They knew I was bullied but often did nothing to stop it unless they caught the student red-handed. One teacher was a dick and was intentionally acting ignorant of it despite the sound of my pencil case being tossed around in the class room as students played "keep away".
Growing up my mum had to get the police involved at least twice that I recall. One time, the police officer just looked at me and asked my mum why I don't fight back(!).
My response has been to (at least try) to block out my recollections of school abuse. I haven't succeeded.
Want to know how I handled the 10 year reunion? I didn't go because the fear of seeing all the bullies again (and there were lots) was too much for me to bare over seeing those few students who were nice who I wanted to see.
I agree. I had been bullied for years from elementary to high school, by more or less the same group of kids. Finally in the next-to-last year of high school I had evidently had enough too. One day an asshole bumped into me "by accident", causing me to drop all my books. After years of bullying that had finally set me off it seems. I turned around, shoved him into the lockers and just began strangling him with no plan of what to do next. He punched me and that was the end of it, but he got 2 days suspension (should have been longer as one of those two days was that day, so I only got to enjoy his absence for one day) whereas I got sent home to recover. The teachers and principal all said they were surprised I had lasted as long as I had before fighting back (first time defending myself ever actually, but I think they only referred to the period between the beginning of high school and then).
Harassment ended that day, it seems all the other bullies didn't want to deal with me after they saw/heard what happened. I wish I had fought back sooner in life.
Actually, a lot of folks don't even know what a.doc file is because of Microsoft's file-name extension hiding. They think of documents as the files with the "W" on the piece of paper.
Assuming you're right (didn't check the link) it wouldn't surprise me if Canada caves in rather than pointing out the obvious anyway. I found out about a book called Confessions of an Economic Hit Man during the holidays and read a few brief excerpts, it was a rather enlightening read (including a behind-the scenes look on a few events in world history that we all know about, including 9/11 and Bush (re: Oil).
The tobacco industry actively argues against the fact that their products cause cancer despite the warnings they are legally obligated to place on the packaging. The only reason I don't believe it's a scam is because the government has regulated the hell out of it instead of shutting it down.
I for one am sad to see Duke go. I still remember being in the store, putting my hands on the box and buying Duke Nukem 3D, then being absolutely wowed when I got home. It's a shame Broussard couldn't get past his perfectionism. I'm sure each and every iteration of DNF was a masterpiece in its' own right yet he sat and pondered time and time again only to add "just one more brush stroke", repeating the cycle each time. RIP Duke. You... have.. been missed.
A couple of things.
One, the patent name "Avatar Individualized by Physical Characteristic" is indeed downright insulting to more shapely people (of which I'm not one).
On the other hand, my second thought once I read this:
Microsoft also proposes shaping gaming experiences by using 'psychological and demographic information such as education level, geographic location, age, sex, intelligence quotient, socioeconomic class, occupation, marital/relationship status, religious belief, political affiliation, etc.
We aren't all car mechanics, nor may we not have the prerequisit interest to learn how it works. I understand your point of view in the context of computers (I'm a software developer) but I don't drive and don't know, beyond what you see on tv, nor care to know how they work.
TFS says exactly why we would want to switch to their DNS, and I for one and switching from OpenDNS to Google as soon as I post this message. I'm currently with Bell Sympatico and they've been hijacking DNS failures.
I grew up with a mother that smoked, she thankfully quit about 10-15 years ago now, but I tell you it wasn't fun growing up in an appartment full of cigarette smoke. I remember I used to try to hold my breath as long as possible at home just to try not to breathe still more smoke in. I grew up with asthma because of the smoking (though it doesn't effect me anymore, asthma is something you have for life once diagnosed).
For your future children, I thank you.
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Hear hear!
Americans can never be un-American, they can however redefine it. I'd say this is a win for advocates of censorship, repression and Big Brother.
They knew I was bullied but often did nothing to stop it unless they caught the student red-handed. One teacher was a dick and was intentionally acting ignorant of it despite the sound of my pencil case being tossed around in the class room as students played "keep away".
Growing up my mum had to get the police involved at least twice that I recall. One time, the police officer just looked at me and asked my mum why I don't fight back(!).
My response has been to (at least try) to block out my recollections of school abuse. I haven't succeeded.
Want to know how I handled the 10 year reunion? I didn't go because the fear of seeing all the bullies again (and there were lots) was too much for me to bare over seeing those few students who were nice who I wanted to see.
I agree. I had been bullied for years from elementary to high school, by more or less the same group of kids. Finally in the next-to-last year of high school I had evidently had enough too. One day an asshole bumped into me "by accident", causing me to drop all my books. After years of bullying that had finally set me off it seems. I turned around, shoved him into the lockers and just began strangling him with no plan of what to do next. He punched me and that was the end of it, but he got 2 days suspension (should have been longer as one of those two days was that day, so I only got to enjoy his absence for one day) whereas I got sent home to recover. The teachers and principal all said they were surprised I had lasted as long as I had before fighting back (first time defending myself ever actually, but I think they only referred to the period between the beginning of high school and then).
Harassment ended that day, it seems all the other bullies didn't want to deal with me after they saw/heard what happened. I wish I had fought back sooner in life.
Not all of us are as immoral as you are I suppose. Was this statement too obvious for you?
but all mute if Big Rip is possible, we might only have 22 billion years left!:
Moot. M-O-O-T.
Actually, a lot of folks don't even know what a .doc file is because of Microsoft's file-name extension hiding. They think of documents as the files with the "W" on the piece of paper.
What school is this and where can I apply? ..Seriously.
Did we watch the same video? None of that was there.
Wall Street would happily destroy the entire US economy to do their own ass?
Although this is uncommon, it's not unheard of. No I don't have any citations on hand. Be nice.
Assuming you're right (didn't check the link) it wouldn't surprise me if Canada caves in rather than pointing out the obvious anyway. I found out about a book called Confessions of an Economic Hit Man during the holidays and read a few brief excerpts, it was a rather enlightening read (including a behind-the scenes look on a few events in world history that we all know about, including 9/11 and Bush (re: Oil).
The tobacco industry actively argues against the fact that their products cause cancer despite the warnings they are legally obligated to place on the packaging. The only reason I don't believe it's a scam is because the government has regulated the hell out of it instead of shutting it down.
I for one am sad to see Duke go. I still remember being in the store, putting my hands on the box and buying Duke Nukem 3D, then being absolutely wowed when I got home. It's a shame Broussard couldn't get past his perfectionism. I'm sure each and every iteration of DNF was a masterpiece in its' own right yet he sat and pondered time and time again only to add "just one more brush stroke", repeating the cycle each time.
RIP Duke.
You... have.. been missed.
There's a time and a place for things, this sort of thing is more suited to personal jokes between friends and groups on Facebook.
Pardon?
Microsoft also proposes shaping gaming experiences by using 'psychological and demographic information such as education level, geographic location, age, sex, intelligence quotient, socioeconomic class, occupation, marital/relationship status, religious belief, political affiliation, etc.
was OOH! I want to play Splinter Cell starring Niles & Frasier Crane!!!
Heh. #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN :)
We aren't all car mechanics, nor may we not have the prerequisit interest to learn how it works. I understand your point of view in the context of computers (I'm a software developer) but I don't drive and don't know, beyond what you see on tv, nor care to know how they work.
I suggest they use the PDF format for interchange so that redactions can be worked around!
ideological supremacy (be it Democrat versus Republican, Socialist versus Libertarian, Vi versus Emacs, KDE versus Gnome, etc...).
Hah! Your ordering fits perfectly with left-wingedness! Vi puts everyone on equal footing and KDE, well.. it's Linus' preference and he's Finnish...
You forgot the part about Carol's mother having an appointment at the hair dresser. :)
Where've you been? I've missed hearing about the fight for fair use!
TFS says exactly why we would want to switch to their DNS, and I for one and switching from OpenDNS to Google as soon as I post this message. I'm currently with Bell Sympatico and they've been hijacking DNS failures.
I grew up with a mother that smoked, she thankfully quit about 10-15 years ago now, but I tell you it wasn't fun growing up in an appartment full of cigarette smoke. I remember I used to try to hold my breath as long as possible at home just to try not to breathe still more smoke in. I grew up with asthma because of the smoking (though it doesn't effect me anymore, asthma is something you have for life once diagnosed). For your future children, I thank you.
Oooh, Oooh! [Citation needed]