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"If it's the type of university that stresses you, rather than just the idea of university in general, try checking out more alternative universities such as the ones in Colleges That Change Lives or Outside The Lines.
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"aww yay :D
I've got a history of cancer in my family - started with my dad 10 years ago, who survived Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (in remission, and he's generally fine, but he has to do a checkup every so often) and since then various relatives have..." [
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4 days ago
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13 days ago
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"I don't drink because I can't stand the taste, would be dangerous if drunk (just watch me on a sugar high), and it counteracts with my medication.
I don't do drugs because the smell makes me sick and I'm already on meds anyway, so why mess it up?..." [
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13 days ago
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"As an Asian from the Asian education system, it's more about parents, teachers, and the rest of society pushing them, than anything to do with their IQ. Often they're just "school smart" but not "life smart" - they complete tests..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"All you people claiming it's something genetic seem to forget that there's more than one type of "Asian". India mean anything to you? Indonesia? Uzbekistan? Would Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people all be "the same"?
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2 weeks ago
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"Really? Even amongst the tribes of Borneo?
Ooh, you have no idea how contentious that question actually is for Malaysians. There's already enough controversy about whether their "bumiputra" ("natives of the land"; it gives you..." [
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2 weeks ago
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Fizzled Out on Passion
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2 weeks ago
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Interesting Non-Academic Fellowships
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No glove boning for me.
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"Alternative schools still perpetuate the oppressive and selective model of Development and Progress.
Huh, I missed that part. Other articles on the site advocate for alternative schools that hold a less Western-centric and more holistic form of..." [
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"I'm a bit like your friend - I have trust issues, but to the outside world it could seem like I don't. I have about 500+ friends on Facebook, but they're not all "friends" in the literal sense; most are acquaintances or people I've met in..." [
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2 months ago
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"My sister always wanted to do art, and originally was aiming for architecture. She got talked out of it, so she went for science instead. She went all up to a PhD in Biotechnology, and worked for a few years in cancer research. She hated it, and her..." [
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2 months ago
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"Also keep in mind that it's possible that this person does feel like they're drowning and didn't understand the material but managed to do well in the course anyway. Stranger things have been known to happen.
This happened to me twice. The first..." [
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2 months ago
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"Gracefully telling anyone you kill animals for a spiritual world that they don't believe exists will not go over well.
that's a pretty goofy domain and method of worship you've selected for yourself there, poster.
Islam has animal sacrifice..." [
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