Chapter 20: Oh fuck, my mom picked my major and it's too late to get out

I've seen a lot of these posts lately and you have to think about bias in this situation. I recently got asked out by a friend and I politely declined and he repeatedly harassed me, asked again, called me names, and publicly embarrassed me. It got to the point where I was not polite anymore because I was tired of this treatment and I can 1000% guarantee he would use this meme to describe the situation.

when I was little, I only got one or two things from "santa." I was raised by a single mom and she was doing really well when I was little, but things went pretty down hill around age 5. I always got a handwritten letter from Santa and something that was meaningful, but not necessarily what I asked for. Most of the time, I was gifted a book. But the best gift my mom gave me, was teaching me to not brag. When others asked what I got for Christmas, I usually downplayed it or mentioned something quickly. I always understood that the majority of my gifts came from my mom and I'm glad she taught me to never say anything at school, because it made others feel more at ease, whether they received an expensive gift or not. Talking about gifts can sometimes feel like a contest, and I'm glad I didn't participate in that

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First of all, consider the US university you are visiting compared to your home university. Yes, there are different colleges for different levels. Sometimes people are really great at math not english and the reverse is also true. Colleges have to offer classes to students that may not have had the best high school background or any background in the subject at all. Secondly, international intro classes rarely translate as prerequisites for harder classes, so you have to take intro classes. That is not unique to the US. I studied abroad in Spain and a friend studied in London and we both said it was the easiest semester we ever took, mostly because they were all intro, non-major courses. Thirdly, the material in college courses is important, but the analytical and critical thinking skills you learn are more important. I consider my research experience much more valuable than any of my courses

that taking your temperature everyday and watching for a half degree difference was an effective form of birth control