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Oxfam Scotland
Oxfam GB website
Unpaid care work worth £36bn in Scotland
Today we've published the staggering value of unpaid care in Scotland as globally Oxfam is highlighting the inequality crisis
The 'Time to Care' Oxfam report reveals the scale of global inequality linked to care work, ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
Oxfam Scotland analysis shows the estimated value of unpaid care work in Scotland to be £36 billion, and polling shows 72 percent of people in Scotland back governments spending more on social security benefits for carers of those who are sick or disabled.
Our polling shows that four in five people in Scotland believe unpaid care work is not valued highly enough, with strong support for measures to address this.
The Scotland analysis has been published ahead of the annual World Economic Forum which kicks off in Davos this week, and as a new global Oxfam report highlights how a broken worldwide economy has accumulated vast wealth into the hands of a rich few, in part by exploiting the unpaid labour of millions.
We're joining the voices of national carers' organisations who have for a long time been calling for significantly more investment in high quality, flexible social care, alongside much improved social security for carers. These changes would support unpaid carers and better protect them from poverty.
Scale of global inequality when it comes to care
Oxfam's new report 'Time to Care' shows that women and girls are carrying out 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care every day, with this contributing at least $10.8 trillion a year to the global economy. Women, especially those in poverty, do more than three-quarters of unpaid care work but this is often rendered invisible in measures of economic progress and policy agendas.
Care work includes looking after children, elderly people, disabled people and those with additional needs, as well as daily domestic work like cooking and cleaning. Without someone investing in these essential daily tasks, communities, workplaces and whole economies would grind to a halt.
The global report highlights how inequality remains at crisis levels with wealth valued over work and with the contribution of women un-rewarded. Astonishingly, the paper shows the 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the 325 million women in Africa.
While care work is crucial to society and the economy, and pressure on carers set to increase with an aging global population, governments too often fail to recognise the vital contribution that unpaid care work represents.
Scotland value and polling
To coincide with the global report, separate analysis released by Oxfam Scotland shows that the economic value of unpaid care work to the Scottish economy far outstrips the scale of investment to protect carers, parents, and those they care for from poverty.
Quantifying the economic value of any unpaid work is complex. One way to do so is to base it on current rates of pay in equivalent sectors. Doing this suggests the wage value of unpaid household and caring work in Scotland is an estimated £36 billion.
As a broad, rather than like-for-like, comparison this is more than twice the Gross Value Added in Scotland by the financial services sector and almost four times the oil and gas sector.
Despite this, caring is often associated with a higher risk of poverty. For example, 12 percent of working-age couples without dependent children in Scotland live in poverty, but this rises to 18 percent for couples with dependent children. The poverty rate for single mothers is 39 percent, which is higher than the overall rate for working age adults of 20 percent.
Those living in or at risk of poverty tend to spend more hours caring. The Scottish Government estimates that almost half of carers (45 percent) in the most deprived areas of the country care for 35 hours a week or more, almost double the level in the least deprived areas.
Oxfam says that in Scotland and around the world the contribution of people delivering care must be better valued while highlighting that investment in care sectors could create more and better jobs, lift people out of poverty and reduce inequality.
YouGov polling, commissioned by Oxfam Scotland, shows:
81 percent of people in Scotland think unpaid care work is not valued highly enough;
More Scots agree that some people have lower incomes than others because there is injustice in our society (62 percent) than believe it is because people do more valuable jobs (53 percent) or work harder (43 percent);
percent of people back governments spending more on social security benefits for carers of those who are sick or disabled
Ahead of the Scottish budget, Oxfam Scotland is calling for additional investment to better value unpaid care work in Scotland.
Rhiannon Sims, Research and Policy Officer, Oxfam Scotland said: "Across the world, and in Scotland, unpaid care work is vital to our households and communities, but it is too often undervalued by society which can trap those who are providing it, very often women, in poverty.
"If political leaders, whether at Davos this week, or at UK or Scotland levels, are serious about reducing poverty and inequality, they urgently need to invest more resources to ensure this major contribution to our economy and society is recognised and better valued.
"We recognise the huge efforts of those who've long been highlighting the importance of unpaid care in Scotland, but more action is needed. When it comes to the Scottish budget next month, and the UK budget soon after, the people of Scotland resoundingly support better valuing those delivering unpaid care."
Fiona Collie, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Carers Scotland, said: "We welcome this report that sets out starkly the value of unpaid care. Despite the billions of pounds carers' contribution is worth, caring comes at great personal cost. Too often carers face poorer health, greater poverty and more isolation than non-carers simply because they care.
"Whilst efforts have been made to provide support through the Carers (Scotland) Act and additional carers' benefits, there is a pressing need to invest significantly more in high quality, flexible social care, available alongside much improved social security for carers. Without such investment carers will continue to face high financial, health, social and employment penalties for their caring role."
Satwat Rehman, Director, One Parent Families Scotland said: "For many single parents – the vast majority of whom are women – being both the main carer and breadwinner for their children places them in a unique position of trying to manage caring responsibilities with paid work. The care and welfare of their children is the primary concern of the parents we work with, but in the current economy where paid work is seen as the ultimate goal parents often feel that their caring role is devalued.
".Recognising and valuing the caring role of single parents is vital and would enable them to make informed choices about paid work that they could balance with their caring responsibilities and enter work that does not keep them in poverty. Key to this is childcare.
"Whilst we welcome the expansion of early learning and childcare and the focus on quality, the Scottish Government needs to ensure that it is flexible enough to allow single parents to study, train, enter and progress in paid work."
Professor Ian Welsh OBE, Chief Executive, the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), said: "This new data gives us an insight into the astonishing value of unpaid care in Scotland, highlighting like never before the importance of unpaid carers to the people they care for but also to Scottish society. Without their £36bn contribution, Scotland's health and social care system would be unable to function as it currently does.
"The ALLIANCE, through our Carer Voices project, has long called for a greater importance to be placed on listening to the voices of unpaid carers as experts by experience and this new data makes this case even stronger. Unpaid carers must attract the support that their role rightly deserves."
For more information, contact kwatt1@oxfam.org.uk
Total sample size for YouGov survey was 1,035 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 9th – 13th January 2020. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all Scotland adults (aged 18+).
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中国教育信息化网
中国教育技术协会
中国教育技术协会(China Association For Educational Technology ,CAET)成立于1991年,原名中国电化教育协会。工作包括:协调和组织教育技术研究,举办各种学术活动,推广、交流教育技术理论及技术、设备研究的成果和经验;为教育行政部门对教育技术的决策提供咨询服务和行业管理;培训教育技术有关管理干部、教师、理论研究人员和技术人员;编辑出版书刊和资料,交流教育技术信息;举办专业展览;加强与有关国际组织的联系,开展学术交流活动。
中国教育网教育信息化频道
中国教育和科研计算机网CERNET是中国教育信息化的基础平台,也是中国最早的四大骨干网之一,为中国教育信息化及人才培养作出了突出贡献。为教育系统用户提供基本互联网接入服务外,负责教育系统域名管理(edu.cn),承担各类大型国家教育信息化建设项目及研究任务。
中国高等教育学会教育信息化分会
中国高等教育学会教育信息化分会(China Higher Education Informatization Academy,CHEIA)是中国高等教育学会直属分支机构。分会以研究中国高等教育信息化的规律与战略性问题,加强高校间合作与交流,促进高校教育信息化的建设和发展为办会宗旨。
联合国教科文组织UNESCO
联合国教科文组织力图在各国之间建立网络,通过以下途径促成这种团结:
动员促进教育:使每个孩子都能接受优质教育成为一项基本人权和人类发展的一个前提条件。
建设跨文化理解:通过保护遗产和支持文化多样性来实现。联合国教科文组织创立了世界遗产的理念,保护体现优秀的普世价值的遗迹。
追求科学合作:例如通过早期海啸预警机制或跨境水资源管理协议等加强国家与社会之间的联系。
UNESCO IITE 教科文组织教育信息技术研究所
The UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education was established as an integral part of UNESCO by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th session (November 1997) and is located in Moscow, Russian Federation.
In line with the new Education 2030 Agenda, IITE has developed its strategic priority areas to meet new demands and tasks ahead. The mission of IITE in the new era is promoting the innovative use of ICT and serving as facilitator and enabler for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) through ICT-enabled solutions and best practices.
US Office of Educational Technology (OET)
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology (OET) develops national educational technology policy and establishes the vision for how technology can be used to transform teaching and learning and how to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible for early learners through K-12, higher education, and adult education.
IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC)
The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) is chartered by the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activity Board to develop internationally accredited technical standards, recommended practices, and guides for learning technology.
Stanford Lytics Lab
The Stanford Lytics Lab is an open, interdisciplinary research community. We advance the science of learning through the use of data and digital technology in college and life-long learning.
Berkeley Mooclab
The University of California, Berkeley MOOCLab's mission is to stimulate and fund research related to online-enhanced education that is then incorporated into both online and in-classroom courses
and materials.
MIT Teaching Systems Lab
At the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, we design, implement, and research the future of teacher learning.
We are a community of IT leaders and professionals working together to tackle challenges and leverage opportunities that are constantly evolving within higher education. We welcome diversity, in viewpoints and experience, and believe in the transformative power of uncommon thinking for the common good.
edweek
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edtechresearcher
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mfeldstein
e-Literate has been created out of a desire to help fellow travelers in the world of educational technology.
OLC(斯隆联盟)
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IMS Global
The mission of the IMS Global Learning Consortium is to advance technology that can affordably scale and improve educational participation and attainment. To ensure that the "Learning Impact" of technology-enabled innovation is achieved around the world, IMS's influential community of educational institutions, suppliers, and government organizations develops open interoperability standards, supports adoption with technical services, and encourages adoption through programs that highlight effective practices.
The IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global/IMS) is a highly effective nonprofit, member organization that strives to enable the adoption and impact of innovative learning technology. The IMS open architecture and extensive ecosystem of EdTech products enable education institutions to be more innovative, provide a more seamless user experience and dramatically reduce the cost of integrating products into the educational enterprise systems.
mooc.org
MOOC.org is an extension of edX, a leader in online courses. Whether you're interested in learning for yourself, leveraging online courses to educate your workforce or creating a MOOC, edX can help.
oss-watch
OSS Watch provides unbiased advice and guidance on the use, development, and licensing of free software, open source software, and open source hardware.
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Open source solutions are improving how students learn—and how instructors teach—in communities around the world. Read the fascinating and inspiring stories we've collected about how open source is influencing education at all levels.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation's largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. As the unrivaled leader in higher education journalism, we serve our readers with indispensable real-time news and deep insights, plus the essential tools, career opportunities, and knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
Inside Higher Ed is the leading digital media company serving the higher education space. Since our founding in 2004, we have become the go-to online source for higher education news, thought leadership, careers and resources.
Our mission is to serve all of higher education – individuals, institutions, corporations and non-profits – so they can do their jobs better, transforming their lives and those of the students they serve.
edutechnica
Once a hobby project undertaken by two of our co-founders, Edutechnica highlights some of the education-related research projects that continue under the leadership of Client Stat, a data services company.
elearningindustry
eLearning Industry is a network-based media and publishing company founded in 2012. It is the largest online community of eLearning professionals in the industry, and was created first and foremost as a knowledge-sharing platform to help eLearning professionals and instructional designers connect in a safe online community where they can stay up to date with the latest industry news and technologies, and find projects or jobs.
The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning.
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Teachers, techies, storytellers. EdSurge was founded in 2011 by Betsy Corcoran, Matt Bowman, Nick Punt and Agustin Vilaseca to connect the emerging community of education technology entrepreneurs and educators.
As a leading education news organization, we report on the people, ideas and technologies that shape the future of learning. Through our work, we aim to help educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers and other stakeholders be part of the rich and complex conversations about the evolving learning environments for everyone and the technologies and tools that support them.
The Open Education Consortium (OEC) is a non-profit, global, members-based network of open education institutions and organizations. OEC represents its members and provides advocacy and leadership around advancement of open education globally. OEC works with its members to build capacity to find, reuse, create and share Open Educational Resources (OER), develop open policy, create sustainable open education models, and enable international collaboration and innovation. OEC annually coordinates and hosts Open Education Week, the Open Education Global conference, and Open Education Awards for Excellence. Collectively these efforts aim to bring high quality, inclusive education to all learners around the world.
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After watching the electorate be frightened into voting for the wolf, maybe the following piece from a Newsnight political editor is worth a quick read.
Nearly 4 million votes, a national share of around 12%, might seem like a pretty good night for a small political party. You can understand the outrage then, as UKIP wakes up this morning to find it has been rewarded for its efforts with just one seat in the House of Commons.
To rub salt in the wounds, in Scotland the SNP took 56 seats with just 1.5 million votes. The Greens might have cause to feel similarly aggrieved, with their highest ever share of the vote (around 1 million people) landing them just one seat in Westminster.
On those numbers, the case for electoral reform might seem pressing. How can it be fair that so many votes across the country yielded such disproportionate results for the smaller parties?
But here's the thing. Before this election we were told that First Past the Post, the system the UK uses for elections to Parliament, had reached its sell-by date.
Its main purpose was decisive election results leading to strong, decisive governments. In a new multi-party system, where all the evidence indicated a second hung parliament in a row, it had ceased to function as it was intended. There was going to be a reckoning.
Except that what we've seen in reality is that FPTP has done exactly what it says on the tin.
Just as the smaller parties howl in anguish, Conservatives across the country revel in a decisive victory.
Their decision to vote against electoral reform in 2011 looks to have been justified.
So howl all you like, but there's very little chance that electoral reform will be featuring on this government's agenda – on the contrary, FPTP suits it rather well.


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Battling cancer and making theater: 'Susan's Undoing'
Howard Shapiro
Susan Chase at home in Mt. Airy. (J.Woods/for The Pulse)
The shattering news came, as it does for many women, after Susan Chase had a routine mammogram.
When she got a phone message requesting that she call the doctor's office, she figured it was just about a billing problem. But it wasn't. It was about breast cancer.
That was 13 years back, when Chase was 45. She was a ballerina, so she'd kept in shape, watched what she ate, and saw herself as a healthy and fit woman. A few years passed after her operation and Chase, now a survivor frustrated by a sense that her life had been weakened, turned what she was feeling – and what she had learned – into a piece of movement theater called "Susan's Undoing."
She's been performing the 70-minute piece on stages and at cancer support groups, and is now doing the show as part of the current Philadelphia Fringe Festival. "It tells a story that is very familiar to many people," says Chase, who lives with her husband in Philadelphia's Mt. Airy area and dances, choreographs, acts and treats a roster of drama therapy patients. "When I was dealing with breast cancer, I discovered that the hardest part of that was not during treatment, as miserable as the treatments were. It was actually when that ended.
"You feel like the doctors stamp you with a "C" – you're cured! – and then they push you out and it's the next person's turn. And this ritual and support is suddenly eliminated from your life … and I was horribly lost, depressed, weak and anxious."
Chase's play, in which she uses a ladder, ropes, blindfolds and even at one point a vaudeville-like routine to serve as different metaphors, deals with well-intentioned friends and family members who were unsure of how to react and spurs her to laugh at herself and her own reactions.
It also, she says, gives her a chance to tell women that they should tell their stories about their own battles – against cancer or anything else – in order to understand themselves. The process of learning about the cancer, fighting it and moving on "took so much out of me emotionally," she says.
"It took my identity away from me – my identity as a dancer, as a creator, as an active person. And it was not until I began creating "Susan's Undoing" that I, Susan, began to feel that I was becoming whole again."
"Susan's Undoing," performed by Susan Chase, is a part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival of 135 productions and attractions and an after-festival bar with entertainment each night during the festival, through Sept. 21.
Of her remaining appearances in the festival, Chase is performing "Susan's Undoing" at Studio 1831, at 1831 Brandywine St., at 7 p.m. Sept. 12, 6 p.m. Sept. 13 and 3 p.m. Sept. 14. She will then switch venues to the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre, 2111 Sansom St., where she'll perform the show at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and 19, 6 p.m. Sept. 20 and 3 p.m. Sept. 21.
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Tallink Grupp's Megastar to go for first regular dry-docking in January 2022
The vessel will be in the dock for technical maintenance between 11-16 January 2022.
Photo: Tallink Grupp
Tallink Grupp's Tallinn-Helsinki route shuttle vessel Megastar will go for its first regular dry-docking since the vessel first started operating on the route in January 2017 to Naantali shipyard in Finland in January 2022.
During the docking the vessel will go through the standard and required class renewal process, maintenance of underwater hull and several of the ship's systems, valves, pumps, etc and installation of the high-voltage shore power systems in order for the vessel to be connected to the shore power systems during longer port-stays. In addition to technical maintenance and upgrades, passenger areas of the vessel will also be updated and refreshed.
During the vessel's dry-docking period, capacity on the Tallinn-Helsinki route will be supplemented by the company's cruise vessel Baltic Queen, which will operate on the route daily according to the following schedule:
Tuesday, 11 January 2022: depart Tallinn at 13.30 and arrive in Helsinki at 16.30,
depart Helsinki at 21.30 and arrive in Tallinn at 00.30
Wednesday, 12 January – Friday, 14 January 2022: depart Tallinn at 07.30 and arrive in Helsinki at 10.30,
Sunday, 16 January 2022 – depart Tallinn at 18.30 and arrive in Helsinki at 21:30
Baltic Queen will operate between Tallinn Old City Harbour Terminal D and Länsiterminaali 2, similarly to Megastar. Megastar will return to the Tallinn-Helsinki route according to its normal schedule on Monday, 17 January 2022.
During the docking period, the company's other shuttle vessel Star will continue to operate according to its normal schedule.
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A minister friend of mine shared this terrific story of how even the smallest act has an effect, changing the world to some degree.
Bonnee Joy, a gifted composer, died in the prime of life. At her memorial service, a friend told of how a mockingbird used to sing regularly outside Bonnee's window on summer nights.
The beloved friend telling this story at the Memorial Service said, with tears in her eyes, "I like to think of that now, somewhere out there is a mockingbird who sings Beethoven because of Bonnee.
On September 13, I blogged about Divine Appointments and shared a wonderful story about Tom and Rita and how they came into one another's lives. On the very day that I posted that story, my husband and I had our own "Divine Appointment" encounter.
We had decided to go walking in a park that is about six miles from where we live. We are fortunate that there are many parks in this area and so we have much to choose from. My husband chose this particular one. We walked about a mile and a half and then decided to turn around and walk back. We talked as we walked and were deep in conversation when I glanced down the path and saw a man that looked familiar. I said to Bob, "That man looks like Craig." Craig is our classmate from seminary at Unity Village. We had graduated seven years before and had seen some of our classmates occasionally at conferences, but we hadn't seen Craig in about six years.
As we continued to walk and got closer, the man looked so much like Craig that I was stunned. But Craig lived in Nevada. It couldn't be him. But it was. As we came up to one another we all hugged. He was with a friend of his that lived in the area. It turns out that he was in town for a music conference. We chatted for awhile and then said our goodbyes, shaking our heads at the synchronicity of the meeting.
Have you ever been thinking of someone and then picked up the phone to hear their voice after they have called you? Last year, I began to reach out to some old friends that I had been thinking about. It was good to reconnect. There was one college roommate that I could not find. Just this week, she found me on Facebook.
Whether it's about us setting an intention or the energy or power that we call God or Love at work in our lives, these things happen. We can look at them as a coincidence or "small world", but maybe we should see them differently, as I mentioned in the article from September 13. Maybe we should acknowledge them as an important encounter that happens for a reason and that we have set in motion through our inner desire or an intention that we have set. If we believe that there is but one Mind and that we all share that Mind, then that could also explain it.
Even if we do not have an explanation that makes sense to us or that we feel comfortable with, it is enough to just accept it is a gift from the Universe. The joy that comes from seeing someone we haven't seen in years is reason enough to give thanks and for which to feel grateful.
This last week I had the H1N1 flu. It was the perfect time to read Dan Brown's new book, The Lost Symbol.
Like most everyone else in this country, I read The Da Vinci Code. I didn't read Angels and Demons, although my husband did and he enjoyed it, being an ex-Catholic. But this latest book I actually like more than The Da Vinci Code.
The story itself unfolds over a 12 hour period of time and is fast-paced and frantic--just like his other best-seller. It weaves in the past history of characters through flashbacks and memories and forges ahead to a crescendo and climax that may or may not shock the reader. Suspenseful and harrowing and packed with mysteries and secrets, the story does keep you reading long after you have said that you need to put the book down to get something else done. Just one more chapter...thank goodness they are short.
The backdrop of The Lost Symbol is Washington, D.C. and the reader gleans much historical information about our nation's capital and about our forefathers, many of whom were Masons. They were also Deists, and not fundamentalist Christians, which I already knew. Those who are fundamentalist Christians will probably be burning this book and proclaiming Dan Brown as a heretic, just as I'm sure some Catholics did after The Da Vinci Code.
It was the spirituality and underlying theme in this book that I found to be the most exciting and which ultimately won me over as a true fan of Dan Brown. For a book considered as "fiction", there is an incredible amount of "Truth" in its pages. Perhaps Dan Brown can finally get people to believe what the world's most sacred spiritual texts have revealed, but that we have not yet fully comprehended or embraced.
Brown's novel speaks of a time of enlightenment and transformation--of order from chaos. As I observe what is happening today in our country, with those who would use fear and paranoia to hold back change and transformation, I can't help but hope that this chaos that we are experiencing is part of a new birthing of cosmic consciousness.
My final word....buy copies of this book and pass it around.


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Wisława Szymborská, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska (2. července 1923 Bnin, Polsko – 1. února 2012 Krakov, Polsko) byla polská básnířka, esejistka, literární kritička a překladatelka francouzské literatury, laureátka Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 1996. Szymborskou do češtiny překládá zejména Vlasta Dvořáčková, ale i jiní překladatelé, např. Bogdan Trojak.

Život
Narodila se v Bninu u Poznaně (nyní součásti Kórniku). Její rodiče byli Wincenty Szymborski (1870–1936) – správce zakopanských panství hraběte Zamoyského (těsně před narozením dcery Wisławy byl přemístěn do Kórniku, aby uspořádal tamější finanční záležitosti) a Anna Maria rozená Rottermundová (1890–1960). Od roku 1924 rodina Szymborských bydlela w Toruni, od roku 1929 nebo 1931 v Krakově v Radziwiłłowské ul.; Wisława tam začala chodit do Obecné školy Józefy Joteykové v ul. Podwale č. 6, poté od září 1935 do Gymnázia Sester Uršulinek ve Starowiślné 3-5.

Po vypuknutí druhé světové války pokračovala ve vzdělávání na tajných kurzech a od roku 1943 nastoupila do práce jako úřednice na železnici, aby se vyhnula pracovnímu nasazení v říši. V této době také poprvé ilustrovala knížku (učebnici angličtiny First steps in English Jana Stanisławského) i začala psát povídky a občas básně.

Od roku 1945 se účastnila literárního života Krakova; podle básnířčiných vzpomínek na ní měl největší vliv Czesław Miłosz. V tomto roce také zahájila studium polonistiky na Jagellonské univerzitě a později přešla na sociologii. Studium ale nedokončila z důvodu těžké hmotné situace.

První básně otiskla v krakovském Polském Deníku, později v Boji (Walka) a v Generaci (Pokolenie). Tou dobou Szymborska byla spojená s prostředím akceptujícím socialistickou realitu. V letech 1947–1948 byla tajemnicí osvětového dvojtýdeníku Krakovská síň (Świetlica Krakowska) a mimo jiné se zabývala knižními ilustracemi.

V dubnu 1948 se vdala za básníka Adama Włodka. Novomanželé se ubytovali v krakovské "kolonii spisovatelů" v Krupniczí ulici. Neopakovatelné klima tohoto společenství mělo inspirující vliv na její tvorbu. S manželem se rozvedla v roce 1954.

V roce 2012 zemřela, byla pochována na hřbitově 'Cmentarz Rakowicki' v Krakově.

Dílo
Roku 1949 první svazeček Szymborské básní Básně (Wiersze) (podle jiných pramenů Šití praporů (Szycie sztandarów)) nebyl přijat k tisku, protože "nedomnívám socialistické potřeby". Knižním debutem se stal svazek básní Proto žijeme (Dlatego żyjemy) vydaný roku 1952 s básněmi jako Mládeži budující Novou Huť (Młodzieży budującej Nową Hutę)" nebo Lenin. Szymborska byla přijata do Svazu polských spisovatelů. Do roku 1966 byla členkou Polské sjednocené dělnické strany (PSDS; PZPR. V roce 1953 podepsala společnou rezoluci skupiny členů krakovské organizace ZKP, odsuzující duchovní odsouzené v procesu kněží krakovské kurie. V roce 1957 Szymborska navázala kontakty s pařížskou Kulturou a Jerzym Giedroyciem. V roce 1964 se Szymborska ocitla mezi signatáři státními orgány podvrženého protestu odsuzujícího rozhlasovou stanici Svobodná Evropa za odvysílání Dopisu 34.

V roce 1975 podepsala protestní dopis 59, ve kterém přední polští intelektuálové protestovali proti změnám v ústavě, které zařazovaly ustanovení o vedoucí roli PSDS a věčném spojenectví se SSSR.

Szymborska je neoddělitelně spojena s Krakovem a mnohokrát zdůrazňovala své pouto s tímto městem.

V letech 1953–1981 byla členem redakce revue Literární život (Życie Literackie), kde od roku 1968 vedla stálou rubriku Nepovinná četba (Lektury nadobowiązkowe), která byla později publikována i v knižní formě. V letech 1981–1983 byla také členkou redakční rady krakovského měsíčníku List (Pismo).

Ocenění
Básně Szymborské mají jedinečnou lyriku s hlubokou intelektuální reflexí, obsahující často zřetelný filozofický podtext. Její tvorbu charakterizuje preciznost slova, lapidárnost, časté užití ironie, paradoxu, posměchu anebo žertovného odstupu pro vyjádření hlubokých obsahů. Autorka se často obrací k moralistickým tématům a uvažuje o existenciální situaci člověka jednotlivce i lidského společenství.

Laureátka Goetheho ceny z roku 1991 a později také Herderovy ceny. Přímluvcem poezie Szymborské v Německu je Karl Dedecius, překladatel polské literatury.

Výbor Nobelovy ceny ve zdůvodnění přiznání ceny básnířce napsal: "za poezii, která s ironickou přesností umožňuje historickým i biologickým souvislostem projevit se ve fragmentech lidské skutečnosti".

Byla členkou Syndikátu polských spisovatelů (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich).

Roku 1996 obdržela titul Člověk roku týdeníku Wprost. V roce 2011 jí prezident Bronisław Komorowski na hradě Wawel předal nejvyšší polské státní vyznamenání řád bílé orlice ('Order Orła Białego').

Výběr děl
 1952 – Proto žijeme (Dlatego żyjemy)
 1954 – Otázky pokládané sobě (Pytania zadawane sobie)
 1957 – Volání k Yettimu (Wołanie do Yeti)
 1962 – Sůl (Sól)
 1966 – 101 básní (101 wierszy)
 1967 – Sto radostí (Sto pociech)
 1967 – Vybrané básně (Wiersze wybrane)
 1967 – Vybrané poezie (Poezje wybrane)
 1972 – Každý případ (Wszelki wypadek)
 1976 – Velké číslo (Wielka liczba)
 1986 – Lidé na mostě (Ludzie na moście)
 1989 – Poezie: Poems (Poezje: Poems) (polsko-anglické dvoujazyčné vydání)
 1992 – Nepovinná četba (Lektury nadobowiązkowe)
 1993 – Konec a počátek (Koniec i początek)
 1996 – Pohled se zrnkem písku (Widok z ziarnkiem piasku)
 1997 – Sto básní - sto radostí (Sto wierszy – sto pociech)
 2002 – Okamžik (Chwila)
 2003 – Říkanky pro velké děti (Rymowanki dla dużych dzieci)
 2005 – Dvojtečka (Dwukropek)

V češtině a slovenštině

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Související články
 Seznam polských spisovatelů
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Carlo Goldoni's commedia dell'arte masterpiece shines in this Shakespeare Theatre production.
John Treacy Egan, Andy Grotelueschen, Da'Vine Randolph, Allen Gilmore, and Liz Wisan in The Servant of Two Masters. Photograph by Richard Termine.
It's all happening at the Lansburgh Theatre, and "all" is no exaggeration in this case.
a wildly convoluted plot that's also a classic formula.
brother, who is in fact dead.
(Liz Wisan), falls for Truffaldino on sight, which figures into all the rest somehow.
The 39 Steps on Broadway and teaches physical acting at Yale and Juilliard.
Servant would make a fine introduction to the whole concept of classical theater, minus the serious parts.
A new British adaptation of Goldoni's play recently arrived on Broadway.
The Servant of Two Masters here. It's simply a riot.


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SENATE READY FOR INVESTIGATION
Water shortage hits Metro Cebu, too
By: Dale Israel - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:34 AM March 15, 2019
DRYING UP Alexander Tangaja, his partner Dayanalez Dacayana and their 3-year-old child Angel had to walk for 20 minutes from their house to draw water from the almost dry river of Sitio Paylan in Cebu's City Barangay Bonbon. —JUNJIE MENDOZA
Metro Cebu, like large swaths of Metro Manila, is facing a water shortage even before the dry season has been officially declared.
Water rationing has been implemented in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Lapu-Lapu and the towns of Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela and Cordova because of low supply.
The Senate may have to include Metro Cebu in its investigation of the water shortage in Metro Manila that has sent tempers rising and households reeling, as the problem continues with no apparent end in sight.
Sen. Grace Poe, who chairs the public services committee, is scheduled to hold a hearing on the issue on Tuesday next week.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III also filed a resolution calling for an inquiry.
The water levels at two major dams that supply water to Metro Cebu have receded, forcing a water district here to impose rotating service interruptions.
Water production at Buhisan Dam had dropped from 5,000 cubic meters per day to 1,500 cu. m. per day as of March 13 due to the dry spell, said Charmaine Rodriguez-Kara, Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) spokesperson.
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The same thing happened at Jaclupan Dam where water production went down from 33,000 cu. m. per day to less than 27,000 cu. m.
Kara said the water district had no choice but to impose rotating supply interruptions in its service area.
The MCWD supplies water to 183,000 service connections in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay and Lapu-Lapu and the towns of Consolacion, Liloan, Compostela and Cordova.
As of March 14, water interruption was experienced in elevated areas, mostly those that received water from Buhisan Dam.
These included portions of Barangay Banawa and Horseshoe Drive in Barangay Guadalupe; Barangays Capitol Site, Kamputhaw, Sambag 1 and Sambag 2 as well as on F. Ramos Street in Barangay Cogon, B. Rodriguez Street; Juana Osmeña Street, the pier area, North Reclamation Area, MJ Cuenco Avenue and M. Velez Street.
Downtown Cebu City
Also affected by the service interruptions were downtown Cebu City and elevated areas in Talisay City, which get their water from Jaclupan Dam.
No water rationing was implemented by MCWD in Mandaue and other northern areas covered by MCWD, but residents had complained about low or no water supply at certain hours of the day.
Because the two dams are not producing water at full capacity, MCWD has to rely on groundwater, which accounts for 74,000 cu. m. of the 238,000 cu. m. of the water district's total daily production, according to Kara.
City Agriculturist Apple Tribunalo said 70 percent of the water sources in the mountain barangays of Cebu City had been depleted.
Residents and farmers in upland villages have been forced to go down to the lowlands just to get water.
Poe said the sudden shortage in supply from Manila Water had baffled her. She wanted to get to the bottom of the problem and to know what could be done immediately to address it.
"Manila Water has a lot to explain about this crisis. Three weeks ago, they did not issue any advisory and we did not feel that there would be a shortage. Then all of a sudden, you would wake up and there's no more water?" she said in a statement.
She noted that the water level at Angat Dam, which supplies more than 90 percent of Metro Manila, was normal.
Manila Water cited the dry spell and the dwindling supply at La Mesa Dam for the shortage.
In Malacañang, presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo is not discounting the possibility that the water shortage in parts of Metro Manila is "artificial" and caused by inefficiency and mismanagement.
Panelo said this angle would be investigated as the government looked into the service interruptions suffered by customers of Manila Water. —WITH REPORTS FROM LEILA B. SALAVERRIA, JULIE M. AURELIO AND JEANNETTE I. ANDRADE
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TAGS: Cebu, Poe, Senate probe, shortage, water


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Die Insel der Abenteuer (Originaltitel: Nim's Island) ist ein US-amerikanischer Abenteuerfilm aus dem Jahr 2008. Regie führten die Eheleute Jennifer Flackett und Mark Levin, die gemeinsam mit Joseph Kwong und mit der Produzentin Paula Mazur auch das Drehbuch anhand des Romans Wie versteckt man eine Insel? (Nim's Island) von Wendy Orr schrieben.

Handlung
Der Meeresbiologe Jack Rusoe und seine elfjährige Tochter Nim leben nach dem Tod seiner Frau auf einer einsamen Insel im Südpazifik (20° S, 162° W). Bei einer seiner Expeditionen zu einem entfernten Atoll zieht ein Unwetter auf, in dem Jack in Seenot gerät und zu ertrinken droht. Zu der Zeit allein auf der Insel, lernt Nim im Internet vermeintlich den, aus ihren Lieblingsromanen bekannten, Abenteurer Alex Rover kennen, den sie sehr verehrt. Hinter dem Pseudonym der erhaltenen E-Mail verbirgt sich die Autorin Alexandra Rover, die von dem Forscher auf der Insel erfahren hat und sich von Jack Fachinformationen für ihr aktuelles Buch erhofft. Um die Fragen beantworten zu können, unternimmt Nim eine Exkursion auf den Vulkan der Insel, bei der sie sich leicht verletzt und außerdem ein Schiff beobachtet, das vor Anker geht. Dessen Besatzung untersucht die Insel auf ihre Eignung als Touristenattraktion. Nim hält sie aber für Piraten und trifft Vorbereitungen, die Insel gefährlich erscheinen zu lassen. Alexandra hat inzwischen den Verdacht, statt des Wissenschaftlers ein auf sich allein gestelltes Kind vor sich zu haben. Sie, die sich wegen ihrer Platzangst schon fürchtet, auch nur das Haus zu verlassen, bekommt ein schlechtes Gewissen, ein Kind in gefährliche Situationen gebracht zu haben und für dessen Verletzung verantwortlich zu sein. So fragt sie Nim nach ihrem Alter, und ob sie Hilfe brauche, worauf Nim die Wahrheit schreibt und ihren vermeintlichen Helden bittet, ihr bei der Suche nach ihrem Vater zu helfen.

Alexandra ist um Nims Sicherheit so sehr besorgt, dass sie sich auf Drängen ihrer fiktiven Figur Alex Rover, die ihr in einer Art schizophrener Halluzination ständig erscheint, tatsächlich auf die lange Reise zu Nim macht. Und das, obwohl sich die neurotische Autorin mit ihrer Romanfigur nur den Namen teilt: Die Recherchen für ihre Bücher betreibt sie ausschließlich im Internet, sie hat panische Angst vor Spinnen und Krankheiten und hat ständig Desinfektionsmittel bei sich. Während es Nim gelingt, die ersten Touristen samt Reiseveranstaltern panisch flüchtend zu vertreiben, erreicht Alexandra nach einer abenteuerlichen Reise die Küste der Insel und wird dort von Nim in letzter Sekunde vor dem Ertrinken gerettet. Nim, die einen Abenteurer und Helden als Helfer erwartet hatte, ist von der selbst hilflosen Frau schwer enttäuscht, hilft ihr aber schließlich, auf der Insel zurechtzukommen. In der Zwischenzeit ereilt Jack bei seiner Bemühung, zurück an Land zu kommen, ein Schicksalsschlag nach dem nächsten. Trotzdem schafft er es schließlich, die Insel auf einem Floß zu erreichen, das er aus wenigen Bruchstücken seines havarierten Bootes bauen konnte.

An Land angekommen, ist er von der Schriftstellerin sofort angetan, die sich inzwischen mit seiner Tochter angefreundet hat. Und Alexandra stellt fest, dass Jack exakt so aussieht, wie sie sich ihren eigenen Romanhelden Alex immer so lebhaft vorgestellt hatte. Es folgt der letzte Satz des Films, von Nim in Erzählform gesprochen, dass nun eine neue Geschichte beginnt, von der niemand weiß, wie sie enden wird.

Hintergründe
Der Film wurde von dem Unternehmen Walden Media finanziert. Er wurde im Sommer 2007 auf der Hinchinbrook Island, in Port Douglas (Queensland) sowie in den Warner Roadshow Studios in Oxenford gedreht. Die Produktionskosten betrugen schätzungsweise 37 Millionen US-Dollar. Der Komponist Patrick Doyle nahm die Filmmusik gemeinsam mit dem aus 57 Musikern bestehenden Orchester Hollywood Studio Symphony in Los Angeles auf.

Der Film startete in den australischen Kinos am 3. April 2008 und in den USA am 4. April 2008. Der deutsche Kinostart folgte am 19. Juni 2008. Der Film spielte insgesamt weltweit ca. 100 Millionen US-Dollar ein, darunter ca. 48 Millionen US-Dollar in den Kinos der USA und 4,07 Millionen US-Dollar in Deutschland.

Kritiken
Der Film erhielt gemischte Kritiken und erreichte bei Rotten Tomatoes eine Bewertung von 51 %, basierend auf 101 Kritiken. Bei Metacritic konnte ein Metascore von 55 von 100, basierend auf 24 Kritiken, erzielt werden.

Justin Chang schrieb in der Zeitschrift Variety vom 7. April 2008, die "pittoreske Abenteuerkomödie" kippe schnell unter dem Gewicht des Slapsticks um. Sie sei strikt für Kinder bestimmt. Einige Dialoge seien peinlich, die Actionszenen seien halbherzig. Die Anzahl der Fälle der Produktplatzierungen – darunter für Apple – sei "alarmierend".

Kirk Honeycutt schrieb in The Hollywood Reporter vom 4. April 2008, der Film – anders als Auf der Jagd nach dem grünen Diamanten – habe Probleme damit, eine klare Trennlinie zwischen der realen und der fiktiven Welt der Schriftstellerin zu ziehen. Die Darstellung von Abigail Breslin sei sicher, während jene von Jodie Foster zu viel Slapstick beinhalte. Den Film könne man dennoch auf eine "schmuddelige" Art mögen, seine Charaktere seien einnehmend und nur wenige Erwachsene seien gegenüber den Fantasien aus der Kindheit immun.

Cinema resümiert Fosters Beitrag hingegen: "[…] der Coup dieser modernen Robinsonade ist natürlich Jodie Foster als hysterisches Phobienbündel Alex. Wenn ihr der Slapstick-Ausflug nur halb so viel Spaß gemacht hat wie dem Publikum, dürfte sie eigentlich nur noch Komödien drehen."

Die Berliner Morgenpost vom 19. Juni 2008 schrieb, die Szenen mit Jodie Foster würden wie Fremdkörper wirken, ihre "bis ins Alberne überdrehte Darstellung" – "ein wenig zu kalkuliert". Foster verweise "ständig auf sich selbst", was die "Illusion einer in sich perfekt geschlossenen Fantasie-Welt" zerstöre. Abigail Breslin zeige "erfrischende Unbekümmertheit", die mit der "Trauer der Halbwaisen" vermischt sei.

Fortsetzung
2013 erschien Die Rückkehr zur Insel der Abenteuer (OT: Return to Nim's Island), der auf dem Roman Nim at Sea von Wendy Orr basiert. Statt Abigail Breslin war nun Bindi Irwin in der Rolle der Nim zu sehen, auch Gerard Butler und Jodie Foster wirkten in der Fortsetzung nicht mehr mit. Regie führte Brendan Maher.

Literatur
 Wendy Orr: Wie versteckt man eine Insel? (Originaltitel: Nim's Island). Deutsch von Sabine Ludwig. Mit Zeichnungen von Kerry Millard. Neuausgabe. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag (dtv), München 2008, 155 S., ISBN 978-3-423-71318-4

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IMPHAL, July 8: Manipur Forests and Environment Minister Th Debendra today said the government had identified 29 villages in reserved forest areas of the State where encroachment was reported and 2,799 houses were constructed in the areas.
This paper is based on the empirical findings from the Supervision Mission of a project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The mission visited the two project districts from 3 May to 17 May 2004 and conducted assessment on the on-going programmes in Karbi Anglong District of Assam and Ukhrul District of Manipur. One of the main objectives of the Supervision Mission which the author of this paper is supposed to examine is the socio-cultural dimensions of poverty.


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People Share The Dumbest Reason They've Ever Gotten In Trouble
Thomas Dane
Did I really do that?
We can't always be our best selves every second of everyday. Sometimes our brains malfunction or we just decide to act a fool. And then there are also the times when we are innocent and in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trouble is always around but sometimes trouble is found by the stupidest of ways.
Redditor u/SecondBaseB wanted everyone own up to a few things by asking.... What is the dumbest reason you have gotten in trouble?
Sassy Mail....
Back in the pre-2000 days I had the dial up access to the fairly still new WWW, so obviously my father who had no experience with the matter, needed to check my internet history to be sure I was being safe.
No amount of pleading would convince him that Hotmail was not some sort of porn messaging system. Current_Account
Hands Down....
I got an on campus suspension for fighting when someone punched me in the face and broke my glasses. Vercalos
Had something similar happen to me. I told a kid he was going to be late to class and he turned around and punched me in the face and broke my nose. When we were sitting in the office, I was told we would both get 4 days suspension for "fighting" I pleaded my case that I didn't throw a punch or anything, they said "it didn't matter, a fight is a fight."
I was so pissed I yelled "Fine!" Turned to the kid and just started punching him in the face.
The police officer that had to come and drive me home told me "I don't know if I blame you." MinerOfStarDust
Blow it for the group!
My 6th grade class has a horrible substitute who got mad that we were being so loud (nobody was talking, as it was during reading time; some kids were just pointing out funny pictures in books and giggling). She said something along the lines of, "If it isn't dead silent for the next hour, nobody goes to recess!" Well it was dead silent until about 5 minutes til when one kid sneezed so hard he had to get tissues to clean up he arm. Guess who got recess taken away? Everyone.. 😒😒😒 SaltyMonkeyy
I Coughed.....
I have asthma. In elementary school, there was a lunch period where we weren't allowed to talk, punishment was standing against the wall for the remainder of the period and I think also through recess.
I put my head down to lower temptation to talk. My asthma gives me this occasional cough, so I coughed. Lunch lady thought I talked, told me to go stand.
Later on, a different lunch lady walked up to those of us on the wall, and asked us why we're up there. My answer was "I coughed." Nobody believed me. tuba4lunch
Keep the down.... down apparently....
Once a teacher scolded me for not having lunch money at lunch. When kids don't have lunch the cafeteria makes them a peanut butter sandwich. She glared at me while I ate it like I was some scammer. I bet poor never crossed her head. forthevic
Mommie Dearest...
Scrubbing a spot on the floor. My mom startled me and gave me a spanking before I could explain what I was doing. Once it was over and I explained that I was just moping a spot, she said that I wouldn't have jumped if I wasn't doing anything wrong. Good old abuse. Dr_Julian_Helisent
Not Demerits!
I took sewing as a class in high school. On like the second day of classes, the teacher asked us to take out a special type of chalk that she never actually told us to bring. I mean, the entire class did not have it, but she insists she told us about the class before. Sent us to the Vice principal's office where we all got demerits. My very first demerit. Corbyitoldyouso
Simmer Down Kids....
I went to a Catholic primary school where we would have mass every month. And when I was in 7th grade our class apparently sang one of the songs too passionately so we weren't allowed to go outside for recess for the day. applesaucedayz
Look Forward Dear....
A guy I was friends with stole my bag from next to me and put it outside the classroom door. I go and retrieve it and he yells 'look miss, mystictaco is late to class.' She made me stay behind and I had to explain to her that I had been there the whole time, sitting directly in front of her, in the same seat I'd been sitting in the past 6 months. My two female friends stayed behind with me to try to convince her that the other dude had stolen my bag. MysticTacoDeer
Why Pierce That?
I got sent to the principals office in high school for having my lip pierced... I'd had it for 6 months prior and no one said anything 🤦♀. DisloyalMouse
A mere Mortal....
For not hearing which page of the book we were on and flippig through the book trying to find it.
Made the MORTAL mistake of peeking at my neighbors page number. Teacher stopped the class and then demanded that i pay more attention. Public_Tumbleweed
The Book Kid....
During a Scholastic book fair in elementary school, I was buying books because I loved to read, so much so that I was known as "that book kid." One of my friends didn't have money to buy any books because of his family's financial situation, so I decided that instead of buying another book for myself, I'd give him the like $10 he needed to buy one for himself. Feeling proud of my noble deed, I went to sit down and start reading through one of my books, when a teacher walked over to me and asked me why. I said "Well he wanted a book and had no money, but I had money. So I gave it to him." The teacher somehow got me a detention, and forced my friend to return the $10 I gave to him.
Damn public school teachers and their anti-generosity agendas. OshikuruDemon
Just Breathe....
I received a referral + week of detention back when I was in the 3rd grade because a 6th grader shoved me into the corner of a bench to prevent me from getting the last basketball. I had the air pushed out of my lungs and couldn't breathe or talk at all for a solid 2 minutes. Idiot teacher shows up immediately afterwards, decides I was at fault for whatever reason, and is already starting to write up the referral while I am desperately trying to motion the fact that I can't even fucking breathe. I was crying I thought I was going to die as I was getting absolutely no response from my lungs for what felt like an eternity. Loblocks2
A Bruised Peach.....
First year of middle school, I was getting used to being with all different sorts of people as I had gone to an Honors elementary school that you needed to get accepted into. Anyways, one day I was walking down the hallway when a girl i didn't know at all (who was unmistakably white, like me) walked up to me and asked me what race she was. I was like "uhhh. white??" and she B***H slapped me straight across the face and screamed "I'M PEACH YOU RACIST!" and stormed off. Little to our knowledge, an assistant principle had watched the whole thing from behind... and there I was thinking she was going to get busted for assaulting me. NO?! The AP brings me into her office for verbally assaulting this girl and making a racist comment and I had to sit in ISS for two days. k4dude
Avert your eyes!
In second grade my teacher tried to make me and my friends not be allowed to be friends and also got me in trouble for looking at another student. LilBits1029384756
Oof, I think this happened to me. I had him in all of my classes one year, and we goofed off occasionally, and then we were never in the same class again. Three years, like how? booglebeast
If you say so....
Throwing a piece of paper off a balcony at school. According to the vice principal, I would then maybe throw a pencil, then eraser, binder, backpack and then even a person. And I was just like, "excuse me wtf!" ScreamingGoat25
I love Stouffer's!
I bought the wrong frozen lasagna.
In high school, I was doing the grocery shopping. My dad mentioned he wanted lasagna, so I grabbed a Stouffer's frozen lasagna. When he ate it, he was unhappy with how little meat it contained, and screamed at me for a good 10 minutes. He had never told me that he didn't like that brand, or what brand he would have preferred - he just told me to buy a lasagna.
For years, well after I moved out and went to college, he'd occasionally bring up what a stupid idiot I am for buying a Stouffer's lasagna. It's one of the more minor reasons that I cut him out of my life. steel_jasminum
Silence!
I dropped my pencil on the ground and someone picked it up for me and I said, "Thanks." My teacher yelled at me for talking and I got super embarrassed. hiwhatisupbros
The Squeal....
I have a fairly high-pitched voice for a man and growing up it was even worse. People always think I'm a woman on the phone and when I laugh I still sound like a little girl at 27 years old. Anyway, when I was in grade five we had a substitute one day. He asked a question and I raised my hand to answer. When I answered the question the substitute told me to stop talking like Micky Mouse. This went back and forth for a while with me trying to convince this guy that I was using my real voice. He was having none of it and I got sent to the principle (who had known me for years). When the principle asked me why I was there and I explained myself he just laughed and walked me back to class.
Curse this voice of mine. retrospect26
Mrs. Livermore is Cray....
I passed a note in class to my friend saying "don't upset Mrs. Livermore she's in a stressy mood." Obviously it was intercepted and I was kept behind after lessons.
It was years and years ago. I still think about how dumb that was of me. JustLouu