My mom wants to send me to a boarding school?
I have a really great life here at home. I'm a competitive figure skater at the Junior level, i have friends, i am editor of the school newspaper and head of the marketing committee in the yearbook and such, i am a photographer and a writer, i'm not a loser but not super popular and i know everyone in my school. And my mom wants to send me to a boarding school. My parents got divorced and my dad wants me at his house (they are still in the same state) and same for my mom, but since they can't decide and they are too angry to SPLIT time between them wth who has me, they are sending me to a boarding school. They find it easier if i just visit them during breaks. My school has summer break but they also have the option of summer school even if you didn't flunk, like if you can't or don't want to go home. My parents would fight over who gets me during summer so i will stay at the school during the break, which sucks but oh well. During Christmas, i spend time with my mom (we have a 2 week break) and during thanksgiving break i spent it with my dad (also a 2 week break) spring break is only 1 week so i'll probably stay at the school or go somewhere with a friend from the school, if i even MAKE any friends...... SORRY, OFF TOPIC. So what can I do? There's really no option but for me to go. We have to wear uniforms and share dorms with 1 other person, and the school's advanced so we have hard classes. I'm scared that everyone will be preppy and rude and total you know......idiots. I don't want to make new friends because i already have best friends and i do not feel like replacing them. But i don't want to be alone either- or i guess i don't really care anymore. I feel like my life's just ending, like i don't care what happens after i go to the school- i'll go to class, do my homework, eat, sleep, read, and do it all over again. During the weekends i'll write and read all day. My parents asked me to take pics of London (how stereotypical, thats where the school is, so now every time I fill up a car with gas i'll have to say BONNET and when i can't find my pants i'll have to say TROUSERS.....) and though i've always wanted to go to London, suddenly i don't want to go at all and i am thinking of throwing my camera away, which is stupid. What do i do? With my feelings, i mean- i'll be spending about 3 years of my life or more at that school, so....yeah. I kinda need help.
What is a split-second decision you made that changed your life?
I failed the last year in high school and couldn't be bothered with education anymore. I was about to take a crap low pay job with some evening studies into accounting (family didn't want me to leave school all together - this was to please them). I had only one passion - trading. My family told me I was a hopeless miserable piece of existence and they weren't surprised I failed high school.My mathematics and economics teacher told me in firm words that I was an idiot and should try high school again. She told me she will apply for me to universities in London to study mathematics.She kept her word.During my first lesson back the next year she told the entire class that “this kid - me” is going to university in London if he passes with a 85% score in maths - minimum. If he does so - she would feed the entire class with cake.I passed with a 92% score in maths. She gave everyone cake. And I was called forward during graduation.Within a few months I was in London and I finished my first semester with straight A's. I did this for the entire first, second and third year, finished as top of my class and got a job before I graduated in an American financial institution working on the structured finance department.PS - when my family knew I passed my degree with straight A's they laughed at me - and told me I was an idiot for wasting so much time at high school.There was no contact until much later when my grandfather died and they visited the funeral. When I was standing in line to shake hands - they asked me why I'm not talking to them anymore. They said - they haven't done anything wrong in their opinion. They told me they were disappointed that I didnt grow up as they hoped I would do and the lack of contact is all my fault. The last they told me was that I would regret that.. I was baffled.Since then I've never seen them again. In this split second I realised that family is just something you are born with. If it wasn't for my math and economics teacher I would have never made the career I've had now. I have worked in many countries throughout the world - traveled as risk consultant everywhere (New York and and London as base) and I've met extraordinary people all over the world before I hit the age of 30. If I would have listened to family I would have been held back all my life.
What happens when you never cut your split ends? Does the hair just keep splitting to the root and break off?
As a kid, I was forced to trim my hair all the time, and my hair never really grew long because of it. Therefore as an adult I hated!!! Trimming my hair and rarely do. Every advise on the Internet pretty much says this is the absolute worst thing you can do, and that it will cause your hair to eventually break off and look crappy but here's what I've learned from experience.Your hair will keep growing but your ends can start to look kinda ugly if you don't trim, especially if you straighten it. When this happened to me, I started using conditioners that temporary seal your ends and keeps them from splitting more and then oiling the ends more frequently. Eventually my ends would shed. But when I seal them well, only the bottom/split part falls out.Your ends can eventually get so brittle that any hair manipulation will break them. When this happened, I had to really lessen the amount of times a week/month, that I wash, detangle, style, etc.If you use heat often you're gonna have a much bigger problem than if you don't use it at all. Same for chemically heavy shampoos and conditioners. It can be the difference between having healthy hair you don't trim, and all the Internet horror stories.I now trim about 1/2–1 inch once every 1–2 years. The last time I've trimmed it, it was April of 2017. Currently looking through my hair, I only found 2 ends that are split. I use heat once a year, I wash it once a week, and I detangle very slowly, with mostly natural hair products. Usually when I look at hair balls, they include the white root. I do dye it very blonde, which causes most of my hair damage, but my hair looks healthy, and is very long, so Not trimming it can't be hurting me too much, nor has it, for me, been the worst thing in the world to do.
Me and my girlfriend are going to different high schools.?
We've been going out for 6 months straight but all together 10 months. We love eachother (just once lets ignore the fact that we're "to young to be in love") and I'm just worried that not seeing eachother enough will split us up. Any one else been through the same situatution and if so, what happened if you don't mind telling me :)
I am frustrated not beign able to do the splits.?
As you get older, it is probably harder to train your body to do them. And certain people with certain injuries may never be able to do them. However, simply having non-limber tendons isn't really an excuse. Stretching twice a day, every day, for a lengthy period of time can help you 'learn' them. It took me several months as a teenager of stretching every morning before school and every night before bed. And I am by no means naturally limber. One side is far better than the other, but it was just determination and dedication that got me to do them.
How many dates should a guy pay for before he lets the girl pay or split the tab?
3 or 4.The guy should absolutely, 100% pay for the first two dates. She may offer (it's just a gesture to be polite). You refuse and pay.If she keeps insisting (at least 4 times) then let her. It means she's not interested.Assuming you got dinner, and she insists twice, say "well, are you up for a drink after this? why don't you let me get this and you can pay for a quick drink for us."You can let her pay for smaller things. Like brunch or drinks. For the first 3-5 dates, you pay for the more expensive things.After that, you're getting somewhat serious, and every situation is different. She might make a lot of money, and you'll end up switching off (you pay one, she pays one, etc.). Or maybe you make a lot and she's a student - then you're paying just about every time.On average though, assuming the incomes are relatively similar, the guy should pay 3/4 or so. This could be the guy paying for the $100 dinner and the girl paying for the $30 brunch or $25 drinks after dinner. Or she pays for one out of every 3 or 4 dinners.