsMeow
Some kid that I play soccer with in the school yard thinks he's a really good soccer player, but he stuffs up all the time
Even when he's given a penalty kick
Even when he's given a penalty kick
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- Hammerhead Garage
Oh, whinge, whinge, whinge. When I was at university, I was regularly doing 3,000-word essays. In my final years of post-grad work, I was pushing 10,000.
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- Chicago
- Brutaka_GT
I'm curious, why do university professors push for word-limited essays? I'm a senior in high school and I have only been required to do word-limited essays a handful of times outside of college applications.
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- Hammerhead Garage
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- GTP_Johnny1996
Part of the reason why I'm shy is because I've not have a good past. I'm always worried to open up because I feel like bad things are going to happen. Not only has what has happened to me made me stronger, it also screwed me up mentally.
There's this shy girl in my history class, who happens to be just like me, at least on the outside. I actually sometimes find myself worrying about her because I hope that she hasn't gone through/is going through what I did/am. Her shyness could be caused by anything, but what stands out to me about why is that she's been in some really bad crap like I have, because, as I said, what I've gone through messes with the way I think.
I almost want to talk to her to make sure everything's okay, but I don't have any idea how or where to begin. She's a complete stranger. At least I might be able to relate in some way. I don't know.
There's this shy girl in my history class, who happens to be just like me, at least on the outside. I actually sometimes find myself worrying about her because I hope that she hasn't gone through/is going through what I did/am. Her shyness could be caused by anything, but what stands out to me about why is that she's been in some really bad crap like I have, because, as I said, what I've gone through messes with the way I think.
I almost want to talk to her to make sure everything's okay, but I don't have any idea how or where to begin. She's a complete stranger. At least I might be able to relate in some way. I don't know.
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- Brutaka_GT
Usually when I have a good feeling about meeting someone, it generally ends up going good, I believe that you should try to talk to her, who knows, you may end up with a new close friend. Where to start is difficult, you don't wanna seem too brash or like your flirting with her, just try saying hello or something along those lines.
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- GTP_Johnny1996
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- NaveekDarkroom
So the Cards Against Humanity operation was apparently shut down. Oh well. It was bound to happen eventually. Guess someone caught wind of the game's nature. However, I'm continuing to get away with playing Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder during lunch, though that game's a bit less NSFW/offensive/rating on the box/whatever.
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- DaTrentster
Went to the midnight release of Pokemon last night, was running on like 4 hours of sleep. 2 of my first 4 classes were Study Halls, and the other two we watched a movie. I then had lunch, Physics, my actual Study Hall, a German test that I didn't study for but did VERY well on, and Calculus. I racked up probably 4 hours of Pokemon during the time I wasn't doing anything. I'm tired as hell, but it was worth it.
Today was a good day.
Today was a good day.
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- Will1amC
- killvvill
So I was thinking of trying out for my basketball team, and now there's an athletic fee... of $400(FYI, last year, it was $100, and when my brother went, it was only $40, 7 years ago..). Just no. My parents won't spare that kind of money unless it buys me a spot on the roster.
The lack of funding is ridiculous. The city keeps voting against the funding...
The lack of funding is ridiculous. The city keeps voting against the funding...
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- PeteWheet
Honestly, that is very ridiculous. I'm sure that the basketball team isn't going to last long if they have to charge that much. Plus, it's in the PS4 range. Would you rather play with a ball or with a controller?
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- GTP_Johnny1996
My school is currently spending thousands upon thousands of dollars in putting a new track and one or two new fields, all of which aren't even that terrible condition to replace, but yet they refuse to spend the money to get a technology overhaul that the district has needed for years, namely new computers. 
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- Arizona
- Will1amC
- killvvill
My school's been doing the complete opposite. We've been replacing the computers in the Labs with iMacs, and some classes have MacBooks that students can use. However, because of that we haven't been able to get stuff like new books and supplies. The local middle school has a better track then we do. The fields are terrible, but it's Arizona and they're all going to die anyways, so no need to replace those. I noticed that only half the lights were on today all around the school, too, so I hope it doesn't go downhill too fast.My school is currently spending thousands upon thousands of dollars in putting a new track and one or two new fields, all of which aren't even that terrible condition to replace, but yet they refuse to spend the money to get a technology overhaul that the district has needed for years, namely new computers.
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- NaveekDarkroom
Huh, the high school I went to had a computer system overhaul earlier this year, with LCDs and Windows 7 replacing all the old CRT monitors and Windows XP. It's nice, except right clicking doesn't work in the Windows shell, which is annoying.My school is currently spending thousands upon thousands of dollars in putting a new track and one or two new fields, all of which aren't even that terrible condition to replace, but yet they refuse to spend the money to get a technology overhaul that the district has needed for years, namely new computers.
Dan
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All of the computers in my school library have ridiculous mouse sensitivity or mouse acceleration issues. I can't fix it, because whenever I try to go into settings, it tells me only administrators can access this. 
They also updated MS Office to this new, and VERY annoying new format. The old one was perfect. If it ain't broken, DON'T TRY TO FIX IT!!!
They also updated MS Office to this new, and VERY annoying new format. The old one was perfect. If it ain't broken, DON'T TRY TO FIX IT!!!
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High school. Ah, yes. Where you want to get to class, but people are blocking your way. To the people that let me through:
Dan
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Or the people that walk on the RIGHT side of the hallway and go through the RIGHT door when they encounter a double-door.
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- I_Fail_At_FPS
We have a Bear down! Repeating- we have a Bear down! I couldn't bowl people out of the way because I was 5'5" 135 pounds when I was a high school senior. A couple years later, I gained 30 pounds but no height.
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- GTP_Johnny1996
Some of these teachers at my school really need to learn how to work with introverts like me. This happened a while ago, but I was in math class and one of two or three other students who had to redo a quiz because they failed it. I was the only introverted person out of the others. The teacher goes up to the others at their desks and says what she needs to say, but calls me out of the blue and out loud saying I need to retake it. That embarrassed me, which people of my kind don't want. Any other freaking person in the room, and the teacher would have went up to the student instead of making the student go to them. But no, not me. Not the class's only introvert.
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- CWM_Spirit
I'm not quite sure how you can call yourself the only introvert in the class. Unless you know everyone on a personal level, which most introverts don't, you don't really know just how people are on the inside. A lot of my classmates would think I'm funny and 'happy' a lot of the time, although I tend to be quiet in class. What they don't know is that I'm a really introverted and, depressed (there I said it), on the inside. They don't know my life story, the things that have happened, the things I'm going through right now, my social anxiety, and how it all affects me. They know what they see on the outside. I'm not saying you should know everyone that extensively, just don't assume that you're the only _________ because I can assure you that there's more than just you.
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