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reblog if you think these are all valid reasons for a student or an employee to take a day off from their school or their job without their grades or paycheck being affected in any way:
- period cramps
- exhaustion, be it mental or physical
- depression, anxiety, and other mental health related issues
the Indian education system, an introduction:
*zero creativity allowed* *there is only one right answer (even in "your opinion" questions)* *ncert is law* *teachers don't teach after 10th standard, "beta aap tuition jaate hoge"* *tuitions/coaching classes + school* *exams every month* *revision tests with incomplete syllabus* *finals with syllabus completed at 10x speed* *paying for school but learning from YouTube* *misogyny* *mental breakdowns at 13-15 years of age* *pressure* *PRESSURE*
no one told me writing a 1000 word essay was going to be this hard, iam on the floor sobbing i have a baxilaian things to do and my result of exams which went horible is tomorow and ptm and i have a docatrs appointment, and i have 5 hours class in the evingg tomorow and i want to self study and i want to draw for au ,but i jusst wanna read, but i should be gteing ready for next exams, and i have homework,of many maths questions,and need to make physiscs chemistry notes, and the result, and the dead line of essay is near, and my school incharge specificly asked me to write it becuse i am creative and its a goverment all country compettion and i wann realy wanna try to win and did i mention the RESULTS????//////
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send HELP.
25 Laws of power for women
Conceal your goals especially the ones that are appealing. Losing weight, reinventing yourself, marrying wealthy. Instead talk about your altruistic goals - to help children, invest in education, this will chase insecure people with vile intentions.
Do not give anyone your source of power: Was is a book that changed your life? a mentor? a movie? Never give up your secret to success. If forced to do say allude to God, the universe, the a random phenomenon
Use the patriarchy to your favor; we live in a world that is, only associate with men who have power, use that power for good.
Never appear too perfect but be selectively vulnerable when needed. Only share something that you will be comfortable saying. You might say “I forget my keys all the time,” “I don’t know how to perfectly park a car “. But never disclose something you are not comfortable with just because you are afraid of being perfect.
Maintain distance in relationships. Friends are the best and you need them. But if you feel that they are becoming too dependent, see them at your own will. But also the reverse could be the case. Your friend may keep a distance, and that is the way of life. You have got to move on from it.
Develop your own style that makes you unique, beautiful, and elegant. Avoid trying to fit in the crowd of people who claim to care less about their style yet have too many opinions about other women’s style
Avoid male friends at all cost, you will have male colleagues, male bosses, male acquaintances, business partners. Keep it that way. You do not want a Truman Capote divulging your secrets to the world. Do not keep a man who does not fit your standard.
You do not have to win at every game. Pick and choose what is best for you and leave room for others. And step down if you have attained that level of success, do not let the society do it for you.
Trust people but remember that we are all humans. So trust with discretion!
Confuse people with kindness; people are not always comfortable with beautiful and intelligent women. That power is too intimidating so confuse them by being genuinely generous, curious, kind, and passionate.
Keep your strong opinions to yourself.. if you support a movement, a way of life, do so silently.
We all have dirty laundry, wash them privately, don’t expose yourself. Remain silent when people try to attack you or shame you. Whatever is not confirmed is not true. You are the only one who knows all the truth about you.
Don’t attract pity or praise: People who pity you do not help you, in fact they might think that you are weak and could mock you at their annual gossipping meeting. And if you are doing things for the sake of praise you are wasting your time.
Choose yourself all the time; never put any one’s feelings above yours.
Trust your own intuition if you feel someone is being malicious towards you, giving you back handed compliments then you should let them go
Never speak bad of another woman. Do not lazy around gossipping. Keep your hands clean and your conscience clear.
Avoid women with low self esteem they will bring you down. For some reason they do not like seeing other women who are doing better than them
Be careful who you seek validation from. Not everyone needs to be pleased. If they are in no way capable of contributing to your life in the ways you prefer, then don’t ask them for their opinions or please them.
Do not compete with other women, if you do you are only putting them on a pedestal. You are making the the standard by which you measure your progress. If you do compete, begin digging your grave.
Do not give unsolicited advice, do not share the inner workings of your mind, If your mouth is very charitable you better start journaling.
Be well-rounded and interesting. It attracts people. It also keeps you busy because you are continually improving and learning. An idle mind is an easily subdued one.
Avoid women who want to live vicariously through you; they want to know who you know, shop where you shop, befriend who you befriend, wear what you wear.
Pay attention to the source of your discomfort; get rid of them. You tell them your dreams and they remind you of all your hindrances. They ask why are you dressed so fancy as though fancy isn’t subjective. They undermine you interests and goals. They will also be quick to bring you down because they are afraid of your potential.
Do not fear power or please power. When we see powerful people we try to hard to befriend them, to be close to them but you need to be comfortable without them. Don’t push yourself in the name of friendship, do not try too hard to be in their inner circle. Your independence of mind is the most important. Instead become a powerful woman, aloof to the presence of power but aware of its importance. Be an ingenious and intelligent and use your creativity to uplift yourself. When you do so it will be hard to ignore you. Even the powerful will become an ally.
Enjoy moments of solitude. Use that time to develop yourself, improve your body, learn new skills, create with your mind, read widely, become more elegant, then launch yourself.
Remember the most powerful women are the most intelligent. Inspired by Robert Greene's 48 Laws of Power. Use at your discretion.
Rant or Trauma Dump: Overblot Leona is Relatable as a Student in American Public School
Will keep this short as possible
Abstract: Leona's trauma = shared trauma but (American) 12th grader student edition. I share my experience. Am I allowed to say it's my trauma when it's just resentment?
Work count: 585
Leona expressed strong resentment at the idea of birth > skill so why r bother trying? Nobody cares. I understood it from a story writing standpoint at first then this came to me and I felt things.
Not sure how common this is around the globe but I went to an American public school for high school/secondary school education (why do I sound like a foreign exchange student haha) and every week of/before homecoming or winter break or some major event, there’s spirit week in which each grade level compete with themed outfits, lunch time activity\games, and assembly games. Win enough points to beat the other grade.
Off topic but my school’s Assembled Student Body have zero creativity for lip sync and themes because why do they keep doing Marvel and Disney? I might as well think we’re sponsored by Disney because we could’ve had HTTYD or Wonder Woman for crying out loud. Also there was a spirit day for “hype beast” in which you wear the high end stuff like Supreme. Well, I was bullied in elementary school for being NOT high income so I held resentment for those things.
Freshman year (9th grade), I did my best but we came in last place. Seniors won. Sophomore year, I felt bad for the freshmen who tried harder than us last year and they lost. Their side was decked out in white, it looked like Big Bear. Seniors won. Junior year, I figured it out it was pointless. Seniors won. Then came our turn. I noticed it. My fellow seniors would not bother trying because they knew they’d win anyway or would cheat the system like raising their hands for points even though they’re not wearing anything spirit (sometimes they be counting shoes). I hated it. I hated it more when the senior favoritism happens before your eyes.
Every winter assembly, there should be a sled race where one player is in a cardboard box and another pulls. Seniors never pull because their box has a giant hole so they can stand up and run to the finish line like a Grinch. I never saw that my senior year. Every assembly ever, there’s supposed to be a clapping game similar to Simon Says. The freshman are always duped on the first “clap” and the seniors don’t even play the game, it’s an applause! A standing ovation even! Even the seniors get to win the lip sync battle every time. Makes me wonder if they could stand in the corner then still win first place. In elective and math (above Algebra 1) classes, you would find mixed grade levels so not sure how much the point-counters scrutinize. They are not nit picky with seniors. If you raise your hand, we don’t check. Below seniors? They check. Yet, I think the cronyism is the main problem.
Seniors don’t need any skill set. They just need to be that class and bam, easy win. Any other class could try as they might and never win. I hated it more when people say, “let them win, they’re graduating.” Might as well give them all passing grades, senior year is the easiest anyways. No worries about senioritis. All the teachers love you because you’re mature baby-adults and about to leave. Hate the freshmen because they’re the hooligans. Let’s bully the freshmen.
Conclusion: Leona is relatable in the birth order > skill set resentment and not trying hard if nobody cares, because of the high school seniors favouritism I witnessed during spirit week.
I was so cute as a kid...
My very first day of teaching…
I taught paleontology.
I was six-years-old.
I had five students.
They were my Cabbage Patch Kids.
Background Check...
I passed both Praxises
Yet I am so forgetful…
My brain has a fog.
Yuri Gagarin, surrounded by Russian students, during a trip to Copenhagen, 1962
Life Tip #47
it’s the official one year anniversary of the truculentlife blog and i’m about to share some of the best advice i can offer!
1. if you’re gonna cheat, you better do it off of someone good. like god, if you’re a dumbass who can’t pass, what makes you think jackson, the sk8ter boy with long hair and no textbook is gonna be any help? you better sit your ass next to phillip who uses six different color highlighters in his notes and reads psych books for fun when testing or else you’re both book stupid and street stupid!
2. throw your phone in a ditch!! actually don’t, but when you have an entire day full of chores, pUT THAT PHONE SOMEWHERE YOU’LL BE TOO LAZY TO GET TO!! i literally just put it on the very top of my closet where i can’t reach it at all without getting a stool from another room which is so?? much ?? work?? as much as i love this site, that bitch is a distraction and i become a million times more productive without it!! imagine,,, getting rid of your distractions to get shit done? amazing.
3. if you wrap yourself up in three million blankets, you might be able to pretend it’s the heat of the warmth and love of the universe, though i suppose that’s really hard to imagine. universe, why are you so mean.
4. use hAPPY PLAYLISTS TO GET YOURSELF HYPED IN THE MORNING!! if you aren’t blasting “eye of the tiger” and that one really peppy song from trolls at five a.m. are you even living correctly??
5. cover your entire mirror in sticky notes talking about how amazing you are!! that’s right bitch, you’re fUCKING FANTASTIC! and those flaws? welp, can’t see them because you covered the entire damn mirror in sticky notes, too bad
Life Tip #51
with dooms week nearing every student, it becomes more and more important to recommend ways of procrastinating that make it f e e l like you’re doing something productive!
watch award-winning documentaries eith oscars that you can vaguely connect to your final essay even though the two topics are completely unrelated and you are trying to convince your teacher you’re educated through abstraction of the fifth dimension
make a plan to study!! and a plan to make your plan!! and then a plan with friends to study!! and then not actually end up studying because none of your friends replied on the groupchat
learn to cook a new recipe! even if you don’t pass your exam, at least you can eat your green bean casserole that you added extra virgin olive oil to and cry!!
find a sugar daddy! since you’re going to inevitably fail, it makes sense to set up a financial plan for the future anyway.
pack your bags and journey off on a romantic and dramatized pursuit of happiness through an obscure town with 1000 residents or less and then write a best-selling novel about it when you’re done, mocking a capitalistic and classist society!!
build a castle out of raisins, become a meme sensation, wind up on ellen, and be gifted with a lifetime supply of raisins that aid you in your quest for power
handwrite every word in your textbook onto a canvas and pass it off a surrealism to a doubtful art collector
create a youtube channel dedicated to filming dogs walking and call it stress relief
Life Tip #52
how to pass your finals:
get off tumblr first, dipshit
L'appel Du Vide
He staggered from one pillar to another hoping that one of them would share his pain.
He walked through his school corridor meeting the judgemental glares of his fellow peers.
He passed by a class and saw a girl getting yelled at by her teacher. The teacher not knowing the pain the young girl goes through continues to batter her with harsh words.
He resumed walking, he realized that this place will never let him fail. No matter how hard things are ,this place will always remind how much he messed up, how he disappoints everyone and how he'll never live up to anyone's expectations.
The cold realization struck him when he found himself on the top floor of the school.
The cold air brushing his face with unkindness. He looks down and marvels how no one knows that he's up here, how no one knows who he is.
He's tempted to take the fall.
He wonders if he will do this will things change?
He wonders if he will do this will people finally realize and stop someone else from making a decision like this?
He truly wonders.
He sheds his jacket wanting to feel the coldness of the evening.
Wanting to be free of any warmth.
But at the same time he wants to be saved
He wants to be warm.
He understands that will never happen.
He knows that he will never experience a mother's love or a friend's trust.
After all who is he?
No one
And that's when he gives in to his temptation.
The earth capturing him in a trance and welcoming him with open arms.
In the few seconds of his flight he hoped that someone would catch him.
Someone would pacify his trembling heart.
But he knows truly that it will not happen.
And gladly welcomes the blackness that will keep him safe from the coldness of this world.
September 2, 2024 - On the first day of fall classes the Alma Mater statue on the steps of the library at Columbia University was drenched in red paint, as protests continue against the school’s financial support for Israel and the repression of pro-Palestine voices while Israel's barbaric USA-supported genocide goes on unabated. [link]
Imagine you have a dog.
You hand them over to a sitter every day. The dog doesn’t like it very much, but you shrug it off- it’s good for them anyway.
But, unbeknownst to you, the dog is kept in rooms for hours at a time, and it forced to do activities it may or may not want to do with very little breaks. They get punished for mistakes they make or if they act in an unpreferable way.
Every day, the dog comes home even more dejected than before.
And finally, you discover what the sitter is doing.
You’re horrified. The sitter is essentially mentally abused you dog, and you haven’t done a single thing about it.
In this situation, you would probably sue, file for abuse, or at the very least, care for you dog in the best way possible and never let them near that sitter ever again.
Now, compare the dog and the sitter to students and school.
Are they very different?
And what is being done now?
On the Beat
Before I get into this post I wanna make something clear: I don't hate cops. My grandfather was in the force and I was raised to show them respect. Or to at least not be so sarcastic and argue back. To my mother's eternal relief, I have not done either of the last two things.
If you know me in real-life, you will know that this is quite a feat.
At no point is it a good idea to beat the crap out of people.* I know that the urge can be strong (I know...I feel it too sometimes) but you just don't do it. Be smart and trick them into beating themselves up; call the cops on them; get all youtube on their asses. Whatever! Just choose an option that's satisfying and pretty much legal.
I'd been following the case of the drunk cops who beat up some students while off-duty.
I think what really got me was one (now-former) officer's reason for wanting to escape conviction:
[Patrick Garty] wanted to escape a conviction so he might one day apply to become a policeman in Queensland.
Really? Really, really? Dude. There are cops beat up defenceless people in Queensland too. You woulda been fine!
Seiously though, this kinda stuff makes me sad.
* Okay, sometimes it can be a good idea. But very rarely. Like, two moons in the sky rare. It needs to be saved for the seriously fucked up shit, like the people who take a 'hands on' approach to little kids. Are we clear? Good.
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