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Q: Are there any good French Revolution sites except wikipedia,ask,etc? It's for a school project,and wikipedia is hard to understand.
Uh...I mean i dont know how much easier its going to get than wikipedia.

Q: Can anyone tell me a college that fits the following criteria? I want a school thats pretty with really nice dorms. My grades are like on average B (with some C's some A's). I have a decent amount of extra curriculars and volunteer work...and i play squash for school (but not well)Deffinatly not a City school...with like a medium size student body- but on the smaller size.

Any help you can give me would be great!
first of all dont choose a college based on the dorms. i go to tulane and the dorms aren't amazing but the school makes up for it so i dont care. pick a school you'll be happy at...not just one thats pretty.

Q: I am about to apply to colleges and I want to do a Liberal Arts major, but I am not sure if that is the name of the major? Can I just major in Liberal Arts? If so, what is my degree called if I major in Liberal Arts? I was also considering a dual-major in Liberal Arts and English, is that possible? Thanks so much!
well at my school (tulane) you can't really "major" in liberal arts. I'm a political science major and i'm just considered to be in the school of liberal arts (as opposed to being in the business school or school of architecture) but i guess it depends on where you go

Q: i hate the winter. but i love the summer.
and i want to go to a college located somewhere were its as hott as it can get in the winter (in the us).
like, california, florida, etc.
got any more places?
& some GOOD colleges located somewhere hot.?
I go to Tulane and I love love love it! and the weather is really hot in new orleans!!

Q: i was surfing through the internet and i stumbled upon this....http://immortalityring.com/home.php

is it for real? or just a scam?
seriously? i can't believe anyone would actually even question that.
of course its not for real. jesus christ i weep for the future.

Q: Isn't Christmas about the birth of Jesus and one of God's biggest miracles? So why do most atheist still celebrate it?
I'm atheist and I celebrate it because my family does and its a tradition. And actually Jesus was NOT born on Christmas, it is a pagan holiday. so i really dont feel bad for celebrating it, its more for being with family and such. Its more of a commercial holiday nowadays anyway.

Q: Ok, every time i go to shave my underarms, i can never get the hair. I put the razor right over it but it never gets the hair and i can't get it to come off. Why do you think it's not coming off?
either change your razor blade, use shaving cream, or get the intuition razor (the one with the soap attached). That should work.

Q: Okay so my state (TN) has decided to mandate that every student K-12 get 90 minutes of excersize a week. Well they are using our homeroom time at my school to do just that. I think it is incredibly stupid because its not the school's responsibility to tell us what to do as far as excersizing goes. It is so damn retarded I can hardly stand it. I HATE coming to school now. OMG as if it wasnt bad enough LETS THROW IN SOME EXCERSIZE!!! Plus my homeroom teacher is strict with the rules, so if we dont do these excersizes every morning, she will write us up. I dont feel like I can talk to her because she wont understand. And I cant sit there and object while everyone else is doing it because that will draw negative attention to me. I get enough attention as it is for being fat. And thats not the reason I dont want to do the excersizes. It's just that 15 minutes is a long time for someone who is as heavy as I am and its embarassing to have my fat jiggle around for the whole freaking class to watch and laugh at. I would much prefer to excersize in PRIVACY where I dont have to worry about what I look like. High school is bad enough as it is. I think this is pure torture and I really want to refuse to do it. But I dont want to bring negative attention to myself. WHAT SHOULD I DO???? and what is your opinion on our new state law??
This is the stupidest law I have ever heard of. Do they really think that 90 minutes a week is going to keep kids from getting fat? That law is a complete waste of time. If a kid wants to exercise, eat right and be skinny its not going to be the result of any law that is passed, and the other way around. I am completely against the government getting too involved in things they shouldn't.

As to what to do, just suck it up and do it. Its only 15 minutes and after a while it will get easier. You're right, if you refuse to do it it will only make things worse. The only way to get out of it is to get the law repealed.

Q: i dont get how people order coffee from starbucks. theres a billion combinations to choose from. i dont know what i like even. i cant just like order different kinds. too much money. what is the difference between a frap and espresso and whatever? is there a site for this?
get a white chocolate mocha or vanilla latte :)
they're very good.

Q: I finally came-to last night. Like, I had doubted for a long time, but last night I woke up and realized and fully believe in God now. I accepted Jesus into my heart. And, this morning, since like EARLY it has been raining HARD and thundering and lightening bad. Could this have anything to do with my experience last night?
no

Q: i heard that if you get put on accutane [sp?] that is mandatory to be put on birth control as well because it causes guarenteed birth defects. is this true?
when i took it i wasn't on birth control because i was in like 8th grade. they may have changed the rules tho it was a while ago. i don't think its guaranteed per say, but its a very very high risk.

Q: Hey... I've been thinking lately. This isn't meant to be inflammatory or argumentative, I'd just like different opinions.

How could heaven be heaven if you know that 4 billion people are roasting in Hell just because they picked the wrong religion? I don't get that... I mean, if I were in heaven and I knew that, it would be Hell for me. And I know you can say, "well they chose wrong", but that doesn't seem to me like a reason for endless pain and suffering. There are perfectly good people down there. Thoughts?
I think a common misconception is that if you're a good person, you will go to heaven. This isn't true. Christians believe that you must be christian and believe that jesus is divine etc. The thing that bothers me is that someone like Ghandi, who was not a Christian, would supposedly be in hell while some murderer who just happens to believe in jesus goes to heaven. This is one of my main problems with Christianity and all religions in general. I refuse to believe in a religion that says anyone who doesn't believe in it goes to hell, regardless of their actions. Of course, I don't believe in heaven or hell but its the principle of the thing. And also they may not have even "picked the wrong religion" many people don't even know what christianity is.
The truth is all religions arrogantly claim they are correct. I suggest being atheist like me and you won't have to worry about it :)

Q: what does it mean to poke someone on facebook
its completly pointless...the creator of facebook put it on there just for kicks

Q: sophomore. im currently taking advanced geometry and i hate it! i was much more an algebra type person so i was planning on taking algebra 3 next year instead of trig. or whatever but i heard its very hard and even if you passed algebra 2 with like an A you still end up with Cs and Ds and stuff. is it really that bad? id prefer answers only from people who've taken the class.. thanks!
i took trig 1st semester and barely pulled off an 80...i thought it was pretty hard so i dropped down to algebra 3 and now i have a 100 in that class, haha. its a joke, it depends on if you want a challenge or a slack class.

Q: Ok, so im only 15 but im pretty sure i want to go to Georgetown or maybe one of my other choices of colleges. But focusing on georgetown, thats a pretty good school, and i was wondering what my GPA should be to get in there also if anyone knows any extra activities or classes they look for, or know what would help me stand out. also with other colleges-- If i were looking to get into an ivy leage school like yale, what should my GPA be
you're going to need over a 4.0 for both. for georgetown, maybe a 4.0-4.2 and a good SAT. for an ivy, almost a perfect SAT score and at least a 4.5. someone i know got into yale with a 4.7 but deferred from harvard. you're also going to need something that shows commitment/leadership. and a lot of community service.

Q: Why is it that the US Government prohibits flights directly from the US to Cuba? I know you can go to another country from the US and from there fly to Cuba, by why is direct flights from the US to Cuba not allowed?
its because the us government banned tourism in that country during the cold war. technically, you could go to jail for going there through another country.

Q: For school, I have to write a speech. For part of it, I need to know the CONS of passing a bill for mandatory voting for eligible voters in the U.S. for the presidential election. The only one I can think of is that people don't like any of the canidates. Also, I can't say because they are sick, handicapped, mentally ill, or elderly because you have to put exceptions in the bill you make. (I know, my group has to make a bill FOR mandatory voting, but individually I have to make a speech against it.) THANK YOU SO MUCH!
as an american you should have the choice on if you want to vote or not
freedom of speech
required voting would be expensive and unrealistic to carry out
would need more than one day to vote/overcrowding of polling places
some people just don't care, and therefore shouldn't have to vote.

Q: im the person who asked about the english class. this is a completely different question, but its more serious than the other.

well..today was the first day back to school. my math class on the schedule is algebra 3. when i went to algebra 3 today, i showed my teacher my transcript because thats what we have to do. she saw my previous algebra grades and they were 97's. she asked me why i wasnt in Honors Analysis instead (which is a more advanced class than algebra 3), and i said its cuz i wanted to be in algebra 3. well, she somehow got someone to call my mom to arrange a schedule change from algebra 3 to honors analysis. my mom agreed.

so when i got home from school, my mom told me and i started crying. its because last semester i took an AP class and i was completely overstressed to the point of depression, and i wanted to take a lighter load of classes this semester.

my mom wont change her mind. i dont know what to do..im very upset and emotional because i dont want to go through another long, very difficult semester.

please help. :[
I would say just deal with it. I mean, your schedule isn't THAT bad. Take it from someone who is taking 5 AP classes this year as well as sports every day after school.
That was pretty stupid for them to do that behind your back, though. If you're really worried about it just make them switch you back because in the end it should be your decision.

Q: Hi, I'm supposed togo on a ski trip with my school but I don't know how to ski. I don't want to look completely stupid. Anyone got any good tips. Please Help.
well it takes a little while to learn to ski well, just tell people you have never been skiing and just laugh about it while you're learning. i'm sure there are other people who can't ski. and if you can you could try snowboarding to me its easier to learn and once you learn it's a lot funner

Q: ok i failed 2 finals before & im afraid that will affect what colleges accept me. i'm just not a great test taker, but even with F's on the final, i still managed to get all A's and B's for all of my classes as my final grade & still have a 3.4 GPA. any opinions or experiences??

thanks!!
colleges don't see your test grades, only your final grades.

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