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11. June, 2016 // Bureaucratic shenanigans.  Applying to the Institutional Review Board at my university so I can start collecting data for my senior experiment. Though it’s only minimal review it is still a beast of a process. Topics of interest: social anxiety and procrastination

social experiment

reblog this and put in the tags 3 things that made you happy in 2k16. i’m curious what made this shitty year a bit better for you guys.

as you can tell i do not like pens

I had this girl in my class and she was considered to be like really dumb. She’d ask a ton of doubts and questions in class, which everybody would consider to be “stupid"and “silly” and even the teachers would often taunt her but she’d never stop asking. But the thing was that she’d almost always top the class examinations and everyone was like???? They all thought she was cheating and stuff and obviously even the teachers were very biased because she wasn’t so ‘smart’ in class, and she was regularly accused of cheating. But nobody could prove that she was actually cheating but the whole class and teachers totally believed that she did. I’m pretty socially awkward so I never really talked to her, but she was leaving school this year and I was genuinely curious about how she was so good during exams and how she didn’t let everyone’s remarks affect her. She always used to sit and hang out with only one girl, and she told me that that friend of hers was severely socially anxious and she’d lag in studies because she couldn’t bring herself to ask doubts in class or ask for help from others. So they had this system where during lectures her friend would write down any question she had, and she would ask them for her. And I was just so touched??? Idk but it really changed the way I looked at people?? This girl endured taunts and jeers and borderline bullying for being “stupid” when she was actually really smart and could easily have refused to ask such doubts for her friend but she did?? And brushed off everything others would throw at her for her friend?? I was just, idk it just really changed me in some way.

PRAY FOR CARRIE FISHER. PRAYERS DO GREAT THINGS!

Just in case you’ve ever wondered why I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about Pride and Prejudice(/LBD)- it’s because I have read the book over thirty times. I own four copies. This is one of the annotated ones. (There’s a color coding system to my annotations). I picked it up for the first time in fourth grade. I’ve come back to it at varying points in my life and looked at it from a number of angles.  

idk what i want to do for my new bujo omg.. i wanna try new styles out but i dont want to like be dissatisfied with what i do :-/ also winter break is almost over im so sad ig:oikawastudies

@ everyone who went through a period of having no friends, who ate alone, who had a point in their life where they were too embarrassed to tell their parents they had no one to play with after school: I love you. I know it hurts and I know it’s hard but it’s not your fault. Things will grow and change. You will find people who you click with and they will love you too. You deserve positive friendship relationships just like anyone else. And if you’re still going through this phase, you’re strong, and things will change for you too. You are not alone, there are people experiencing the same thing you are, find them, you deserve positivity and companionship. Keep your head up.

Science review. Homework. Textbooks. Spotify. Bullet Journal. Comfy Socks. Almond Milk. Let’s do this.

Donald Trump pledges to sign anti-LGBTQ 'First Amendment Defense Act'

The law would make anti-LGBTQ discrimination legal among employers, businesses, landlords and healthcare providers on the basis of a religious belief.

Donald Trump has been courting the LGBTQ vote throughout this presidential election, claiming he would be the better choice for the community than opponent Hillary Clinton and promising to protect us from terrorism in his Republican National Convention speech. That argument gets harder to believe by the week, as he gives speeches at anti-LGBTQ events, sticks up for homophobic and transphobic legislation and surrounds himself with bigoted politicians and advisers. Now we have a new offense to add to the list.

Trump has pledged to sign the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), if passed by congress. It was first introduced in the House on June 17, 2015 and would effectively legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination across the board, including among employers, businesses, landlords and healthcare providers, as long as they claim to be motivated by a firmly held religious beliefs.

It would act to overturn the executive order signed in 2014 by President Obama prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination among federal contractors.

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