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My sister and I, as siblings, we normally fight, then earlier I joked around with my sis by squeezing her cheeks then running away, then she chased after me and she hit me with her book. My mom caught us and she scolded us, telling us not to fight. Then my dad came in and suddenly shouted at us. It was a series of insults from bad to horrible. He called us stupid and shouted at us. He asked me if what i did was on purpose and I nervously replied yes, then he hit me with a wooden plank over and over again, and my sister. It's not the physical pain that really laid an impact, it was the fact that he was capable of doing such things caused by such a small reason. Im only 14, my sis is 10.
The statement that most struck me was this, "People like you should be murdered! Even if you were God, I'd kill you!" He's a faithful Christian who attends church every Sunday.
If it would help, my dad's also jobless and only helps at chores at home.
I feel so unsafe right now, I cant even sleep... Please help...
Not even a parent may hit you with anything other than a hand and then only on you bottom in the form of a spanking. Even in spanking there is a point when a spanking becomes abuse. By using a wooden plank to hit you, even if it was on your bottom, your father has committed child abuse in the eyes of the law.
It is understandable that you feel unsafe and you do not have to feel this way. You can do any of the following.
1. Pick up the phone and dial 911. Tell the call taker what has happened just as you have written to us. The call taker will stay on the phone and help will be sent to you.
2. If there is a fire station or police station near your home, take your sister and go there. Fire and police stations are safe havens for children. Tell the firefighters or police officers what you wrote to us.
IF the fire station is an manned station, in the front of the station will be a call box. Inside is a phone. Pick up the receiver and you will be connected to the dispatcher. Tell the dispatcher what you have written to us and help will be sent to the station.
3. Tomorrow in school tell a trusted teacher or your school principal what you have written to us. The fact that your dad hit you with a wooden plank and that you feel unsafe at home requires them to take action.
4. If you don't feel safe calling 911 from home and have a cell phone. Take your cell phone go outside and walk to the corner and call from their. Give the street names of where you are standing to the call taker and help will come to you.
It is because you feel unsafe in your home that I am giving you this advice. No one should ever feel unsafe in their own home.
So my boyfriend fingers me often, but today we went to the beach and I let him when we stopped on our way back to my house where he was dropping me off. I know that it's bad to let him finger me when his hands are dirty and I know that that's why it's hurting so bad right now. But I can't even pee or touch it in the slightest bit without wanting to scream. I can't tell my mom or go to the doctor but I know that if I keep it clean it'll go away. What do I do for the pain until it does? Help!
Okay it is most likely that you have some sort of bladder or urinary tract infection. This is not the result of your boyfriend fingering you. Infections take time to take hold. If you had written that you boyfriend fingered you two or three days ago I might agree with you.
If are over 14 years of age, which I believe you are, you do not need parental permission to see a doctor. There is a law called HIPPA which is a federal law passed by congress which give young people 14 and over confidentiality over their reproductive system. Since the urinary tract is part of the reproductive system, in that it is part of your vagina. This problem is covered under HIPPA.
Under this law you can make a doctors appointment, be seen by and be treated by a doctor and no one not even you parents can know why you saw the doctor or what treatment the doctor provided. You can see any doctor you wish including any of the walk-in clinics or hospital emergency rooms.
Congress wrote this into HIPPA so that young people like you would seek medical help for problems such as this when the felt the could not go to their parents for help. No one but you and your doctor will know what you were treated for and no the doctor cannot tell if your a virgin or not. Only whether or not your Hymen is intact which is not a sign of virginity.
At your age and the fact that you are dating and riding in cars other than with family you should have a copy of family insurance card with you at all times. If you do not then I suggest going to a local hospital ER. They must treat you and they then can send the bill home which can be sent to the insurance company for payment.
You need to see a doctor for you either have a urinary infection or a yeast infect. Until you can see a doctor talk to your local pharmacist who also must keep your information confidential under HIPPA. As he or she may be able to offer an over the counter product to help with pain especially if it is a yeast infection. Yeast infections are something as a women you can look forward to experiencing many times as they are quite common for women.
So my mom refuses to now let me go to prom because of one incident, or mistake that i have done. I am 18 years old, and i decided to get my nipples pierced just because I've been wanting to get it for a long time...my mother is very strict and is christian, so she is against all types of piercing, tatoos etc. So she found out, and bans me from going to prom, and the last day to pay for the ticket is in a week. I already bought my shoes (which was very expensive ) and i got my dress, well sort of. Is there any way that i can convince her to let me go? U have been planning out prom for as long as i can remember, and now all of my dreams are crushed...please help me, i need to convince her to let me go, but she wants to be in control of my life forever...
From a totally legal standpoint at 18 years of age you no longer need your parents consent to do anything. In the eyes of the law you are an adult free to do as you wish; legally.
Also from a legal standpoint you mom is no longer legally required to provide anything for you. Not food, shelter, clothing or anything she has provided for the past 18 years. Yea this legal stuff can be both a blessing and a curse.
If I were you I would sit down with mom and explain to her that you are 18 now and things are different. You tell her you are 18 and legally an adult, that she can no longer force her view or principals on you. You tell her you love her and that as long as you live under her roof you will abide by the rules of the house such as doing whatever chores she asks you to do, keeping your room clean and you will respect school night curfews if you have one.
Punishing you as she has in the past is no longer possible as she cannot take away the privileges of being an adult. In fact among the things she can no longer do is have any say over any medical exam or treatment. speak to any of your doctors or receive any medical information concerning your medical information without your expressed written permission to the doctors. If you want to get very technical she cannot make a doctors appointment for you, though most doctors are not that strict on that point.
As a parent who has already gone through this life changing event it takes time to get use to this new normal. When you talk to your mother do so calmly and with great respect for she is your mom. She has cared for you for 18 years and she will always be there for you. It is those 18 years of caring for you and to suddenly realize that the game has changed and that you now have certain rights she cannot take away from you; that takes getting use to.
Just remember one thing; mom has been around along time and in the past when she has punished you it was mostly a teaching moment not just to be mean. Mom is still a fountain of useful information and a resource for you. Make sure to tell her you will always be open to hearing suggestions from her.
Why does America have less job discrimination than Europe, but Europe has a better social assimilation of minorities? I don't get how that works. Or are Europeans just better at hiding their racism, since it's more difficult for minorities to get jobs, despite them seemingly being nicer and more intellectual? Why does Europe discriminate with jobs more when Americans are more obsessed with stereotypes and ethnic divisions? I don't understand that contradiction. I miss London but it's sad that i couldn't consider moving back unless I had a guaranteed job, since it's more difficult there as a minority, while at the same time, people are seemingly more open minded there. But my parents say even though the British support Obama they'd never vote for a black prime minister of their own. Yeah, there are less black people in the UK than in America, but still. My parents moved our family to America for a better life but sometimes I still wonder... What if? British shows are less stereotypical than American ones. It's refreshing. Maybe I need to just visit back and see if I'm just living in a fantasy or not
There are laws in the U.S. against Racial and Sexual Discrimination in the workplace which include job offerings and the hiring thereof. I do not believe any of the European countries have the same laws though I could be wrong.
Racial discrimination in the United States go all the way back to its founding and the days of African Slavery. While there are many laws against discrimination of all types you cannot pass a law on how people think or feel. There have been great strides made in the last few decades in racial equality but in reality we still have a long way to go.
European Countries are older the United States. Comparatively speaking the U.S. is a mere infant and is still learning how live and play well with other people within its borders. There are times when I feel we care more for people of different races in other countries than we do for those very same people at home.
While we have made great strides in legislating against discrimination of all types we cannot legislate against personal bigotries and racisms. This takes time and education and we have a long way to go.
Just a note of fact for you. I am in the majority of race and I can't stand how we treat people of other races. I raised my child to be color blind. I am now retired from Emergency services and he is following in my footsteps. When we arrive at an emergency all we see is the color of the blood; which regardless of the color of the skin,is red and we act accordingly to save the life the blood is coming from. Everyone we treat or treated gets the best treatment we know to provide.
Why is there a systematic refusal by certain Christian circles to take any account of what the Qur'an had to say on the subject in hand?
Razhie made a strong and true statement though she left out on salient point. At the moment many people of all religions, other than the Muslim Religion, and from all walks of life are very untrusting of the Muslim people. Mostly because of organizations such as ISIS. As I understand the Qur'an and the Muslim religion it is a very peaceful and peaceful teaching religion.
The biggest problem many non-Muslims have with the Muslim people is how they are not assimilating into their adopted countries well. In the United States as a legal resident the constitution guarantees to everyone the right to freely practice their religion. This does not mean you can demand that others change so that you can adhere to your practices. In some cases because of laws that are for safety of others you may have change some of your ways.
An example of this would be women who want to drive a car. Driving is a privilege not a guaranteed right. Therefore in order to obtain a license one must adhere to the laws to posses one. In all states this means they must submit to having a full face photo taken that can be affixed to the license. When driving you can not wear anything that impedes your vision such as the Baraka Muslims are demanding these laws be changed. They can't be they are safety issues.
The same is true with any other demand that would infringe on the rights of other to enjoy their inalienable rights under the Constitution.
While I applaud and support what you are trying to do for it is through education that we will truly understand one another. There are a great many things that have to be overcome, many outside any one individual control, before others will set aside the biases you are seeing.
The Muslims I know I have found to warm friendly and giving people. Through them I have learned a lot about their ways, the Muslim religion and most importantly to them and my family the exchange of traditional foods. You can't be an enemy when you sit across a table from each other and break bread.
I was sitting at lunch with 2 of my friends, and they took my pencil, (it wouldn't be that important but, it was my last pencil, and I was 1 warning away from getting detention.) I was trying to get it back so my friend scratched me across my hand. I said please don't do it again, but she just laughted, and punched me in the arm. The other one drove her nail into my arm during social studies and left a scar. I don't want to avoid them, and get a teacher of parent involved. Is there some way I can stop this?!
If they are doing these things to you I would not consider them much of a friend and would distance myself from them. since they are doing these things to you and after you have asked them to stop if they do not then I would do the following.
I would talk to one of your more understanding teacher who you share a class with. Tell him or her what is going on and ask that she or he try to keep an eye on them while in class so he or she can catch them in the act. This way you are not the one making a complaint the teacher has caught them and any disciplinary action the teacher gives them is self earned.
if a girls period starts on 12 than which is the safest day to have sex
The safest time to have unprotected sex, if this is what you are asking? Is for most women with a 28 day menstrual cycle the 7 days after their period and 7 days before their period. The 14 days between these times is when most women ovulate an is when there is the greatest chance of pregnancy.
The above is true for about 85% of women. The remaining 15% of women can ovulate anytime during their cycle; including while having their period. This is why if you're using the rhythm method of birth control, which is what the above is called, to prevent pregnancy. You have to know when you are ovulation.
The rhythm method of birth control is the least effective way to prevent pregnancy. Mainly because when you ovulate can change. This month you may ovulate on the 16yth day of your cycle. Next month on the 8th day. If next month you have sex on the 7th day of your cycle you could end up pregnant as sperm is viable for 3 days.
Also if you're not in a committed long term relationship not practicing safe sex exposes you to many STDS and the HIV/AIDS virus. Always use a condom even during your safe time as the condom is proven to be over 85% effective in preventing pregnancy when worn correctly.
Today I find out my ex girlfriend is 10 weeks pregnant with my child. We have one child together already but we broke up. It wasn't working out. I was confused on how it even happened because we only had sex when she was on the depo. shot. She is considering having an abortion but I don't know how to reply to it. I am just lost on what to do. It's hard to really type all of this but it's the best I could do to sum things up.
First of all no contraceptive is 100% effective at best they are 98% effective so you and her were lucky or unlucky depending on how you wish to view her pregnancy.
I cannot tell you how to reply and I really don't feel anyone else can either. What I can say is that at the present time abortion is legal and if she chooses to have one there is not much you can say or do to prevent it.
Should she choose to have the baby and keep it? Well that is a different story. Then again there are few options open to you as by law if this is your child, which you say it is. Then you are legally required to support it until it is 18 years old. In other words you will have to pay child support for this child as well as the first child you two had together.
Since you have no real say in the matter as to what she does. Your best reply is simply to say you will support whatever decision she makes.
There is one choice you have though it will require her to have the baby and then give up all parental rights to the baby if you want to take and raise the child on your own. You cannot force her to have the baby this is something she will have to agree to as well as having it strictly so that you can take and raise the child. A legal document will be needed to be drawn up by a lawyer for both of you to sign if she is willing to do this.
I've been with my fiance for two years. We met when I was 17, I'm 20 now and he's 23. I love him a lot and he's my bestfriend as well but I don't really see us being together forever. In fact I don't even see us getting married...ever.
I feel like right now we both belong together because we're both still young. I'm in college and working part time. I will graduate in 2-3 years and in my field it will be very easy to find a good-high paying job. He's at the start of what might be an okay career path as an assistant manager of a store ( and he's been told he'll be a manager in a year or so) but that doesn't really impress me.
He's fine with a middle class to upper middle class life but I'm really not. I'm okay with it right now as I'm still young but when I'm 30 I want to be at the start of living an upper-class life and only move up from there. I want the kind of life where I can afford a luxury vehicle like a Tesla, nice house, and be able buy designer labels when and where I'd like. I'm not talking super rich but I'd like to at least be able to afford those things.
I don't really see him ever having those things as he doesn't think they're important (I obviously do). I also want a big beautiful wedding and I know he's never going to be able to provide that for me and I'm not willing to foot the entire cost. I'd rather be with somebody who can at least split the cost, you know. I'm also not willing to have a tiny cheap wedding. I want the disney princess glam wedding dress not something cheap from a thrift store. :( I want a husband who makes as much as I do or more and has more of the same opinions and tastes in life than my current fiance.
We have vastly different points of view on everything from our tastes in food to our major life goals and religious beliefs. Right now I'm okay with putting up with all that but I don't want to be with somebody who will never see eye to eye with me for my whole life.
Is it okay that I'm only with him for right now and I know it?
P.S.
I know this is trivial but honestly I also hate my engagement ring. It was like $700 but it's super tiny and I've always dreamed of showing off an engagement ring with a great big diamond in it (even if it's fake). I loved the one I have at first but now a year later I've realized what I really want and it's not this.
The short answer to your question is it is not okay because in a sense for what ever reasons you have. Be it for security or romance or just plain sex; your leading him on and that is not fair. He is expecting to one day marry you.
You are very materialistic. This is both good and bad. This is good as it is very useful as a driving force to reach your goals. It is bad to set goals based on material values. Yes a definite contradiction in terms.
To marry someone for their ability to provide you with the finer things in life rather than for true love is wrong. You can try and convince yourself you love that person though what you really love is there money or potential for making that money. These marriages generally fail unless both parties are aware of why they are entering into this marriage. These are called contract marriages. Many of these marriages fail as well but some do survive, more than the other type.
There is nothing wrong with wanting a spouse who earns the same as you do or has the potential to earn as you do. In fact this is a good thing for where there is a great degree of earnings difference where the wife earns more than the husband. The husband tends to feel inadequate which is a good reason for a marriage to fail.
Your materialistic values are both good and bad. Unfortunately if you base your life on materialistic values you a cruising towards disaster. I urge you to rethink you need for materialist needs.
I am from New York. I am traveling overseas in early June, and I need to change the name on my passport. I am going with a whole group of people and this organization is paying for our tickets, but we need to send a photocopy of our passport to show the people that are paying for our tickets, and that needs to be literally this week. I really need to get my new passport ASAP! The passport office policy is that they can't expedite your passport unless you are leaving in two weeks. I already filled out the form, and have everything I need ready. I even have a letter from the organization that I need to show a photocopy of my passport in the next few days to get my ticket. It's really a last minute trip.
The people at the passport offices and websites all say I need to leave in two weeks for them to rush my new passport. Does anyone know if there is ANY way to get an expedited passport even though I leave in the beginning of June? It's crucial for my participation in the trip. I can travel in New York and surrounding states, if anyone knows where I can get an expedited passport in this area. This is super urgent. I will appreciate any help. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I'm sure if you called and explained things to someone in the passport agency, like a supervisor and exception could be made. If not the only other way I can think of is to purchase a fully refundable ticket to travel within the next two weeks. Use this ticket to satisfy the passport department. Then cash in the ticket after you get your passport back.
My suggestion is expensive but if your credit card can stand the hit, it costs you nothing as long as you cash the ticket in within the billing cycle. You would not even pay and interest but the ticket has to be a full fare fully refundable ticket or there would be penalties for not using the ticket paid to the airline.
Years ago I was a ticket agent for a major airline and have done similar things for members of my family and favorite customers.
Ok my friend hates herself and says that she is ugly and all of my other friends and me are pretty and she's ugly I don't know what to do please help age 12 gender girl
First of all I do not think she is ugly since I have yet to meet a truly ugly girl. She may not be as pretty as you or some of your friends but this will change as she goes through puberty and learns how to style her hair and use makeup properly.
Second there is more to beauty then facial beauty. It is what is inside us that make us what we are. I have known some truly beautiful girls/women who have been totally ugly on the inside. They would ask the question like, "I have the looks of a runway model yet I can't seem to keep a boyfriend." This is because for all their beauty they are ugly inside. By this I mean the are selfish, mean, self centered people.
Help her look beyond that what is only surface features. Help her develop and put forth the inner beauty I know she possess. As a friend that is the best thing you can do for her as she waits for puberty to transform her from caterpillar to butterfly.
please tell me how i can make the voices stop! they are scary and say terrible things that i can't blocl out of my mind. how do i make voices in my head go away?
If you are hearing voices that are scaring you or telling you to do things that would harm you or others. Then either call 911 right now or go to the nearest hospital emergency room and ask for help.
Do not worry about insurance or how the bills will be paid. What is important is to take care of you. There are programs that will take care of paying any hospital or doctors bills.
Please if you are hearing these voices as you read this call 911. Tell the call taker you are hearing voices and what they are saying. Help will be sent to you.
My name is Rachel and i am 26 years old and I have gotten myself into a mess. My cousin and I are really close I can tell her anything and she will be there for me she is 45sleep. We have always been close but she is disappointed in me because i have sex so many times without knowing the guy that well lets just say about a year ago. I had sex with a guy in 2 days time and it was a miracle I didnt get pregnant becaus it was unprotected with no condom and no form of birth control either and now i have been dating this guy for about 2 months and I have been doing so much better we have not been sexually active all in the 2 months that we have been dating. He says he will wait till marriage if that's what I want and that is what I want but my problem is that every other relationship I was in I had sex within a weeks time because I was afraid they would leave if I didnt and now my couain dosnt believe me when I tell her that I haven't had sex yet with this guy. How can I get my trust back? She wants me to get on the depot shot but it's making me feel like she dosnt trust me anymore.
This is easy for me to say and hard for you to take. The reality is it doesn't matter what your cousin believes or doesn't believe. What matters is what you and this guy have together.
In the past the relationships may not have been all that trusting or secure in your eyes. You felt sex was a way to secure the relationship. This guy is willing to wait until marriage or until you are ready for sex with him. To me this is a great guy and that is all that counts.
The one thing I do agree with your cousin with is the birth control. Be it the Depo shot or oral birth control pills I think it is a good idea if this is a good relationship that you start on birth control. In this way when the time is right you are protected and you don't have the fear of pregnancy and can enjoy sex with the man.
It would be nice to have your cousins trust I understand that. The past is the past and people do change. If she is unwilling to give you the benefit of the doubt then that is her problem not yours. This is your life to live and it is not meant to be lived to prove anything to anyone but yourself.
If you can be a better person tomorrow than you are today then you are living a good life. For you are growing and learning each and every day. To me that is what life is all about.
Both me and my girlfriend are clean, and ww had sex but the condom broke. Can I get aids?
Let me just say the Rainhorse68 is correct. Just having anal sex is not how you get HIV or AIDS. One of you must have the HIV virus in order to infect the other. As long as both of you are healthy and you enjoy anal sex then you can continue.
I do suggest that you continue to use condoms when engaging in anal sex. Not so much to prevent or lessen your concerns about AIDS but other problems that unprotected anal sex can bring especially for the male.
The anal tract is the body's waste port and therefore is full of bacteria that can be harmful. The bacteria can cause Urinary problems including bladder and kidney infections. It is also important that even with condom usage that after anal sex both of you wash the areas with hot soapy water. One other word of caution: Never go from the anus to the vagina with a finger or a penis without first washing with hot soapy water.
Anal sex can be very enjoyable for both partners if you follow a few rules of safe sex. It is also a good way to enjoy intimacy without fear of pregnancy.
My boyfriend and I have been going to the same gym for quite some time but just recently (~3 months) started going out. We actually have the same model cars so I let him drive my car while we went somewhere the other day. He offered to drive since I had uncomfortable shoes on. But he was driving so slow I said "if you want you can go fast" but he SLAMMED on the gas to the floor! I said "without killing it" but dont think he heard, thank god the light turned red. Then I drove back but fast too just to show him I can too, I said I go fast too but I do it gradually without strain you see. And he knows I usually drive fast. I leaned on the gas pedal gently slowly building up speed as always. After we're in front of the house boom my car starts overheating, he put antifreeze and it made to the next morning. Next day I get stuck on the highway boiling engine, I bought it to the mechanic. He said leave it 3 days to diagnose.
I left it, I told my boyfriend hey I think you broke my car and most likely its a head gasket (no joke ~$1000) he said but you drove fast too how do you know i broke it (meanwhile he was the one that floored it with pressure which causes gaskets to blow). I said let me drive your car, and he said "no I feel like something will happen to my car now. I cant let you do that." I said "why..you're the one that broke my car not me, so you don't trust me but I trusted you with my car". I asked what if I did drive your car right now and something happened, he said he would want me to pay half and said I think that's what you want me to do. Later we argued and I said "Maybe I didnt even want to drive your car now, maybe I was just testing you, now I see what i had to." And he got mad he said "oh so you're just playing mind games with me, I hate that sh**, I'm not going to answer and feed your mind games" and for 6 days he still didn't ask or write while I'm living hell. Before I said that he was like "well let me know what the mechanic says", but now nothing!
Who do you think is at fault for killing the car, who should pay how much if it is a 1000 gasket? I really feel that he should pay at least half but have a feeling he really won't and I'm pretty sure we are through. My mechanic will call pretty soon and I dont know what to do or say. I've been sick and nauseous for days over emotional distress. Please help.
I can't give you a good answer to this question without knowing how old the car is and how many miles are on it. At the moment you are not even sure what is wrong with the car or how much it will cost to repair.
Other than the head Gasket, it could be the water pump, the water pump seal or even a freeze plug leaking or at a minimum a hose leak. Fact is the older the car is the more prone to the things I've just listed failing. This would make you responsible for the repair bill.
For a head gasket to blow you would be seeing oil not water. Since you lost fluid and not oil, at least that is what you have written I don't think it is the head gasket unless you saw something you haven't written about.
Based on what I'm thinking your boyfriends driving may have been the final straw for something to fail but not the reason for the failure itself. The cost of the repairs are yours.
How i gonna convince him to have a sex with me even she dont know me
Trying to convince someone to have sex with you can be considered a sex crime. Once someone says no to you concerning sex any further attempt to get them to have sex with you is a crime. Usually the charge is sexual harassment which can be charged as a felony.
You may be a teenager but your age no longer protects you from such charges should she or her parents wish to pursue such charges. If you are 16 or older the prosecutor can charge you as an adult which would depend somewhat on how serious the harassment might have been.
There is a way to have sex with someone but it does not include convincing. Sex is normally the result of a loving relationship. Still even in a loving relationship where you have moved to the level where sex would be expected either of you have the right to say no. Again no means no and you cannot do anything to force or convince the other to have sex with you. Using force is Rape and trying to convince someone is sexual harassment.
I'm guessing your age to be in the early teens. Young ladies your age are more prone to saying no to sexual intercourse then yes. My suggestion until you are older and more mature that you stick to masturbation. Having been your age at one time I can tell you that any sex you might get at your age will be less satisfying than masturbation would be.
You don't have to take my word for that. IF your dad will be honest with you he will tell you the same thing.
What would you do if you just found out that your son had dyslexia? I don't even know where to begin handling this disorder. Will he have to go to a special school? Does he need some kind of tutor? How will I be able to help him with this?
First of all don't panic. Dyslexia can be dealt with and most public schools can deal with it. My Cousin was found to suffer from Dyslexia and is now a very prominent Attorney in Washington, DC. He is now the senior Attorney for the firm he first joined many years ago and for years was their rain maker. His firm has over 250 lawyers.
While he may be my cousin I will admit he was never the brightest light bulb in the basket, but he is a hard worker. If he was able to overcome this disability I am positive your son can also. To do so it is important that you keep a positive attitude.
How was your son diagnosed. Was it by observation of a teacher or through testing. If he wasn't tested he needs to be tested in order to determine the level of his Dyslexia. Once this is known then you know what type of treatment he requires.
Keep this in mind. If your local public school cannot provide the level of special help he needs. They will attempt to tell you that you need to place him in a special school. While this is partially true the emphasis on you is wrong. They must provide the education and if they do not have the resources to do so then they must find, pay for and supply transportation to a school that can provide the special help he needs.
This is where you must become his strong vocal advocate. We were told that some special education help my son needed was not available. They told me of private schools where it was available. When I asked for the forms to have the school system pay for the schooling a miracle occurred. There was another teacher at another school who could help him but they wanted us to take him there. Strike 3 they lost when I returned with my attorney, they provided bus service as well.
School budgets are very tight, they always have been. They will try to get you to pay for the services your son needs. He is guaranteed an education and the public school system is required to provide one for him and not just one that passes him along. Know your rights, stick to your guns and if need be engage an attorney.
Everything starts with proper testing and go from there. Good luck and again don't panic. This is not the end of the world.
I am trying to figure out how many words can go in a program ad for a recital that the page is 1/4 that I can leave a message with the person picture
One of the first things you need to find out before you can answer that question is the style and size of the typeface the ad will be run with. The larger the type size the less words will fit in the ad. The style of the type also makes a difference as on style in a particular size can be larger or smaller than another style in the same size.
Once you have this information it is easier to figure out how many words can fit in the as. There is a formula as to how many letters per inch for each typeface and size that can be used to calculate the number of words.
The best way is to write or type out your copy and take it to wherever you are purchasing the ad. They will tell you if it will fit and how it will look in the ad.
I'm beggining to hate them...
Here's the story
My bestfriend and I had this project in electronics, we spent four whole weeks graphing it, and buying all the parts needed in order to make it, and another 5 weeks assembling it. I promise, we did our best, but by the time we were going to pass it, one of the circuits broke down and the transformer burned down. So he bought a new one and he said he'll try to do it at his house. In the afternoon, he had this huge problem, the circuits of the new transformer was different from the one on our design, so there was no choice but to spend the night with him, and so it all began.
I asked my parents if I could spend the night at his house. They said no. So I cant do anything but persuade them, they legit said the rudest things. They said that I cant ever sleep in anyone of my schoolmates' houses because everyone there cant be trusted, they said my school had a bad reputation and everyone is immoral except me. At this point, I imagined all the parents including my bestfriend's who treated me so nicely when I went to their homes, and my parents are directly bashing them without any information. But there's something worse...
After that, I told them that I have already proven that my friend's arent stereotypes. Then what did they say? "You're friend is gay, you'll be sleeping under one blanket and I know he'll do dirty things on you! He's a fag."
Ok, before i rage, let me give you a few infos. I'm 17, my bestfriend's 16. The reason why they think he's gay is only because he acts childish. He hasnt matured yet, making him too polite. I've done everything to make them proud, I have a high position at a religious organization, my grades are all the highest, and i have treated them with upmost respect...
I knew if I raged, I would've made everything worse, so i just killed off one of the characters of the book im writing to express my feelings. Please help me, I texted my bestfriend and he told me we can try to make it before our teacher arrives, at 6 in the morning... So I went here and typed out my grief instead.
Well it is good that you were able to vent to us. Unfortunately you are 17 and at least for the next year until you turn 18 you have to do as your parents say and you must ask permission to do anything. Once you turn 18 it is a different story in the eyes of the law you are and adult with all the advantages and responsibilities of an adult.
From a strictly legal standpoint on the day before your 18th birthday you parents can punish you as they see fit. They can ground you, restrict you to the house or use any other form of punishment they have ever used on you. At the moment the clock strikes midnight they can no longer do any of that or face legal consequences.
What I'm trying to say is it does not matter if I think you are overreacting or not. What matters is there is nothing you can do about how your parents chose to allow you to do or not to do. You were right not to fly into a rage and as someone old enough to be your grandparent I am proud of you for not doing so.
What does bother me is how your parents come to feel as they do about your friend and the school attend. If I felt as they did about the school my child was assigned to I would do something about it. I would seek to have my child moved to another school or I would find away to either home school or find a private school. Their perception of your friend and your school is rather closed minded and I wonder how they come by this.
i started using the triphasil pill on the 16 jan 2015 and since then iv been taking it everyday at the same time but today my alarm never went off and i took it 20mins later as soon as i remembered coz i take it at 5 in the morning so instead i had to take it at 5.20 ths morning bt then a few hours later my boyfriend and i had unprotected sex..is there a chance that i may get pregnant
Relax your fine. While no contraceptive pill is 100% effective what is important is that you take your pill daily. The reason they say to take it at the same time is so you get into a routine. By same time they do not necessarily me the same hour each day.
The same time could me while eating breakfast as soon as you get out of bed in the morning. Medication is always better on the stomach if taken with food. Maybe you are not a breakfast eater so you take your pill with lunch whenever you eat lunch each day which can vary. See what I mean.