Apparently the old adage about how chicken soup is good for your ailments still has a lot of traction in the homeopath community.
Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't the whole concept behind homeopathy to use tiny amounts of antigens to stimulate the immune system to tolerance or to better resistance? What is the purpose of putting duck giblets in a pill designed to fight the flu?
Sadly, about as many cameras are trained on the employees as they are on the general public. I don't know that Walmart cashiers are any less honest as any other cashiers, but Walmart management seems to think so.
At first my friend was told the cameras were there to help identify robbers in case of a stickup at the register, but they were facing the wrong way for that.
Jaywalking is only illegal in the first place to give a cop an excuse to run your ID and see if he can possibly come up with a reason to give you some fines.
The 'justice' system in this country is pitiful on every level.
No, it's illegal because dozens of people get hit by cars and killed every year because they run out into the street without looking. Or they step out from between parked cars, and someone can't stop in time to avoid hitting them. Or they think the guy saw them and will stop, and he hits a patch of ice or is looking in his lap for a lost french fry.
Cops should not be punching people in the face to restrain them. They should be using the tools and techniques they are trained to use to disable, ground, and restrain hostile or aggressive people. I seriously doubt a cop who meets the minimal standards for physical fitness for the job, would need to punch a girl in the face to restrain her, even if she weighs the same as he does.
Teenagers you might say have an unusual outlook towards time. Consider: a teenager's actions have relatively little impact on the kid's future. Poor studying habits, hanging out with the wrong person, falling asleep in class; all of these will cause him/her short term inconveniences, but will not change his life substantially by themselves. As such the kid will not feel the need to be constantly running around trying to get all his work done. Why should he if the work has so little impact on him. Additionally, while he does value his time, he has a tendency to "waste" it, as he will focus the things that make him happy, as opposed to focusing on his chores or schoolwork.
Fast-forward to adulthood. You don't have a report for your company in on time. This may very well cost you your job, an outcome far more life-altering than a D on a paper. If you let your bills go for too long you could lose your house; again, a very significant issue. The adult will try to stay as organized and on top of things as possible. Thus an adult places higher priority on getting work done, and therefore "waste no time" in dealing with issues.
So no, I wouldn't so much say that teenager's are lazy as in possession of a different mindset (consequentially, I'm reasonably sure that this is one of the core causes of a lot of kid parent misunderstandings, but that's another topic I guess)
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I guess this covers some of it. Kids in upper middle class families don't feel any particular urgency to put themselves out there. But that doesn't explain how many kids whose parents make good living, are still very busy and have many achievements; and some kids whose parents are dirt poor and scrimp and save every penny, are not doing much towars their future.
I think hope and expectation of fair compensation has a lot to do with it. At least as much as responsibility. If you know you are competent at something of value to society, you start wanting to maximize that return at a very early age. If you don't know what you could do to contribute, you tend to not seek out opportunities.
Common sense has no advocates, because it's ever so boring and uneventful! And also, because it's in fact quite uncommon.
So a vocal few have championed zero tolerance for bringing pencils to class. How long does this teacher think it will take students to figure out how to weaponize whatever new writing utensils they have to replace pencils?
@WUBRG: It's not a conspiracy. Teachers want kids to behave and be successful, admittedly because it makes their job easier, but also because it feels good to help a kid grow up right and reach his full potential as a human being. But teaching character and emotional skills is hard if the kid is only exposed to proper social contexts for a few hours a day. At home these kids may be immersed in all sorts of abuse and neglect, dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics, negative messages, shame, etc. For every step forward in class, they take two steps back at home.
Worst of all you have to deal with the parents. Maybe the parents don't like their child's new behaviour or feel it's not your place to instruct their child in moral and social matters. You will catch hell for it. What you say about his social and emotional skills, that's something many parents take personally. Because traditionally it's the parents who instill morals and good behaviour/emotional control in their kids. Giving their kids marks based on social and emotional behaviours is like calling them out on bad parenting, or saying they raised a spoiled brat.
For most teachers, it's just not worth it. And for most parents, it's easier to deal with a blanket edict than it is to sort out their child on how to deal with aggression.
hey motley, were most of the cards that went missing, black cards?
some peope object to black and some red cards, because they deal with horror themes and devils and such. i can see someone with a certain religious bent doing something like that - going through and "cleansing" your collection.
If your parents are nagging you to pick up cards, you have a responsibility to them to pick up after yourself.
If they are also tolerant of you playing the game in the first place, you are in a lucky minority and should take that as further encouragement to put your cards away and tidy up.
@bosox: Telling your family that some of your cards cost $80 may backfire on you.
One friend did this and his family immediately rounded up all his cards. They confiscated his entire collection, minus a few decks he had taken with him to college, and put them in a safety deposit box. Even the basic lands and piles of random commons. After several years he finally got his cards back, but only after he was able to demonstrate that he was working for good pay, making money, investing, had a car paid off, etc.
Another friend told his parents what his cards were worth and they cut off his allowance and took joint control of his bank account. They told him buying Magic cards was a waste of money and time better spent saving for college and a car. Even though it is his money and his time. Needless to say, he doesn't play anymore.
A third example was my fault. I gave a kid in my apartment block a large shoebox full of old baseball cards and Magic cards. The value of cards inside may have been around $100 or so, nothing spectacular, but to a poor kid with literally nothing, that was a gift beyond imagining. After a short while I ran into him again and asked him if he still had it. He said his dad took them away and sold them. Knowing his dad, I'm pretty sure the money went for cheap booze and lottery tickets. I don't think he even got a chance to look at the cards in the box before his dad swooped in on them.
So don't carry on about how much your cards are worth, until you get a sense of how your immediate family might react. Do they constantly harass and disparage your hobbies as a waste of time and money? Or do they seem irresponsible with money and always borrowing or grasping from other family to make ends meet? How much privacy and autonomy do you have with your allowance/job earnings/free time?
In short, your parents should respect your hobbies as hobbies in their own right, and not because you've attached a dollar value to them. If you don't think they will respect your hobbies, you will actually create more problems for yourself if you claim they are worth real money.
You can text her but don't make it a long text. Keep it short. Think of what you want to say, then work out a nonjudgmental and sincere way to say it - and then that's it. No baggage about how you are left trying to second-guess the relationship, or your misgivings.
I wouldn't go so far as to say "men are stupid and women are players" even though it seems like in this case, it might be true. You just don't know with this girl, what is going on.
That said, she has chosen not to share it with you in an honest, appropriate way. Trying to contact her outside of your IM/texts for whatever reason, whether for a sense of duty, or still being hopelessly infatuated with her, could wind you in some serious trouble. As much as it may leave you feeling dissatisfied, leaving the door open and moving on is the right thing here. You might also set some limits about her drunken texting. It's not helping either of you, it's meant to jerk your chain and play on your emotions. Even if it is a genuine cry for help, it's not doing her any favours because she is in no condition to rationally and honestly discuss her situation in detail. More likely it's just an appeal for attention and you should nip that in the bud.
It's because many people on this board don't have the skills to determine whether a post is a bot posting or a real human posting (if there's even such a thing).
I like holidays traditionally because of working double pay when everyone else is away. But now that I live thousands of miles from my family, it's hard to justify letting another year go by without seeing them, just for a couple hundred extra dollars.
Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't the whole concept behind homeopathy to use tiny amounts of antigens to stimulate the immune system to tolerance or to better resistance? What is the purpose of putting duck giblets in a pill designed to fight the flu?
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At first my friend was told the cameras were there to help identify robbers in case of a stickup at the register, but they were facing the wrong way for that.
No, it's illegal because dozens of people get hit by cars and killed every year because they run out into the street without looking. Or they step out from between parked cars, and someone can't stop in time to avoid hitting them. Or they think the guy saw them and will stop, and he hits a patch of ice or is looking in his lap for a lost french fry.
Cops should not be punching people in the face to restrain them. They should be using the tools and techniques they are trained to use to disable, ground, and restrain hostile or aggressive people. I seriously doubt a cop who meets the minimal standards for physical fitness for the job, would need to punch a girl in the face to restrain her, even if she weighs the same as he does.
I guess this covers some of it. Kids in upper middle class families don't feel any particular urgency to put themselves out there. But that doesn't explain how many kids whose parents make good living, are still very busy and have many achievements; and some kids whose parents are dirt poor and scrimp and save every penny, are not doing much towars their future.
I think hope and expectation of fair compensation has a lot to do with it. At least as much as responsibility. If you know you are competent at something of value to society, you start wanting to maximize that return at a very early age. If you don't know what you could do to contribute, you tend to not seek out opportunities.
So a vocal few have championed zero tolerance for bringing pencils to class. How long does this teacher think it will take students to figure out how to weaponize whatever new writing utensils they have to replace pencils?
@WUBRG: It's not a conspiracy. Teachers want kids to behave and be successful, admittedly because it makes their job easier, but also because it feels good to help a kid grow up right and reach his full potential as a human being. But teaching character and emotional skills is hard if the kid is only exposed to proper social contexts for a few hours a day. At home these kids may be immersed in all sorts of abuse and neglect, dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics, negative messages, shame, etc. For every step forward in class, they take two steps back at home.
Worst of all you have to deal with the parents. Maybe the parents don't like their child's new behaviour or feel it's not your place to instruct their child in moral and social matters. You will catch hell for it. What you say about his social and emotional skills, that's something many parents take personally. Because traditionally it's the parents who instill morals and good behaviour/emotional control in their kids. Giving their kids marks based on social and emotional behaviours is like calling them out on bad parenting, or saying they raised a spoiled brat.
For most teachers, it's just not worth it. And for most parents, it's easier to deal with a blanket edict than it is to sort out their child on how to deal with aggression.
some peope object to black and some red cards, because they deal with horror themes and devils and such. i can see someone with a certain religious bent doing something like that - going through and "cleansing" your collection.
If they are also tolerant of you playing the game in the first place, you are in a lucky minority and should take that as further encouragement to put your cards away and tidy up.
@bosox: Telling your family that some of your cards cost $80 may backfire on you.
One friend did this and his family immediately rounded up all his cards. They confiscated his entire collection, minus a few decks he had taken with him to college, and put them in a safety deposit box. Even the basic lands and piles of random commons. After several years he finally got his cards back, but only after he was able to demonstrate that he was working for good pay, making money, investing, had a car paid off, etc.
Another friend told his parents what his cards were worth and they cut off his allowance and took joint control of his bank account. They told him buying Magic cards was a waste of money and time better spent saving for college and a car. Even though it is his money and his time. Needless to say, he doesn't play anymore.
A third example was my fault. I gave a kid in my apartment block a large shoebox full of old baseball cards and Magic cards. The value of cards inside may have been around $100 or so, nothing spectacular, but to a poor kid with literally nothing, that was a gift beyond imagining. After a short while I ran into him again and asked him if he still had it. He said his dad took them away and sold them. Knowing his dad, I'm pretty sure the money went for cheap booze and lottery tickets. I don't think he even got a chance to look at the cards in the box before his dad swooped in on them.
So don't carry on about how much your cards are worth, until you get a sense of how your immediate family might react. Do they constantly harass and disparage your hobbies as a waste of time and money? Or do they seem irresponsible with money and always borrowing or grasping from other family to make ends meet? How much privacy and autonomy do you have with your allowance/job earnings/free time?
In short, your parents should respect your hobbies as hobbies in their own right, and not because you've attached a dollar value to them. If you don't think they will respect your hobbies, you will actually create more problems for yourself if you claim they are worth real money.
I wouldn't go so far as to say "men are stupid and women are players" even though it seems like in this case, it might be true. You just don't know with this girl, what is going on.
That said, she has chosen not to share it with you in an honest, appropriate way. Trying to contact her outside of your IM/texts for whatever reason, whether for a sense of duty, or still being hopelessly infatuated with her, could wind you in some serious trouble. As much as it may leave you feeling dissatisfied, leaving the door open and moving on is the right thing here. You might also set some limits about her drunken texting. It's not helping either of you, it's meant to jerk your chain and play on your emotions. Even if it is a genuine cry for help, it's not doing her any favours because she is in no condition to rationally and honestly discuss her situation in detail. More likely it's just an appeal for attention and you should nip that in the bud.
I like holidays traditionally because of working double pay when everyone else is away. But now that I live thousands of miles from my family, it's hard to justify letting another year go by without seeing them, just for a couple hundred extra dollars.