I would say to just practice the material over and over at home. Look at your old tests and quizes. You don't really need a tutor, probably just a good friend [maybe older] who is good at that and can help you. Relax! You'll be fine =)

You should ash ker why, and if its because she doesn't trust you or something. It could be 'just because' but hey what are you going to do about it. If after talking about it she still isn't willing, then I guess theres nothing you can do. I would definately not try to cross the line and talk to them, guy or girl. She could just be hiding something, but probably not. Maybe she just wants you as her bf and her friends as her friends and thats it. Hope that helped and good luck.

Relax woman! Do you really think that everyone else in that incomming freshman class knows everyone else? Of course not! Thats why its generally easy to make friends with almost anyone because everyone is thinking the same things you are.

1. It's HUGE!
4. I know I'll get lost which is a scary thing

- So what? You'll get used to it in no time, really. It took me only 3 days to know my way around my entire high school and my schedule. I just started at a hospital - which is 5 floors and a lot bigger than a high school - and I knew my way around by the 4th day there. So just because its big doesn't mean you'll get lost.

2. Four different junior highs will be joining into one and I will barely know anyone
7. I won't know barely anyone in any of my classes
- Like I said, nobody knows everybody, so thats a common ground you have with the majority. You can start off fresh with a clean reputation and make the friends you want.

3. I don't know what electives to take
5. I have no idea what credits are for and what we have to get them
- My school doesn't have electives, but I would choose something that interests you and at the same time you can get something out of it. Not too difficult of a course, but not too easy either. Ask your parents what they think is right for you. As for credits I think you should just go up to your guidance conselor or the high school guidance department and ask them about it because schools usually have a different number of credits required. Think of credits like points - each class you take earns you a certain amount of points which are all totaled at the end. At the end of the year you need to have a certain number of points, so depending on what classes you need to take, that might determine whether or not you need to take a difference class [or elective] that offers more credits [because the others don't add up].

6. The people are probably going to be rude
- Not at all. In the beginning everyone will be quiet and not know anyone so they aren't going to just say things to random people...at least not until they know them, if you know what I mean.

So just relax its not a big deal at all. Really, its not like everyone tries to go after everyone else and beat them up. As for making friends it won't be as difficult as you think if you get involved with clubs or sports or something. Rivalry really helped out my homeroom. We competed in different sports events against other homerooms, so we got to know each other and work together and got along well. And as for being accepted you probably will unless you go out after people to make them miserable or whine and complain for attention =) Hope that helped and good luck.

Hmm...I would say to just move on. I know it sounds rough and probably what you didn't want to hear. Think about it - if after you told him how you felt and how much you liked him he was still all over the other girl, then is he really worth it? In other words, does he seem like he would care enough about you whether or not the other girl was involved? I'm not trying to put you down but just try to forget about it and try not to let this experience hold you back from going at it again with some other guy.
If you don't yet feel comfortable with talking to him in person, try writing or typing it all out and giving it to him. What you would probably want to try writitng is how you feel about the entire situation, and [if you want] to ask for his friendship and forgiveness. Ask to maybe just forget about that night and what happend and go back to be friends. If he doesn't want to then don't stress yourself over it because at that point you should ask yourself: is he really your friend? Hope that helped and good luck.

Have you tried ignoring her? If a question goes to your inbox, answer it if you'd like. You know you do have the option of rejecting the questiong. By the way, ratings from inbox questions don't count towards your overall rating. Personally, if she is sending you personal messages and she says its her, just ignore her. If its through AIM then block her. It's up to you on whether or not you want to listen to her...so if you don't want to, then don't listen. If you keep answering inbox questions and have done your best and still get low ratings...then so what? I mean really, a good columnist, or really anyone for that matter, can tell whether or not you give good advice on a question, and if they see a bad rating for it, then are they really going to judge you on that? Of course not. So don't worry about the inbox question ratings because they don't count, and because people aren't stupid enough to just read the question and the rating and say you're a bad columnist. Hope that helped and good luck.

Hmm. Talk to her about it. First you should let her know how you feel. I think in this situation you need to tell her parents, or even someone at her school like a guidance conselor.

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Definately do what you can to listen to her and be there for her. Take her out to a movie or something to have fun more often. Does she only tell you about this? If she doesn't, let your friends know and her friends know about this and ask them to do what they can to help. Call her parents and let them know - if they don't know about this now then thats probably the best thing you could do. Hope that helped and good luck.

Just because you don't want to be or can't be friends with her, doesn't mean you can't be friendly. You can just as easily avoid all fighting and arguing and not be friends. Talk about normal things? Sure why not. Hang out together outside of school? Maybe...maybe not. Keep things neutral between you and her if that makes sence. Don't label her as your friend, but not as your enemy either, kind've just one of those people you know but don't really talk to. You wouldn't be fighting with her and you wouldn't be letting other people down. Now as to if you really did want to be her friend, that is up to you. You need to think things out and decide if what happend was something that can be overlooked in a friendship and if you are willing to go through something like that again. Not saying it will, but it happend before, so it could happen again. I won't make the decision for you, but personally I would stay away because from what you've said, not only did she betray you, but she hasn't shown any apparent signs of wanting to be your friend again either. Hope that helped and good luck.

Before you ask him out or wait for him to ask you out, you should be friends. I mean you should always want to be friends with the person you like. So I would suggest to schedule something you could both do together, like bowling or a movie or something. Get to know the guy and see if he is the type of person you can hang around and feel comfortable and want to be friends with him. Really, if you are looking for a relationship, try not to push for it but just be friends first. Learn more about him while letting him know more about you through e-mails and if possible in person and over the phone, etc. If it doesn't seem that he isn't aiming for a relationship, that doesn't mean he isn't...so don't get your hopes down if things are off to a quiet or rough start. Hope that helped and good luck.

Don't think that what you do is wrong and pushes guys away. If anything that gives you more oppertunities to meet new people and guys too. No offence or anything, but does 10+ boy/girlfriends sound like a good thing? I mean it sounds to me that those have not worked out too well and probably not lasted long either. By the way, looks are rarely a factor for a friendship and/or relationship...think about it though: are you looking for somebody who is going to like you for what you look like? Don't put yourself down and keep your head up. Despite what others may say, all of those things you do could get you to meet great people that you would have never met before and is always a good thing. Hope that helped and good luck.

Do you have an inside joke? If you do then definately throw it in there. I would say to tell him to meet you somewhere: maybe the cafeteria if you both have lunch at the same time; his locker; your locker [give him your locker number and a room its near]. You could also try: look for me I'll be wearing _______. Then wear something unique that kind've blends in with the crowd but at the same time nobody else would have it: a shirt with certain writing on it; a ribbim in your hair, etc. Hope that helped and good luck.

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Ask him! You wouldn't be screwing up his relationship by asking him. Are you afraid that by asking him he'll admit to it and break things off with his girlfriend? Well that wouldn't be screwing up his relationship. Letting things go on and grow between you too while he has a girlfriend and doesn't tell her is not good. Not saying he can't do all those things, but if anything his girlfriend should know about it, and if he does have feelings for you too. So ask him about if he likes you or has feelings for you. If he does say he does, ask him if his girlfriend knows about it [which might be she doesn't] and tell him that he needs to tell her. That really is the best thing to do, because if you don't want to screw up his relationship, then he needs to be the one to confront his girlfriend about it, and not her hearing it from you or anyone else. Let them work things out, and see how things go. Try not to force anything on him to make him think that he needs to break things up. He might even be doing all of it without even realizing, so definately ask him if he realizes it or not. He might lie and say no, but you should still ask him. Hope that helped and good luck.

Hmm, it sounds like you are more their friends they they are yours. Find a way to talk to both of them at a moment where you aren't at the mall or with other people and ask them if they are your friends. Ask them to take your feelings into consideration and everyone else too. Give it some time and if they agree to doing better, but don't change, then try to move on. I mean it does happen that as you get older the same group of friends you started out with and were great friends with just go seperate ways. Does it have to happen? Not really, but it is possible. That doesn't necessarily mean that there is something wrong with you. If it doesn't seem like they do want to be your friend and don't change, then why pursue it? Even if you have been great friends before, that isn't always a guarantee that they will help you out when you need it. So give them a chance, and if things don't work out, then don't stress yourself over it. If they wouldn't be willing to change if you asked them to, then would they really be worth it? Hope that helped and good luck.

Your relationship will work depending on the effort you put into it. Do you want it to work? Does he want it to work? Every relationship, and even friendship involves taking time out for it and even making a few sacrificies by not going places or doing other things. What I would suggest is to sit him down and talk to him about it. How? Tell him what you just wrote, that you only say hi and smile and things like that. It might just be that you'll both need some more time with each other outside of school. You said you just started going out? Well for any relationship and friendship the beginning is always rough. If you both want to make it work then tell that to each other and make sure you both put in effort to take time out to see each other and talk to each other and everything. The relationship will be what you make it - good things come to those who wait. Hope that helped and good luck.

Even though you probably don't want to hear this, this is all something that you won't appreciate until later. How? Well all of the annyoing and petty things my parents told me [trust me, I've heard them all] I tried to listen to most of them anyway. Did it help? Yeah, becase it wasn't until recently that I realized that I do the same with my little brother, whose 10 years younger than me [he's 6 now]. So is it bad? Nah. Annoying? Sure! I mean your parents tell you all those things to protect you. Protect you from hip-hop? Haha, no offence, but I get that one too, and I asked why and my mom told me so that I wouldn't be so influenced into doing the things they talk about [she meant sex, drugs, alcohol, violence, etc]...you know how it goes.

Umm I guess when your parents tell you those things, just go with it and do it. Try to if you can to do things that you would expect them to say, before they say it. How? Well I know that every day after dinner my mom yells at me for leaving my backpack on the kitchen floor. So before dinner, I put it in my room. Stuff like that, you know what I mean? Bear with them, because no matter what, its not going to last forever. Hope that helped and good luck.

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Hmm...this might sound like something you wouldn't want to do, but I think you need to tell your boyfriend about this. Both parts too, about not being able to see him as much and about the other kid. Why? Because if your boyfriend felt the same way about you and another girl, wouldn't you want to know? Talk to him about it first and see what he thinks. He might get mad and not talk to you? Of course, that is probably likely to happen. I'm not telling you this so that your boyfriend hates you, but because the biggest part of a relationship is communication, whether it be in person, online, phone, or anything. If he really would be willing to try whatever he could to keep things going, then chances are he won't blow up on you and just ignore you, right? You never know, he might feel the same way and you might call things off mutually. Also, he might just ask for another chance or for some more time together, in which case you should give it to him if you think he deserves it.

It really is up to you though. So first talk things through with your boyfriend, see what he says and thinks, and then base your decision on that. If you think he might be worth the while to stay with him, then do so. At least tell him what it is you think and how you feel before you decide anything. Hope that helped and good luck.

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First the videos will need to be on your computer. If they are on a DVD, you might want to find a DVD ripper that will put it onto your computer as a file. Once you have those files, or any other kind of video files, you will need to format them into what the iPod plays it in: .mp4

This is the one I found most useful and free:

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

Download the program.
Browse through any videos on your computer you want to format.
Click on Transcode Video and find the folder that has the videos you want to convert into iPod format.
Once you do that, the reformatted videos will appear in the folder you saved videora under.

Ex: C:/Program Files/Videora/Videos...etc.

Once you find it just open it up with iTunes, plug in your iPod (and depending on how you have it set up) load the videos on to it and you're good to go. Hope that helped and good luck - drop one in my inbox if you have any other questions.

Hey first off thanks for dropping it in my inbox; I appreciate it and I'll always do my best to help you or anyone else out if they leave one in my inbox. I'm kind've dealing with something like this right now actually. Might be obvious, and I'm not sure if you've done this already...but first and foremost, you need to tell an adult, whether it be parents, guidance couselor, or anyone else. You might have to be the one to tell an adult, because he might not appreciate that or even want that right now, but it really is something you can do to help out a lot. In addition to that, you could also try talking to him and always trying to create a feeling thats positve around him. Try to see if you can talk him into getting involved with something like clubs or sports or activities. If you can get his mind on a hobby or club or anything like that, then that would help him think about other things and maybe take his mind off depression. You shouldn't try to act totally different with him when he's around - he probably wouldn't like that right? Treat him as you would any other friend, but try to always be upbeat and positive, never bringing him down or anyone else. Try to look up some jokes or funny stories you can learn or always have ready to read to him a few every now and then. Always be ready to listen to anything he has to say, whether it be home stuff, school things, or anything random. Share some things about yourself that you think might allow him to be more open than he already is. Sometimes all it takes is just someone to listen to. That doesn't mean you need to help him solve his problems; you can but you should always ask if he wants you too and be ready to share your thoughts on what he has to say and everything. So if there's anything else you might have a question with or if you want more ideas on what you could do, please feel free to let me know. Let me know how it goes. Good luck and I hope I helped!

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