Why do you personally enjoy reading and writing?
When reading, I get to be someone else, imagine my own reactions for situations that have never happened to me or will never possibly happen to me. What if I was told I was a famous wizard and didn't even know it? I can live vicariously through Harry Potter and imagine my own reactions and thoughts about the things he goes through. The thing about reading is... if it's a good book, I can discover things about myself that I have never thought of before. Real life is full of conflicts, but I will never know what it's like to fight an alien force. I will never have to make a decision about which of my divorced parents to live with, I have never been adopted and don't know what kind of thoughts and emotions come with the territory... but through reading, I can think about those situations. Not only can I be enthralled with a character I like going through those conflicts, but I can learn more about my own self by imagining my own reactions to those situations. How would I feel if I discovered I had a long-lost twin sister? It would never happen, but reading can take me there. With writing, it's about giving someone ELSE the feelings that I get when I'm reading. When I write, I feel like a mother. I'm an inept mother who has no idea what she's doing, and my stories are my disobedient children, handicapped by my own inexperience, trying to fight their way out the front door and into the world. But I have the pride of a mother. The stories are MINE and mine alone. If I show them to someone and I can CAUSE that person to FEEL something they weren't feeling before... it's an indescribable sensation. Stories are the root of humanity. We use stories to understand our complex lives and relationships and the world around us. Whether that world is an alien planet, or a fantasy land, or a regular old downtown street... stories help us grasp who we are and where we are in this rich landscape of life. Hope that answers your question :)
Do you have a right to read your teen’s personal diary?
I used to think children had a right to some privacy and I gave my very trustworthy and responsible 13-year-old daughter hers. One day, after her weekend with her father, he called me. He asked me if I ever read her diary and I was honest and said no. Well, evidently he had and was furious to read private accounts.The loss of her virginity that summerHer true attitude about having to babysit her little brotherHer innermost desires of being raised as an only childHer feelings of being a prisoner while at home with meHer feelings of being invisible to a father who was like a genie with unlimited wishes to grant and no questions to askA mother with too many questions who lived by the three wish rule with strings attachedCoveted lives of friendsSubjects of vanityTeenage angstThe eternal wait for her 18th birthdayMany more normal teenage thoughts, wishes and prayers for immediate gratificationWhile only the first subject concerned me drastically, I was not really moved by much more. Her father was furious. However, he was not furious enough to come clean to our daughter and talk to her. I allowed him to sucker me into it. I sat her down immediately and confronted her. We had a life-changing and horrible argument.The outcome being I invaded her privacy and she not only hated me, she made a solid campaign to get as far away from me as she could all the way to her father’s house. I made him come clean about reading her diary and “dry snitching” to me, but, to this day, she has never shown him any anger or blame.That was many years ago as she’s 29-years-old now. We still have a strained relationship going directly back to this situation. I wouldn’t change how I addressed it, but what if her father had not read her diary at that time? What if he actually had the balls to handle it himself or handle it with me.Lastly, no, I still never read her diary!
Can I ask my friend's personal diary to read?
Sure you can, but there are a few things you need to keep in mind before you do so. The first is that this is a personal diary. This is where your friend writes down their personal thoughts and ideas. If they give it to you and you find something you don’t like, you cannot tell them about it. You can’t have an opinion about anything you find in there.Second, you may find things about you in there. Some good and some nasty. You can’t have a problem with this as well. Take it and read it as you would any other piece of literature, and let it end there. Don’t ask them why they feel that way about you and most importantly, don’t change how you see them just because you read something that you asked for.In short, what I’m trying to say is this, if they do give their diary to you, they give you access to some of their personal thoughts and feelings so before you think about reading it, make sure you are ready to go into your friends deepest and most personal thoughts and make sure you don’t judge them for it.
Should I take it personally if my crush leaves me on “open” on Snapchat? We Snapchat each other and then after a little bit he just leaves me on “open.”
Don’t sweat it.Let’s say that someone on quora messaged you:Anon: so anyway, what do you think about the rise of vegan extremism?*2 seconds laterYour Mom: Get down here and help me with the dinner!You(thinking): am I going to spend the next five minutes talking with this person risking mom’s wrath or am I going to just leave and get back later?Let’s try another scenario:It is 9:30 and there is a big essay/ work thing/ school stuff due midnight and your crush hasn’t started shit.*30 minutes into a snap conversationYou: *insert whatever y’all talk aboutCrush’s mom: Get off you phone, you dolt. Study!Crush(thinking): this person I’m talking to won’t leave or die anytime soon but I might if I don’t start studying/working.PS. I don’t know why moms are so authoritarian in my answers.
Are teachers allowed to take your personal diary and read it?
No. If this happens, you should inform your parents or some other adult. Your parents are technically allowed to, but your teacher is not. It is an invasion of your privacy and (he) shouldn’t know about your personal life unless you or someone else tells (him).
Have you read every single book in your personal library?
I’m an avid reader, so I’m always in the middle of reading something. But I’m cheap. I don’t like to buy books if I don’t know whether or not I’ll like them. I only buy it after I’ve read a significant amount or if it’s part of a series I enjoy. Even then, I only buy something if I know I’ll read or reference it again. Otherwise, I just flushed money down the toilet. Thus, my personal library isn’t huge. It’s slightly larger than 80 books, at the moment. Of those books, I’ve read many several times (Harry Potter is probably close to 10).I’ve read all of them with the exception of maybe 5. My dad gave me those because he’s a bit of a hoarder and needed to get rid of some extra stuff. I’m keeping them because I may read them someday.Honestly, I’ve never really seen the point of having a book if you’re not going to read it. It’s a waste of space and, more importantly, money. Typically, I borrow books from the library to scout out new potentials for my collection. I like to think that only the best make it in. Just kidding. But, yeah. If a book is on my shelf, odds are that I’ve read it at least once.
Does Jeff Bezos personally read the emails sent to jeff@amazon.com?
I don’t think so. Below, Jeff’s secretary read & responded to my email. And there is something very troubling about what she/Amazon sent.The reason I wrote Jeff, was simply to alert him to a new technology I’m developing. Something that would shoot Amazon’s sales even further through the roof. But what I got in return was alarming.Below, is a screenshot from the Amazon link in the email above…Let me tell you what it says in a nutshell… “We don’t accept or invest in businesses unless we’ve contacted you first.” … “But go ahead and send your business proposal to us, so we can steal your idea.”If I were an Amazon shareholder, I’d be pissed! Isn’t Amazon responsible to its shareholders to be on the cutting edge of technology, so that their investment capital (shares) go up in value? Well, let me ask the obvious question…How does Amazon expect to be on the cutting edge, if they rely ONLY upon themselves to find new innovation… Unless they’ve got a psychic who can see through closed doors, they could only find innovation in the open market — where everyone else has already seen it!In other words, Amazon shareholders are trusting Amazon to be “First to Market”, yet their protocols assure Amazon will be “Late to the Game”.As if that isn’t bad enough, Amazon makes it 100% clear they reserve the right to implement your idea.This is sickening. Apparently, Amazon has no corporate accountability to society, it’s shareholders, or to fellow startup businesses.They’ve outright declared themselves to be prideful thieves.Needless to say, I didn’t submit my proposal.