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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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Thank you to the few people who have tried to understand my point of view so far. I really, really appreciate you guys. You are beautiful people.

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My English Teacher
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RE: My English Teacher

(01-19-2014 10:35 AM)Gwedin Wrote:  What the hell's a prezi? Give the teacher a present?

Dang hipsters...

http://prezi.com

You can make giant layouts and set them up as sequences.

I like using Prezi, personally. But yes, this sounds like an example of school not working. Can you choose another teacher?

We could come up with better assignments on SS, and propose them to teachers...

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My English Teacher - Subb - 01-18-2014, 05:00 PM
My English Teacher - James Comey - 01-18-2014, 05:14 PM
RE: My English Teacher - KFC Nyan Cat - 01-19-2014, 12:13 AM
My English Teacher - Gwedin - 01-19-2014, 10:35 AM
RE: My English Teacher - xcriteria - 01-19-2014 10:57 AM
My English Teacher - brainiac3397 - 01-19-2014, 11:49 AM
RE: My English Teacher - Subb - 01-19-2014, 12:25 PM
My English Teacher - brainiac3397 - 01-19-2014, 12:49 PM
RE: My English Teacher - xcriteria - 01-19-2014, 03:32 PM
RE: My English Teacher - KFC Nyan Cat - 01-19-2014, 04:56 PM
RE: My English Teacher - Subb - 01-19-2014, 04:42 PM
RE: My English Teacher - brainiac3397 - 01-19-2014, 04:50 PM
RE: My English Teacher - Marlena403 - 05-05-2017, 09:00 AM
My English Teacher - James Comey - 05-05-2017, 02:50 PM

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