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50 Random Thank Yous To My Wonderful Parents

Without you, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

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Apr 10, 2019

Ball State University

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50 Random Thank Yous To My Wonderful Parents

Anna Zanin

1. Raising me to be a strong, independent woman.

2. Being there for me when no one else was.

3. Teaching me what real love is.

4. Being a prime example of a healthy marriage.

5. Raising me to have respect for myself and others.

6. Showing me compassion.

7. Teaching me that good things come to those that are patient and work hard for it.

8. Taking care of me when I'm sick.

9. Making food for me.

10. Working to support our family.

11. Doing your best to empathize with me even when you couldn't really understand.

12. Listening to me when I needed someone.

13. Supporting me in my passions.

14. Pushing me to continue reaching for my dreams.

15. Having faith in me and my abilities.

16. Being so open minded and trusting with my pursuits in life.

17. Being strong when I couldn't be.

18. Giving me a shoulder to cry on.

19. Being there to support me through my most wonderful successes.

20. Also, being there to support me through my most devastating failures.

21. Driving me to dance class, to voice lessons, to school, and home. (etc)

22. Standing by to let me have my own experiences even when you were worried that my heart would get broken.

23. Being there to pick up the pieces afterwards.

24. Leading me through emotional healing processes.

25. Giving me hugs & snuggles even as I got older.

26. Wanting the best for me.

27. Never abandoning me.

28. Dealing with me at my worst.

29. Bonding with me at my best.

30. Blessing me with both of your most beautiful traits.

31. Teaching me how to accept and handle the traits I've been given that aren't the most shiny.

32. Teaching me that my vulnerability is my strength.

33. Proving to me that when there's a will, there's a way.

34. Holding my hand when I thought I couldn't make it through.

35. Welcoming people that have meant a lot to me into your life, even if they ended up hurting me in the end.

36. On that same token, teaching me forgiveness.

37. Unconditionally loving me for all that I am, imperfections and all.

38. And from that, leading me through the process of truly loving myself.

39. Calming my fears when they were at their most tumultuous.

40. Going to see so many musicals.

41. Being a dance mom/dad.

42. Understanding that I don't want your fancy food; I only want chicken nuggets.

43. Teaching me how to give a really good hug.

44. Showing me how to give people the benefit of the doubt.

45. Watching the One Direction movie with me over.. and over.. and over again.

46. Dealing with my sass when you didn't deserve it.

47. Teaching me that you don't deserve my sass. ;)

48. Accepting my love for the performing arts even when you were definitely expecting me to play softball, or something a little more conventional.

49. Listening to the Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack with me over.. and over.. and over.. and OVER again.

50. Teaching me that love beats all.

Syllabus Week As Told By Kourtney Kardashian

Feeling Lost During Syllabus Week? You're Not Alone!

University of Iowa

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Winter break is over, we're all back at our respective colleges, and the first week of classes is underway. This is a little bit how that week tends to go.

The professor starts to go over something more than the syllabus

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You get homework assigned on the first day of class

There are multiple group projects on the syllabus

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You learn attendance is mandatory and will be taken every class

Professor starts chatting about their personal life and what inspired them to teach this class

Participation is mandatory and you have to play "icebreaker games"

Everybody is going out because its 'syllabus week' but you're laying in bed watching Grey's Anatomy

Looking outside anytime past 8 PM every night of this week

Nobody actually has any idea what's happening this entire week

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Syllabus week is over and you realize you actually have to try now...or not

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Now it's time to get back into the REAL swing of things. Second semester is really here and we all have to deal with it.

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Lifestyle

Signs You Worked At Panera Bread In High School

Chips, apple or bread?

Ithaca College

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Whether you specialized in ringing people up or preparing the food, if you worked at Panera Bread it holds a special place in your heart. Here are some signs that you worked at Panera in high school.

1. You own so many pairs of khaki pants you don’t even know what to do with them

Definitely the worst part about working at Panera was the uniform and having someone cute come in. Please don’t look at me in my hat.

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Politics and Activism

7 Ways to Make Your Language More Transgender and Nonbinary Inclusive

Making the world safer through language.

University of Pittsburgh

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7 Ways to Make Your Language More Transgender and Nonbinary Inclusive

With more people becoming aware of transgender and non-binary people, there have been a lot of questions circulating online and elsewhere about how to be more inclusive. Language is very important in making a space safer for trans and non-binary individuals. With language, there is an established and built-in measure of whether a place could be safe or unsafe. If the wrong language is used, the place is unsafe and shows a lack of education on trans and non-binary issues. With the right language and education, there can be more safe spaces for trans and non-binary people to exist without feeling the need to hide their identities or feel threatened for merely existing.