Advice Thread

[Vuk]

My painful tooth is telling me it is

lol, it took me a cavity and an ugly filling to learn that. :P Thankfully it is in the very back of my mouth. I now brush my teeth twice a day at least, and three if I have the chance. (except when I travel :P)
There is some good advice for everyone. Your teeth are worth the effort to take care of. If you do not, you will regret it later on. I got so many smashed and chipped doing things I should not have, and had to have them built up with plaster (which is not a cheap thing to have done BTW), and I have a filling in my mouth now. :P

[miotas]

Problem is I can't afford any dentist work so I've been living on paracetamol for the last week or so

Generally the health system over here isn't too bad but there are cracks and quite a lot of people fall through, I am one of those who earns too much to get free health care but doesn't earn enough to actually pay for it myself.

Oh well, paracetamol is only 80c a packet

[Fragony]

A bad tooth is a pretty permanently painful thing, isn't just going to go away, quite the contrary it will only get worse, and once it's bad sedations won't work so you won't get any, enjoy your root channel treatment.

[pevergreen]

You gotta give me a little more information so that I can understand what is going on Pever. Why did you break up, who is this friend, how did she nearly make you break up, am I right in assuming what you mean by "set me up"?
If I knew the answers to those questions I could give you a lot better advice.

The situation really requires you trudging back about 20 pages in the backroom and reading a topic about her.

It was just to throw a SRS advice topic in there.

I'll get my coat.

[Beefy187]

You gotta give me a little more information so that I can understand what is going on pever. Why did you break up, who is this friend, how did she nearly make you break up, am I right in assuming what you mean by "set me up"?
If I knew the answers to those questions I could give you a lot better advice.

fixed

I recommend it pever. It sounds fun

[Hooahguy]

ATP and SFTS- thanks for the advice. ill see how for our relationship is before i make a decision at the end of the summer.
btw im 17.

[pevergreen]

It turned kinda sour. I'm trying to salvage!

[Vuk]

ATP and SFTS- thanks for the advice. ill see how for our relationship is before i make a decision at the end of the summer.
btw im 17.

Your welcome.
*takes hissy fit*

[Hooahguy]

oops sorry Vuk.

[Beefy187]

quick questions.

I'm typing a email to some school. Whats the most polite way to finish the letter?

Is it "Regards" ?

[Vuk]

quick questions.

I'm typing a email to some school. Whats the most polite way to finish the letter?

Is it "Regards" ?

It depends, do you know who you are addressing?

[pevergreen]

Are you typing it in english?

Thank you,
Beefy.

is one, also;

Regards,
Japan.

[Beefy187]

Are you typing it in english?

Thank you,
Beefy.

is one, also;

Regards,
Japan.

Someone told me Sincerely Thank you, so I used that

Cheers anyway

[Hooahguy]

how should i go about finishing a project on bootlegging in the 1920's when its due next teusday and i have to make a video about it?

[Vuk]

how should i go about finishing a project on bootlegging in the 1920's when its due next teusday and i have to make a video about it?

Get your lazy butt of the Org and do it of course! :P It really helps to enjoy the work you do. I actually did a research paper on prohibition also, but used a different angle. I found it fascinating, and I was able to burn through it.

[Strike For The South]

My ex is offering to set me up with...a friend of hers, the one who nearly broke our relationship.

For the mental status of my ex, check the backroom.

Should I follow through with it?

I missed this.

Guts, get in them.

[Rhyfelwyr]

how should i go about finishing a project on bootlegging in the 1920's when its due next teusday and i have to make a video about it?

I wish we got to do stuff like that at school!

The closest I got to something like that was when we were studying Bismark and German Unification. The teacher loved the subject, so he split the class into Prussians and Austrians to reenact the Battle of Konnigratz. I got to go the Prussians with needle guns, so we won!

[LittleGrizzly]

Oh well, paracetamol is only 80c a packet

I had a painful tooth, my friend works as a dental nurse and got me some temporary filling stuff, thats probably a little expensive but (she told me) you can buy little packs for things such as holidays. So maybe consider picking one of them up... i don't think its healthy to just keep taking paracetamol... besides they didn't seem to do much good sometimes...

[Hooahguy]

how do you study for AP US exams if i never study for history tests at all?
the AP test is on May 8th.

[Vuk]

how do you study for AP US exams if i never study for history tests at all?
the AP test is on May 8th.

AP? In general, when studying for a history exam, it is important to build your study plan on your teacher's expectations and the demands of the course. Is it going to MC or essay? If essay, has s/he given you the questions in advance? Tell me this, and good advice shall surely come your way.

[Hooahguy]

its the AP test. i think its MC and essay questions, specifically DBQs (document based questions).
i think ill just read the book a few times. im really good in history and ive never gotten below an 86 on a test and i never study. dumb, i know.

[Vuk]

its the AP test. i think its MC and essay questions, specifically DBQs (document based questions).
i think ill just read the book a few times. im really good in history and ive never gotten below an 86 on a test and i never study. dumb, i know.

Well, not to sound really dumb here, but what is an AP test? :P
As far as test taking strategies, I have been taking higher level history classes at the college level for a number of years, so I think I can give you some advice.
First of all, study. :P Remember what the teacher stressed in class, and what s/he wanted you to pay attention too, and make sure that you understand it. Pick out and remember the main points and anything that is really stressed in the text. Look for the author's opinion and how s/he referrences other works. Understanding the main flow and what really happened, and what the author's arguments are is more important that memorizing dates, but you need to remember the important ones to give you a basic time frame at least. With out dates to put things in context, the knowledge is useless. If you have been given the essay questions in advance, work on writing an essay now and practice it several times over. Be careful though - do not try to memorize what you are going to write, because you WILL forget. Instead, try to really understand what it is you want to say and how you want to flesh your argument out, and then you can word it however you want when you are there. Also, on a history essay, they are looking for an argument, not a mindless sputtering of facts. Use the facts to support your thesis.
That is studying for history in a nutshell, hope it helps. If you want anymore information, just ask.

[Hooahguy]

wow. that was really helpful, Vuk. if there was rep on these forums id give you some.
kudos!

[Vuk]

wow. that was really helpful, Vuk. if there was rep on these forums id give you some.
kudos!

lol, np, it is what I am here for. (and you just happened to have a question about my specialty. )

[Cute Wolf]

I need a really serious advice: How to explain your girlfriend's parents, that you are her boyfriend? Before giving an advice, I suggest you to see my GF's pics in Family Album... and I am a Christian...

Not happned yet... but sooner or later I must face this....

[Hooahguy]

is she muslim?

[Rhyfelwyr]

is she muslim?

If she is, just tell her parents that it is OK because she has converted to Christianity anyway.

[Beefy187]

I need a really serious advice: How to explain your girlfriend's parents, that you are her boyfriend? Before giving an advice, I suggest you to see my GF's pics in Family Album... and I am a Christian...

Not happned yet... but sooner or later I must face this....

Be confident and make occasional eye contact is the best advice
Unless you seem to be the play boy type, most parents will be nice to you.

I take it that her family is muslim, so do your homework about Islam so that you don't say/ do anything rude.

[Cute Wolf]

well, she is.... clearly a muslim...
and I know much about them... but still don't know how to tell her parents... I was her boyfriend... without getting a "HUH? WHAT DID YOU THINK?" statement. I allready meet with them, and have a good relation, but didn't tell them about our relationship...

[Askthepizzaguy]

One would think if you two are spending time together, and you're a guy, they would assume just from observing you that you two have something more than a friendship. As parents of a daughter, they would be ultra-observant of any male person who gets near her. They would erroneously assume just about any guy would be a potential boyfriend for her, and if she's mostly seeing just you (i.e. not having a bunch of guys over all the time) then I would probably conclude that her parents already know.

Just be very respectful to her and to them and you should be fine. As for telling them about your relationship, you can if you want to; unless they already disapprove of your friendship with her there shouldn't be a problem.

This applies to most situations but with Muslims, depending on how "observant" they are, there could be a problem, if you're not Muslim or if you otherwise offend their religious sensibilities or if they are just extremely paranoid about their daughter. I'm afraid all situations are going to be unique, but generally speaking the Muslim part does make dating more difficult because of the rules and observance of the religion makes people do things which are, from my perspective, strange or restrictive.

Not meant to be judgmental, just observing differences.