I just graduated with a bachelors degree in nonprofit focused business and I’m now looking for a full-time job. I have minors in marketing and public relations as well. My dad shared with me that his company is hiring for a grant management specialist bc the company is a nonprofit utility company. I have experience working in nonprofits through volunteering and most recently as the receptionist for a local Boys & Girls Club but have no experience in grant writing/management. With the help of ChatGPT I was able to write a strong cover letter stating that I am willing and eager to learn the things needed to be successful in the job but I got feedback on my resume saying that I need to list my more relevant work experience but I don’t have relevant work experience. What should I do/is there possibly a way to reword the experience I do have? The feedback I got is from my dad’s boss who is quite high up in the company. And I should add that this isn’t an issue of nepotism because my dad works in a different department from the one I am applying to so it is allowed.

Hi everyone!
I wanted to take some time and sit and write this before I got too busy and get carried away as we hit 5k members like two week ago. I thought so many times in the car about making this post to celebrate our amazing community we have here. Its hard to celebrate the large number of PA in numbers but in numbers we are one of the, if not the largest broken people who gathered together as family to help each other on the internet. That is a huge deal and huge responsibilty we have to each other.
We are an amazing dedicated community. We are some of the toughest and the most resilient people out there. I know this. I read and feel it everyday. I cry with you and I do my damnest to protect you and help you.
Everyday I read and see the comments from wonderful members who raises each other's spirits and truly like family share the grief of each parent who find the peace in sharing their hardship and pain as their own. I love seeing our memebers reach out and write the truest of words that make the difference in each of our lives. Thank you. It truly does make a difference and I know it first hand.
Just the other day one of my old posts on therpist not making hard choices on PA were answered with a real answer from a real doctotherapist. I still get to learn something new about my own PA journey everyday. The growth of our forum means more comments. I just want everyone to keep in mind that some of us are going through this ordeal as new comers and can be sensitive to criticism. Criticism however warranted is fine. Its a free country it will always will be an open forum. Thank you for reporting bad posts Thank you for taking the time to read our letters and words of grief. Thank you for responding and being part of the messy difficult journey that is PA. Thank you for making this community the most important community I am a part of. I promise to always keep us proud and never forget each and ever one of your posts. Before I go on and on.
Always , always look forward to happier days. No regrets. Give it your all. I hope you find peace in all your attenpts to reach out, every chance to speak or see your child. Every inch and minute you fight to be with them. If you need us , we will be here for you.
My son is now 14 and with me everyday since he was 9 and left at a hospital due to his ADHD.
He was coached and alienated since he was 5
My daughter is now 13 and I see her 4 days a month since she was alienated and coached since she was 4 years old.
Her scowls have turned to hmmmm and within the last year things have gotten better. I am faking it to make it with my alienator. I always keep my guard up. but last weekend , I got to watch the alienators dog while my daughter was over. What the hell thats a negative really, but I took it as a win. Lets all find the little wins togther.

I recently went through a bankruptcy and lost my car unfortunately, I was unable to get my tag back to return to DMV, I called and asked what to do and I was told I had to write a statement with the loan company's info, get it notarized and mail that in which I did which took place of the tag. I did all this about 2 months ago give or take, my question is if they didn't receive that letter would I have gotten a notice by now about the tag and or registration for the car? I live in Pennsylvania btw, Thank You

I wonder about dying. I wonder what happens after. not to me, in particular, but everyone around me. how many of these people know who I really am? no matter the answer, I think I would be some variation of shocked. people like me enough to pay attention? no one liked me enough to pay attention.
accurate on both accounts. in all seriousness, I do contemplate the insane amount of thoughts, letters, poems, artwork, stories, etc. that have been lost to time while trapped in my mind. how many times have I sat down to a page and been so dishonest and mistrusting with even myself that I couldn’t write down what I wanted to say? what I really needed to say? how silenced have I really made myself?
the idea of that terrifies me to the core.
what if something I had to say could’ve helped someone… shit, what if it would’ve helped me? what if my thoughts could have made a difference or even the tiniest impact on another soul? someone else who struggles? and here I am… hoarding secrets and words and feelings for the sake of what? embarrassment? I don’t really know. judgement? that seems more likely. I present a face to the world that’s socially acceptable - inside I’m on fire, constant pins and needles, churning stomachs, clammy palms.
and all I keep doing is stuffing it further down.

Little backstory; I’m 16 and I lived in group home for 3 months and one of my favorite staff members would give me his duplicates every Sunday when he came. I would organize his cards for hours on the weekend and that became our ritual…we would have outings (basically not in the house) every day and the days he would be scheduled with me we’d go around looking for card shops and never found them in stock. I recently went to Best Buy to buy an MP3 (I’m getting transferred to a new group home) and I found the Kids at Play Box…was looking through all of them and found this guy :) I was stunned, I yelled at the top of my moms and scared my mom (we were in the car lmao) I’m going to my new group home in a week…but this made my day. This brightened my whole week actually. That staff member and I would geek about garbage pail kids and MAD magazines and I would sketch all the staff members as GPK for fun. I made a Halloween painting that they still have in the home. I miss that staff member dearly, I’m thinking about writing a letter before I go and showing this. Thanks for listening to my story tho :p guess I just wanted to say how monumental this was for me. I still remember the cardboard box he brought that had stacks of thousands of cards and he had Nasty Nick, he gave me the reproduction (my name is nic) and I even redrew me as him.
TLDR; me found cool card

I (33F) have been dating my boyfriend (32M) for almost 3 years. I feel deeply in love with him, envisioned a long future together and feel as though I found my person, but we’ve been struggling a little bit recently. His mother’s health is declining for about a year and he is really struggling with a lot of guilt, depression and has very little patience with everything he is juggling. I’ve being trying to be as patient, supportive and understanding as I possibly can be, but have felt a noticeable difference in his affection towards me and we’ve been feeling generally distant. I’ve brought up the distance to him before, and he said he would work on it, but he was more affectionate for about a week and then quickly went back to how he distant he felt. There have been times that I have tried to bring it up again to work through and I have been told I’m being too sensitive or have felt like a nuisance on top of all he is carrying. I’m a generally insecure person but it has been culminating lately for me personally as I just did a bunch of job switch ups and started a really big state job, which has been tough for me mentally. I’ve not really tried to tell him because I don’t want to add to his plate and been trying to focus on navigating how to support him through this time (and sometimes failing because I’ve not experienced losing a parent yet and struggle to know what is helpful). But it gets really overwhelming and I feel often I’m struggling through my insecurities in our relationship alone.
Last weekend, in a moment of weakness, I felt the sting of jealousy take me over and I got it in my head that he must be talking to another person if he is so distant. I went through his phone for about 5 minutes, luckily I found nothing, but I’m not smooth in the slightest (and he never puts his phone down) and he caught me. I immediately came to my senses and have been apologizing profusely since, and he initially said it was ok and seemed to want to move forward. But this weekend, he got pretty drunk and treated me very horrible when I was over, saying he actually didn’t feel over it. He wanted to break up that night, saying I’ve destroyed his trust. And I was a mess. We’ve just started talking tentatively again, we never stay long apart and I know he misses me. He says he doesn’t want to break up, and wants work on it, but that we need to rebuild our trust. My plan so far is to invite him to a nice dinner this weekend, write him a letter telling him why I love him, and see if we can plan for steps forward (specifically wanting to ask him what actions he needs me to take to rebuild his trust). But also want to talk about things I hope we both can maybe work on, like rebuilding affection and making sure we have an environment where I feel safe to bring up concerns to him and not feel like I’m being annoying.
What are other ways I can rebuild trust with him? And is it totally inappropriate to bring up things I need to feel more secure in our relationship?

Good evening y'all (it's 11 pm EST)
I'm currently a college student pursuing an IT degree and I was speaking with my father in law about an idea for a writing skills development program. The basis of the program/website is to teach students from Elementary school to the highschool and collegiate level on how to write essays. He posits that his students he has worked with do not have a good grasp on how to format their essays and papers, which then falls short in their future academic courses and he wants to make a program that will help them step by step.
My general layout right now is that it will be split into different levels of writing. From Levels 1 through 5: Elementary, Middle School, High School, College Prep, and Collegiate level writing skills. Within each level, I'll have writing tips and exercises to help the students learn the proper way to write their essays, with the Five Paragraph Essay as the format they will be learning.
Level 1: Sentence Structure, Formatting, and Composition. This includes things like spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc.
Level 2: Adding in proper grammar, sentence continuation, paragraph structure, readability and comprehension, editing skills (rereading to make sure it is grammatically correct, has proper punctuation, sounds academically thought out, etc). We'll introduce how to write and connect multiple paragraphs as well as intro, body, and conclusion.
Level 3: Here we'll reinforce sentence structure for Intro, body, and conclusion paragraphs as well as citation and source material research. We'll start on how to properly write a Five paragraph essay with the hourglass/pyramid format (Broad introduction that gets more specific when it gets to the thesis sentence, body paragraphs with point evidence and example sentences, and then specific reintroduction of main points to a broad conclusion of the thesis). [I may have this in the Middle school Level 2 section as this is something I learned in middle school] We will also introduce different types of essays such as Argumentative, Systhesis, Compare and Contrast, Narrative, Persuasive, etc.
Level 4: In this level we will introduce the importance of rough draft, revise and polish, editing and formatting, and college entrance essays and college application questions. This section will mostly be open to Junior (11th) and Senior (12th) grade students who are preparing for their academic life outside of Highschool. We will also be introducing how to write cover letters, resumes, and exploring the other side of life outside of High school.
Level 5: Collegiate level writing will focus on precision writing, using the fewest words necessary to accurately convey an idea. Objectivity, using accurate, clear and relevant information. Logical Structure, using precise word choice and structure. Researching, Formatting, time management, and consistence and conciseness. We will also go back to resume and cover letter writing for those who are looking for a career after a degree. We will be adding a section to help students with term paper writing as well as advancement (Masters and Doctorate level) writing.
I wanted to reach out to former, current, and aspiring English Teachers to ask for feedback on this idea. Is this something that you would use in your class as a teaching tool for your students? What can be done for this to be implemented in your classes if this website/program gets published? What things should be added, removed, improved, or changed in the current idea to make it go alongside the current English course curriculum in your school district? What else should be included to facilitate user interaction with this website?
Please give me as much feedback as you can think of, whether that is directly on this post or in a direct message. My hope and goal is to be able to develop the future generation and to move away from using AI as a writing tool because it takes away the practical skills that is severely lacking in some, if not most, of the students today.

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: white
• Residence: socal :)
• Income Bracket: middle class
• Type of School: public
• Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): n/a

Intended Major(s): (write here)
international relations or poli sci (depending on the school)
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.87/4.59
• Rank (or percentile): n/a
• of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 11 aps
• Senior Year Course Load: academic decathlon, ap lit, ap stats, apah, ap french, ap gov/ap micro

Standardized Testing

• ACT: 34 (36E, 32M, 33R, 33S)
• AP/IB: ap euro (4), ap lang (3), ap spanish (5), apush (5), apes (4)

Extracurriculars/Activities

1. academic decathlon president
2. shift leader at parents' small business
3. spanish national honors society treasurer
4. varsity discus and shot put captain
5. religious school post-confirmation
6. local library volunteer
7. spanish and french tutor
8. local climate change awareness organization
9. summer program at prestigious university
10. youth leadership program

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. a handful of academic decathlon medals from county competitions
2. scholar athlete
3. national spanish exam bronze medal
4. ap scholar with distinction

Letters of Recommendation
ap spanish: 9/10
apush: 5/10
counselor: 6/10?? idk
Interviews
brown video: 4/10 it was pretty bad and i had a terrible time filming it
american u: 7/10 it was my first one and my only one in person, i thought it went good
washu: 6/10 i didn't get one with an alum but i got one with a current student, so im not certain if it counted
occidental college: 4/10 i did not click with my interviewer at all lmao
syracuse: 9/10 i accidentally missed my interview originally but my interviewer was super understanding and we rescheduled and it went great
northwestern: 9/10 i felt like this one went really well, and i really clicked with my interviewer
georgetown: 8/10 nothing really remarkable that i can remember, i just remember feeling good afterward
Essays
im going to keep this anonymous just in case im recognized from this (i hope im not lol). i think on the whole everything was pretty decent.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
brown ED: rejected
maryland EA: accepted+merit
wisconsin EA: accepted
uc davis RD: accepted
uci RD: waitlisted -> withdrew
sdsu RD: accepted
american u RD: accepted+merit
uw RD: accepted
ucla RD: rejected
ucsb RD: waitlisted -> withdrew
washu RD: rejected
oxy RD: accepted+merit
syracuse RD: accepted
gwu RD: accepted+merit
northwestern RD: rejected
georgetown RD: rejected
cal poly RD: rejected
cal RD: rejected
DECISION: MARYLAND CO '28!!!! GO TERPS
Additional Information:
i go to a pretty competitive high school in a relatively wealthy area and learned about the process, got high hopes, and honestly got a little prestige obsessed around my junior year. I had five dream schools (brown, ucla, washu, northwestern, and georgetown) and ended up getting rejected from all of them which was both a total punch in the gut and a much needed wake up call. the decision for me based on fit and financials came down to maryland, washington, and davis, and as a result of the really generous merit aid i recieved at umd as well as the university's perfect location near washington DC, it was just the perfect fit. After visiting the school, I totally fell in love with the campus, the culture, and having a big 10 sports program definitely didn't hurt it. looking back on everything, i was totally naïve and applied to a ton of schools, which thankfully worked out for my targets, but i was at one point certain that i would get into at least one of my reaches. in the end, im really glad that i didnt get into any of them because i would have never considered maryland, a school i almost didnt even apply to. also, as a jewish student, the thriving jewish community on maryland's campus is really comforting, especially with everything going on right now at colleges. congrats to all of this years seniors and good luck to all the incoming seniors with their apps! and if youre going to maryland next year, hmu!!!

I don’t know. I wanted to post here. I’m going to school for a job where nothing is guaranteed in the field I’m studying. Jobs are more so on a job to job basis and steady jobs are few and far between. My parents have been supportive of me up to this point but I don’t think they fully understand that job to job opportunities are how the field is. I understand this and am willing to take a risk, but I don’t think they are as confident. I’m going into my senior year. I’ve had zero internships or barely any jobs related to this (freelance stuff once or twice a year). I’m focusing on my own things, but no money is being made now. Part of this is on me for not giving 110% (writing letters to alumni, friending people on LinkedIn) and only applying via websites. I’ve asked professors for opportunities and all of their options rejected me.
As well, I quit my day job. I thought about accepting an unpaid gig, but it would have been a two hour commute one way. I told the day job I accepted the position. The window is still open for me to do it, but it would require me to move somewhere for the summer where the only free housing would be a two hour commute. As I’ve stated before, I’m working on my own things. I am in 90% control of the outcome of one and 60% of the other. Both could help me a lot if they turn out successful. I’m working on finding another wage slave job at the moment too, but all interviews have seemed unfruitful. Maybe it’s bad interviewing on my end? I seem confident when I interview, so maybe it’s because I’m a student? Even if I find a job, it would be less time spent on my personal projects.
Speaking of which, I try to do things for fun. I don’t really socialize too much with people. Most of the people I like have left the area for summer. The people where I grew up and I have grown in different ways (for the most part) and I don’t enjoy being with them too much anymore. It is a once in a blue moon thing. Where I live now, I have acquaintances but rarely hang out. Part of this lack of socialization stems from being a weird kid and also thinking everyone is judging me. I tend to zone out a lot so I maybe staring off at nothing and then realize I’m staring at someone. Trying to make conversation is weird because I don’t know what to talk about other than projects/work/school. I don’t like hearing about drama unless it affects what I’m doing. I don’t have anything going on in my life that’s worth more than a few sentences, so I have nothing to talk about. Even though, again, I’m not social, there still is a part of me that wishes I was doing these things with someone.
My free time is spent going on drives to nowhere (unfortunately my favorite leisure activity) which kills mileage on my car and eats up gas. The person I used to go on random adventures with is a year or two older and I think he’s reached the point where he can no longer do these things. I will be at that point soon because I will have student loans to pay off.
Even having a love life is hard because what I go to school for, personal and work lives are mixed. Acting on these feelings can lead to awkward work relationships and missed opportunities. You have to think about the long game.
Anyway, this has been on my mind for sometime and would love advice as to what I should do?

Bit of a follow up to a couple of weeks ago. My friend was asked verbally to move out because the family was moving in, never got the proper paperwork by the deadline… I’ll try to make it quick:
She got a phone call last week asking if they were going to be ready to leave by June 30th as agreed verbally. My friend explained all the stuff that you guys helped us with and the LL said she would write a letter. It was explained that a letter isn’t what’s needed, that it has to be the proper form with 2 months notice, so they agreed verbally on July 15th (Supposedly her family is arriving and needs the place after their air b&b is up in the middle of July so the 15th was perfect…) and the papers would be delivered by May 15th. Then a call came a couple of days ago. There’s a surgery someone in the family needs so she’s going to be overseas for a while and won’t need the house until next year. Hmm, ok…
So now they want my friend to sign a new lease for 1 year from when the old one runs out (June 30) with a 3% increase. Seems ok, but long story short, does a lease renewal still require 3 months notice for an increase or is the lease the notice? And is there any reason to actually sign a new lease or should it just go month to month like the current lease says? Any risks either way? Thanks again for previous and any new help!

While I'm still going to be vigilant and deal with these sidewalk clowns individually, this systemic problem requires more than one-on-one action.
I've written a letter and will be blasting it to parties I feel have a say in doing something about this:

1. Mayor - Olivia Chow mayor_chow@toronto.ca
2. Chief of Police - Myron Demkiw myron.demkiw@torontopolice.on.ca
3. Premier - Doug Ford premier@ontario.ca, doug.fordco@pc.ola.org
4. My Local City Councilor Find your local councillor
5. My MPP Find your MPP

Here is the letter I've written. Feel free to send it as is, or modify to suit your needs. The point is to blast these people non-stop until you get a response and they actually speak about this issue publicly. It's the least we can do and it takes a few minutes:

Dear [NAME],
As a lifelong resident of Toronto, I am writing to express my growing frustration and concern regarding the increasing number of bicycles on our city’s sidewalks. This issue has reached a critical point, threatening the safety and well-being of pedestrians, particularly the elderly, children, and those with disabilities.
I commend those cyclists who utilize the bike lanes responsibly and contribute positively to our urban environment. However, a significant number of delivery food drivers, who seem to lack proper understanding or regard for Canadian societal norms and laws, are endangering lives by riding on sidewalks.
The sidewalks are meant for pedestrians. They are not an extension of the bike lanes. The blatant disregard for this simple rule is not only illegal but poses a serious risk of injury. We cannot allow our city to become a chaotic and unsafe space due to the negligence and selfishness of a few.
I would like to know what actions have been taken or will be taken to address this problem effectively. Specifically:

1. Enforcement: What measures are in place to enforce the law prohibiting cycling on sidewalks? Are there increased patrols or fines for offenders?
2. Education: What steps are being taken to educate delivery drivers and other cyclists about the proper use of bike lanes and the dangers of riding on sidewalks?
3. Regulation of Delivery Services: How are delivery services being held accountable for their drivers' behavior? Are there any regulations or penalties in place for companies whose drivers frequently violate these rules?

Our city’s leadership must take immediate and decisive action to address this growing menace. The safety of Toronto’s residents should be a top priority. I urge you to consider this matter with the seriousness it deserves and to provide a detailed response outlining the steps that will be taken to ensure our sidewalks are safe for everyone.
I look forward to your prompt response and seeing tangible improvements in this area.
Sincerely, [NAME]

Again, the goal is not to send it and forget it. The goal is to be on top of this and flood these useless bureaucrats with emails from concerned citizens until they're forced to do something about this issue that is progressively making this a less enjoyable city to exist in.

Hii everyone!! Im looking for an online friend around my age who would be down to play video games or watchparty tv shows every now and then!!! I love playing roblox, minecraft, fortnite, genshin, content warning, and other games (mainly 3ds and psp), so i want a friend to play with on occasion!!! My other interests are writing letters to my penpals, collecting vintage stationery, learning guitar, watching video essays on youtube, and finding new music to listen to (i love chinese punk rn!!!)!
Pls msg me if u want!!

My poor late boyfriend's evil older sister, "Queenie" (as she likes to be called🤮). I've posted about her here before.
She would get on some raging jag and send him texts, FB messages, call his cell phone and his house phone, berating him, or telling him how terrible her life is, or going off on how she's glad their other sister died or his wife died or... (Have you seen Baby Reindeer? Like that.)
I told him to block her. He couldn't. He needed to know what she was saying, and what she was saying about him on social media. She said some awful, mean-spirited things.
He felt he always had to keep track of her. She fed him lies and drugs. When she had an up day, she'd write some beautiful letter praising him for being the best brother ever, and giving him suboxones or whatever other drugs she had on hand.
Their sister (who took her own life in 2016) used to put flyers up all over town about how horrible of a person he was.
He truly wasn't a bad person. He had so much goodness and love that he just couldn't see, due to all the trauma...
At some point in the past few years, he stopped using social media as much, but still wanted to know what Queenie was up to. I made an extra account and have been tracking her and other unsavory family members for him. For several years.
I have screenshots that would make anyone go blind with rage.
My boyfriend, the absolute love of my life, my favorite, died at the beginning of February. Alcohol and drugs. Both things that Queenie introduced him to at an early early age.
When he died, she posted a happy video of herself and her family laughing it up at karaoke. Days after the funeral, she posted about how sad she is that she's the only one left alive in her family, and how she had to walk away because he didn't want to be loved and saved.
She made no effort to love him, ever. She made no effort to save him. She took out a restraining order against him and took him to court multiple times in the last couple years.
When he was at his lowest, drinking and having seizures in his house, she sent police to do wellness checks on him constantly.
This is not love. This is abuse.
And now. I can't stop tracking her.
Her house is up for tax sale at the end of the month because she didn't pay property taxes or her utility bills for the last two YEARS.
Today, she posts that the Universe gave her some "fun money" and she was going to have a blowout anniversary.
The taxes, Queenie.
But then says that her plumbing is fucked and she has to pay Roto-Rooter to come out.....
I... I need to get away from this. I don't know how. I don't even live there anymore.
But I have a righteous anger against her. I am writing what I want about her here and on tumblr, and even mentioning on my tiktok how her actions his entire life ended up killing my boyfriend.
I wish Karma would just SMITE her.
How do I get away? I know I could just ignore and forget, but I am still protective of my boyfriend's adult children too.... I don't want her to somehow ruin their lives....

I know this is for high schoolers but I don’t think College will appreciate 😬
Looking for T30 (hopefully better) MA in data science, bioinformatics, or computational biology as a rising senior in undergrad at a T40
Demographics: female, wasian, mid income, NJ
Major: Biology Minor: computer science
GPA: 3.9 with upward trend
Courses: all classes that come with a bio major and CS minor, plus basic stats, calc 1-3, discrete math, probability, linear algebra. By spring 2025 (after applying) I’ll have theory of statistics, intro data science, calc 4
Experience:
-Tutored genetics and physics for 4 semesters. - Research at an immunology lab with data analysis for 4 semesters - Summer fellowship at the same immunology lab - third name on 1 research paper in that lab - upcoming bioinformatics summer Internship at Bristol myers - Research at a cancer lab with data analysis for 2 semesters
Awards/others:
-deans list for all semesters
-Phi beta kappa starting this semester - an asian american award for a project - student ambassador for life sciences - one of the student representatives/faces of the bio department
Info: - I’m pretty good at interviews but I’m not amazing - Not sure about my LoR yet, one will be really good, the other two will probably be okay unless I ask this non-stem prof who ik will write me a glowing letter - haven’t written my statement of purpose yet (apps due dec) but I think it will be…ok? I don’t know what I’m writing about yet. Def not gonna write about being lgbt or race or smth tho

It's been refreshing to find people here, from all nations and peoples, who understand that anti-American bias is incessant, pervasive, pathological, bigoted, and pernicious. And since I've taught courses on precisely this topic, and published on it, I thought I'd share with you what the root cause of it all is. And it goes back way further than most of us realize, tainting all of Western intellectual history with its foul stench.
Enter: The Enlightenment (and later, the theory of "New World degeneracy")
I always found The Enlightenment to be ironic, since it embodies the polar opposite of anything one could consider to be "enlightened." The continental Europeans, through "Enlightened" philosophy, brought and forced onto the world our modern notions of racism. The father of the movement, Immanuel Kant, was also a major supporter of authoritarianism because, according to his thinking, one cannot develop intellectually without constraints to push against. To that end, he supported the idea of absolute monarchy.
"But those pesky Americans! What is their problem?" asked Kant and his contemporaries, "Surely nothing they do can be considered intellectually or politically worthwhile; they have no control of themselves! They have no absolute power to push against!" So the US developed as an independent, democratic nation, while most of Europe was still under the thumbs of various dictators, monarchs, aristocrats, and various land barons. And that has influenced European thought ever since. Yes, even today, Kant's paradox ("control my thinking so I can think") is pervasive throughout Europe and nations which developed under Europe's influence rather than independently (British Commonwealth countries, in particular, who were "well-behaved" and didn't go all crazy with freedom of thought, expression, or religion, ideas which existed in the USA even when it was still known as British America.) Basically: "America bad! Bad America! Behave! Act right! Stop trying to be all free from us!" Needless to say, there's some remaining bitterness and sour grapes over all that.
Now Enter: The theory of New World degeneracy
Friends, this is where it gets HELLA pernicious. You see, explorers and those who came from Europe to the New World insisted in their writings, and letters to their rulers back home, that anyone who comes to North America degenerates, to the point that "even the dogs bark differently." They based this finding on the Native Americans, who, to them, appeared primitive and weak (and their relative lack of body hair was also used as evidence of that primitivity). And, of course, they extrapolated that to the formerly European colonists who, again, just couldn't control themselves, as they had degenerated. Uncouth bastards. But this theory of degeneracy extended far beyond what's now known as the USA; it served as an ideological basis for the slave trade and colonial genocides around the world. Indeed, racism as we know it would not exist without the European Enlightenment. And although there was plenty of cross-pollination of philosophies and ideas, the intellectual development of the USA was spared the brunt of Europe's bigoted intellectual and political development. I imagine that's why the US is also the ONLY multi-cultural society on the planet that has had even a modicum of success with multi-culturalism. I wonder how they like them apples... (Of course, as an American, I'm not supposed to know about these things. I'm a degenerate.)
Canada, Australia, New Zealand? They came after The Enlightenment and remained part of the gang for a long time; they share the same intellectual and philosophical history with Europe. They were well-behaved colonists who did as the Mother Ship instructed. That's why we're so different. And it's why they, too, suffer from anti-American pathology.
(Obviously, none of the above is intended to imply that the US is lily white. Far from it. Horrendous pockmarks of brutality and racism dot our landscape. There's no denying that, but this isn't the context for that discussion.)
Now, while I realize that things have changed significantly since Kant spanked his monkey in his mom's basement with a feather pen, the point is that all of European civilization and modern intellectualism and philosophy developed around these ideas. Anti-Americanism existed long before the USA existed as a nation. Americans were always already the outsiders. The Other. And the cognitive dissonance is palpable when one speaks to Europeans, who can't seem to fathom that people who misbehaved so badly, and who do their own thing without much care of what their European superiors think, can have such a prosperous and enduring society in which the vast and overwhelming majority of the population is happy.
And if you'd like to read a fantastic (and scholarly, but wonderfully readable) book on anti-Americanism in its most current form, check out Andrei Markovits Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America ... Its German translation was a best-seller in Germany -- no surprise there.

I posted this earlier under my normal account, but I decided I wanted a bit of anonymity.
I had a very traumatic emergency department visit last year. I wrote a complaint, and it was pages long. Most of the issues were resolved in some way, maybe not to my full satisfaction but enough. I won't go into those.
The part that they lied about were times medications were given and times when they checked in to take my vitals.
The vitals weren't taken... I was left in the isolation cell for over 9 hours without any in-person contact with any human being. There is no way I could have slept through them coming in because a) I couldn't sleep and b) The door opening is super loud because it is like a jail door. They claimed they took them throughout the night.
I wasn't given my medication in the morning until about 2.5 hours late, which I get happens. But they claimed I got it on time which was not true.
Basically they said that I was so emotional that I wasn't remembering things correctly. I WAS emotional, for sure, but I was very, very aware of what was going on during that period of time. Plus, I was allowed to have my phone with me, so I have multiple text messages throughout the night to a couple of loved ones with comments about waiting for a nurse to come in to check my vitals, and eventually of me asking my loved ones to call the hospital to push for more urgency regarding my medications.
I even requested the camera footage. Initially, the department that deals with the footage was like, "Yup, no problem. Should have to you within 24 hours because there were no other patients in the footage (because it was only me in the isolation room obviously)." Then I get an e-mail the next day saying that it was too late to get the footage. So they allowed the footage to get taped over even though there was an open complaint regarding the above issues along with a nurse threatening me with restraint twice for no legitimate reason. One would think that they would want the footage to help provide professional education to that nurse for future issues.
One Doctor also put another lie in my file which I won't even get into. I did get them to write a letter to somewhat resolve that issue, but the letter won't show up on my main health record, it would only be accessible to someone who was digging deep.
I don't normally care what people think about me, but to have inaccuracies on my record with no recourse, no opportunity to have my rebuttal officially on record, it just kills me. It is one thing if people dislike me because they don't like my personality. It is one thing if people are gossiping about me. It is one thing of some rando makes up lies and spreads them around. Those things would not be an issue for me. But for lies to be on my official record, and for them to only really be included to cover their butt once I made a complaint - well, that hurts and it scares me. Plus, my complaint was very specific that I did not want ANYONE to get into trouble, even the nurse who threatened restraints. I just wanted policies to be updates and professional development to occur. These are the people I am supposed to trust when I am at my absolute worst. Guess I was a little too idealistic.

Hello fellow members, Hope you're in good health and spirits.
Kindly need your valuable guidance and insight on my mother's application for Canadian Super Visa.
Information:

1. Inviting and applying for mother ONLY.
2. Mother's Age: 53 Years.
3. Mother's Status: Married since 1990.
4. Mother's Occupation: Housewife.
5. Mother's Travel History: UAE ONLY (January 2024).

Supporting Documents:

1. Proof of Relationship.
2. Proof of Canadian Citizenship.
3. Proof of Income (80K CAD) - NOA.
4. Paystubs of last 6 months.
5. Employment Letter (100K+ CAD).
6. Invitation Letter promising financial support.
7. Mother's Health Insurance.
8. Mother's Upfront Medical Test.
9. Mother's Bank Statement (6K CAD).
10. Mother's Police Certificate.

I am intending for her to visit me for one year, at least.
As I am unclear, what do you suggest I should write for the following question?
"Tell us more about what you'll do in Canada. Include dates."
I am intending to write that she will be travelling with me during my holidays throughout the year. Visiting tourist attractions and exploring different cities of Canada whilst taking care of her. I want her to meet my girlfriend also and spend time with her that I am planning to marry soon.
Is that a good response?
Also, please suggest or share your experience on how can I prove her strong ties with home country. She has no assets or properties. Just a living husband and a married daughter who got married recently.
I want to ensure that my responses are the safest with minimal chances of rejection; adhering to the requirements of Super Visa.
Thank you so much!

Stats/Demographics:
GPA: 3.81 UW 4.42 W
1520 SAT (720 English, 800 Math)
White Male
Middle Class
Colorado
Intended Major: Computer Engineering
16 APs (Major Specific I've taken AP Calc BC, Calc 3 and will take Linear Algebra next year, Physics 1 and taking C, Chemistry, and both Comp sci classes)
*I got a B in Calc 3 but an A in every other Math class.
Extracurriculars:
Passion Projects - Built VR Treadmill, Built PC, Made Projector TheateGame Emultation Setup, Flipped PCs and PC Parts on Ebay(I'm not quite sure how to write this on my app)
Student Council Member 4 yrs
Math Honors Society Founder and President - 3 yrs
Key Club Internation Founder and President - 3 yrs
Science Bowl Founder and President - 4 yrs
Science Olympiad Member and State Competitor - 3 yrs
National Level Soccer Player - Travel 5-9 times a year for academy games and showcases - 3 yrs
In-N-Out Employee - 2.5 yrs
Youth Soccer Referee - Travelled to ref national level tournaments
NHS Committee Chair, Youth Advisory Board Leader, Spanish Honors Society Member. Varsity Soccer Player, or Coding Club Member(I'm not sure what to put)
LORS:
Pretty Solid from my Math teacher I had for two years and started the Math Honors Society with
Really Good from my Spanish teacher that I ate lunch with to get better at spanish because I was behind after covid and after a lot of that and hard work became a top spanish student
Awards:
AP Scholar
Seal of Biliteracy
Local Math Competition
Varsity Soccer Letter all 4 yrs
All state honorable mention/team mvp/top goalscorer HS Soccer
Academic Letter all 4 yrs
NHS + MHS + SHS
ESSAYS:
Plan to write about my epilepsy and how learning about reading the brain waves during an EEG kickstarted my passion for computers and wanting to create hardware that could read and write directly to the brain.
P.S I'm genuinely unsure if I'm competitive or not, all the posts online are of these international students or minorities, but I'm literally just a dude who likes computers and school.
Will the B in Calc 3 be really bad for my application?
Other schools I'm applying to: Columbia, Washu Stl, Case Western, Cooper Union, Northwestern, UF, Georgia Tech, Co School of Mines

TW: PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
I had been abused since I was 8. I had many moments, years even, in my life that were good very good and many that were bad. I survived it all and I’m still suffering. I officially got away from the abuse at 22 years old and then my life went to shit. It was 2020 I had been living the best life I could. I transferred from community college to a university, made friends, made plans to move out, stable job, and I was hopeful. One summer day I went over to my dads brother’s house. My grown adult cousin pissed me off I said stfu he then went downstairs and started cry. He called his mom and told her she started pacing then took my mom outside. They both came back to get me I was then confronted. It was ridiculous and as i was trying to leaving my aunt grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me while pushing me to the wall. I started to push her off and that’s when she began to hit me and i hit back. I already had ptsd from my parents fighting me growing up. My mom jumped in the middle and I hit her until she gave up and let me go. She got pulled into the house my mom followed and I walked down the long gravel driveway. Half way down I hear ‘hey!’ I turn my head and see my dad running at me full force. He jumps on top of me and begins to punch me and hold me down. Trying to “restrain” me as he says but he won’t stop. I thought he was trying to kill me this time. I manage to break loose and ran towards the garage to hide and think even for a micro second. I lock him out and was planning a way out. All of a sudden him and my uncle come storming in I run to the door but they took me down. Again I am being punched, held down, choked. As I was being choked by uncle he says “this would be way worse if you weren’t a girl”. I get my leg out from under both of them and kick him in the face, get my other leg out, and run. Running down the long gravel driveway they jump me again. I again get out and start throwing rocks at them while digging through my purse to get my keys. I began to punch my dad with my keys in-between my fingers and he backs off. by this time my uncle on the phone with police yelling “she has a knife”. I run towards my car and as I’m trying to leave my dad takes one last lunge at me I pick up my metal water bottle and slam it to the back of his head. I speed to my parents house crying and hurt. I get there and destroy everything I could outside since my brother locked me out. The rest of the night doesn’t matter. Months later my car was t-boned and I got arrested for a warrant for felony domestic violence. I went to jail my father bailed me out just to use it against me. I see my car in their driveway and leave. My dad got me a lawyer so he could be the main line of connection. I go to me hearing and my case ended up going to trial in between then I was ordered to attend court mandated anger management classes. Found out my family was writing letters to the judges urging for me to be locked up. I still had my apartment but lost everything else. In between loosing everything I was tried and during the heart to heart with my lawyer right before I explained how I didn’t want this to affect my career of helping abuse survivors. While sitting outside the courtroom doors my uncle ran up to me saying he was going to fix everything as I was being shuffled threw the doorway. During the trial my lawyer paused and went up to the judge I think he told him about the volunteer work I did. I was let of with the highest misdemeanor you could have and a year of probation. It’s been four years almost and I have been miserable everyday. I’m making strides though. I just needed to type this out and get it off my chest. I will never be abused again.

Subject: Request for Financial Support for Accessible Beekeeping Grant
I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to express my gratitude for your dedication to the beekeeping community and to present an opportunity for your support.
My name is Justin Ruger, and I am the founder of Accessible Beekeeping, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization (EIN: 88-1338522). Our mission at Accessible Beekeeping is to provide training and resources for beekeepers with limitations, enabling them to participate in this vital agricultural enterprise.
Recently, Accessible Beekeeping was awarded a Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development reimbursement grant, set to commence on July 1, 2024. This grant aims to train agricultural professionals to assist consumers in adopting accessible beekeeping practices. Through our initiative, we will educate participants on various hive systems, practices, and tools to make beekeeping more inclusive.
The reimbursement grant model requires our non-profit to cover expenses upfront, with reimbursement provided by the USDA and SARE upon submission of eligible expenses. To facilitate this project, we are seeking financial support through donations.
Further information about the grant and our project can be found at the following links:

• Grant Details: https://projects.sare.org/sare_project/spdp24-031/
  
• Interview with SARE: https://southern.sare.org/news/ag-professionals-receiving-training-on-accessible-beekeeping-through-sare-grant/
  

Your support will not only contribute to the success of our project but also help us expand our reach beyond the SARE Southern Region to benefit beekeepers across the United States.
If you are inclined to support our cause with a tax-deductible donation, you may do so through our website: https://www.accessiblebeekeeping.org/donations.
Thank you for considering our request. Your generosity will make a meaningful difference in advancing accessible beekeeping practices and fostering inclusivity within the beekeeping community.
Warm regards,
Justin Ruger
Founder, Accessible Beekeeping
[jruger@accessiblebeekeeping.org](mailto:jruger@accessiblebeekeeping.org)

Who I am
Dextive is an aspiring comic artist who loves to dabble in various creative avenues. His main areas of expertise are writing and character art. However, he is growing quite proficient in background art, getting more comfortable with making full illustrations.
Dextive has been drawing and writing since childhood, but only started counting experience years in December 2023. He has organically developed a cartoony style in drawing, and is the author of a moderately successful fanfiction on Wattpad.

Available Services

Character art

Either it be a model sheet, a character design concept in your head, or anything else character-related, I am the one to help put your vision into visuals.

Illustration

Either it just be one picture or for a book, a piece of illustration is sure to brighten up your life. Enjoy a vibrant piece of personalized art created by someone willing to make it for you.

Comic Art

From pencil art to lettering, I am flexible and open to various stages of creating comic art based on what you need.

Graphic Design

Logos, marketing material, and more! I’m capable of making a graphic for whatever it is you need.

Previous Works

• Neglected blog at https://dextive-shop.square.site/s/stories
• Sole creator of the Wonders of Earth webcomic

Boundaries

• I am not comfortable with drawing erotica due to being sex-repulsed. For some reason, my sex repulsion does not apply to written erotica.
• I am not comfortable with real person fanfictions.
• I am especially not comfortable with real person straitjacket fetish fics. I’m listing this here because that’s a concerningly common prompt.
• I will not write or draw material meant to cause harm to another individual.
• I have the right to reject any commission for any reason.

Rates

Art personal - 10 USD/hr
Art commercial - 20 USD/hr

Comic rates

Lettering personal - 10 per page
Lettering commercial - 20 per page
Coloring personal - 20 per page
Coloring commercial - 40 per page
Inking/penciling personal - 100 per page (Note: They are counted separately. So if you want both, double the rate in your head to see if it’s in your budget.)
Inking/penciling commercial - 200 per page (Note: They are counted separately. So if you want both, double the rate in your head to see if it’s in your budget.)
Script and cover: Standard art and writing rates apply.
Rates are subject to change as I gain more experience.
Please send a DM if you’re interested. I’m willing to share my portfolio and completed written works with you.
Acceptable payment options: Square, Ko-fi, Paypal