Ashley Marlene

So I have this THROBBING headache, that I think is a migraine. I can't eat anything, because I even upchuck the water I drink. Every once and a while, I feel like fainting when I get up, and sleep doesn't cure it, neither does Advil: Liqua-Gels. What is wrong with me?

Okay, so there's this guy... I'll name him Phil. Now, Phil is absolutely sweet. He's adorable. I love his personality. So, me and Phil had been dating for about a month, but we were officially together for about 2 weeks... and a few days before he broke up with me, he told me he loved me. So, he broke up with me. He said it was because "too much was going on" and he promised me I "didn't do anything wrong". So I spent about a week depressed about the break-up, and we didn't talk for about a week either, but then I got a text from him saying that he didn't want to not ever talk again... So, we start talking... and then he brings up the break up, and how he's so sorry, and how he didn't mean to break my heart... I didn't want to tell him I missed him, that would've made me feel weak... so I just kept it bottled up. Sooner or later, I like start arguing with him, about how it's a pretty dumb reason to break up with someone because of stress, especially so early in a relationship. Then, he tells me that it wasn't his decision to break up with me, it was forced upon him by his mom. So, I'm shocked the whole entire night after that. That same night, we talked for hours. He didn't go to bed until 4am and I didn't sleep at all. In the morning, I get a text from him again. He obviously likes me company, and he tells me this later on. So, we keep on texting, and his texting is getting really flirty... and he constantly tells me I have beautiful eyes, and the flirting is seeming to get a bit out of hand. I'm the type of person who makes wishes at 11:11 so, whenever 11:11 came around I would get all excited while texting him, and I'd tell him to make a wish. One night, he asked me what my wish was, and I said I couldn't tell him, because then it wouldn't come true. So, he argued with me about me telling him my wish for about an hour, until he gave up and told me: "Fine, I just wanted to help make it come true" and the he just continued flirting with me. It's like... relationship type flirting. So, it's been 2 days since he lasted texted me. I'm not the type of person to text first... so I'm just wondering... what's going on.

I just moved to a new school, and there are actually alot of boys who want to be with me right now (not trying to sound over confident over anything, because I don't like the way I look, and I think my personality is too out there, but whatever), and I also am starting to wonder if I should let myself develop any crushes.

Do you think Phil still likes me? Is he worth the wait? I mean, I don't really want to spend the rest of my life wondering "What If?", you know?

Okay, so there's this guy... I'll name him Phil. Now, Phil is absolutely sweet. He's adorable. I love his personality. So, me and Phil had been dating for about a month, but we were officially together for about 2 weeks... and a few days before he broke up with me, he told me he loved me. So, he broke up with me. He said it was because "too much was going on" and he promised me I "didn't do anything wrong". So I spent about a week depressed about the break-up, and we didn't talk for about a week either, but then I got a text from him saying that he didn't want to not ever talk again... So, we start talking... and then he brings up the break up, and how he's so sorry, and how he didn't mean to break my heart... I didn't want to tell him I missed him, that would've made me feel weak... so I just kept it bottled up. Sooner or later, I like start arguing with him, about how it's a pretty dumb reason to break up with someone because of stress, especially so early in a relationship. Then, he tells me that it wasn't his decision to break up with me, it was forced upon him by his mom. So, I'm shocked the whole entire night after that. That same night, we talked for hours. He didn't go to bed until 4am and I didn't sleep at all. In the morning, I get a text from him again. He obviously likes me company, and he tells me this later on. So, we keep on texting, and his texting is getting really flirty... and he constantly tells me I have beautiful eyes, and the flirting is seeming to get a bit out of hand. I'm the type of person who makes wishes at 11:11 so, whenever 11:11 came around I would get all excited while texting him, and I'd tell him to make a wish. One night, he asked me what my wish was, and I said I couldn't tell him, because then it wouldn't come true. So, he argued with me about me telling him my wish for about an hour, until he gave up and told me: "Fine, I just wanted to help make it come true" and the he just continued flirting with me. It's like... relationship type flirting. So, it's been 2 days since he lasted texted me. I'm not the type of person to text first... so I'm just wondering... what's going on.

I just moved to a new school, and there are actually alot of boys who want to be with me right now (not trying to sound over confident over anything, because I don't like the way I look, and I think my personality is too out there, but whatever), and I also am starting to wonder if I should let myself develop any crushes.

Do you think Phil still likes me? Is he worth the wait? I mean, I don't really want to spend the rest of my life wondering "What If?", you know?

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and where can I find more sources on this particular subject?

Here's the essay that so far has a 90, but I want better.

Ashley Moran

Mrs. Lebman- Brown

English II Pre-AP

November 17, 2009

Happiness

Everyone around the world has a different definition of happiness, but the media seems to be pushing happiness to be what is known as the “Nuclear Family” or “The American Dream”. The media is pushing us to think that happiness is a family that has at least two kids, in a middle-class suburban home, with a mother and a father, and a large car to drive in. This, is a false pretense. To be happy is not to fuel yourself with the thought of “The Nuclear Family” or “The American Dream”, it is to strive for your own dream. With that said, it is not necessary to have a happy marriage, to be happy. You can be happy being divorced, as long as you’re still reaching for your dreams.

If you live in in an urban setting, you must be a ghetto dweller. If you live in a manufactured home, you must be trailer trash. No, only the middle-class count, everyone else, just seems to be invisible. Single parents, are invisible. People who don’t have, or want kids, are invisible. Single people in general, are invisible, even elders are invisible. Is “The American Dream” really something that is realistic? The “Middle-Class” has completely disappeared, leaving home ownership today, to only the richest of people. The fifties-era is over, the family with the wage earner dad, the stay at home mom , and Dick and Jane, is completely rare. It is quite obvious that people today still strive to have “The Nuclear Family” just to reach what is known

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today as happiness, but in reality, “The Nuclear Family” is not happiness, but reaching for your own definition of happiness, not this media invoked nonsense, is (Johnson).

The American Dream, of owning a car, a house, being able to maintain a family of at least two kids, and having a stay at home mom, is almost impossible in today’s economy. There are a growing number of high-wage knowledge jobs and low-wage service jobs, but fewer middle-class manufacturing and office jobs. The American Dream, is indeed continuing to wither away, but we continue to believe it is how we should define happiness (Atkinson). The United States is becoming less of a meritocracy, and becoming more of a class-bound society where economic background matters more than anything else, giving a declining number of people the chance to actually maintain a “Nuclear Family” (Francis).

In the case of divorce, there are some marriages that are completely unhappy, boring, and in some cases, abusive (Rosenblum). To stand the abuse, and the unhappiness, just to try to be happy reaching for the “Nuclear Family” title, is not worth it, people get more hurt then anything in cases like this. Children have to watch parents fight, and in turn, they are stressed out because of the fear of losing their mom or dad. The fear, is sometimes worse then dealing with the parents actually splitting, even though both cases are extremely stressful, one keeps the child or children in a hostile environment, while the other doesn’t. Even though children may feel “torn” from their parents, they are not forced, to live in a belligerent environment, which in the long run could actually help the child

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(Zinsmeister). Parents who choose the path of the “Good” Divorce manage their own

divorce, and make their own decisions after appropriate advice and counsel. They realize that they are the only true experts on what is best for their family. They seek guidance and direction in order to make informed decisions without relinquishing their control over the process or their responsibility for the actions of their legal representatives and family agents. In this slow process, children learn to cope by getting used to things. The Nuclear Family, would have to deal with the abusive and belligerent environment of a couple who was leaning towards divorce, but chose not to, because of what the media provokes to be “The American Dream” (Wilson).

In what is known to be the “Nuclear Family” a woman who has a desire to have children is compelled to marry and almost certainly lose her job. She sinks to a much lower level of comfort than to which she has been accustomed, since her husband’s income is very likely no larger than that which she was previously earning and has to provide for a family, instead of only a single woman. In this case, many of the luxuries are taken away from the woman, who has to wait on her husband hand and foot (Russel 147).

People of today have to realize that living “The American Dream” and raising “The Nuclear Family” is not truly what makes people happy. To be happy, you don’t have to have children and a spouse. To be happy, you can be outside of the “middle-class”, you can be divorced. To be happy, all you truly need to do is reach for what you beli

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If not,

how could I make the owl, (the different colored "template"), into a tesselation?

My teacher said it was NOT a summary of the whole paper.

So what exactly is it?

This is my research paper right now:

Everyone around the world has a different definition of happiness, but the media seems to be pushing happiness to be what is known as the “Nuclear Family” or “The American Dream”. The media is pushing us to think that happiness is a family that has at least two kids, in a middle-class suburban home, with a mother and a father, and a large car to drive in. This, is a false pretense. To be happy is not to fuel yourself with the thought of “The Nuclear Family” or “The American Dream”, it is to strive for your own dream. With that said, it is not necessary to have a happy marriage, to be happy. You can be happy being divorced, as long as you’re still reaching for your dreams.

If you live in in an urban setting, you must be a ghetto dweller. If you live in a manufactured home, you must be trailer trash. No, only the middle-class count, everyone else, just seems to be invisible. Single parents, are invisible. People who don’t have, or want kids, are invisible. Single people in general, are invisible, even elders are invisible. Is “The American Dream” really something that is realistic? The “Middle-Class” has completely disappeared, leaving home ownership today, to only the richest of people. The fifties-era is over, the family with the wage earner dad, the stay at home mom , and Dick and Jane, is completely rare. It is quite obvious that people today still strive to have “The Nuclear Family” just to reach what is known

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today as happiness, but in reality, “The Nuclear Family” is not happiness, but reaching for your own definition of happiness, not this media invoked nonsense, is (Johnson).

The American Dream, of owning a car, a house, being able to maintain a family of at least two kids, and having a stay at home mom, is almost impossible in today’s economy. There are a growing number of high-wage knowledge jobs and low-wage service jobs, but fewer middle-class manufacturing and office jobs. The American Dream, is indeed continuing to wither away, but we continue to believe it is how we should define happiness (Atkinson). The United States is becoming less of a meritocracy, and becoming more of a class-bound society where economic background matters more than anything else, giving a declining number of people the chance to actually maintain a “Nuclear Family” (Francis).

In the case of divorce, there are some marriages that are completely unhappy, boring, and in some cases, abusive (Rosenblum). To stand the abuse, and the unhappiness, just to try to be happy reaching for the “Nuclear Family” title, is not worth it, people get more hurt then anything in cases like this. Children have to watch parents fight, and in turn, they are stressed out because of the fear of losing their mom or dad. The fear, is sometimes worse then dealing with the parents actually splitting, even though both cases are extremely stressful, one keeps the child or children in a hostile environment, while the other doesn’t. Even though children may feel “torn” from their parents, they are not forced, to live in a belligerent environment, which in the long run could actually help the child (Zinsmeister). Parents who choose the path of the “Good” Divorce manage their own

divorce, and make their own decisions after appropriate advice and counsel. They realize that they are the only true experts on what is best for their family. They seek guidance and direction in order to make informed decisions without relinquishing their control over the process or their responsibility for the actions of their legal representatives and family agents. In this slow process, children learn to cope by getting used to things. The Nuclear Family, would have to deal with the abusive and belligerent environment of a couple who was leaning towards divorce, but chose not to, because of what the media provokes to be “The American Dream” (Wilson).

In what is known to be the “Nuclear Family” a woman who has a desire to have children is compelled to marry and almost certainly lose her job. She sinks to a much lower level of comfort than to which she has been accustomed, since her husband’s income is very likely no larger than that which she was previously earning and has to provide for a family, instead of only a single woman. In this case, many of the luxuries are taken away from the woman, who has to wait on her husband hand and foot (Russel 147).

By the way, I am a 10th grade Pre-AP student. (:

I'm going out with a guy, and he's really, really great. For the most part, I'm sure I love him. I would give him my everything if I could. Now, onto the seriousness of this. Ever since the last relationship I was in, I've been afraid of break-ups, so I've trained myself to "not care" if a guy breaks up with me. So yesterday, he tells me "Oh, this girl asked me out." and I said "Well, you know if you wanted to, you could break up with me." and he went crazy, saying that I didn't love him.

Which in some way I brought upon myself, because I did say trust is love, and I basically made him learn to completely trust me, but the logic of teenage relationships say that they end. I want to be with him for a really really really long time, but what are the chances of that, right?

I guess I'm in the wrong, but I'd like to know some of your opinions.

I want to major in Psychology,

at first I was thinking I would major in psychology and get all my pre-requisites for Med-School, take the MCAT and see if I can get into Med. School, and from then take the career path to be a pediatric psychiatrist, but according to the people I talk to, it's hard to get a job in that area. The other option I had was to get my Doctorates Degree in Psychology and maybe become a psychologist, but people also say this is a hard field to get a job in. I want to have a career that I will enjoy, where I get to work with children with mental disorders. I don't want to be a school counselor though. Any ideas?

I have a friend in whom I'm really, really close to.

We have the type of friendship where we're really quirky and spontaneous.

So a few days ago, I asked him for a hug, and he hugged me, but like, he wouldn't let go! Then, he started walking towards a wall, and just held me there. I honestly thought he liked me at that point. After that day, it started becoming routine to do that every morning, to annoy our other friends who constantly PDA in front of us. Well, one day I was just playing with his wallet chain, and he looks at me and says, "I have mixed feelings about this, but one side of me is kind of wanting you to stop doing that". I said, "Okay, that's all you had to say.", and I smiled and walked away. He followed me and poked me a few times, but I was talking to some other friends of mine so I wasn't really paying much attention to him, so he walked away.

Why is he giving me such mixed signals?

Would it possibly have to do with a conversation we had at lunch that involved some girl who was keeping an eye on our friendship because she thought I was going to "steal him away from her"?

I'm 5'1, and my boyfriend is 6'2.

I love him for who he is, so it never really struck me if it was odd looking or not.

Is it?

I recently restored my Windows Vista computer to factory settings,

before hand I did not have any problems with syncing my iPod.

-but now my iPod seems to be crashing my system.

What's wrong?

What do I do?

I do have the latest version of iTunes btw,

just downloaded it yesterday

I know, it's not really "in a girls place" to tell a boy that she likes him,

but this guy just seems really shy,

and it does seem like he likes me back.

So my question is,

what is a nice and creative way to tell him I like him,

without being over the top?

I am a Freshman in high school, just turned 15.

The only time we ever see each other is in a class called "9th grade transition" (basically a free class) and occasionally in AJROTC extra-curricular activities (:

--and he is my age, and he's in my grade. (duhhh XD)

So there's this guy,

he asked me on this date,

because this girl supposedly "ditched" him.

I do my research and find it she didn't ditch him,

but he ditched her...

and apparently for me.

So, I say yes, even though I'm feeling guilty, but I say yes because I really have feelings for him.

So, we're at the dance, we're having amazing conversation,

and I'm the doofus that laugh at the corny jokes, and giggled like a maniac, and stuff like that...

and we share an odd moment where he sings that song "love story" by Taylor Swift, and I sing along with him (Ahaha) and I personally feel we're hitting it off...

he doesn't dance much, so when the formal part of the ceremony is over I go wit my friends and start dancing with them..

and I share a slow dance with two other guys.

At the end of the night, I was looking for my date,

and it turns out he left me.

I know this is a bad sign, but what should I do?

My friends say he was jealous...

and I know that's very possible.

Now I really want to tell him how I feel,

how should I go about it?

I'm in High School,

I'm a girl,

we only have one class together,

but it's a free period/ "study hall".

Any advice?

Just need one or two more sentences,

what should I say?:

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Ashley Moran

April 21, 2009

English I, Pre-AP

Ms. Johnson

“Economy”

The Elizabethan Era was one where many changes were brought on. The age of mercantilism slowly closed, while the age of capitalism was rising. The change of life brought surprise to many, but mostly the “commoners”. The Elizabethan Era introduced a brand new way to live and experience life.

Manufacturing was done on a small scale - in households or small shops instead of large factories (Lace 35) . Labor was relatively cheap.- principally because it was widely accepted that commoners should expect a low standard of living (Singman 31). Manufactured goods, on the other hand, were comparatively expensive. There was almost no mechanization, so the vastly increased hours of labor more then negated the lower rate of pay. Moreover, prices would fluctuate according to time and place. (Singman 34). The growth of trade during Elizabeth’s reign and the movement towards a money economy (selling goods for cash instead of trading for other goods) led to growth in the number and the wealth of merchants. It was the merchants and the amount of wealth they controlled, who gave the cities economic power (Lace 37). Between 1500 and 1789 the trade in North American furs and hides was profitable in Western Europe for various people, such as: furriers, hatters, and leather makers. Medieval Europe had met it’s own

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demand for furs until the supply of suitable animals was exhausted and buyers resorted to “common pelts” such as rabbit or in expensive furs from the east (Dewald 500).

Classical economic thought dominated the field from the 1820’s to the 1850’s. Ricardo’s life spanned the close of the age of mercantilism and the rise of capitalism. Ricardo’s interest in economics’ came after he read Adam Smith’s classic, “The Wealthier Nations“. (Powell et al 778) While Ricardo’s ideas have long since become out moded, he was the first to systematize the study of economics. Through his work he inspired both those who supported laissez-faire economic policy, such as David Hyme, and those who opposed it, favoring instead government control of the economy. Ricardo thought inductively, working from abstract principals to establish economic laws. For example: he saw that population was increasing, which resulted in humans competing for resources (Powell et all 780). On the other hand, Adam Smith’s approach to his work was first to do a historical study of his subject, and then to advance in the area, often building on the work of his contemporaries. Though, It has been shown that he was a most curious human being, Adam Smith displayed, in the writing of The Wealth of Nations, a “profound knowledge of the real occupations of mankind.” A situation that Smith observed in France, was one that was essentially brought on by taxation, a system that made people “exceedingly miserable,” a stem, which, in years to come, would bring on the French Revolution, and to bring, in it‘s wake, Napoleon. Thus Adam Smith, steeped into history and philosophy by writing his famous book “The Wealth of Nations“ (Landry).

The Elizabethan Era was a gate that let in currency of gold and silver coins, as opposed to just trading. Also, new economic idea’s were brought on with such people as: Adam Smith and David Ricardo, paving the way towards capitalist ground. Today’s economy is influenced by the Elizabethan Era’s economy in many ways.

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http://media.photobucket.com/image/pretty%20dress/... (but shorter as well)

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Or anything that's similar to these, please?

I want to look nice for my first High School dance... (:

Not too short though, maybe a little bit above the knee would be good.

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It's amazing.

Shirt, or dressss.

It's all good.

Please give me a store if you can.

If you can't online is good too (:

Just now ebay, please.

Imagine if we never lied

Imagine if we never tried

to be something we're not

we forgot how it feels

to be tight

to be close

to be real,

and I miss you

and I wish you were here

I stopped breathing

when you said you don't care anymore

you're caught up in your plastic life

changing right before my eyes

A chameleon I used to know you

like the back of my mind

Did that part of you die?

and I miss you

and I wish you were here

I stopped breathing

when you said you don't care anymore.

Standing on the corner in the pouring rain.

Have to find a drug that'll keep me sane

like you did.

I don't know the rest xD

--but please help me out (:

Yes, big goal,

I know.

--but I have lots to look foward to.

--and I want to lose like 20 pounds in the next 3 months (due to warped tour)

I walk my dog for about an hour or so when it's not raining,

afterwards I go on a 3 lap jog around the park.

I do eat a light breakfast,

and I'm about 5"1 and 132 pounds.

Lately I've been trying to target the abdominal muscles,

without any gym equiptment :P

I am only 14, so I have no ride to the gym and my parents can't trust me to walk.

Any advice?