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I'm currently a Rising Sophomore/Junior in a weird predicament, looking for advice moving forward.
2024.05.20 04:24 DueReporter6824 I'm currently a Rising Sophomore/Junior in a weird predicament, looking for advice moving forward.
At the very beginning of my Freshman year, my mother and grandpa passed away. [sorry for the dramatic cold open!] I was struggling a lot that first semester, and while I was getting through the classes, I wasn't doing great at them. Not as great as I know I could.
By second semester, I ended up transferring into online classes, where I basically gave up, and dropped all of them. After that, I applied to a tiny private College-Prep liberal arts school and that's where I'm at now. It's nice, they lean heavily into having everyone do focused college-like Humanities classes and Arts. The summer before I started attending, my father also passed away. I hadn't been living with him, my parents were divorced and he wasn't in a position to take me in, but that still sucked.
Now obviously, having an entire semester of Fs on my transcript is problematic. Another issue is the fact that the school I currently go to doesn't actually do GPAs. All our grades are basically written as narrative evaluations, and since very few schools do that, it's hard to find resources outside of the web of my own school. If a College were to request a GPA, our school would be able to provide one, but that's basically a matter of the Principal reading through my evaluations, and determining roughly what they would be roughly equivalent to if I was at the nearby public school.
All of my evaluations have been absolutely solid, I'm fairly certain I would have straight As. In addition, while attending I did take a virtual French II class over the summer, Japanese 101 and Biology 101 at nearby Colleges; I have an A in all of them. I'm sure if I requested a GPA for my regular classes, I would have mostly As. I have taken Calculus I [AB], but I'm awaiting my AP score. Calculus AB/BC are the only AP classes my school offers. For what it's worth, I got a 1350 on my PSAT 11.
My goal is to go into Math. I plan to take Calculus II/BC and Engineering next year, and also Linear Algebra in the fall off-campus [which I will likely be eligible for, just need my AP score]. When it comes to colleges, I really don't know what is reasonable for me to even shoot for.
I'm in a weird nebulous position where I was supposed to graduate next year, but failed so I'm behind a year, but also have enough credits to graduate next year anyways as a Junior, if I wanted to. I've thought about it, but I don't know if that's what I should do.
I have had conversations with my principal, and I think they recommend I take the extra year simply to offset the Fs from those online classes from before I transferred. My principal jokes that now is pretty much the only time in my life where it will be beneficial to be an orphan, and I think that's probably kinda true. I had to pick myself up and take initiative for a lot of the things I'm doing, and I have constantly excelled since moving schools. I have been living semi-independently, juggling between houses [I haven't lived with my legal guardians in ~2 years, but they're still present]
When my principal was in High School, he attended Telluride for the summer, and now has the opportunity to 'nominate' students for it, and he plans to do so for me in the Fall. I'm thinking of doing that, it sounds great.
This Spring I applied for PROMYS, and although I think I did well on the application, I unfortunately, got rejected. Of course, I knew that was a reach program so I didn't expect much, but now my summer's free! There's always next time.
I also thought about simply applying to a few absurd reach schools in my Junior year (Hail Mary), since technically I could be eligible, and if I end up getting rejected from them, then I would still be fine. I could just go ahead and do my Senior year, after having gained experience with the College admissions process.
I'm also somewhat aware of QuestBridge, and that could be a good option if I went that route this Fall; if I'm eligible for the match, apply for what looks good, and if I match, then free money! If not, then try again next year with a stronger background. From my understanding, finalists for that tend to be high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds. I'm certain I fall under that umbrella. Only one of my parents graduated High School and went to College, however, given that my mom's culinary degree probably hasn't impacted my life much in about 3 years, I've been told there may be room to argue I'm a "first gen" -- No idea if that's true.
All of this is to say, I don't really know what I should do. I hope I described my situation well enough for you to get a gist of my predicament, if anyone has advice, I would appreciate it. Although I feel like I'm in a very unique situation, I'm sure there's someone else who's been in a similarly-shaped boat on here.
In the meantime, I need some rest. I have to move out soon, I'll be taking French again online this summer, and I'll be starting two independent studies in Game Design and Novel Writing; I would like to get a job with my city's public library soon, because I've been an intern for my school's library this year and that seems like a nice transition. Probably try and take the SAT in August... also need to learn how to drive.... well, I have a busy summer.
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By second semester, I ended up transferring into online classes, where I basically gave up, and dropped all of them. After that, I applied to a tiny private College-Prep liberal arts school and that's where I'm at now. It's nice, they lean heavily into having everyone do focused college-like Humanities classes and Arts. The summer before I started attending, my father also passed away. I hadn't been living with him, my parents were divorced and he wasn't in a position to take me in, but that still sucked.
Now obviously, having an entire semester of Fs on my transcript is problematic. Another issue is the fact that the school I currently go to doesn't actually do GPAs. All our grades are basically written as narrative evaluations, and since very few schools do that, it's hard to find resources outside of the web of my own school. If a College were to request a GPA, our school would be able to provide one, but that's basically a matter of the Principal reading through my evaluations, and determining roughly what they would be roughly equivalent to if I was at the nearby public school.
All of my evaluations have been absolutely solid, I'm fairly certain I would have straight As. In addition, while attending I did take a virtual French II class over the summer, Japanese 101 and Biology 101 at nearby Colleges; I have an A in all of them. I'm sure if I requested a GPA for my regular classes, I would have mostly As. I have taken Calculus I [AB], but I'm awaiting my AP score. Calculus AB/BC are the only AP classes my school offers. For what it's worth, I got a 1350 on my PSAT 11.
My goal is to go into Math. I plan to take Calculus II/BC and Engineering next year, and also Linear Algebra in the fall off-campus [which I will likely be eligible for, just need my AP score]. When it comes to colleges, I really don't know what is reasonable for me to even shoot for.
I'm in a weird nebulous position where I was supposed to graduate next year, but failed so I'm behind a year, but also have enough credits to graduate next year anyways as a Junior, if I wanted to. I've thought about it, but I don't know if that's what I should do.
I have had conversations with my principal, and I think they recommend I take the extra year simply to offset the Fs from those online classes from before I transferred. My principal jokes that now is pretty much the only time in my life where it will be beneficial to be an orphan, and I think that's probably kinda true. I had to pick myself up and take initiative for a lot of the things I'm doing, and I have constantly excelled since moving schools. I have been living semi-independently, juggling between houses [I haven't lived with my legal guardians in ~2 years, but they're still present]
When my principal was in High School, he attended Telluride for the summer, and now has the opportunity to 'nominate' students for it, and he plans to do so for me in the Fall. I'm thinking of doing that, it sounds great.
This Spring I applied for PROMYS, and although I think I did well on the application, I unfortunately, got rejected. Of course, I knew that was a reach program so I didn't expect much, but now my summer's free! There's always next time.
I also thought about simply applying to a few absurd reach schools in my Junior year (Hail Mary), since technically I could be eligible, and if I end up getting rejected from them, then I would still be fine. I could just go ahead and do my Senior year, after having gained experience with the College admissions process.
I'm also somewhat aware of QuestBridge, and that could be a good option if I went that route this Fall; if I'm eligible for the match, apply for what looks good, and if I match, then free money! If not, then try again next year with a stronger background. From my understanding, finalists for that tend to be high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds. I'm certain I fall under that umbrella. Only one of my parents graduated High School and went to College, however, given that my mom's culinary degree probably hasn't impacted my life much in about 3 years, I've been told there may be room to argue I'm a "first gen" -- No idea if that's true.
All of this is to say, I don't really know what I should do. I hope I described my situation well enough for you to get a gist of my predicament, if anyone has advice, I would appreciate it. Although I feel like I'm in a very unique situation, I'm sure there's someone else who's been in a similarly-shaped boat on here.
In the meantime, I need some rest. I have to move out soon, I'll be taking French again online this summer, and I'll be starting two independent studies in Game Design and Novel Writing; I would like to get a job with my city's public library soon, because I've been an intern for my school's library this year and that seems like a nice transition. Probably try and take the SAT in August... also need to learn how to drive.... well, I have a busy summer.
2024.05.20 04:21 E-duo I think I might probably be gay
Let's just get to the gist to it. There's this boy, who we're going to call glasses. We both have fourth period math together with each other and sit right beside each other. We sit in groups of four in the class, and our table is centered towards the back of the room. Every day I had to help him with his work because he has trouble with understanding the lesson we're in. It's not like I'm a super smart student, but at least I understood the material. It wasn't a big deal for me. His grades overall for math and science are terrible. It's not a secret, the teacher has even made jokes before in the class about his grade. Everyone else at our table was pretty much the same way, so I felt bad that he had to sit with all of us.
I'm not sure how we got on the topic, but at one point, I was basically doing his work for him because he said he didn't understand anything, and in all honesty, I don't think he even was trying to do it. He had to have had some knowledge about what he was doing though, because when he finally did his own work, he would get every answer wrong. That didn't stop him from making dumbass remarks, using his phone to look up the answers to the questions, and watching tiktoks on his phone. The only reason I would have been helping him out, is because it makes the class more enjoyable. If you're just sitting there by yourself, the class can be really boring. He has this habit where he would just say the most randomness statements. For example, once we were in the middle of doing an assigned online lesson, he just randomly turns to me, and tells me I'm gay. He has no filter on his mouth. I don't pay him any attention, as I have never felt attraction to a guy.
Not saying he's ugly or anything, he's pretty average looking. I've seen worse looking people. He's got this nice taper haircut, and looks good when he keeps it freshly trimmed, he wears those clear glasses, and has a pretty nice big nose. Not in a bad way, but a good size, and shape. I don't think I've ever seen him without a black or grey hoodie. I'm pretty sure he has an addiction. He has a pretty average body too, a little skinny, but it suits him. It's not like it's bad or anything. I don't judge anyone on their looks. We're both about the same height, with him being about an inch taller, maybe? His personality is probably his most unique..? Interesting? attribute. He's not one to hold back from sharing his thoughts. Sometimes I have to put up with him making fun of me and my personality. Sometimes in a playful way, but I have a few traits that can be picked on. One thing that is probably his biggest flaw is his over confidence, and the fact that he thinks he's the best at everything.
He's constantly bragging about things. He's the kind of person that makes you want to punch him. Not the worst thing in the world, but not the best. When we first started having conversations, it was pretty casual and chill, but then it escalated into him getting to the point of being aggravating. He would say the stupidest stuff. He would make fun of the way I looked, my clothes, how tall I am, and just the way I spoke. I'm not a super social person, so it's not that hard to make me uncomfortable. But still, when he wasn't annoying me to the point of begging the teacher to move my seat, I could have some decent conversations with him. He wasn't all that bad. He just didn't have the filter between his brain and his mouth. That's something I respect about him. It's a good trait to have. He's the type of person that will always be honest, and won't sugar coat his words. Even if it might be considered offensive. We'd have a lot of occurrences when he would say something funny. I can't even count how many times he made me smile, and even laugh. I was never embarrassed or ashamed about laughing. Not once.
I can tell he likes the way I laugh. Whenever he gets me to laugh, he'll be staring at me with this big grin on his face. He doesn't hide the fact that he wants to stare at me. When he says something funny, and he gets my attention, he'll give me a smile. It's not a forced one, it's natural, and I can tell that he genuinely means it. Sometimes I'd feel him looking at me and I'd catch him staring. It was usually a quick glance, and he'd turn his head away. But I could see him looking. At first I was confused, but I eventually got used to it. I'm not going to lie, it does make me nervous. I don't like being stared at. It makes me feel awkward and uncomfortable. But I never told him that. He was probably just trying to get my attention.
He's got a very strong sense of humor, and a lot of the things he would say, even the most serious and inappropriate things, are actually really funny. The way he speaks, and how he carries himself, I can tell he has a lot of self confidence, and a big ego. He's not afraid to show it either. It's almost like a form of self expression. It's hard to explain. The way he expresses his personality, it's something you have to see. The funny thing is, he's not even a good student. I have no idea why he was placed in a class that was obviously above his grade level. The only reason he's probably passing is because the teacher lets him goof off. The way he talks and acts, I'm pretty sure the teacher knows that he's a big distraction to the class, and doesn't want to have to deal with him. So she gives him the benefit of the doubt. I have no idea why he even cares so much about his grades. He always talks about how he doesn't care, and that his grades don't matter. The thing is, his behavior shows the opposite. Every day he'll come into class, and sit there waiting for the teacher to finish instruction, and when we began to work, he asks me if I can help him. Sometimes he'll just copy my answers. I've never said no, and have always helped him out. I've tried giving him hints and suggestions about the material, but he just doesn't listen.
It's not like it matters to me anyway. If I'm not helping him, he'll ask another student. He's a real pain in the ass, but I don't blame him. If I were in his situation, I'd be the same way. He's not the best student, and probably one of the dumbest kids in the school. The funny thing is, is that he acts like he's so much smarter than me. Like he's better than everyone else. But he's not. He's just a stupid, annoying kid who's not very smart. But he tries. And that's what's important. So once again, we're sitting at our table, doing an assigned lesson, and everyone else is talking to the table mates or doing their own thing. I'm pretty sure the teacher was helping out other students who was stuck on a question. We were sitting right next to each other. I was doing my work, while he was on his phone and had barely even began the assignment. That's when I felt a hand rubbing up and down my thigh. I was wearing some heavy baggy jeans, and could feel his hand moving up and down. I looked and stared at him while removing his hand. He looked at me with this knowing grin, and turned his attention back to his phone. I couldn't even concentrate at that exact moment. He was just acting like nothing had happened. I could feel my heart beating fast and my face was hot. I don't know why, but it was.
A few more minutes went by and the hand returned to my thigh. I tried shaking it off, but he wasn't having it. He wasn't letting go. So I gave up and left his hand there. I couldn't even finish the problem I was on, I just sat there letting his hand rub up and down my thigh. I looked over at him, and he was just staring at me with a grin on his face. His hand was just gently rubbing, up and down, up and down. Then he stopped, and he slowly removed his hand. He turned back to his phone. I don't know what I was thinking, but I reached my hand over to his thigh. I didn't look at him, and just placed my hand on his thigh. It was a pretty firm squeeze, and he flinched slightly. It was almost as if his entire body stiffened. I practically froze up since I forgot to do the whole rubbing motion. It was probably the most awkward moment of my life. It wasn't the way I wanted to react, but my body did what it had to do. I started slowly, but firmly massaging his thigh, and could feel him starting to relax. His eyes were glued to his phone, and he wasn't paying attention to the hand that was rubbing up and down.
Eventually, I removed my hand as the end of class was nearing. He and a few other students started standing up and gathering their things. I remained in my seat, as I felt a slight stiffness in my pants. My heart was racing, and I could feel my hands starting to get sweaty. I wasn't expecting anything like this to happen. It was awkward, but I had this.. lustful feeling in my stomach. As I sat there, he went on the other side of me and slyly pressed his crotch up against my shoulder. I could feel heat radiating from his body. It was obvious why it was so warm, and I knew what was happening. It was a weird sensation. It's hard to describe. I could feel the heat from his pants on my shoulder. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was enough to get me really flustered. I was starting to feel a little anxious. After that, the bell rang and everyone quickly gathered their belongings and left the room.
It was a weird feeling, and I couldn't even focus in class. I could barely think straight. I couldn't even finish the lesson we were assigned. I didn't know what to do. I was just caressing another guys leg. What was even worse was that the guy I was caressing, was the same guy who was always making fun of me. I was starting to panic. Was it wrong to have done that? Am I going to get in trouble? What if he tells someone? The only reason why I did it was because I was curious. What if someone saw us.
I'm really confused and I don't what to do. We've only have a week left of school, and then we'd have summer break. I want to ask him for his number. And I don't know why I want it. To talk? Hang out? Something else? What do people usually do to have fun with people like him? Should I ask him for his numbers?
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I'm not sure how we got on the topic, but at one point, I was basically doing his work for him because he said he didn't understand anything, and in all honesty, I don't think he even was trying to do it. He had to have had some knowledge about what he was doing though, because when he finally did his own work, he would get every answer wrong. That didn't stop him from making dumbass remarks, using his phone to look up the answers to the questions, and watching tiktoks on his phone. The only reason I would have been helping him out, is because it makes the class more enjoyable. If you're just sitting there by yourself, the class can be really boring. He has this habit where he would just say the most randomness statements. For example, once we were in the middle of doing an assigned online lesson, he just randomly turns to me, and tells me I'm gay. He has no filter on his mouth. I don't pay him any attention, as I have never felt attraction to a guy.
Not saying he's ugly or anything, he's pretty average looking. I've seen worse looking people. He's got this nice taper haircut, and looks good when he keeps it freshly trimmed, he wears those clear glasses, and has a pretty nice big nose. Not in a bad way, but a good size, and shape. I don't think I've ever seen him without a black or grey hoodie. I'm pretty sure he has an addiction. He has a pretty average body too, a little skinny, but it suits him. It's not like it's bad or anything. I don't judge anyone on their looks. We're both about the same height, with him being about an inch taller, maybe? His personality is probably his most unique..? Interesting? attribute. He's not one to hold back from sharing his thoughts. Sometimes I have to put up with him making fun of me and my personality. Sometimes in a playful way, but I have a few traits that can be picked on. One thing that is probably his biggest flaw is his over confidence, and the fact that he thinks he's the best at everything.
He's constantly bragging about things. He's the kind of person that makes you want to punch him. Not the worst thing in the world, but not the best. When we first started having conversations, it was pretty casual and chill, but then it escalated into him getting to the point of being aggravating. He would say the stupidest stuff. He would make fun of the way I looked, my clothes, how tall I am, and just the way I spoke. I'm not a super social person, so it's not that hard to make me uncomfortable. But still, when he wasn't annoying me to the point of begging the teacher to move my seat, I could have some decent conversations with him. He wasn't all that bad. He just didn't have the filter between his brain and his mouth. That's something I respect about him. It's a good trait to have. He's the type of person that will always be honest, and won't sugar coat his words. Even if it might be considered offensive. We'd have a lot of occurrences when he would say something funny. I can't even count how many times he made me smile, and even laugh. I was never embarrassed or ashamed about laughing. Not once.
I can tell he likes the way I laugh. Whenever he gets me to laugh, he'll be staring at me with this big grin on his face. He doesn't hide the fact that he wants to stare at me. When he says something funny, and he gets my attention, he'll give me a smile. It's not a forced one, it's natural, and I can tell that he genuinely means it. Sometimes I'd feel him looking at me and I'd catch him staring. It was usually a quick glance, and he'd turn his head away. But I could see him looking. At first I was confused, but I eventually got used to it. I'm not going to lie, it does make me nervous. I don't like being stared at. It makes me feel awkward and uncomfortable. But I never told him that. He was probably just trying to get my attention.
He's got a very strong sense of humor, and a lot of the things he would say, even the most serious and inappropriate things, are actually really funny. The way he speaks, and how he carries himself, I can tell he has a lot of self confidence, and a big ego. He's not afraid to show it either. It's almost like a form of self expression. It's hard to explain. The way he expresses his personality, it's something you have to see. The funny thing is, he's not even a good student. I have no idea why he was placed in a class that was obviously above his grade level. The only reason he's probably passing is because the teacher lets him goof off. The way he talks and acts, I'm pretty sure the teacher knows that he's a big distraction to the class, and doesn't want to have to deal with him. So she gives him the benefit of the doubt. I have no idea why he even cares so much about his grades. He always talks about how he doesn't care, and that his grades don't matter. The thing is, his behavior shows the opposite. Every day he'll come into class, and sit there waiting for the teacher to finish instruction, and when we began to work, he asks me if I can help him. Sometimes he'll just copy my answers. I've never said no, and have always helped him out. I've tried giving him hints and suggestions about the material, but he just doesn't listen.
It's not like it matters to me anyway. If I'm not helping him, he'll ask another student. He's a real pain in the ass, but I don't blame him. If I were in his situation, I'd be the same way. He's not the best student, and probably one of the dumbest kids in the school. The funny thing is, is that he acts like he's so much smarter than me. Like he's better than everyone else. But he's not. He's just a stupid, annoying kid who's not very smart. But he tries. And that's what's important. So once again, we're sitting at our table, doing an assigned lesson, and everyone else is talking to the table mates or doing their own thing. I'm pretty sure the teacher was helping out other students who was stuck on a question. We were sitting right next to each other. I was doing my work, while he was on his phone and had barely even began the assignment. That's when I felt a hand rubbing up and down my thigh. I was wearing some heavy baggy jeans, and could feel his hand moving up and down. I looked and stared at him while removing his hand. He looked at me with this knowing grin, and turned his attention back to his phone. I couldn't even concentrate at that exact moment. He was just acting like nothing had happened. I could feel my heart beating fast and my face was hot. I don't know why, but it was.
A few more minutes went by and the hand returned to my thigh. I tried shaking it off, but he wasn't having it. He wasn't letting go. So I gave up and left his hand there. I couldn't even finish the problem I was on, I just sat there letting his hand rub up and down my thigh. I looked over at him, and he was just staring at me with a grin on his face. His hand was just gently rubbing, up and down, up and down. Then he stopped, and he slowly removed his hand. He turned back to his phone. I don't know what I was thinking, but I reached my hand over to his thigh. I didn't look at him, and just placed my hand on his thigh. It was a pretty firm squeeze, and he flinched slightly. It was almost as if his entire body stiffened. I practically froze up since I forgot to do the whole rubbing motion. It was probably the most awkward moment of my life. It wasn't the way I wanted to react, but my body did what it had to do. I started slowly, but firmly massaging his thigh, and could feel him starting to relax. His eyes were glued to his phone, and he wasn't paying attention to the hand that was rubbing up and down.
Eventually, I removed my hand as the end of class was nearing. He and a few other students started standing up and gathering their things. I remained in my seat, as I felt a slight stiffness in my pants. My heart was racing, and I could feel my hands starting to get sweaty. I wasn't expecting anything like this to happen. It was awkward, but I had this.. lustful feeling in my stomach. As I sat there, he went on the other side of me and slyly pressed his crotch up against my shoulder. I could feel heat radiating from his body. It was obvious why it was so warm, and I knew what was happening. It was a weird sensation. It's hard to describe. I could feel the heat from his pants on my shoulder. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it was enough to get me really flustered. I was starting to feel a little anxious. After that, the bell rang and everyone quickly gathered their belongings and left the room.
It was a weird feeling, and I couldn't even focus in class. I could barely think straight. I couldn't even finish the lesson we were assigned. I didn't know what to do. I was just caressing another guys leg. What was even worse was that the guy I was caressing, was the same guy who was always making fun of me. I was starting to panic. Was it wrong to have done that? Am I going to get in trouble? What if he tells someone? The only reason why I did it was because I was curious. What if someone saw us.
I'm really confused and I don't what to do. We've only have a week left of school, and then we'd have summer break. I want to ask him for his number. And I don't know why I want it. To talk? Hang out? Something else? What do people usually do to have fun with people like him? Should I ask him for his numbers?
2024.05.20 04:12 Outside51 Micro
So i am taking the micro/immuno combine course. I just don't know how to study for micro. I take the exam tomorrow and I feel like I'm going to fail. I know I will pass the combined class but that is due to my grades in immuno being high. I just don't understand how to study for micro. I used sketchy for this exam and I still feel like I don't know enough to pass. I changed my studying between the first and second micro exams. I failed the first one and I don't feel good about this one. Any advice for some last-minute changes I can make? anything would be appreciated. I just want to be able to pass one of the micro exams so I know I can do it for next semester when I might not have the flexibility of immunology to protect me.
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2024.05.20 04:08 swumhomiez got into an argument with my mom about how she neglected my hair
i am 18 and about to graduate and i am seeing my old elementary photos. it hurts to see the state of my hair back then. it was never done in berets, big twists, puffs, never. she never put an ounce of product in there. it was always dry, blown out hair, permed, or it was in braids that i kept for 3+ months.
she used to let me go out with matted or burned off permed hair. i remember how when she took me to a salon the hairstylist would spend some time detangling my hair.
now today she asked me to oil her hair, and to be honest with yall i did not want to do it. i vigorously combed her hair and i remarked on how she used to be very rough with my hair. then she tried to deny my claim, then she said about how she had four kids and a lot on her plate. i said how she neglected my hair and she took it as me telling her that she is a bad mom. i never said that she was a bad mom, i just said that she neglected my hair.
i know i am not crazy. i remember how i would always get perms. i remember the cruel things she said about my hair . i remember i remember. i feel bad for calling her neglectful but it’s just the way that i feel. i remember other black moms coming up to me about how to take care of my hair. i started to do my own hair at 8 years old (probably even younger bc i was maintaining my permed hair.) i know i wasnt perfect with it but i was tired of the bullying. that’s when my hair started to flourish and grow. nowadays it’s constant compliments about how long my hair is, but i still feel like that little girl who was constantly berated about her hair texture by her own parents. i said that i was sorry for roughly combing her hair, but i still felt the same way about her neglecting it. she started to cry which made me feel horrible, i apologized for “calling her a bad mom” but i never said she was. i just feel like that small part of me was never resolved or brought up.
for clarity i was permed up until fourth grade (i took a year break in second grade, and then my father permed my hair again in 3rd). i hated getting braids done when i was little. i always wanted the beret style but my mom never did it. she did apologize but i don’t appreciate how she told my dad that i called her a bad mom. he completely went off on me which made me more angry
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she used to let me go out with matted or burned off permed hair. i remember how when she took me to a salon the hairstylist would spend some time detangling my hair.
now today she asked me to oil her hair, and to be honest with yall i did not want to do it. i vigorously combed her hair and i remarked on how she used to be very rough with my hair. then she tried to deny my claim, then she said about how she had four kids and a lot on her plate. i said how she neglected my hair and she took it as me telling her that she is a bad mom. i never said that she was a bad mom, i just said that she neglected my hair.
i know i am not crazy. i remember how i would always get perms. i remember the cruel things she said about my hair . i remember i remember. i feel bad for calling her neglectful but it’s just the way that i feel. i remember other black moms coming up to me about how to take care of my hair. i started to do my own hair at 8 years old (probably even younger bc i was maintaining my permed hair.) i know i wasnt perfect with it but i was tired of the bullying. that’s when my hair started to flourish and grow. nowadays it’s constant compliments about how long my hair is, but i still feel like that little girl who was constantly berated about her hair texture by her own parents. i said that i was sorry for roughly combing her hair, but i still felt the same way about her neglecting it. she started to cry which made me feel horrible, i apologized for “calling her a bad mom” but i never said she was. i just feel like that small part of me was never resolved or brought up.
for clarity i was permed up until fourth grade (i took a year break in second grade, and then my father permed my hair again in 3rd). i hated getting braids done when i was little. i always wanted the beret style but my mom never did it. she did apologize but i don’t appreciate how she told my dad that i called her a bad mom. he completely went off on me which made me more angry
2024.05.20 03:52 Wolfalisk318 Dinosaur MOBA/Team Arena Character Concept: Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus - The Vigilant of the Herd!
- Utility Healer, Disruptor
- Proximity-based, area abilities, no targeting, weaker without allies, prefers prolonged teamfights
Kit + Abilities:
Trait: Social Dinosaur / Landstrider Passive: Parasaurolophus maintains a 500-unit permanent aura radius around herself. The strength of Parasaurolophus' abilities are increased incrementally as she surrounds herself with additional allies. 20%/30%/40%/50% bonus multipliers respectively for being around 1/2/3/4 allies. Being Silenced or Stunned temporarily disables this aura. Additionally, if Parasaurolophus moves in the same direction for 3 seconds, she will pick up her forelegs and run bipedally until stopping or changing cardinal directions, increasing her movespeed by 25% and causing her cooldowns to tick 10% faster while these parameters are maintained.Q Ability: Advancing Punt: Active: Parasaurolophus lunges forward towards the cursor a small distance, slamming her forelegs on the ground and following up with a headbutt for two separate instances of damage. Enemies that are contacted by the punt are pushed forward a corresponding distance to be hit by the headbutt. Enemies that are hit by both attacks are stunned for 1 second. If Advancing Punt is initiated while Landstrider is in an active state, the displacement of Parasaurolophus herself and her enemies will increase to reflect that momentum.
W Ability: Herd Serenity: Passive: Allies around Parasaurolophus have a bonus rate of health regeneration factored at +100% their base rate, and +50% increased mana regeneration rate.
Active: When activated, allies around Parasaurolophus are healed for 20% of their max HP, and are cleansed of all crowd control, and Herd Serenity's Passive is applied at 500% base health regen and 250% base mana regen for 5 seconds.
E Ability: Sound Alarm: Passive: Parasaurolophus senses activity in the fog of war and vision-less brush within 1000 units and forewarns its team with "!" notifications where enemy movement occurs.
Active: Parasaurolophus extends her effect aura to 1000 units for 5 seconds, applying all applicable benefits and fully revealing the area it entails, including stealthed enemies, and immediately activates Landstrider, which will persist at least for the duration of this ability regardless of directional changes.
Ultimate Ability: Hadrosaur Stampede!: Active: Parasaurolophus becomes unstoppable and charges forward, stomping 3 times and knocking back enemies as she goes. If three or more enemies are cumulatively hit by the first two stomps, Parasaurolophus will instead perform a sweeping tailwhip for the third attack, expanding the width of the final strike to a half-circle, which will stun all enemies hit for 1 second and refresh the cooldowns of Herd Serenity and Sound Alarm. Hadrosaur Stampede! benefits from Landstrider in the same way that Advancing Punt does.
Playing against Parasaurolophus:
- Parasaurolophus has no targeted abilities - friendly or damaging - and so she isn't ideal for healing especially wounded teammates individually, or helping her team focus down a specific opponent.
- Parasaurolophus is capable of initiating teamfights by charging out of brush/fog with Landstrider (which may be stacked with ally-based movespeed buffs), and immediately ulting into your entire team - be mindful of where she is.
- She is not a particularly effective solo-laner because all of her abilities are budgeted for hitting multiple targets, so split-pushing, pressuring multiple areas on the map at once, and out-rotating Parasaurolophus will limit her ability to maximize her contribution to the team - she can only be in one place at a time.
- Parasaurolophus can be countered by quickly focusing down her individual allies in teamfights, avoiding long attritional engagements, and staying away from teammates during her ultimate to deny cooldown resets on her critical abilities. She does not really have the burst healing capacity to prevent a teammate from being quickly assassinated.
- Healing Reduction will severely limit Parasaurolophus' ability to keep her teammates healthy.
- Prioritizing Parasaurolophus in a fight can force her to use her active heal from Herd Serenity selfishly to stay alive, essentially denying her team the full value of the heal since her allies are still near full health.
- Advancing Punt and Hadrosaur Stampede! cannot be cancelled, so Parasaurolophus is committed to the full animation of these directional abilities and therefore she can very easily walk straight into her own death with ill-timed use of these abilities.
2024.05.20 03:49 National_Ear2611 Please Chance Me! Rate My College Application Stats
Hi all! I am currently a junior in high school and I attend a public school in Michigan ranked about 30th-ish in high school rankings in Michigan. This fall, I begin my college application process and I am so eager and excited, yet worried and stressed that I wont get in and my life will be over.
I wanted to share my high school stats and extra curriculars etc. with you all with the hopes that you guys could tell me what you think my chances of getting into the colleges that I am looking at are and to just lay out my current status.
(DISCLAIMER) My stats/description may come off as cocky or ignorant at some points, please don't take it the wrong way.
Background:
-White Male
-Low-Mid Middle Class Family
-Dad attended Michigan State University - he is a high school teacher
-Mom did not go to college -she works as basically a college counselor
-I will need financial aid for college, parents are not contributing
My highest ambitions in life/out of college:
Grades, EC's, Leadership, Sports, Work, Businesses, Volunteer, Music, etc.
Junior Year: AP World History, Most likely will get a 5; AP Precalculus, Most likely will get a 5 too.
Senior Year: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics
Piano:
Tennis:
-Freshman, Sophomore, Junior year Varsity Team
-2023 (Fall) Division 3 MHSAA #1 Doubles Individual State Champion
-#1 Ranked Doubles Player in the State of Michigan
-2023 First Team All State
-Never Lost a Conference Match/3-Time Team and Individual Back to Back to Back Conference Individual and Team Titles (2021, 2022, 2023)
-2 Time Individual Regional Champion, 2 Time Individual Regional Team Champions (2021, 2022)
-Apart of the 2021, 2022, 2023 all academic teams
-Finished 6th Place as a team in 2022, Finished 5th Place as a team in 2023
-I will play my senior year
Golf:
-Freshman, Sophomore: JV Golf Team
-Junior: Varsity Golf Team, Ranked 4th as a team in the state
-I will play my senior year (on the varsity team)
-Most Likely will win the Conference Championship and Regional Championship in the next two weeks 😬
Basketball:
-Freshman Year: Freshman Team
-Sophomore Year: JV Team
-Did not play junior year, and will not play senior year
Pickleball Club Member at my Highschool
-Joined a friend on the summer before junior year to co-own a car detailing company (may rejoin, not sure) (Self Employed)
-Worked as an Usher at a movie theater, winter of junior year (Hourly Pay) - will return for winter of my senior year
-Will work as a tennis camp/lesson instructor with my tennis coach at a training facility this summer (Hourly Pay)
-Volunteered at Kids Food Basket, local libraries, tennis camp volunteering, and various school sponsored events
-Varsity Tennis Captain
-Tennis Lesson Teaching this summer
-Visiting each college this summer as well
-Currently learning how to trade financial markets (Duration=1 year)
-Spend hours each day learning music and finance/math stuff
-Performed Piano (boogie woogie/rock n roll improvisations at high school talents shows, played piano in a wedding when I was 11, played piano at churches for graduation baccalaureates.
-My determination and dedication to math, finance, music, and life in general
-Metaphorical topics about navigating the struggles of the social and academic aspects of high school
-My obsession with music from the 50s-90s
-My obsessions with gaining knowledge and learning as much as possible and why or how things happen or work.
-My obsessions with improving each day and getting stuff done
-How I am a winner in life and that I excel in the things I pursue and that I do everything I can to improve and win
*I am in the way early stage of brainstorming btw*
-My AP World History teacher: Another teacher that loves me just as my math teacher does
-My High School Counselor: Also loves me and has connections to my family, so we are closer than other highschool students are with her.
*Want to do a double major: Finance, and Music (Maybe Minor or Triple Major with mathematics)
*Schools that don't offer a undergraduate business school I will most likely do some sort of combination of economics, mathematics, and music
Schools 😬:
Safety: Michigan State University (Broad School of Business) (Honors)
Reaches (All IB target schools are reaches 😭, except maybe Indiana):
-University of Michigan (Ross)
-Pennsylvania University (Wharton)
-New York University (Stern)
-Indiana University (Kelley)
-Columbia University - no undergraduate business school
-Northwestern University - no undergraduate business school
-Duke University - no undergraduate business school
-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
-Vanderbilt University - no undergraduate business school
-University of Tennessee (Haslem)
-Penn State University (Smeal)
-Cornell University (SC Johnson)
Schools I might just apply to at the last minute for the heck of it:
-Princeton
-Miami (Florida)
-Illinois University
-Virginia University
THIS POST IS LONG AND I AM SORRY.
Please give me feedback on whether I'd have a strong chance or not of getting into these top schools. It would mean the world to me as I don't know where else I can go to get someone to help rate my stats and tell me if I am out of my mind or not about applying to these schools, or my goals in life in general.
Thank you for letting me rant, and please be honest
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I wanted to share my high school stats and extra curriculars etc. with you all with the hopes that you guys could tell me what you think my chances of getting into the colleges that I am looking at are and to just lay out my current status.
(DISCLAIMER) My stats/description may come off as cocky or ignorant at some points, please don't take it the wrong way.
Background:
-White Male
-Low-Mid Middle Class Family
-Dad attended Michigan State University - he is a high school teacher
-Mom did not go to college -she works as basically a college counselor
-I will need financial aid for college, parents are not contributing
My highest ambitions in life/out of college:
- I hope to one day have a job in a high finance position in New York City or Chicago (Investment Banking, PE, Consulting, Quants etc) - therefore I am applying to top prestigious target schools for recruitment, internships, and networking opportunities
- I hope to one day be one of the greatest musicians of all time
Grades, EC's, Leadership, Sports, Work, Businesses, Volunteer, Music, etc.
- 4.0 GPA
- 1390 SAT Score-the one thing that will hold me back? 😭 - I am going to take in probably 6 times. 1390 was my first try, 690 Reading and Writing, 700 Math
- AP Classes: (I wish I would've done more)
Junior Year: AP World History, Most likely will get a 5; AP Precalculus, Most likely will get a 5 too.
Senior Year: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics
- Musical Prodigy - Piano at least
Piano:
- 12 Years
- Completely Self Taught
- Rock n Roll, Boogie Woogie, Blues, Jazz, Country Western, and Gospel Pianist (not your average 17 year old piano player lol)
- Play By Ear (Play me a song on the radio, I'll play it back for you)
- 7 Years
- Completely Self Taught
- Same Music Styles as above
- Play By Ear
- My Room's walls are filled with guitar diagrams and sheets, it looks like I am going crazy lol-may use this in my college essays, idk haha.
- 1 Year
- Completely Self Taught
- Same Music Styles as above
- Play by Ear
Tennis:
-Freshman, Sophomore, Junior year Varsity Team
-2023 (Fall) Division 3 MHSAA #1 Doubles Individual State Champion
-#1 Ranked Doubles Player in the State of Michigan
-2023 First Team All State
-Never Lost a Conference Match/3-Time Team and Individual Back to Back to Back Conference Individual and Team Titles (2021, 2022, 2023)
-2 Time Individual Regional Champion, 2 Time Individual Regional Team Champions (2021, 2022)
-Apart of the 2021, 2022, 2023 all academic teams
-Finished 6th Place as a team in 2022, Finished 5th Place as a team in 2023
-I will play my senior year
Golf:
-Freshman, Sophomore: JV Golf Team
-Junior: Varsity Golf Team, Ranked 4th as a team in the state
-I will play my senior year (on the varsity team)
-Most Likely will win the Conference Championship and Regional Championship in the next two weeks 😬
Basketball:
-Freshman Year: Freshman Team
-Sophomore Year: JV Team
-Did not play junior year, and will not play senior year
Pickleball Club Member at my Highschool
- Work/Businesses:
-Joined a friend on the summer before junior year to co-own a car detailing company (may rejoin, not sure) (Self Employed)
-Worked as an Usher at a movie theater, winter of junior year (Hourly Pay) - will return for winter of my senior year
-Will work as a tennis camp/lesson instructor with my tennis coach at a training facility this summer (Hourly Pay)
- Volunteering
-Volunteered at Kids Food Basket, local libraries, tennis camp volunteering, and various school sponsored events
- Leadership (Lacking-ish?)
-Varsity Tennis Captain
-Tennis Lesson Teaching this summer
- Demonstrated Interest, to an extent lol
-Visiting each college this summer as well
-Currently learning how to trade financial markets (Duration=1 year)
-Spend hours each day learning music and finance/math stuff
-Performed Piano (boogie woogie/rock n roll improvisations at high school talents shows, played piano in a wedding when I was 11, played piano at churches for graduation baccalaureates.
- Essay Topics:
-My determination and dedication to math, finance, music, and life in general
-Metaphorical topics about navigating the struggles of the social and academic aspects of high school
-My obsession with music from the 50s-90s
-My obsessions with gaining knowledge and learning as much as possible and why or how things happen or work.
-My obsessions with improving each day and getting stuff done
-How I am a winner in life and that I excel in the things I pursue and that I do everything I can to improve and win
*I am in the way early stage of brainstorming btw*
- Letters of Recommendation:
-My AP World History teacher: Another teacher that loves me just as my math teacher does
-My High School Counselor: Also loves me and has connections to my family, so we are closer than other highschool students are with her.
- COLLEGES I AM APPLYING TO:
*Want to do a double major: Finance, and Music (Maybe Minor or Triple Major with mathematics)
*Schools that don't offer a undergraduate business school I will most likely do some sort of combination of economics, mathematics, and music
Schools 😬:
Safety: Michigan State University (Broad School of Business) (Honors)
Reaches (All IB target schools are reaches 😭, except maybe Indiana):
-University of Michigan (Ross)
-Pennsylvania University (Wharton)
-New York University (Stern)
-Indiana University (Kelley)
-Columbia University - no undergraduate business school
-Northwestern University - no undergraduate business school
-Duke University - no undergraduate business school
-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
-Vanderbilt University - no undergraduate business school
-University of Tennessee (Haslem)
-Penn State University (Smeal)
-Cornell University (SC Johnson)
Schools I might just apply to at the last minute for the heck of it:
-Princeton
-Miami (Florida)
-Illinois University
-Virginia University
THIS POST IS LONG AND I AM SORRY.
Please give me feedback on whether I'd have a strong chance or not of getting into these top schools. It would mean the world to me as I don't know where else I can go to get someone to help rate my stats and tell me if I am out of my mind or not about applying to these schools, or my goals in life in general.
Thank you for letting me rant, and please be honest
2024.05.20 03:44 GreenMan165 [WTS/WTT] [SK] LCT AKM
Looking to trade or sell an LCT AKM. This is a current Gen with the quick change spring gearbox, fantastic gun, all wood and steel. Comes with 1 600 round LCT hi cap.
Works smooth as it sits, I'm a second owner and it hasn't really been used much by either of us from the look, shooting at around 400 FPS currently. I have taken it out to shoot a few times, and it works great.
LCT AKM: $525 shipped
I can do Paypal or EMT!
I'd be interested in trading this for an AGM STG44 or Matrix/AY 1918 BAR, or perhaps a King Arms "Ultra Grade" full wood and metal lower M1A1 Thompson. In the chance there is a Snow Wolf MP18 out there, I'd be happy to set up a trade with cash if needed for one!
LCT AKM: https://imgur.com/a/SnAqCAC
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Works smooth as it sits, I'm a second owner and it hasn't really been used much by either of us from the look, shooting at around 400 FPS currently. I have taken it out to shoot a few times, and it works great.
LCT AKM: $525 shipped
I can do Paypal or EMT!
I'd be interested in trading this for an AGM STG44 or Matrix/AY 1918 BAR, or perhaps a King Arms "Ultra Grade" full wood and metal lower M1A1 Thompson. In the chance there is a Snow Wolf MP18 out there, I'd be happy to set up a trade with cash if needed for one!
LCT AKM: https://imgur.com/a/SnAqCAC
2024.05.20 03:29 Icy_Mathematician313 Planning to no longer rush
I've wanted to rush since I was in 5th grade—it's something I've always dreamed of. Now, I'm transferring to an SEC school, a place I've wanted to attend since I was a kid. But lately, I've been having second thoughts. I'm a plus-size, introverted girl with no connections to sororities. I know how things work at these types of schools, and I'm worried I'll be judged unfairly because of my appearance. It hurts knowing that I haven't prepared myself to be "sorority ready." No matter how much effort I put into my hair, outfits, makeup, or attitude, I know I won't be judged fairly. I can't believe I'm letting my younger self down like this. Do you think I should still go for it, or not?
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2024.05.20 03:25 BubblyPalpitation606 Is my life ruined?
I had returned to school after 3 years because of Covid and got my first phone. I was 13 at the time and was just entering grade 8 middle school. I was addicted to my phone back then and used it constantly and met some bad internet influence. After a few weeks, I had a slight argument with my friend over text where the internet influence told me to use the n word. He had said that it was just a swear word like all the others so I had used it, saying “f**k you” then the n words a few seconds later, believing that there was nothing else to it. My friend knew however and decided to take a screenshot. We’re now in grade 9 high school, moving to grade 10 where around 3 months ago, brought back up the image. He had given it to around 3 other people who had shared it with a few of their friends. I recently saw on the news from a few years ago that many high school students had their admission rescinded or were facing expulsion for saying something similar and it going viral on social media. I am worried that this could happen to me because I could be in a similar situation as then in a few years and have been stressed about it for the last few months.
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2024.05.20 03:21 crkenney Something I wrote when I was sad
My LIfe Is Worth More Than 36 Apples I was am a sole from this point on. The moths of darkness just began a fetus in the woumb. Both mother and father have litle knolige of my existance my begening is heare hethy with nknone emosion untill I was sliced from my mother. My parents fell in love with me from the begening little did they know that tere was somthing wrong. It was not there falt I think that I loved them at that point to. I was dieing. My heart broken by imprefection that only flesh offers to the potentialy imortal relm of God placed soil named Earth. Spoler alert I servive otherwise you would not be reading this. One day out of my life I fely horible sick beyond what the doctors had already fixed I was dieing still alive but dieing why they “forgot” ( neglected) to tell my parents that I have a paralised vocla chord is beond even my ant’s comprehencion and she is a sergical nerce. What made them fear my parents? What made them fear so much that they could not tell my perents what hppened? I ask these questions so often that I wonder why I servived. That is when one day out of my life I felt amasing like God was truly there to witness me changing to somthing worth more than any dimond in the world. My parents kept me alive by questining the doctors did so little. My grandmother prayed so much I wonder how I survived. One day of my life I felt horible Thank the lord that I was not dieing my great gradfather was putt to sleap in his grave I now have a feading tube one year old no birthday cake for me. I gess that there is where my life chages yet again. I wonder how I survived. One day out of my life I felt Exuberant I am two years old ,Birthday cake ;-) Yay, my first ever the tube is gone. My parrents still wotty but they realy don’t have to any more until laiter. Gram is there. So is most of my family. I love my gram so much at this point I would taher be at her houce than at home there is so much I still have to live for. One day out of my life I feal loved I am at home having fun with my gram telling her stories that I make up as I go along. She loves me I know it in my heart. There are not enugh words, colors, and sounds to describe what I felt in this world at that moment for my little mind to wrap its gentle fingers around I am less than five years old so the only resion that I remember is a home movie. It is a wonder that I survived. One day out of my life it is near cristmass I could be five but I am not certan I thaught tis memory a dream until my mother told me the story. I was sick enugh that my parents thaught that I was dieing. I had an ear infection, pnumonya, and somthing elce my mother can not remenber. I wonder why I survived. One day out of my life I am still five and going to kindergaden I love to run around and hide out undeneath the slides if only I knew what the world was than I probabley whould not have kissed a boy on the lips so soon. I shold have knone that such an act as this was for the day of prom or highscool. I was definatly not ready for being in love, nor was I ready to kiss boys impishly under the that particular Emitsberg Elimentery slide. The boy’s confusion was so great that I belive he ither liked me or he did not know who I was to tell the teacher what had happened. Ither way I grew up way to quikly and at the same time to slowly for my mothers liking. I would barly clean my room thak the lord for her patince at this poit in my life, other wise I woder how I did survive. One day out of my life I was in first grade imaging what life would be like on the moon. I was listening to the teacher but I could not for the life of me was i being sent to lern how to read and wright when I already knew how to do both of those things. What where they thinking I neaded more help with math than with reading and spelling I could study those wordes and sentance structures. Why did they chose to give me exta practice in my faverite subject the only problem I had was telling lowecace B’s from lowercace D’s until a nice teacher taught me a trick invalving the word bed. Putt your fingers on your left hand so that it resembles a lowecace B than have your fongers on your right hand resemble a lowercace D place coth hannds together and make a bed B.E.D. that was somthing that realy helped it was so ingraind in my nogin that after just that one clarifacaition I had the difrence betwean D and D down pat. I read Juny B. Jones boks up the wasoo after that and most of my class was reading picture books that where to easy so I stoped reading them. I didn’t check out books from the scool library because I had books at home to read if I remember corectly. My parents sau that it was the comprehensin part I gess that I understood the book’s meaning but not the questin of “ How did the caractar change throughout the story?” silly me I putt ( this is acording to my mother) “The carictar did nit change throuout the story. There is no mension of her getting dresset,” I wonder how I survived. One day out of my life i am repeating first grade. I thaught that there where only two years of school I thaught that if i passed this year that i would not have to go to school any more nobosy told me otherwise because i kept the thaught to myself because i was so sure that I was corect that I did not tell a sole nor, angel, not even God, but I gess he knew that anyway even without me telling him. I gess that if God dose laph that he might have been lafing at me and I would laph with him once I came to realise my childish ignerance at the age of seven and a half. I realy do not know why I relised that particalar fanticy was falce but I gess that visiters from the fith grade shook that idea right past my young lips and took me from that faticy I was somhow living in at the time. As I wright this I am sitiosly remided of that anoying yet cachy toon of the Caillou theme song whn it said “ Growing up is not so tuff…” I would like to add to that paticular snippit by saying that being or fealing grown up is the hard part. Thank the lord I was still just growing up at this point otherwise I have no clue of how i would have survived. One day out of my life I learn that Gram is moving to West Bend I was so confused because I remember saying to her that “ we will live togther forever.” than she aked me with such a look upon her face that surly I had no anser to this “what if I move?” my anser to this of corce was “we will move to” I loved my grandmother so much at that point that I thaught that my parents not looking for a new houce was a betrayel of what was going on until... One day out of my life I find out that we are moving at first I thaught that this would remidy the we will live togerhher forever situaiton, but it just only remidied the if you move we move situaiton. This was just after I found out that we where moving from Airshire to Ankeny instad of to West Bend this is in ither late may or early june we are looking for a place to live we looked at some two story houces but we came upon this nice single story ranch it is a nice place to be but I wish that I did not tell the reliter that I “ felt at home here” honestly there where less pressing matters of where we would be going to school and how long it would take to move all of our stuff to the new place that I would have to call home but I never realy did in my heart Gram’s houce was my true home from that point on. It is a wonder that we suvived. One day out of my life it is june 16th my birthday I have just terned egiht years old and this is just the begening of when I have started to really pray and recognise what prayer is to me I don’t realy expect God to answer me at this point in my life becase I reay did not know that God could truly anser quite directly or even ask of you things. I just thaught that God knows everything so he realy should no have to ask but I gess that even God has set rules for himself in promisess and fofilment of priofficy. The idea is that we have free will and he wants to ask and not tell us to be with him in spirit and in mannor. Our actions not telling us yes or no but how we feal about those actins threw God tells us these things. Concince and temptaition those little caton figures angel and demon with that tridant ( not the chewing gum brand) and tail. Oh how I have survived. One day out of my life the start of second grade a new school and a new life I wish that there where more interesting things to take apart than a phone with an already broken circut bord smashed by a bou in my class if not for the surcut bord I probubly would have figured out how to putt it back together. How I wondered every day when I would get to take somthing apart and putt it back together, but everthing was altready taken apart and I neaded a more than a philups haid screwdriver to fix that phone what I neaded was somthing I had no ideah existed littlelone the fact that I was way to youn to even use a sodering iorn. The teachers still thaught that I was still to young to hold a pair of sisors even though I started using them in preschool. It is a wonder I survived. One day out of my life I am exited I get to learn how to use chopstickes in class wile eating popcorn we where not aloud to use our fingers. We where at the end of our china unit coloring the great wall with lopsided bricks that where supost to be a little lopsided. I was exalent at using the two sticks to pick up the popcorn the only problem was that I was holding them wrong but at least i did not nead a rubberband atached to the se sticklike utencels. Using my middle finger as a fulcrum and my pionter and ring to manipulate the top stick even until I saw the diagram and did so the proper way. How did I survive? One day out of my life it is nearing first comumyon this is my fist time tasting the wine so that Iwont makew a face if I did not like the way it tates. I thaught that it tasted horible even though I took a small sip as instructed. I did not make a face. How did I survive? Oneday out of my life it is first comunyon I take both the host and the wine this time I like it so much I take a big gulp and make a face. When my mother asked me why I took such a big gulp I told my mother that the whine “ tates better with Jesus in it.” my mother laphed so quietly only her ears and a few others herd her. I wonder how we survived. One day of my life I am now about 9 or 10 years old Great grandma took me fishing and taught me how to imbroider that night i could not sleap for some reason or another so I got out the cloth that I was working on and started stichin gI was so quiet that I thaught that I would sutly not wake her than again the light in the livingroom of her apartment could have given me away. She found me awake and unable to sleap soundly I was not homsich and usualy did not complain but the couch was a tad to cushey so I slept on the floor instad she thaught that I was crazy for sleaping on the floor instad of on the couch. It is a wonder that I survived. One summer out of my life I felt human I can not remember what summer this was but I taught my sister how to swim she wanted to jump into the pool and each time that se jumped I would take just a single step back evedently she lernd to jump quite far also because when she went to her first formal swimming lesson she kept taking off the floaty until she threw it so that the instructher could no longer reach it than when it was her turn to jum into the water she abot flatenes the instructer ling sory short she skiped a few levils. I wonder how the poor swim instructor is doing. It is a wonder that he survived my syster. One day of my life I rode my first rolercoster I was so exited that I could barly wate in line when we finaly got to the front of the lighn the rolercoster took us up and down I could barily understand why all the other peaple on bord where screaming eve mu unkle. When the ride was over I aslked him so tentitivly why where the other peaple skreaming? Than he told me “Because they where having fun” I still had no ideah
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2024.05.20 03:11 Desperate_Cod_776 I am going to fail my Algebra 1 Keystone Exam
For some context, I am in 9th grade and have been doing online school since covid for a variety of reasons. Problem is, I have been slowly spiraling and haven't played any attention to math class. I kept putting off studying until now, which is the night before. What will happen if I fail? I have "done" the work of a few things that I could somewhat understand, but I still cheated and looked up the answers. I know that I can learn the material, I just keep convincing myself otherwise. Tonight, I am going to watch several videos so that I may get a somewhat a passing grade. Is there any videos that will help me best? It is currently 9 at night and I am going to stay up as late as I need, but I am aiming at about the 12:45 mark as the very latest. If anybody can let me know what areas to focus on the most, that would be amazing. I forgot to mention that I have two days of testing, so I will be studying EXTRA hard tomorrow after I finish school.
I do understand that I can retake the test which eases my mind somewhat, I would just much rather not do so as I am very unsure and scared of how exactly the second time would go around.
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I do understand that I can retake the test which eases my mind somewhat, I would just much rather not do so as I am very unsure and scared of how exactly the second time would go around.
2024.05.20 02:51 onlystonksgoup Need advice on making a deal.
Found a 2017 ram 2500 diesel. 48k miles. Has some scratches etc but seams loved overall. OTD price is got was 39995. Called the dealer out on quite a few useless fees which I’m not paying for. Cool. Offered my 2018 wrangler as a trade. 70k miles. Dealer offered 19k I counter and got to 21k on the value. I still owe 8k on it. Has quite a few modifications done but I think 21 is fair but I know that’s not anywhere near what they will put the sticker price at. Total after everything is 29,635 financed after TT&T etc. we’ve went back and forth and this is the second OTD worksheet they made up. I’m wondering if shooting for them to drop the list price about 3-4% since I’m coming down well over that on what I think my trade is worth. I got quoted 23500 a month ago for my jeep at a different dealership. But I do plan on taking my modifications off that are simple things so I’ll be recouping 2-3k worth of stuff they didn’t figure in the price.
Does anyone think asking for the 3-4% off the list price is reasonable? I already had them take one of those cheesy 2k packages off. I do like the truck but I’m super cheap lol. (Yes I can afford it I make very good money.)
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Does anyone think asking for the 3-4% off the list price is reasonable? I already had them take one of those cheesy 2k packages off. I do like the truck but I’m super cheap lol. (Yes I can afford it I make very good money.)
2024.05.20 02:40 SnooDoggos3848 University of Toronto First Year Engineering Guide
Hi everyone, current 2T7 ECE here. I thought I would make a quick post on a guide to first year engineering, listing out all the stuff I wish I knew before coming to university. The first semester portion is applicable to all engineering disciplines, the second semester portion would be more useful to ECEs, T1, Indie and Mechs.
First Semester Courses:
MAT186: This was by far the hardest course for me and the entire cohort (C average). Even though I knew all the concepts of the course beforehand (through AP Calc BC and A-levels) this was my worst course. The reason for this was because the course focuses on testing theory (your understanding of the nitty gritty) rather than on computation. My advice for this course would be to make sure you work on written hw with friends (impossible to do alone), and do every single tutorial worksheet (exam questions are exactly like tutorial worksheets). Sean Upall was the course coordinator, and even thought I didnt like his lectures, I think it prepares you the most for the final exam.
MAT188: This was my favourite course even though it probably took up most of my time. This course was completely new to me, which is why I took a lot more time understanding the Pre class essentials. There is a lot of "theory" in this course, which will take a while to learn, so spend a good amount of time understanding and learning the PCEs. One reccomendation to make this process of learning faster is to watch 3blue1browns essence of linear algebra series. Watch the video corresponding to the upcoming weeks concepts before reading the PCEs. Written HW was hard (not as hard as calculus) so do it with friends, the gateway exams are a bit of a joke since you can retake them, and if you practice them enough you realize theres a pattern in the answers. Midterms and Final exams actually test at an appropriate level, so as long you have a strong grasp of the concepts you will be fine. If professor Cameillia is teaching the course go for her lectures, she is by far the best (she is also the course coordinator).
CIV100: This was a very interesting course, it needs a lot of practice of past papers. Literally you'll need to grill through past papers in order to succeed in this course. The final exam is such that there are 5 questions and you have 30 mins per question. Each quesition is quite hard which makes the exam very time pressured, so again PRACTICE. The quizzes in this course are dependant on your lecturer, some profs give easy quizzes whilst others give hard ones, this is out of your control. In my opinion the best lecturer was Professor Merjan, she was probably the best lecturer I've had in my time here at UOFT. The only problem is that she teaches the course in a different timeline than other profs, so you probably cant change lecturers cuz quiz material is different between different profs.
APS110: As an ECE I still dont know why I had to take this course. Overall, it was taught quite well. Scott Ramsay is the best lecturer for this course, although basically everything he says is already in the textbook (which is why I did not attend lectures). The Textbook is more than enough for this course. The Final exam for our batch was quite difficult compared to past year exams, but I think I did well because I practiced quite a few past papers.
APS111: Contraty to public opinion, I thought this was one of the most fun and useful courses in first semester. I had quite a sh*t team, but managed. Make sure you look at the rubrics for each assignment before you start writing. Also the way this course works is that you have to submit individual and group assignments which are essentially these long documents. Because they are doucments, they are marked in a qualitative way as there is no right answer per se. Make sure you bombard the person who is correcting the assignment with questions so that you nail exactly what they are looking for.
Second semester courses
MAT187: This is calculus two and it was much better than Calc one. Professor Camelia was the course coordinator, so just like MAT188 the exams were all at an appropriate level. Written HWs again requires help from friends. I mainly studies for this course using the PCEs, and practiced the tutorial worksheets. Some of my friends used the textbook, but I dont think its really required. The best prof for this course is any lecture seciton containing Camelia.
MIE100: For some reason, our year was probably the first year in a long time where the exams for this course were not insanely difficult. They were all at an appropriate level, apparently because they wanted to increase the number of people going into mech eng 💀💀. I found professor Sinclair to be quite good, a lot of people liked Howard Ho as well (trust in Howard Ho). The Wiley plus questions are useful to do to keep up with concepts, but the difficulty of the questions in wiley was way harder than the exam questions, so I wouldnt say its a must to do them ethically.
APS105: Great course. If you have a background in coding, this course will be a breeze at least up until reading week, you'll have to spend more time on it after that. The course is such that 30% of your grade is from labs, so make sure you do them well. the other 70 percent is from exams, which are at an appropriate level once again. Just make sure that you do a lot of past papers as practice. Professor Emara is by far the best, and is amazing if you are new to programming. If you have experience, reading the textbook (Snefru) is more than enough to understand the content.
ECE110: In our batch, while I didnt find the exams difficult, the batch's average after the second midterm was about 51%. After the final exam, they curved the course up quite a bit, I think the average is now a B, also an easy final exam helped out. The first half of this course is more theoretical (electrostatics and electromagnetism) and the second half is circuit analysis. Make sure you do all the Wiley Plus questions for this course, as sometimes they ask the same questions in exams. All the lecturers for this course are pretty bad, but Professor Mojahedis notes are legendary (in my opinion), other people didnt like them because it explained the concepts using proofs. Other profs notes would just state the formula.
APS112: Continuation of APS111. My team was much better this time. Same advice for this course, as APS111. Also make sure you're on top of things because it goes by much quicker in this course as there are way more assignments. Nothing really much to say to be honest, the midterm was a bit screwed up because there are multiple right answers and you have to choose the best one.
Overall for grades, dont worry too much. As long as you get around an 80 for exams and get all the free marks for assignments you'll be on track for at least an 80+ in the course. Remember that university isnt just about studies though, try and indulge into extracurriculars and be social.
Extracurriculars:
Design teams: UOFT has a plehora of design teams for you to choose from. Some design teams are better than others, but the only way that you will actually get deep into the design teams is if you put in the work. Beg leads for tasks, and do them to demonstrate interest. You can also demonstrate interest by doing really menial tasks as well. The point is you need to make sure the leads know you are willing to do tasks, and have showcased that you are worth giving the tasks to. Overtime, depending on the design team you may have to make a choice between grades and the team, thats up to you. Grades dont matter much unless you want to do a masters degree.
Clubs: For these try getting a lead position, a lot of them offer positions in the summer so make sure you follow them on instagram (e.g. engineers without borders, IEEE, etc). Again, you get what you put in to the club.
Intramurals: I loved playing intramurals at UOFT. However, the team that you play for depends on the people you know. For e.g. the SKULE team isnt great for soccer, and if you want to join a better team then you need to know someone on that team. So try networking lol.
Social life:
This was something that I personally struggled with at least initially at UOFT. I gave way too much time to studies, which really isnt worth it. UOFT is way easier than people make it out to be (I'm not being arrogant, and I'm not someone who's gifted in intellegence). As long as you manage your time, you will be fine. Anyway in first year most people would go to frats, and I would reccomend trying it out at least once. Go in the first weeks of school as thats the easiest time, and will also allow you to make new friends. Make sure to know a lot of people, at least at the surface level at the start, as that will make things easier for you in the long run and will also help you find the people you like to hang out with.
Summer after first year:
In my opinion do research if you want work experience, then step up to an internship next summer. If you want to relax thats a good option as well, just try doing some courses and build up some skills for sure.
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First Semester Courses:
MAT186: This was by far the hardest course for me and the entire cohort (C average). Even though I knew all the concepts of the course beforehand (through AP Calc BC and A-levels) this was my worst course. The reason for this was because the course focuses on testing theory (your understanding of the nitty gritty) rather than on computation. My advice for this course would be to make sure you work on written hw with friends (impossible to do alone), and do every single tutorial worksheet (exam questions are exactly like tutorial worksheets). Sean Upall was the course coordinator, and even thought I didnt like his lectures, I think it prepares you the most for the final exam.
MAT188: This was my favourite course even though it probably took up most of my time. This course was completely new to me, which is why I took a lot more time understanding the Pre class essentials. There is a lot of "theory" in this course, which will take a while to learn, so spend a good amount of time understanding and learning the PCEs. One reccomendation to make this process of learning faster is to watch 3blue1browns essence of linear algebra series. Watch the video corresponding to the upcoming weeks concepts before reading the PCEs. Written HW was hard (not as hard as calculus) so do it with friends, the gateway exams are a bit of a joke since you can retake them, and if you practice them enough you realize theres a pattern in the answers. Midterms and Final exams actually test at an appropriate level, so as long you have a strong grasp of the concepts you will be fine. If professor Cameillia is teaching the course go for her lectures, she is by far the best (she is also the course coordinator).
CIV100: This was a very interesting course, it needs a lot of practice of past papers. Literally you'll need to grill through past papers in order to succeed in this course. The final exam is such that there are 5 questions and you have 30 mins per question. Each quesition is quite hard which makes the exam very time pressured, so again PRACTICE. The quizzes in this course are dependant on your lecturer, some profs give easy quizzes whilst others give hard ones, this is out of your control. In my opinion the best lecturer was Professor Merjan, she was probably the best lecturer I've had in my time here at UOFT. The only problem is that she teaches the course in a different timeline than other profs, so you probably cant change lecturers cuz quiz material is different between different profs.
APS110: As an ECE I still dont know why I had to take this course. Overall, it was taught quite well. Scott Ramsay is the best lecturer for this course, although basically everything he says is already in the textbook (which is why I did not attend lectures). The Textbook is more than enough for this course. The Final exam for our batch was quite difficult compared to past year exams, but I think I did well because I practiced quite a few past papers.
APS111: Contraty to public opinion, I thought this was one of the most fun and useful courses in first semester. I had quite a sh*t team, but managed. Make sure you look at the rubrics for each assignment before you start writing. Also the way this course works is that you have to submit individual and group assignments which are essentially these long documents. Because they are doucments, they are marked in a qualitative way as there is no right answer per se. Make sure you bombard the person who is correcting the assignment with questions so that you nail exactly what they are looking for.
Second semester courses
MAT187: This is calculus two and it was much better than Calc one. Professor Camelia was the course coordinator, so just like MAT188 the exams were all at an appropriate level. Written HWs again requires help from friends. I mainly studies for this course using the PCEs, and practiced the tutorial worksheets. Some of my friends used the textbook, but I dont think its really required. The best prof for this course is any lecture seciton containing Camelia.
MIE100: For some reason, our year was probably the first year in a long time where the exams for this course were not insanely difficult. They were all at an appropriate level, apparently because they wanted to increase the number of people going into mech eng 💀💀. I found professor Sinclair to be quite good, a lot of people liked Howard Ho as well (trust in Howard Ho). The Wiley plus questions are useful to do to keep up with concepts, but the difficulty of the questions in wiley was way harder than the exam questions, so I wouldnt say its a must to do them ethically.
APS105: Great course. If you have a background in coding, this course will be a breeze at least up until reading week, you'll have to spend more time on it after that. The course is such that 30% of your grade is from labs, so make sure you do them well. the other 70 percent is from exams, which are at an appropriate level once again. Just make sure that you do a lot of past papers as practice. Professor Emara is by far the best, and is amazing if you are new to programming. If you have experience, reading the textbook (Snefru) is more than enough to understand the content.
ECE110: In our batch, while I didnt find the exams difficult, the batch's average after the second midterm was about 51%. After the final exam, they curved the course up quite a bit, I think the average is now a B, also an easy final exam helped out. The first half of this course is more theoretical (electrostatics and electromagnetism) and the second half is circuit analysis. Make sure you do all the Wiley Plus questions for this course, as sometimes they ask the same questions in exams. All the lecturers for this course are pretty bad, but Professor Mojahedis notes are legendary (in my opinion), other people didnt like them because it explained the concepts using proofs. Other profs notes would just state the formula.
APS112: Continuation of APS111. My team was much better this time. Same advice for this course, as APS111. Also make sure you're on top of things because it goes by much quicker in this course as there are way more assignments. Nothing really much to say to be honest, the midterm was a bit screwed up because there are multiple right answers and you have to choose the best one.
Overall for grades, dont worry too much. As long as you get around an 80 for exams and get all the free marks for assignments you'll be on track for at least an 80+ in the course. Remember that university isnt just about studies though, try and indulge into extracurriculars and be social.
Extracurriculars:
Design teams: UOFT has a plehora of design teams for you to choose from. Some design teams are better than others, but the only way that you will actually get deep into the design teams is if you put in the work. Beg leads for tasks, and do them to demonstrate interest. You can also demonstrate interest by doing really menial tasks as well. The point is you need to make sure the leads know you are willing to do tasks, and have showcased that you are worth giving the tasks to. Overtime, depending on the design team you may have to make a choice between grades and the team, thats up to you. Grades dont matter much unless you want to do a masters degree.
Clubs: For these try getting a lead position, a lot of them offer positions in the summer so make sure you follow them on instagram (e.g. engineers without borders, IEEE, etc). Again, you get what you put in to the club.
Intramurals: I loved playing intramurals at UOFT. However, the team that you play for depends on the people you know. For e.g. the SKULE team isnt great for soccer, and if you want to join a better team then you need to know someone on that team. So try networking lol.
Social life:
This was something that I personally struggled with at least initially at UOFT. I gave way too much time to studies, which really isnt worth it. UOFT is way easier than people make it out to be (I'm not being arrogant, and I'm not someone who's gifted in intellegence). As long as you manage your time, you will be fine. Anyway in first year most people would go to frats, and I would reccomend trying it out at least once. Go in the first weeks of school as thats the easiest time, and will also allow you to make new friends. Make sure to know a lot of people, at least at the surface level at the start, as that will make things easier for you in the long run and will also help you find the people you like to hang out with.
Summer after first year:
In my opinion do research if you want work experience, then step up to an internship next summer. If you want to relax thats a good option as well, just try doing some courses and build up some skills for sure.
2024.05.20 02:33 SignificanceOk2856 What is better for the Other Impactful Experiences portion?
I have two experiences that I am unfortunately having trouble fitting into the character count so will need to choose 1 over the other.
The first one is during the pandemic: my relationship ended and at first I was resilient in my grades, maintaining a decent gpa, but my aunt then got diagnosed with breast cancer. My family has a pretty bad history with breast cancer with my grandma dying from it and my mom having it as well. My grades suffered as a result of the stress, specifically in ochem 1 (B-) and I had to take a quarter off. Returning to undergrad after the summer I was going into ochem 2 with a shakey foundation. To make up for it I had to self-teach myself ochem 1 and ochem 2 content leading to me getting an A in the class.
The second one is during my last year of college: my mom, who is the breadwinner of the family, suddenly lost her job which also meant no health insurance. I could see how stressed my parents became and I had to go fulltime in my part-time job while still a full-time student volunteering and doing research. I ended up dropping research and volunteering since it became a conflict where every hour spent research and volunteering was money I lost out on making. During this time my spending, besides car insurance and housing was all my own money. I payed for gas, groceries, tuition (for the last 2 quarters of undergrad) and my EMT class. The scale of this was that my parents actually said that if it went on for another 4 months they would have to sell their house and move to Nevada where the cost was cheaper (lived in cali). During this time my grades did not suffer and I learned how to balance working full-time and classes (obviously after dropping volunteering and research)
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The first one is during the pandemic: my relationship ended and at first I was resilient in my grades, maintaining a decent gpa, but my aunt then got diagnosed with breast cancer. My family has a pretty bad history with breast cancer with my grandma dying from it and my mom having it as well. My grades suffered as a result of the stress, specifically in ochem 1 (B-) and I had to take a quarter off. Returning to undergrad after the summer I was going into ochem 2 with a shakey foundation. To make up for it I had to self-teach myself ochem 1 and ochem 2 content leading to me getting an A in the class.
The second one is during my last year of college: my mom, who is the breadwinner of the family, suddenly lost her job which also meant no health insurance. I could see how stressed my parents became and I had to go fulltime in my part-time job while still a full-time student volunteering and doing research. I ended up dropping research and volunteering since it became a conflict where every hour spent research and volunteering was money I lost out on making. During this time my spending, besides car insurance and housing was all my own money. I payed for gas, groceries, tuition (for the last 2 quarters of undergrad) and my EMT class. The scale of this was that my parents actually said that if it went on for another 4 months they would have to sell their house and move to Nevada where the cost was cheaper (lived in cali). During this time my grades did not suffer and I learned how to balance working full-time and classes (obviously after dropping volunteering and research)
2024.05.20 02:31 random_delet3 Don't know if this goes here or somewhere else
[fucking long] (22m) I genuinely don't remember when I was last happy, like I remember when my parents were together in a decent looking house in a higher middle class neighborhood when my second sibling was born enjoying the time we spent together just playing outside with our rude neighbors and petting our cats indoors and just being kids. Not long after that we went for a walk by a pond with some geese and my mother became irate with my father said some stuff (that I honestly don't remember) and took his tin of dip pouches, told me to eat some and threw the rest to geese. Afterwards my father tried to get me to spit them up we went home. I don't think we talked about it or even went to a doctor. 2 years after that we were staying at my grandparents house bc my grandma was terminal, and maybe a week or two after she passes. We went to the funeral I was crying and crying and I don't remember what else happened. I don't know why but after that I was told that we were going to go see Grandpa again and to get ready, when I went to my room I remember crying and choking myself with a cord to some kids magnify glass (I don't know why I did that) and I don't remember the trip. We ended moving again but were in the same town. My last sibling was born, I ended up getting to choose his middle name pretty prideful of it. My father and mother fight bc my mother feels neglected, so my father ops to work nights. My mother feels that my father doesn't help with the family, he cooks meals 4 times a week. My mother thinks we should be going to therapy, so we do. The therapist thinks I have depression, so I get prescribed antidepressants at 8. Turns out I'm allergic and break out into hives, ended up going to the hospital and getting prescribed steroids. (This happened 3 times total) Parents have a big fight bc Mom was caught with another man in the house, mother moves us to a different town closer to her family. Mom takes me with her to see father in original house at night, he's on the porch sitting in the doorway just sleeping and loopy. Mother is waking him up saying something about him having a problem. (Years later he told me that paramedics were called on him since he nearly ODed on opioids, and he nearly died) Dad comes to check on us and parents are being happy again. Mother's family doesn't like dad (apparently my grandfather is super racist and found out that my father is 1/4 aa from his grandmother. IDK why he never said bitched about it years before, but different matter.) They get back together in the original house, and not even a year later I see my mother talking to a random guy in a laundry mat bring it up to her and she starts hitting me telling me to forget it. More time they fight, we end up leaving in the middle of the night with my father being put into a cop car. (He was released a day later doing nothing to my mother. But what's funny is that the expensive stuff that was bought for my siblings and self was seemingly gone, with my father saying that he assumes that it was my mother and our pothead neighbors nextdoor.) Mother ended up moving us around three times before we stayed in a the same shitty town that my mother was born in with 3 potheads my mother said were her friends. (Personal hatred of stoners) I licked a spoon from a pot of jambalaya, so the prick that my mother was dating waited until I went to sleep and scared me awake [while wearing a balaklava and all black] holding me down, before getting off of me saying that he scared me and to never eat from the ladle again. My cousin let me smoke some weed with him that he never said was laced until I later asked(I don't remember what is was but I remember everything looking static and blocky). I threaten to call the cops on the prick that my mother was dating if he did anything to them. So my mother puts me in a program called options, I was there for a month before my father pulled me out of it. My mother moves to a trailer next to a daycare, I end up riding a short bus and end up going to the daycare. I ended up fighting with the caretaker saying that I could just take care of myself over at my home, and later that night I get into another fight with the prick my mother was dating. Got put in another options clinic further away and labeled with Asperger's before getting it changed to autism and AdHD without even testing me, was two weeks before my father pulled me out. My mother gets me again, takes me with her to a Kroger parking lot where she sells her pills to someone. I mentioned it to my father when I saw him again. Some time later we went back to the stoner house and my father goes there and started yelling and following my mother outside where she was putting us kids in the car. (Apparently he found out that my mother was letting us be around these people who 2 of them had SA charges with one of them being with a minor.) Before decking the shit out of the prick and break his jaw (unfortunately only needed to get his jaw wired for a month). Aunt saw a text message from my father on the phone that was given to me [said that he was sorry that my siblings and me had to experience all of that] and ripped it out of my hands saying that I should never talk to him. My father ended up being put in jail for a year. My mother left the prick and got together with a dirt bag that my father used to be friends with. They would typically go out to eat with his daughters leaving us at home and give us the scraps from their take out or just tell us to make something ourselves (I was 13 and never taught anything), after that I got pissed and ended up disappearing for a whole day because I didn't want to go to school and ended up having some cops looking for me and amber alert and being sent to live with my dad. (I don't care I fucking won) Some time later I ended up breaking my leg from roller skating in school and permanently getting it removed from the criteria and ruining everyone's 7th grade year. (feel like a winner) Moving to a new town with dad(final town to this day), going to highschool. [Retrospect] Some cute girl sat across from me at the library wanting to interlock hands, so I did. She asked if it felt special (I didn't know what that meant to me), I said no and she never talked to me again. Another cute girl, asked me on the last day of middle school if I was interested in anyone and if I wanted to date. I said no (I didn't think I deserved anything and didn't want to waste her time) Freshman year I ended up "e-dating" two people I met on Wattpad(I am aware how cringe I am). First person was someone who suffered anorexia and we used Skype would talk daily and she ended up breaking things up 3 weeks after. Second person was someone who wanted to talk and watch each other sleep before she ultimately changed it to having us sext(hoimomes and teens) her friend wanted her to break up saying that I was probably some old man who was a pedo. (I did not leave that area of the Internet in the healthiest way possible, both for my mental being and how I left the people on there) Pretty much zoomed though highschool stabbing someone freshman year, being thought to be a potential shooter, and overall being treated with fear and respect. Though some people did think I was wasting my potential, especially since I never did my homework but always scored high on my tests and was always asleep at home. Highschool graduation was ruined by COVID, I didn't care. Got a job working on a warehouse dock buying knifes and testing how sharp they were on the top side of only one of my arms, slowly breaking mentally before asking a friend(19m) out saying that was fearful that I was nothing more than a background friend.. 9 months and 3 grand later we broke up (and I don't talk to him to this day) Quit the job, was unemployed for a year just sleeping in bed all day, wound up poisoning my self with caffeine pills so bad that I was taken to a hospital. Got another job, wound up continuing the knife hobby before stopping (stopped feeling any emotion related to the pain, so it was pointless) and got into a different hobby (to burry any resentment or negative feelings) And that's been going up until today with me getting so bored that I was curious how much weight I would lose if I stopped eating every other day. (Lost 25lbs from 210 to 185 yoyo-ing 180 if I don't eat enough calories)
all I feel daily is nothing but empty and tired. The only reason that I am still here is the self hatred for everything I've done wrong by own admission or what I've been told by horrible mother.
Tldr: I am the mistake of two fuck ups and am still here by the means of so much self hatred that I ignore my loneliness.
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all I feel daily is nothing but empty and tired. The only reason that I am still here is the self hatred for everything I've done wrong by own admission or what I've been told by horrible mother.
Tldr: I am the mistake of two fuck ups and am still here by the means of so much self hatred that I ignore my loneliness.
2024.05.20 02:29 Fair_Orchid5715 wibta if i made a move on this guy?
sorry this is long and on mobile lmao i (18f) am a senior in hs and graduating next week. my friend (18f), we'll call her kat, is too. she told me this past weekend at prom that she liked a guy in our grade (18m), we'll call him jake. jake is class president, super charismatic, and an all around great guy. super easy to have a crush on. i myself had a crush on him most of last school year because we talked a fair amount as friends, talked about tv/movies, and lent each other books. then he got a girlfriend, so i stopped liking him.
before prom, kat and i went out to eat and we talked about her liking jake. i was shocked when she said this because it doesn't really make sense. she's very loud and spontaneous, he's very professional and goal-oriented. i could definitely work, but i just wasn't expecting it. i suggested that she talk to him and tell him how she feels and if he'll hang out with her over the summer. she said no, but that i could tell him for her. i said okay and i would and that was that.
at prom, kat and i linked up with another one of our friends (18f), we'll call her sav. i told sav (with kat's permission) about the situation and she went right over to jake and told him what i was going to for kat. she came back and told us he said something along the lines of "not right now, i'm doing good by myself and getting over my breakup." (they broke up about a month ago.) kat was completely okay with that, but i still wanted to talk to him about it.
when i went to go talk to him, i saw him talking with this girl that was openly in love with and obsessed with him when he first moved here our freshman year (ava, 17f). i waited for them to finish their conversation before i went over there, and i gestures to her once i got his attention. he just waved his hand like "it's no big deal", so i didn't really think about it. i said "i'm here for the same reason sav was a second ago" and he said "yeah i thought so. i'm not really looking for anything because i'm still getting through my breakup with [ex]. i'm doing good solo for now." i said okay and went back to my friends and prom went on normally until the end. i was talking with jake about college and ava came up behind him and said "c'mon, let's go", her tone something like i was flirting with her boyfriend. they left and we left shortly after.
(i also feel like this is important to mention: when i liked jake last school year, sav always teased me for it even though i never confirmed it was true. one day, she went up to him in a class they have together and told him she thinks "we should kiss". i asked if she was serious because that's extremely childish of her and embarrassing for me. she was serious, so i ended up texting jake and apologizing. he said it was fine and life went on.)
our school does an after prom party at our local bowling alley and most people go. sav and her boyfriend left to go hang out at his house, so it was me, kat, and kat's friend i'm not too familiar with (18f), we'll call her summer. summer brought kat and i to where her boyfriend's friends were bowling, and there wasn't enough room for me on the couch so i just stood behind it.
jake saw me standing on my phone and came up there and started talking to me. i waved when i saw him and he asked me how kat was doing. i said she was doing good and she didn't take it badly. he said he was glad and then started asking me about my breakup a few months ago. he said "did you and [ex] break up?" i said "yeah that was in january." he asked "was it a you think or a him thing?" and i said it was mostly mutual. he said it was the same with him and his ex and it just sucks when stuff doesn't work out. i agreed then asked about ava. if he was doing some reconciling or if he was gonna start something with her. he said "that ship sailed a long, long time ago. it crashed and is decomposing at the bottom of the ocean." i laughed and took his word for it then asked if the ship for him and kat had sailed yet. he said "i don't know, i don't think there really was one in the first place." i took that as the end of the conversation then summer's friend group went and played laser tag and insisted we come with them.
after we played laser tag, it was about time to leave. kat, summer, and i went to the snack table to grab some for the ride home. jake came in and walked over to me and asked what i was taking so he could take the rest home for his little brothers. we grabbed everything and our friends were walking toward the door, so we were a little behind them. he looked at me and said "it's been a while hasn't it" and i said "yeah it has" and before we could say anything else our friends yelled for us to hurry up so nothing else was said. i was like what the hell because that was too movie-esque for my liking. jake left and i waved bye and he saluted me and that was it.
on the drive home, i was talking to kat about everything. i asked her if she wanted me to give her jake's phone number so they could talk over the summer and maybe develop some type of relationship. she said no and that she was done trying because he already rejected her and they're going to different colleges and she's not okay with long distance. she was super calm and casual during all of this, then said "i can find someone else to like soon, it's really okay." i was like ummm okay because like how can you do that.
then i started thinking about him more because we talked a fair amount that night and it made me miss him a little. then i told myself it would be wrong and even though kat said she was over him, she might still be upset. i was thinking about inviting him to my graduation party this weekend, but i'm not sure if that's okay for me to do. would i be wrong if i tried to talk to him?
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before prom, kat and i went out to eat and we talked about her liking jake. i was shocked when she said this because it doesn't really make sense. she's very loud and spontaneous, he's very professional and goal-oriented. i could definitely work, but i just wasn't expecting it. i suggested that she talk to him and tell him how she feels and if he'll hang out with her over the summer. she said no, but that i could tell him for her. i said okay and i would and that was that.
at prom, kat and i linked up with another one of our friends (18f), we'll call her sav. i told sav (with kat's permission) about the situation and she went right over to jake and told him what i was going to for kat. she came back and told us he said something along the lines of "not right now, i'm doing good by myself and getting over my breakup." (they broke up about a month ago.) kat was completely okay with that, but i still wanted to talk to him about it.
when i went to go talk to him, i saw him talking with this girl that was openly in love with and obsessed with him when he first moved here our freshman year (ava, 17f). i waited for them to finish their conversation before i went over there, and i gestures to her once i got his attention. he just waved his hand like "it's no big deal", so i didn't really think about it. i said "i'm here for the same reason sav was a second ago" and he said "yeah i thought so. i'm not really looking for anything because i'm still getting through my breakup with [ex]. i'm doing good solo for now." i said okay and went back to my friends and prom went on normally until the end. i was talking with jake about college and ava came up behind him and said "c'mon, let's go", her tone something like i was flirting with her boyfriend. they left and we left shortly after.
(i also feel like this is important to mention: when i liked jake last school year, sav always teased me for it even though i never confirmed it was true. one day, she went up to him in a class they have together and told him she thinks "we should kiss". i asked if she was serious because that's extremely childish of her and embarrassing for me. she was serious, so i ended up texting jake and apologizing. he said it was fine and life went on.)
our school does an after prom party at our local bowling alley and most people go. sav and her boyfriend left to go hang out at his house, so it was me, kat, and kat's friend i'm not too familiar with (18f), we'll call her summer. summer brought kat and i to where her boyfriend's friends were bowling, and there wasn't enough room for me on the couch so i just stood behind it.
jake saw me standing on my phone and came up there and started talking to me. i waved when i saw him and he asked me how kat was doing. i said she was doing good and she didn't take it badly. he said he was glad and then started asking me about my breakup a few months ago. he said "did you and [ex] break up?" i said "yeah that was in january." he asked "was it a you think or a him thing?" and i said it was mostly mutual. he said it was the same with him and his ex and it just sucks when stuff doesn't work out. i agreed then asked about ava. if he was doing some reconciling or if he was gonna start something with her. he said "that ship sailed a long, long time ago. it crashed and is decomposing at the bottom of the ocean." i laughed and took his word for it then asked if the ship for him and kat had sailed yet. he said "i don't know, i don't think there really was one in the first place." i took that as the end of the conversation then summer's friend group went and played laser tag and insisted we come with them.
after we played laser tag, it was about time to leave. kat, summer, and i went to the snack table to grab some for the ride home. jake came in and walked over to me and asked what i was taking so he could take the rest home for his little brothers. we grabbed everything and our friends were walking toward the door, so we were a little behind them. he looked at me and said "it's been a while hasn't it" and i said "yeah it has" and before we could say anything else our friends yelled for us to hurry up so nothing else was said. i was like what the hell because that was too movie-esque for my liking. jake left and i waved bye and he saluted me and that was it.
on the drive home, i was talking to kat about everything. i asked her if she wanted me to give her jake's phone number so they could talk over the summer and maybe develop some type of relationship. she said no and that she was done trying because he already rejected her and they're going to different colleges and she's not okay with long distance. she was super calm and casual during all of this, then said "i can find someone else to like soon, it's really okay." i was like ummm okay because like how can you do that.
then i started thinking about him more because we talked a fair amount that night and it made me miss him a little. then i told myself it would be wrong and even though kat said she was over him, she might still be upset. i was thinking about inviting him to my graduation party this weekend, but i'm not sure if that's okay for me to do. would i be wrong if i tried to talk to him?
2024.05.20 02:13 speedyBoi96240 Round 4: the phantom-weight champion versus the exalted seraph
 | Spitfire slumped over and trudged out of the arena. submitted by speedyBoi96240 to skylanders [link] [comments] His worldview had been altered severely. Not once in his life had he ever thought about giving an opponent respect on their deathbed. But there was just something about that fight that shook his head for him. He ended his round the least injured of anyone before him. An incredible feat considering the two before him were amongst the strongest skylanders. But not only that, round 3 had left the arena in the best state so far. Not many wounds lay upon the battlefield this time giving the cleaners a well deserved break after the catastrophic damage caused in the first 2 rounds. Ambush sat in the stands blown away by what he had just witnessed, other skylanders, mabu and greebles were loudly discussing the outcome. A large and intimidating figure loomed towards ambush. When it reached him a gruff yet booming voice greeted him. “AMBUSH MY GOOD FRIEND ITS NICE TO SEE YOU, WHAT DID I MISS?” Is what the man said. Ambush slightly startled turned to the man knowing exactly who he was. “Tri tip… ive told you countless times that you need to use your inside voice more often” ambush responded. “BUT AMBUSH MY GOOD FRIEND, THIS IS NO TIME FOR SILENCE, THIS IS TIME FOR UPROAR!” Tri tip countered. “Yes yes i suppose an event this exhilarating doesnt happen every day… now you asked what you missed correct?”. “YEYUP”. “Well that spitfire just turned our fellow miss boom bloom into past tense”. “WHAT?”. “I forget you're not the brightest… ahem, boom bloom is dead, spitfire killed her”. “WOAH, SOMEONE ACTUALLY BEAT A SENSEI? AMAZING!” tri tip seemed very happy for someone who had just lost a colleague and friend. “Disturbing priorities aside how is king pen doing?”. “OH YEAH I JUST SAW HIM, HE SHOULD BE SHIP SHAPE BY THE END OF THE NEXT ROUND HE SAID”. “Brilliant, i may have to fight again soon, i dont want him in the hospital for that”. “SO WHO’S UP NEXT?” Tri tip questioned. “Well if you had ever learnt to read you would see the notice board over there” ambush pointed to a large board hovering above the arena as if by magic. “WHEN ONE IS AS IN TOUCH WITH THE POWER OF THE CLUB AS I AM READING PALES IN COMPARISON MY FRIEND”. “Oh no doubt” ambush mocked “well it says the next to fight are night shift and knight light”. Tri tips eyes widened “NO WAY! THE KNIGHT LIGHT? YOU MEAN…”. “I do… the only knight i have ever trained, to surpass me…”. “WOW! I MEAN JUST WOW! WITH A MAN LIKE THAT FIGHTING MY CLUB WANES FOR MY ROUND EVEN MORE!” Tri tips joy could not be contained and exploded out into a destructive little dance that he performed so carelessly that he accidentally trampled a mabu or two yet failed to notice. Suddenly a voice echoed throughout the stadium. “ATTENTION VIEWERS OF THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT EXTRAVAGANZA TO GRACE THIS WORLD IN CENTURIES!” The voice seemed to be coming from speakers placed around the stands. “ROUND 4 OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN SHORTLY! DONT FORGET TO PLACE YOUR BETS AND PLEASE MAKE SURE ANY CHILDREN WITHIN THE VICINITY ARE VACATED IMMEDIATELY”. “That’s the que tri tip…” ambush said. tri tip abruptly stopped his dance and swung himself onto one of the benches and yelled “OH SWEET! I CANT WAIT”. “No need to, looks like the fighters are already stepping up to the plate” ambush pointed out. “BRILLIANT! THEY REALLY DID MEAN SHORTLY WHEN THEY SAID SHORTLY!”. “Excellent observation…” ambush said as he rolled his eyes. Before anyone knew it the fighters of round 4 were staring each other down just like the six others before them. Knight light brandished his traptanium scimitar with a stoic expression on his face and night shift was shadow boxing the air inbetween the both of them. Both fighters took their professions before becoming skylanders very seriously. One was an all star in the ring, revered and highly admired amongst the viewership. The other was a knight like no other, an angelic swordsman that wore armour fashioned by the most esteemed blacksmiths and craftsmen skylands had ever known. Even with all of this being popular lore amongst skylands, no one could have forseen what would take place the millisecond the bell rang, no one except the two in the ring. Thats right, a ring, the very place night shift was the reigning champion in for most of his life, until he was forced out due to the officals having to ban his signature techniques. Thats right, they had to ban his fighting style to give anyone a chance. But in this ring… He was free. He could do anything he wanted to the man that stood before him. And night shift displayed his understanding of this once the bell rang… The vampiric boxer opened with a swift chomp to knight lights shoulder. And to everyones suprise… It broke through his armour… The same armour that had never been pierced, not even by the most divine weapons in skylands. Knight light was the only person who was unfazed. “Impressive…” Knight light praised. “You’re impressed by this, boy? Trust me this is nothing compared to what you have yet to see…” night shift stated condescendingly but truthfully. “Is that so? Then please, show me…” Knight light said confidently. Night shift smiled and responded with a technique he liked to call the over underhand. A powerful attack that ended 86% of his fights during his hayday. This involves throwing a simple over hand punch at range, then when the opponent least expects it, using his teleportation he would instantly move in close and throw a powerful under hand strike that embodies the true damage of the technique as opposed to the diversion the first hit is meant to be. So when he performed this on knight light you best believe it did some real damage. Knight light attempted a block on the over hand like so many did in the past. However he simply could not react to the under hand just like everyone else. The resulting damage from the attack left a boxing glove sized hole in knight lights armour revealing his stomach. “Remarkable, i never thoug-” knight light started before being interupted by a lightning fast barrage of punches that were thrown at him. Each punch dented his armour and spread cracks across its surface. Just after a few seconds of the barrage happening knight light had decided that he had had enough… He lifted his hand and bent his fingers like he was holding a sphere before launching a bright flash of light at night shift. “Fighting dirty are we? I can do that too…” knight light said as his opponent was violently blinded. Night shift still had his guard up however, so when knight light swung his scimitar with enough strength to cleave a mountain in two it was not a lethal blow. His knuckle had a chip in it and a tear in one of his coveted gloves was made but overall no problematic damage was taken. An impressive display of a boxing champions instinct that shocked the crowd. “WOW! THIS SHIFTY GUY HAS SOME REAL SKILLS” tri tip yelled to ambush over the cheering audience. “Indeed, however knight light isnt even attempting to win yet…” ambush responded. “WHAT!? THIS IS LITERALLY A FIGHT TO THE DEATH WHAT COULD HE BE WAITING FOR??” tri tip replied in a perplexed manner. “He knows that night shift is not just all stats”. “WHAT?”. “Sigh night shift has a trump card and knight light is trying to bait it out” ambush explained. “AHHH SO HE’S USING HIS BRAIN TO FIGHT! I NEVER REALLY GOT USED TO THAT” tri tip said honestly. “That is unfortunately excruciatingly evident…”. “YEAH WELL YOUR BIG FANCY WORDS HAVE NOTHING ON MY CLUB!” Tri tip yelled defensively. “Yes im sure thats the case, now lets just focus on the match” ambush redirected. “FINE! BUT ONLY BECAUSE THAT ONES THROWING A HAYMAKER!!”. and sure enough if you were watching the fight in that very moment you would see a still blinded night shift throw a devestatingly powerful punch that made a perfect connection with the skull of his opponent. A large shockwave was created by the impact and the tiles of the arena crumbled but more importantly knight lights helmet shattered into a thousand pieces. The man who's face had not been seen ever since his duty of protecting the starlight began… Had eyes cast upon that very face for the first time since then. Underneath he was not a gruff viking or an ascended immortal, instead he was just a person, like everyone else. All of the legends that were told about him had clouded everyones view of such a figure. The revealing of his face made knight light feel more human, it grounded him for the first time in a while, like a burden had been lifted from his shoulders. So the act came off, the veil was lifted and he spoke… “you shitty old man…”. At the very sight of hearing such words from this man the crowd silenced themselves. “Do you really think anything you have done so far is impressive?” He continued “Do you really think someone like me could ever be compared to you?” “Well… i thought those things too, until that punch just now” knight light smiled a comforting smile “All of my battles and feats placed me on a pedestal that i wasnt worthy of in my eyes” “But you have just brought me down into a sport” “A place i can be myself and not the stoic hero everyone thinks i am” “So for that i thank you” “Ya done squirt?” Night shift grumbled obviously just regaining his eyesight. “I am” knight light responded. “Good, because all of this character development is real nice n’ all but i want to know why, even after everything i’ve thrown at you…” “You’re still in the same spot you started the match in” The crowd remained silent but in response to night shifts statement the silence grew louder. No one had realised it but even after taking hits that easily broke his armour not once had knight lights feet ever left the ground, not once had he ever been knocked backwards, not once had he cried out in pain and whats more? Not once had he bled. “Well you see… my armour is moreso for theatrics, batman has his outfit, superman has his and so does wonder woman” knight light answered. “Are you sassing me compadre?” Night shift snarled. “Not at all! It is strong armour no doubt but my armour is never what made me strong, no no you see my bones and muscles were enhanced by the starlight itself, after a millenia within its proximity, intern granting me enormous power”. “You talk like your blood is gold and honestly that makes my blood boil but what you're telling me scares me…”. “Why’s that?”. “Because if what you said was true that means… that swing you took at me whilst i was blind, was your absolute weakest possible attack”. “Atleast it wasn’t obvious” knight light chuckled. The crowd began getting loud at the changing tides, this fight just went from fairly even to a massive mismatch. However an interesting development in knight lights demeanour was noticeable as it was no longer pompous and gallant but he was a lot more lax despite still displaying faint hints of those aforementioned traits. “Since a funeral is gonna have to happen soon its best we get back to the fight” night shift yawned. “We probably should but don’t dig your own grave like that, its unbecoming of a champion”. “Oh i wasn’t talking about me pal… ive got no one to attend my funeral”. “Ah a lonely road you’ve paved i take it?”. Night shifts eye twitched with irritation “let’s just box, im sick of hearing shakespear”. “As you wish” knight light obliged and opened with a brutal yet glamorous attack. This attack wasn’t even initiated by so little as a gesture. It simply started with light pouring out of knight lights body. This light was very water like and flowed gracefully before sharpening and becoming rigid. Once solid it wrapped around night shift before he had any hope of reacting to such an attack. It then pulled him towards knight light who began to charge up a special type of swing. One that follows through beyond all the way. This technique was one that had slain many elderitch horrors in the past and its name was “the celestial vortex”. Once night shift was stunned, helpless and in range knight light let loose… He swung his scimitar, but not just regularly, like i said, beyond all the way. The second half of the celestial vortex consists of a 1080 degree spin with the traptanium scimitar. This means the attack encompasses the full area around knight light and strikes three seperate times with powerful blows. And so that is exactly what happened to night shift… The first hit ripped through his ghastly body, the second shattered his mortal bones and the third killed him. Or so everyone thought because although his body laid lifeless on the ground moments after the incredible attack, a coffin manifested around it out of nowhere. This coffin had an ominous aura that swirled in demonic fury around it. But not long after appearing it burst open and a good as new night shift was there ready to settle the score. “Suprise, im immortal” he said with an astonishing amount of hubris for a man who just got diced in three seperate ways. “So thats it is it?” Knight light in the arena and ambush in the audience understood the event at the same time and prefaced this with the exact same words. “THATS GOTTA BREAK SOME KIND OF RULE RIGHT!?” tri tip roared in signature sportsfan fashion. “Well surely an opponent that can’t die has a supreme advantage in a battle to the death yes, however there may be ways around it we are currently unaware of” ambush tried to approach the situation with logic and reason. “NA THIS GUY IS GONNA WIN THE ENTIRE THING, THIS JUST GOT BORING IM OUT” tri tip angrily hopped out of his seat and turned to leave the stadium. Instead he bumped into an individual almost as large as himself. It was king pen, still bandaged up a tad but overall he seemed in good health. “Now now tri tip, did the club not teach you patience?” King pen persuaded. “WHA- KING PEN YOU’RE BACK UP AND RUNNING ALREADY!?” Tri tip was startled by the sudden appearance of his leader, mentor and friend. “Why yes i am, and im glad to say i did not miss too much of this spectacular match”. “BUT YOU SAID YOU’D BE READY BY THE END OF ROUND 4”. “Oh silly tri tip, always being so dense, thats what i love about you, theres no bigger picture in your mind. Can’t you see the round is already coming to a close?” His words sounded harsh but they were comforting and professional in a strange way. “I- IT IS?”. “Just watch, my friend” king pen put a hand on the shoulder tri tip did not have his club over and guided him back into his seat then sat peacefully beside him. Night shift was still, his guard was raised and his eyes were focused. Knight light was obviously brain storming, desperately trying to find a way he could overcome immortality. But it wasn’t possible… There isn’t a way to kill an opponent that can’t die… All he could do was smile softly. “There may be nothing i can do to you vampire… however! I will put up my very best against you!” He said confidently. “Id expect nothing less” night shift replied in agreement with his philosophy. And so knight light engaged with a heavy swing downwards onto night shift who swiftly teleported out of the way. Knight light spun around with another ferocious swing that again was dodged easily. The powerful shockwaves from these attacks tore apart the arena violently. Many more swings were performed and each successive one had more power than the last. After 12 or so more attacks night shift performed his final dodge. Not to say he got hit no, he simply began charging up a powerful punch in response to knight lights onslought. This was no ordinary punch however. The way he tensed his phantom muscles was very unique. He held the power that he would normally release into one of his jabs. This subsequently multiplied the force that the punch would exert. But the main problem was that he had to hold the punch for a while. A feat that wasn’t easy with an actively attacking opponent. So when knight light began another swing, night shift tapped into a power that would majorly help him. This power allowed him to constantly teleport to every location simultaneously within a small area around knight light. This made him virtually unhittable. He called it “the ghost gods ring”. Knight light was completely perplexed by the sight of such an ability. His attacks halted and his brain was scattered in thought. But again everything has a downside and this technique drained night shifts stamina incredibly fast. At the very least he had to throw this powerful punch with enough energy to not make it a dud. However he only had this one chance to do it… It was an all or nothing approach but it was the only way he could ever hope to win. So he channelled both techniques for an entire minute. A minute is what he assumed to be the perfect amount of time but really he had no clue. A constant minute of being omnipresent in a specific section of the arena… A constant minute of having his very internal forces gestate and multiply within his muscles… This was an incredibly risky play to make, if he didnt end this with this attack he was absolutely done for. His body would be destroyed internally and he would be forced to die over and over again until he had regained enough energy to try it again. But now was the time to launch it… He methodically stopped his rapid teleportation behind knight light. Then he released all of the pent up force he had been holding in, into a full fledged super punch. The punch radiated power, it generated shockwaves just by existing. Reality warped and light bended around it. The size of the fist grew to a humongous size as if by the will of the universe. This attack was called “The pinnacle of punches” and it ended 1% of night shifts matches back in the day. It came into contact with knight light before he even realised what was happening. Steam was being let off in every direction and the surrounding section of the arena was levelled completely with nothing built by mabu remaining. Knight lights last few pieces of armour turned to dust. All that survived was his boots and his pants. Night shift struggled to keep the punch thrown. His vision swayed and his energy dwindled but he kept holding out for the win. Well he did until… His fist exploded. The sheer pressure of the clash was too much for his hand to take. Everyone including both fighters were absolutely gobsmacked with this development in the fight. But what they were to see next would set the precedent… that this fight was unwinnable… Knight light appeared to have taken zero damage from that attack. And whats worse was the fact that his feet were still in the exact same spot they had been in the entire fight. The first person to realise the match was a lost cause was none other than night shift himself. “So thats it huh…” he said in a hushed tone “You are one hell of a guy” “You took the best i had…” “And you’re not just still standing…” “You didn’t even budge, you didn’t even bruise” “The only one who got hurt by that hit was me” “And honestly i’d be pissed if it didn’t…” “That was the strongest punch i have ever thrown and im proud of it” “But more importantly im concerned about this match now…” “Neither of us can kill the other, i can’t put a dent on ya and you can’t put me down for good” “So what’re we gon’ do?” He finished “While i appreciate your praise and your power i actually did think of a way to kill you” knight light confessed. If everyone wasn’t already silent from shock they were now. “You did?” Night shift asked intrigued. “Yeah but before i show you i just wanted to say a few things” “I’ve never had such an intense fight” “Its been a real rollercoaster and to be quite honest at the beginning i thought you were just a grumpy old fart” “But you exceeded every expectation i had of you” “And just for you im gonna try to talk normally from now on” he finished the sentence with one last comforting smile “Hehe… i’d say your doing a great job, i understood every word you said just fine” night shift chuckled. The whole crowd was dying to know what knight light had in store for them. No one could believe a way to kill the unkillable existed. But little did they know… Knight light was about to invent one… “Alright!” He yelled to gather everyones attention “Observe! For you won’t see a more impressive attack as long as you venture within this realm!” He said raising his arms, one holding his scimitar “So much for talking normally…” night shift mumbled. All of the spectators viewed intently only to see… Knight light doing the unthinkable before doing the even more unthinkable. He stepped forward… For the first time in this match he had moved out of his starting position. A thing that would be commonplace in any other fight had become suprising to see in this one. But he didn’t step forward for no reason no, he took a stance with his scimitar over his head in the air. He was slightly crouched and he held his free hand outwards like he was stopping someone. His wings outstretched themselves as if ready to take flight. Now that all of the preparation was done he inhaled slowly then exhaled even slower… Suddenly a pool of light formed around his feet and expanded to encompass a large area around him. Then his body began to glow with a radiant light, like that of the sun. The very same light encircled his sword and began to wrap around it like a web that flexed and vibrated in a helix pattern. “Your fighting style reminded me of something…” he began “The way you made yourself seem numerous and the fact that every punch you threw was stunningly beautiful” “It just brought stars to my mind” “And what was around before the stars?” “Nothing” “So thats exactly what this attack will do” “Not nothing, but it will completely erase anything in its path, wiping anything from the face of reality” The crowd loudly discussed this revelation. Ofcourse it was so simple yet no one else had ever thought of it. The crowd seemed to understand the weight of these statements. But one question was asked numerous times within their discussions. Could an attack really remove something from the world for good? Well… Knight light would be about to answer that question… For when he swings his blade… The truth will be evident. “In a way this attack will be named after you…” knight light was still talking as the attack was charging “You inspired it…” the light danced around him in the air and shimmered on his body “And Im going to name it after the inspiration” his scimitar was glowing with a very volatile and unstable light that shifted tones so much no one could determine its colour “It must be an honour having to be killed this way…” his muscles tensed in response to the light moving on his body as if they were soaking it in like a plant “Likewise its an honour having to kill you this way…” the very air in the stadium began to sparkle like glitter “That’s why im calling this ability, the highest possible grade of attack that can ever be reached, “the brightest constellation” as soon as he finished those words knight light jumped into the air “I couldn’t have had a better opponent in this here match today… thank you” night shift heroically stood proud ready to embrace death as he said his final words. The jump knight light performed broke the sound barrier and created a sonic boom that sent people in the stadium flying off of their seats. The liquid light that covered the floor of the arena attempted to follow him up into the sky, this created a bunch of pillars that were formed out of this light. Once knight light reached the apex of his jump he began hovering in place with his wings. “I thank you too…” he muttered knowing that only he could hear anything he had to say. Then he readied his scimitar and began a skydive back down to the arena. Light encompassed his body like a cacoon. It swirled enchantingly around him. On the otherhand the light on his blade began to erupt with an unsettling degree of colour. Before he knew it he was nearing the ground. In preparation he held his sword in the swinging position. Then when he was within the boundaries of the stadium again he swung his blade horizontally towards night shift with the momentum of his skydive included. All of the light within his blade, surrounding him and on the floor of the arena shot at night shift. He landed shortly after. Before reaching night shift the light transformed into stars that were linked together by lines, they resembled constellations incredibly well. But they didn’t last long because shortly after coming into creation they detonated and discharged a beyond blinding amount of light. Everyone in the audience could not see as a result of this. The attack was the mother of all flashbangs and everyone going wild in the stands proved it. The fact that they could not see meant they could not know what happened to night shift. And that was the main focus right in this moment. Everyone NEEDED to know what had happened. But no one would get an answer until the first few viewers regained their eyesight. After 19 excruciatingly long and chaotic minutes the very first people able to see again witnessed the state the arena was in. The entire third of the arena night shift was stood in… Had been decimated… It looked as though it had been carved right down to nothing, it boasted a weirdly smooth and eerie shape. Almost like within a radius of that attack, things had indeed been set to zero. But no one knew how. No one except knight light. Who was smiling with a tear in his eye. he grimly said with a catch in his throat “i’ll come to your funeral night shift…”. THE WINNER OF THIS BOUT IS KNIGHT LIGHT, THE EXALTED SERAPH! |
2024.05.20 02:08 BrennusRex Completing a degree online while living abroad?
In 2022 I received a bachelor's in history with a minor in English. Due to external struggles and bad mental health, my grades weren't the best, but I got it. As of recently, I've felt a rekindled desire to take on some sort of academic endeavor, possibly going onward into grad school, and the path that I've envision is complicated to say the least. Here's the short version.
1) Currently, I am taking Trinity CertTESOL courses so that between September and December, I can go teach classes abroad, probably in Japan through the JET program.
2) I want to take the classes online while I am living in Japan that would be required for me to turn my English background into a Bachelor of Arts with a creative writing minor. It would only take me like 30 credit hours to do this, and if I can, I would take classes year round over the next two or three years while living abroad.
3) After I am done teaching abroad, I want to use my improved grades from my second degree, the fact that I went back to school and did better, and the experience that I gained teaching abroad to possibly find my way into a master's program.
THE CURRENT PROBLEM: the classes that I would need to take with my alma mater to get the degree through them are either not currently offered or are not offered online as far as I can tell, and I don't know what other reputable universities might offer online programs to get some kind of Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
Has anyone had a similar situation? How could I possibly find a way to take these classes and finish my degree online while living internationally?
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1) Currently, I am taking Trinity CertTESOL courses so that between September and December, I can go teach classes abroad, probably in Japan through the JET program.
2) I want to take the classes online while I am living in Japan that would be required for me to turn my English background into a Bachelor of Arts with a creative writing minor. It would only take me like 30 credit hours to do this, and if I can, I would take classes year round over the next two or three years while living abroad.
3) After I am done teaching abroad, I want to use my improved grades from my second degree, the fact that I went back to school and did better, and the experience that I gained teaching abroad to possibly find my way into a master's program.
THE CURRENT PROBLEM: the classes that I would need to take with my alma mater to get the degree through them are either not currently offered or are not offered online as far as I can tell, and I don't know what other reputable universities might offer online programs to get some kind of Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
Has anyone had a similar situation? How could I possibly find a way to take these classes and finish my degree online while living internationally?
2024.05.20 02:08 almond63 Skeleton sloop right after fort of fortune
So I was doing skeleton fort raids when after I hit grade 5 for oos I saw a fort of fortune. Went and did the fort of fortune. Took me a while because I was solo and after I spend 20min loading my ship with the loot I take off the the outpost which is super close. Not even 20 seconds after I put my sails down a skeleton sloop starts attacking me and it’s the most accurate ship that’s ever attacked me. Get to the outpost and it’s sitting there ramming me and circling me. As I’m frantically trying to sink the damn thing I had 2 athena kegs on my ship bc the outpost was a 40 sec ride and the ship hits them. I die. The loading screen after I go through the door to go back to my ship takes abnormally long, about 45 seconds. Then I spawn at an island right next to the outpost I just sunk at. I sail back and ofc there is no loot in sight. Wtf is this bs. Was the skeleton ship supposed to spawn? Why is all the loot gone?
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2024.05.20 02:03 StomachObjective2736 Heavenly OL bliss but with a cost..
Im below average at maths, mocks I somehow got 50+% on my p2 but got 30% on my p1, we had another mock 17% p1, 37% p2, my teacher gave me an ordinary exam paper book and oh my god, you dont need to even learn theorems or other shite like identities and whatever the fuck, but I need h4 maths for my first choice.
If I drop I can guarantee get the 56, but lose out on four HL cao choices. No problem but the dilemma starts I had grinds starting a couple weeks before my first mocks, first month the money came from me, but then my parents covered for the rest and one more extra slot in the week, my parents are very over expecting, they are not gonna hear me out and I will get flamed for wasting money, I had covered a good bit with my grinds teacher like logs and indices, area, volume, financial maths, statistics, probability, complex numbers, integration. But I learnt so much statistics, probability and differentiation shite too late flr my second mock. If I drop the bits Im good at in some of the topics is not on OL like demmoivre, z scores, p values and so on. I would stick it out BUT I JUST SUCK ASS AT P1 AND THOSE THEOREMS, PROOFS AND IDENTITY USELESS RUBBISH. FUCK THAT COT AMMORTISATION SEC AUTISTIC GENIUS LEVEL GARBAISTE
3 weeks and cs test on this Wednesday. I have dcg on the 20th June with a week gap where Ill go over that easy points. Is the play that if I do well on cs, make irish 7th subject and use the dcg/irish time for maths, ontop of my maths grinds, which will be p1 focused? Ill watch exam learn, studyclix boost, examai and all, but then considering grade inflation, I should stick it out?
Say just a couple days before it Ill do one last exam paper for myself timed both p1 and p2 one I havent seen before and see if I can do it. If I flop Ill drop on the day. I need try atleast get a H6 maths, maybe even H3 for the top choice.
Anyone know a good exam paper which I can use like the final confidence test for myself?
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If I drop I can guarantee get the 56, but lose out on four HL cao choices. No problem but the dilemma starts I had grinds starting a couple weeks before my first mocks, first month the money came from me, but then my parents covered for the rest and one more extra slot in the week, my parents are very over expecting, they are not gonna hear me out and I will get flamed for wasting money, I had covered a good bit with my grinds teacher like logs and indices, area, volume, financial maths, statistics, probability, complex numbers, integration. But I learnt so much statistics, probability and differentiation shite too late flr my second mock. If I drop the bits Im good at in some of the topics is not on OL like demmoivre, z scores, p values and so on. I would stick it out BUT I JUST SUCK ASS AT P1 AND THOSE THEOREMS, PROOFS AND IDENTITY USELESS RUBBISH. FUCK THAT COT AMMORTISATION SEC AUTISTIC GENIUS LEVEL GARBAISTE
3 weeks and cs test on this Wednesday. I have dcg on the 20th June with a week gap where Ill go over that easy points. Is the play that if I do well on cs, make irish 7th subject and use the dcg/irish time for maths, ontop of my maths grinds, which will be p1 focused? Ill watch exam learn, studyclix boost, examai and all, but then considering grade inflation, I should stick it out?
Say just a couple days before it Ill do one last exam paper for myself timed both p1 and p2 one I havent seen before and see if I can do it. If I flop Ill drop on the day. I need try atleast get a H6 maths, maybe even H3 for the top choice.
Anyone know a good exam paper which I can use like the final confidence test for myself?
2024.05.20 01:56 Grinding_Death Peace through superior firepower…
 | My second master grade build! The Full armor unicorn Ver. Ka! Still need to panel line and change the V-fin colour, but I had a blast with this build. submitted by Grinding_Death to Gunpla [link] [comments] Took about two weeks of off-and-on work a couple hours a night before bed. I made sure to build all of the weapons, shields, and booster rockets before taking on the gundam build itself. Really happy with how this looks just straight out of box build. Thanks for looking!! |
2024.05.20 01:55 Flying_Snails_Today2 Yuji is currently special grade and his the potential to surpass both Gojo and Sukuna
Yuji is special grade level and has potential to be the strongest
I am going over a series of bullet points then explain more in depth with what he may be able to learn to really convince you that much like how I covered Mahito before if Yuji reaches his full potential he’d be the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Major point 1: He matched Yuta while Yuta had a stat buff in his domain in their fight with Sukuna. And no Yuji wasn't playing support either he helped restrain Sukuna and was throwing straight hands combining his attacks with Yuta. Mind you this was before he awakened and began landing black flashes.
Major point 2: Yuji has lasted longer than basically anyone in the Sukuna battle. Aside right after the Yuta fight where he had to take a minute to heal he’s had the longest time fighting Sukuna. More than Yuta, Choso, Maki, Kashimo. I get Sukuna has not been giving Yuji his full attention every second and we can’t put all the credit on Yuji but it speaks volumes for how strong Yuji is.
Major Point 3: It’s stated verbatim Yuji has the potential to rival Sukuna by Sukuna’s Femboy and Gojo thought Yuji had the potential to surpass him.
Major Point 4: Yuji is very new even still. At max he had a month to learn blood manipulation AND shrine. And he had to stack that with soul swapping with Yuta and Kusakabe while learning RCT and simple domain. Give him more time to properly use convergence, have him take time to mimic things Choso once did while he was alive, maybe he pulls a Choso and remembers the two brothers he once killed and take wing king for himself. And shrine you don’t have to get me started.
Major Point part 5: Yuji has had the most training of anyone in this series under the largest variety of masters. Choso, Gojo, Kusakabe and Yuta, Todo, Nanami. Who else gets this level of training. Yuji lives by their will and their teachings all of them are high level combatants. Yuji is kinda crazy.
Minor Point 1: Yuji has two really good CT’s . Blood manipulation he has rct to help with and shrine. He’s not the best with either of these but they definitely help rise his stocks.
Minor Point 2: He is chosen by the sparks of black and is alone the only character in JJK that has the ability to throw black flashes at will with the highest level of black flashes in a row and highest level of black flashes overall in history. This shows Yuji is already a master of a hight in jujutsu that obviously being Black Flashes. Gojo and Sukuna may have domain expansion but they can’t claim to be able to black flash like Itadori can.
Now then with major bullet points and minor ones at the way. Can Yuji REALLY surpass Gojo and Sukuna- yes. He’s been stated that he can surpass Gojo by Satoru himself and Sukuna’s femboy acknowledged that Yuji could be equal to Sukuna. He has been a jujutsu sorcerer for less than a full year and has reached the peak of what may be able to do with a black flash.
Yuji already has a crazy growth rate. Understanding how to use cursed energy very fast and went from getting bodies by a Finger Bearer before cursed energy to throwing hands evenly with Mahito in goodwill. Yuji has went from getting kinda bullied by Yuta holding back to actually shocking 15F Meguna with how strong he was.
He has grown insanely already and has awakened as a jujutsu sorcerer just like how Gojo once did. Even still Yuji lacks a domain expansion but what if he just… gets one there is endless possibilities for Yuji’s domain expansion so it could be extremely busted maybe even more so than Gojo or Sukuna. Maybe it’s open barrier as well. He’s also got banger H2H skills even more so than Kenjaku or Gojo who before were noted as JJK’s best in H2H.
Yuji is stronger than let’s be honest most of the verse with better feats than most characters even before his awakening. Like I said keeping up with Yuta inside his domain meaning he has a stat amp inside his own domain. This makes Yuji stronger than a majority of the verse physically. This alone strength wise puts him on the special grade level at least physically. Now this is before black flashes not being in the zone or anything. Give Yuji a few years, use him post his awakening, he can use black flash at will, has a shit load of experience and skill now, he has mastered blood manipulation and shrine, he now has an open barrier domain possibly, he has a simple domain, he has reverse cursed technique. Nobody could step to Yuji.
Sadly there isn’t more to say about this aside he could learn some more abilities maybe even unlock a maximum technique while he’s at it. He could unlock more info on the soul perhaps and train his soul so that way if he ever meets Mahito like people again we know for a fact he’s safe.
Sadly while there isn’t a lot to go into Yuji definitely would surpass Gojo and Sukuna if he got time to truly let himself grow he’s already the strongest character in physical outside them most likely.
Now to watch the world burn MWHAHAHAHAHA
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I am going over a series of bullet points then explain more in depth with what he may be able to learn to really convince you that much like how I covered Mahito before if Yuji reaches his full potential he’d be the strongest character in Jujutsu Kaisen.
Major point 1: He matched Yuta while Yuta had a stat buff in his domain in their fight with Sukuna. And no Yuji wasn't playing support either he helped restrain Sukuna and was throwing straight hands combining his attacks with Yuta. Mind you this was before he awakened and began landing black flashes.
Major point 2: Yuji has lasted longer than basically anyone in the Sukuna battle. Aside right after the Yuta fight where he had to take a minute to heal he’s had the longest time fighting Sukuna. More than Yuta, Choso, Maki, Kashimo. I get Sukuna has not been giving Yuji his full attention every second and we can’t put all the credit on Yuji but it speaks volumes for how strong Yuji is.
Major Point 3: It’s stated verbatim Yuji has the potential to rival Sukuna by Sukuna’s Femboy and Gojo thought Yuji had the potential to surpass him.
Major Point 4: Yuji is very new even still. At max he had a month to learn blood manipulation AND shrine. And he had to stack that with soul swapping with Yuta and Kusakabe while learning RCT and simple domain. Give him more time to properly use convergence, have him take time to mimic things Choso once did while he was alive, maybe he pulls a Choso and remembers the two brothers he once killed and take wing king for himself. And shrine you don’t have to get me started.
Major Point part 5: Yuji has had the most training of anyone in this series under the largest variety of masters. Choso, Gojo, Kusakabe and Yuta, Todo, Nanami. Who else gets this level of training. Yuji lives by their will and their teachings all of them are high level combatants. Yuji is kinda crazy.
Minor Point 1: Yuji has two really good CT’s . Blood manipulation he has rct to help with and shrine. He’s not the best with either of these but they definitely help rise his stocks.
Minor Point 2: He is chosen by the sparks of black and is alone the only character in JJK that has the ability to throw black flashes at will with the highest level of black flashes in a row and highest level of black flashes overall in history. This shows Yuji is already a master of a hight in jujutsu that obviously being Black Flashes. Gojo and Sukuna may have domain expansion but they can’t claim to be able to black flash like Itadori can.
Now then with major bullet points and minor ones at the way. Can Yuji REALLY surpass Gojo and Sukuna- yes. He’s been stated that he can surpass Gojo by Satoru himself and Sukuna’s femboy acknowledged that Yuji could be equal to Sukuna. He has been a jujutsu sorcerer for less than a full year and has reached the peak of what may be able to do with a black flash.
Yuji already has a crazy growth rate. Understanding how to use cursed energy very fast and went from getting bodies by a Finger Bearer before cursed energy to throwing hands evenly with Mahito in goodwill. Yuji has went from getting kinda bullied by Yuta holding back to actually shocking 15F Meguna with how strong he was.
He has grown insanely already and has awakened as a jujutsu sorcerer just like how Gojo once did. Even still Yuji lacks a domain expansion but what if he just… gets one there is endless possibilities for Yuji’s domain expansion so it could be extremely busted maybe even more so than Gojo or Sukuna. Maybe it’s open barrier as well. He’s also got banger H2H skills even more so than Kenjaku or Gojo who before were noted as JJK’s best in H2H.
Yuji is stronger than let’s be honest most of the verse with better feats than most characters even before his awakening. Like I said keeping up with Yuta inside his domain meaning he has a stat amp inside his own domain. This makes Yuji stronger than a majority of the verse physically. This alone strength wise puts him on the special grade level at least physically. Now this is before black flashes not being in the zone or anything. Give Yuji a few years, use him post his awakening, he can use black flash at will, has a shit load of experience and skill now, he has mastered blood manipulation and shrine, he now has an open barrier domain possibly, he has a simple domain, he has reverse cursed technique. Nobody could step to Yuji.
Sadly there isn’t more to say about this aside he could learn some more abilities maybe even unlock a maximum technique while he’s at it. He could unlock more info on the soul perhaps and train his soul so that way if he ever meets Mahito like people again we know for a fact he’s safe.
Sadly while there isn’t a lot to go into Yuji definitely would surpass Gojo and Sukuna if he got time to truly let himself grow he’s already the strongest character in physical outside them most likely.
Now to watch the world burn MWHAHAHAHAHA