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I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
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Hello!
I am 16 years old and a proud Canadian. I am planning to join the Canadian Military, when I am through with shitty high school. It is good to know I am not the only one who hates high school.
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RE: Hello!
As enlisted?
Welcome to SS. We is hope you hope to hop huh?
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Canadian Patriot
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RE: Hello!
I will be enlisting next year when I am 17.
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Hello!
Good to have you here. You're obviously not the only one. We proudly welcome international users, since it gives us a better perspective on how school works in other countries. I've heard high school in Canada is like in the US, which is bad.
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Hello!
I'm Canadian too. Hi. I like to bite people. Have fun in the army.
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Welcome 
Good luck with the military... you sure it'll suck less than school?
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brainiac3397
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If it was in the US, I'd say you'd be better off not enlisting unless you're willing to have a rod shoved up your ass by psychotic drill sergeants who decide when you eat or shit.
But I don't know how Canada does it, and my assumption of Canada would be drill sergeants who ask with a "please?" rather than threaten to chew you for breakfast, so I guess I can't be of much help there 
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RE: Hello!
Welcome to the Forum! I'm new too. So far its been great! I hope you get as much out of it as I have.
If you don't mind me asking, Why exactly is it that you hate School? Eg. The boredom, the teachers, its hard, etc,?
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@SoalRiser the military will be very fun! At least I get life skills, benefits and a paycheck. Fuck school.
@brainiac3397 Lol the Canadian military basic is not like the Americans at all. Drill instructors are nice to you if you don't fuck up on something and if you listen to there instructions. If you don't then they can make your life worse.
@Dunjen I hate school because all the stress and boring work. And I will not get 12 years of my life back when I graduate
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Hello!
Do you like to play video games? and if so which ones?
Also, do you like anime?
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RE: Hello!
Why do you want to join the military?
Who am I? Who are YOU?
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brainiac3397
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Hello!
I consider the 12 years I lost more so a period of 12 years of figuring out what to do and learning from both your mistakes and that of others. I also don't consider my 12 years as a true part of who I am, as sort of "detached". There were many things I did and didn't, and they're something of a guide to what I should do and shouldn't do.
Plus there wasn't really much I could do in the 12 years I lost, so it doesn't really matter now that I'm free and independent.
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RE: Hello!
@Lollipopgirl I don't watch anime. I watch anime when I was younger like naruto and bleach. I don't really play that much video games only sometimes like halo 4.
@|55555| The military is the only job out there that appeals to me because, you get to use weapons receive life skills do some fantastic work like close protection and much more!Best of all serving under the Canadian Flag.
@brainiac3397 how does it feel to be free and independent? Since I am assuming you don't live in your parents house you could do whatever pleases you, right? I want to be independent :-[
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Hah. I still reside in my parents home, but I guess the cultural differences(between my culture, and the "American" culture) have a factor here. In my culture, it's common for families to live together yet maintain their independence. It's pretty helpful since I don't have to worry about some things.
Course I don't believe in adhering to one specific culture, as I consider myself to be a cosmopolitan(as in cosmopolitanism), so I mix in things here and there. So while staying at home isn't an issue for me(and is quite logical really), I do aim to provide my own shelter soon enough to be able to have privacy at the least.
I realized how good freedom and independence was when I stayed in Turkey for 2 months without either of my parents. I did stay with relatives but they were just like "You're technically an adult now, you know what you're doing." while just supporting me via shelter,food and finance.
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Adult life looks fun lol.
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Till you get smacked with the bills and taxes and insurance and etc. Course if you're weird like me and actually enjoy paperwork, then life is fine.
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