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[Furtuka]

greatorder confirmed for kkk

Mine pls

Makes me sad that the acronym of KKK is used for a...malevolent band.

Where I'm from--its the acronym of people who stood up for a sincerely good cause, echoed nowadays in the youth as a symbol of freedom (in its benevolent form).

Your version of the Sons Of Liberty, isn't it?

From what i can gather, sortof, except much more organized.

[Tiruin]

greatorder confirmed for kkk

Mine pls

Makes me sad that the acronym of KKK is used for a...malevolent band.

Where I'm from--its the acronym of people who stood up for a sincerely good cause, echoed nowadays in the youth as a symbol of freedom (in its benevolent form).

Your version of the Sons Of Liberty, isn't it?

I have no idea what that is, sorry :X Something to research though!

General link though! I could go in-depth with their ideals, but that'd take the sad thread into a bigger derail x_x

[Lucus Casius]

I'm not saying either has much merit

Everything humans do is human nature.

There's a tiny bit in that argument though I'm leaning more along the description I did because--without the basic physiological needs for survival (having them been fulfilled), there's no need to be...err, asshole-y. I'm still curious (in the meaning of intrigued) to one regard regarding behavior: Why are we affected by such things--if we were not predisposed towards one way, even in part, which is 'good'?

Either way, yeah. I get yer point Dwarfy Tis a good one, but there are very tiny subtleties in yours and mine which skim over what makes the difference in people (by which, everyone is unique).

Heh, made me remember one lesson taught early in my school years. The 3 stages of personality x3

"It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people."

To quote Good Omens.

[Arx]

Keep trucking. Doing it for your teachers instead of your parents is probably a good way of thinking of it.

Good luck.

[Lord Shonus]

greatorder confirmed for kkk

Mine pls

Makes me sad that the acronym of KKK is used for a...malevolent band.

Where I'm from--its the acronym of people who stood up for a sincerely good cause, echoed nowadays in the youth as a symbol of freedom (in its benevolent form).

Your version of the Sons Of Liberty, isn't it?

I have no idea what that is, sorry :X Something to research though!

General link though! I could go in-depth with their ideals, but that'd take the sad thread into a bigger derail x_x

The Sons Of Liberty were the Americans that started the War of Independence back in the 1770s. As far as I can tell, your KKK is essentially the same sort of organization.

[Arx]

It's difficult to be enthused about repeatedly re-working a piece of writing in a style you hate, especially when half your feedback is entirely focused on technicalities. I don't actually care that putting a comma there is not correct English I care that if I don't there's a grammatically correct sentence that happens to run on for forty words without a break which is kind of awkward to read especially considering apparently my 'voice' is good as it is which implies I should keep writing in a similar style.

Edit: also when the corrections being suggested would cause tense confusion within the rest of the essay. Aren't these people supposed to be qualified?

[Worldmaster27]

This is probably just me making a big thing out of nothing, so please ignore me if you want to.

Well, I lost my will to keep on going and felt terribly depressed.
Then, I decided I won't let this get to me, and I just need to take a break and resume work.
Now I'm stuck in a weird state, both excited and lethargic, unwilling to get anything done and st the same time wanting to do everything at once.

Keep pushing on the determination side. Think it up, even if you feel otherwise, even for a few minutes keep to that better idea.

I managed to push the determination side! That was good.

Now, let me give some context. Taking things out of context is very bad, IMO.

Spoiler:  massive amounts of context (click to show/hide)

See, this week I finally cracked down and decided I need to get things done. I actually started spending most of my day doing homework, then college prep. When I was done, I'd estimated I'd have an hour of free time every day, but my parents often made me watch two episodes House with them, so I lost some time. This pushed my free time farther into the night. Then, I'd have to wake up extra early some days because my dad wanted me to go run. I managed to slog through the work and make it this week in hopes that I'd get tons of free time in the weekend.
Meanwhile, we have knowledge bowl.

She also stated that if for the next competition, I end up on Team B instead of Team A, she's not even going to bother taking me to the competition. Yeah, sure, it's not like I've got an entire team depending on me. It's not like I've already been assigned a specialty (Science) so I can help my team better. It's not like they need, y'know, people on their team. I'll just tell them I can't go because my mom only wants to win everything.

Some of you might remember this. You probably don't, but that's because it happened quite a while ago and nobody memorizes what happens to everyone (Check the actual quote for extra context).

Much more recent (in fact, this week):

I get to be the only kid who recieves their competiton admittance letter with head hung low in shame.
Yay, I guess.

The two are related.
Yes, I am probably gonna end up on Team B.

I gave my mother the letter, and she said that she was afraid to sign it because she didn't know which team I'd end up in and if signing it makes you obliged to go, so if I ended up on team B she'd be fucked (this actually is what she said: that she'd be fucked- because of course this is all about her). When she asked me, and I told her I would like going no matter which team, she replied in a negative connotation that I just go to have fun and I don't give a fuck about winningEventually she signed.
Shenanigans of the not-so-fun kind ensued, my mother told me today that she doesn't see me practicing (Yeah, I should practice every day, I know. I should also practice every day for knowledge bowl. And cross country, and I should also exercise and read every day and study more, and seriously do you think I can pull time out of nothing? I don't have enough time as it is now.)and how the other kids wake up at 4 am to practice and how I don't deserve it, and she's not paying for that so I'm going alone (this is actually a good thing).

Anyways, that demoralized me quite a bit, and getting told that I should be ashamed of myself made me lose my excitement about the weekend.
Today, I also learned that even when I started working on homework everyday, due to my fantastically crappy memory things and procrastination habits slipped and I was missing a lot of work, plus I needed to do a ton of research for a project due this sunday. Teachers sent grades today. I silently prayed my mom wouldn't check. I came home to realize that I would probably spend a large part of the weekend working, which killed my hopes a bit. So I felt glum. Especially so coupled with knowledge bowl stuff.
Then, I decided I wouldn't let it get to me. At first I wanted to relax for today and work tomorrow, and got stuck in that in-between state. Then I realized I won't get anything done like that, as I always procrastinate. I decided to do everything these first few days, then maybe get a bit of sunday free.

I started working on my research, and I managed to get a considerable amount of work done, probably during the lapse of two straight hours with a computer that is glitching out as I write the research down and forces me to use a tiny screen.

Then my mom found my grades.

She got angry, asked me if she should just take me to a public school (Public schooling is absolutely horrible here. Terrifyingly so), because she didn't know why she was wasting money for. Some berating was had, she told me I don't deserve to go to my friends house tomorrow in the morning, and she asked me why I don't give a fuck (I actually do, hence the fact that I actually started working to fix it).
Of course, this did not do any good for how I was feeling.

So yeah, rollercoaster day. I get excited and feel good, and suddenly nope I get to hear about how I'm worthless for not being as perfect as my mom wants me to be.

And here we are. It's friday night, and I'm tired, depressed and angry. But you know what? Screw my mom. I'm gonna get this done, wether I do it glumly or not, wether my mom is pissed at me or not, or if I just have to work and do nothing all weekend. I'm not doing it for you, mom, I'm doing it for my teachers, who are actually nice people who I don't wanna let down (and I don't want to let them down because I respect them, not because I'm scared of them), and for me.

Have I said this before?
My patience is wearing thin. Still, I have to keep going.

Well, I have some time to rest now and relax. Tomorrow, I'll have to work. Goodnight, Bay12.

I'm not entirely sure how to voice my support for you in all this, but know it's there. If you've made it this far, you can make it farther.

[Tack]

I don't actually care that putting a comma there is not correct English I care that if I don't there's a grammatically correct sentence that happens to run on for forty words without a break which is kind of awkward to read especially considering apparently my 'voice' is good as it is which implies I should keep writing in a similar style.

Ohiseewutudidthar.

[Bauglir]

I just did most of my taxes because it was more interesting than the readings for one of my classes.

[CaptainMcClellan]

I just did most of my taxes because it was more interesting than the readings for one of my classes.

I sympathize. Just perservere. It'll be over in less time than the eternity it feels like. Beyond that, just take breaks for your health and lean on your friends (including us) for support. We'll offer as much as we can spare!

[Bauglir]

Oh, I know. I can do this. It's just that Theories of the Policy Process is the driest thing I've ever read. You could leave a copy of the dictionary in the Sahara for a year, and this would still be drier.

[Yoink]

I couldn't get to sleep for ages and now I wake up feeling awful. Let's hope I can get back to sleep for a few more hours, I have stuff to do later...

[technicallyAdventurer]

*snipity snip*

And here we are. It's friday night, and I'm tired, depressed and angry. But you know what? Screw my mom. I'm gonna get this done, wether I do it glumly or not, wether my mom is pissed at me or not, or if I just have to work and do nothing all weekend. I'm not doing it for you, mom, I'm doing it for my teachers, who are actually nice people who I don't wanna let down (and I don't want to let them down because I respect them, not because I'm scared of them), and for me.

Have I said this before?
My patience is wearing thin. Still, I have to keep going.

Well, I have some time to rest now and relax. Tomorrow, I'll have to work. Goodnight, Bay12.

I'm not entirely sure how to voice my support for you in all this, but know it's there. If you've made it this far, you can make it farther.

(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

[SalmonGod]

My kid's butt is a waterfall today.  Plus much puking.

The sad... knowing that's going to be me tomorrow, and there's not much I can do about it.

[ChairmanPoo]

Audrey Hepburn was absolutely gorgeous...