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15/f sophomore. I have an A in my English class, and I get good grades in things associated with it. Our teacher makes us go on a website, to help out with our reading. It's supposed to test our reading speed. I took the placement test and got an extremely low score. A 4.5 out of like 10. And the weird thing is that my speed is 240 words per minute. I just can't seem to understand at a fast pace. I'm a careful, slow reader. The way the test went was: There was a paragraph...a story...and you had to read it. After a certain amount of time, the lines would disappear and you would run out of time to read the whole thing. I can't understand what I read SO effing quickly...and now, I have a low reading score/level to base my other results with. This is so degrading. :( Do people have to read fast or something? Do you think it's fair?.. =(

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so i have to wear this collared shirt for work (which is fine, that's not the problem) and every time i wash it and dry it in the washer and dryer, it gets so much cat hair and stuff stuck to it, it's disgusting! and i don't want to look like a crazy cat lady at work. so anyway, i know i could just use a lint roller (i generally do) but why is it just this one shirt that's like this with hair? and what can i do in the washing/drying process to make it not do that? thanks!

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Okay one random day I opened up my internet browser which is Internet Explorer and it shows a page saying "Internet Explorer is currently running without add-ons." I have no idea what happened or why it showed that? The internet is fine but I can't download the software I HAD BEFORE THAT HAPPENED! Like Flash? Or open any program or any website with flash or anything like that. Can I enable it..Fix it?! ANYTHING?! Please help pleaaaseee.

Thanks much.

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Hello,
My sister and I are taking our little brother trick or treating this year. We really love halloween and want to dress up as something funny and creative, does anyone have any good costume ideas for two girls, ages 18 and 20? All suggestions are welcome.
Please and Thank you!

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15/f
Houston Tx.
i write in a tone of desperation ...
i am in a need of a serious fashion shot
im at the peak of my teenage years
and IM SICK OF MY WARDROBE!
im a clothes junkie but i can never buy a large amount of clothes without busting a hole in my pants...
i dont have a job.
so i dont have my own money .
i dont get an allowance.
so i cant save up .
the only money i can get
is lunch money
but then that would mean id STARVE at school ....
*****So my question is ...
Where is a cool store that i can get awesome stuff at
[like rock, mod, vintage, boho stuff]
for cheap
*and dont just say a thrift store...
***because believe me ive tried***

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Sorry for my grammar mistakes!

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(14/f 8th grader)Sorry for this being long!Also sorry if this will sound stupid or anything but I've had a crush on this guy since the last days of my 7th grade year.Anyways,lately hes been staring at me or when he makes joke he all ways turns around(or look at me when i turn towards him)he looks striaght at me with a smile.I like the fact that he does that(of course)but I'm not really sure if he likes me.Also,my friend(sorta like a best friend)keeps telling me hes looking at me when hes in the lunch line.She also likes him too,but not as much now cause now she likes another boy shes obsessed with.I do take a peek amd see if he is and HE IS but i'm not sure if its me or something or someone else...Also i caught him 3 times looking at me an a monday.I guess you could sorta say our friend(hes sorta cool to talk to when you'er bored in class) umm...lets call him Kyle.well Kyle had detention the whole day for a offending a photgrapher pretending his hand was like a pistol and trying shoot him(the photographer)and he got detention for friday and monday the whole day.So it was boring the whole 1st period and the frist time I cuaght him was:1-I was looking around the room bored outa my mind and I saw him and he quickly turned around.
2:I was fixing my shoe looked up saw him staring at me agian except this time it took him longer to look away.
3:Got up to turn on the lights he stared at me till i sat on my seat.

My friend keeps telling me that maybe he does like me but I'm always not sooo sure.All i wanna know if those are signs that he likes me or somethin' cuse I'm really confused...Also just to give you an example of what kind of guy he is,he's like the skater guy who likes to listen to the band KORN and hes not really much of a flirt hes more of the sweet kind of guy who'll help you on your homework or let you copy his homework.....

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I got foot surgery about six weeks ago, and have been told that I'll have some swelling for some time in the area where the surgery was performed.
I heard that soaking your feet in a mixture of warm water and epsom salt helps to reduce swelling.
Is this also true of post- foot surgery? Or does this only apply to injuries that have just occurred?
Also, how often should I do this?

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Im in kind of a screwed up situation.

My GF is 18. We were together for almost 3 years. She left me.

The relationship is over. But the catalyst that caused her to leave, is that she is and has been in love with someone else.

That someone else is her married with two kids to a wife he doesnt love but knocked up _step_brother_

Thats right. Her fucking step brother.

She thinks that he is going to divorce his wife, her mother will divorce her step dad, and that she can love him and marry his 24 year old redneck loser ass and be the mother to his kids, who are like 2 and 3 1/2.

Now. My conundrum. My choice.

On the one hand, I can leave it alone. Walk away. Its not my business.

On the other hand, shes going to fuck her life up. She might well fuck up a marriage, and create an issue that will split the family apart completely, and just generally fuck everything up.

And on that other hand, I might want to talk to her mom.

Doing so might get her cut off. It might make a positive difference. Theres pros and cons. But the one thing I CAN be certain of is that it will not become a whole family issue if I tell her mother. And it would probably save the other marriage though it also stands the chance of destroying my ex mentally and emotionally and she will guaranteed never talk to me again.

So, what do I do?

Do I tell her mother, in hopes that her mother can offer her some guidance and in hopes that she would take it, and hope that by doing so I prevent her from getting caught and destroying a minimum of 5 lives (hers, his, his wive's and their kids). Or do I leave it alone, and walk away because it isnt my business.

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Is it possible to download DVDs(the ones we put in our DVD player) onto our iPod video?

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There's a girl, I'll call her Sara, is really slutty and all she can talk about is how much she likes emo bands and how she flashes her breasts to guys. This is mostly the reason I don't like her, and the other part is that she's kind of punk and I have a clean, preppy style. Well, anyway, she is really nice to me, and I always help her around and stuff because of that. It's really hard, because she's always so nice to me, but I really don't like the way she behaves or talks. I know she tries to fit in, but I feel guilty about not really liking her and venting about how annoying she is to my friends when she acts so nice. Any advice?

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14/f
this summer i went on a teen tour. i made a lot of friends.. but theres this one girl alyssa that was reallyyyyy annoying and i was kind of forced to be friends with her. me and my other friends all agreed we dont really like her, but we dont want to be mean and blow her off. so anyway, this upcoming summer my friends and i want to do another tour. alyssa keeps asking me which one im doing so we can go together.. but i REALLY dont want to go with her, but i cant lie.. im serious like i cant stand her for another summer. what can i say or do so i can avoid this?

HELP IS GRRRREATLY APPRECIATED

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okay well my boyfriends birthday is comming up i had a real cool thing picked out. a minnasota vikings jersey but with his last name on the back instead. but i guess he already had a million jerseys so that wont work.
any ideas on what to get him i can spend like 50 bucks.

he likes sports but NO jerseys.
please help ik i should know what to get him but its so soon and i thought i had it figured out now im just really in need of quick help.

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I'm applying to Tabor Academy (Marion, MA), and Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) next year. Does anyone know how much money they give you for financial aid? For both?

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What are some symptoms of anxiety? because there are some things that keep reocurring and I just can't stand it. i get so mad and so panicky over little things. It's like, if I don't get a 100% on this, I go crazy. Whenever I'm in a place that I don't want to be, like a store, I'll start crying in the middle of the store. Things like that. One thing that I find really helps me is excersising, which works great. But, I'm not sure why I'm getting so anxious. I start like hypervenalating during tests and things like that. There's another thing that really takes me over the top. I love my mother more than you could ever imagine. She's a wonderful person, and I'm definatley not here to talk bad about her in any way. But, ever since I was little, she would always sit next to me, while I was on the computer and watch what I was doing. I thought that was fine, since I was so young, but then she stopped for a while. When I was thirteen, she would sit next to me ever day while I was IMing with people and watch what I was saying and telling me what to say. Look, I have gone to an all girls school since second grade and next year I graduate. You can only imagine what it was like for me to be talking to boys on AIM. Put yourself in that position. This was the first time I was flirting with a guy, for real. I asked her when she was going to stop and eventually she did, but then I got a myspace. I'm sixteen years old. I just wonder when I'm going to get a little privacy. I don't want her out of my life, I just want to have a little privacy. I think that's only normal at my age. I'm turning seventeen really soon, and I don't find it appropriate, especially since I tell her EVERYTHING. If I didn't tell her anything, I'd understand that she'd be suspicious or something, but I tell her everything!!!! She knows where I am at all times and she knows what I'm doing. I don't see the necessity for this. I've tried to delete my myspace, but she won't let me. Everytime I mention changing my password, she goes nuts. She checks it first thing in the morning, in the afternoon, before going to sleep, in the middle of the night. It's not going to change! She even takes the liberty of putting pictures of me on there without my permission. She changes my songs, backgrounds, and when I tell her, she just says "i'm your secratery." I don't want to scream at her anymore, and it's not working anyways. I don't know what to do. For those of you who live in miami, and your familiar with UM, that's where she wants me to go to colleage. Even if I mention FIU, she goes crazy. There's this school in west palm beach that i really like, but she gets mad when I mention going there. West palm beach is an hour and a half away. She wants me to to UM, in Coral Gables (in an area in Miami), just a few blocks away. and even if I mention living in a dorm there, she's like "no way! i'm not saying your going to live here forever, but don't go to a dorm. why do you want to go to one anyways?" I told her it was because I want to make new friends (which by the way I've had no friends in high school because of the selection I had to pick from... all girls school my whole life), and because I was tired of her looking at my myspace. Then she said "what makes you think I'm still not going to go on it even when you're in colleage?" That made me furious. i can't deal with that. it's like I have absolutely no inch of privacy. I don't know what to do. A lot of things have happened lately, which have contributed to the anxiety, and I have an alzer as well. I'm just mad and I don't know what to do about it. I've tried to talking to people, but it's just not working. I need a solution. Does anyonhe have any ideas? I have so much stress, that when I take a shower, my shoulders are in so much pain, that the water hurts them. ideas are great. thank you

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My friend I’ve known my whole life I guess we were like best friends. We always told each other it but never did anything out of school except email aim and talk. Then we liked each other a little a lot. Everyone tried to get us together as in dating or alone together. Then there were a lot of mishaps at parties. Many good time so many bad times. Old games like truth or dare and zap. Our relationship fell apart. Im friends with a lot of guys and most are older than him. I am always with them. I don’t like any of them but him and another guy. I’ve never dated because I always fell for my friends and I never wanted to loose them. Four guys like me that I know of right now but I cant do it I’d miss him to much. They know I won’t date because of all that’s happened. My friend says he’s afraid on what id think, my friend told me. Doesn’t seem to like the guys I talk to anymore. We always talked, now almost never except at school a little. We always had silly little arguments on kinds of donuts and stuff always talking. He always gave me high fives or would do anything to hold my hand even for a second and then every time we saw each other he’d give me a high five or we arm wrestle or play games like red hands but he never wanted to hurt me. We used to really care for each other now we do a little but it’s falling apart. He talks to my friends more than me now. But I just don’t know what to do anymore. Im even to nervous to talk to him I’ve never been nervous for any guy. I don’t know what to do??? 13 about 14 femalee

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Okay so recently I've become really annoyed and irritable.And I don't meant to be.I start saying things I don't mean to the people I care about and I regret it.Is this normal? Maybe it's a sign I don't know, But I've been really bitchy to my boyfriend and I don't know how he takes it. It's really not intentional, But I'm already a teaser to where I call people dorks and freaks and stuff. I really hope I'm not becoming bitter and getting tired of my boyfriend.Everything's just happening all at once and I'm stressing out big time and I don't know how to handle it.Anyone knows what's happening to me or what I can do to prevent this?

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is there a website where you can upload a photo of your self, and it will show you what it will look like when you become an adult?

DONT SAY LOOK AT WHAT YOUR PARENTS LOOK LIKE

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When using iron-on letters and numbers, is it still possible to dry the clothing in the dryer?
I'm a little hesitant because they're the kind that you iron face down, and then peel off the paper,
so would the dryer melt them off if they touched the walls of the dryer while drying?

it says washable on the instructions, but
nowhere does it say anything able dryable..

help?

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I am looking to get a college scholarship. My family is middle class and with two children, is in no position to pay for 2 full college educations. I take school very seriously for that simple reason.

I'm in advanced placement (AP) and Honors level classes. Presumabely in the the top 10% of my class.

Participated in extracurricular activities like the yearbook committee (3 years), newspaper club (3 years), student council (3 years), field hockey (3 years), creative writing courses (3years)

Have around 600 hours of community service in hospitals, homeless shelters, state forest clean-ups, etc;

job experience in waitressing, and at a local store for the past 4 years.


Any suggestions to make a better impression upon colleges?
Thanks. Any help is appreciated.

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14/f, 15 in ten days, if that matters.

so, my boyfriend broke up with me on thursday.
we werent dating for a long time, but it seemed like we were, because we started acting like a couple like a month before he asked me out.
at first, i thought it was no big deal, we would still be best friends, and everything would be great.
and when we hung out at school, it was, there wasnt really a difference other than not holding hands.
but today, i was on facebook, and i saw under the notifications that he changed his status from ina relationsip to single, and for some reason, it really really hurt. i felt so sick, and upset, and all these other emotions i cant begin to describe.
i just feel so awful now, and i know that i still like him.
i know i dont love him, and we're too young for that, so please dont lecture me that other boys will come, because i already know they will, but i need to know what to do for now.

i need to know how to deal with the present, and please dont say just get over it, because i really doubt i can "just get over it".

sorry for the lengh.

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