Dude, I highly doubt there are tens of millions of non-native speakers who speak perfect English. My parents came to the US at 27, have lived here over 20 years, and still can't speak good English. And they both have multiple college degrees and have had the benefit of corporate programs, private teachers, etc.

I loved high school.

That is such a high school mentality @_@

She's standing for her right to wear what she wants without the shit being judged out of her. She's calling out concern-trollers. She's standing up for the right of a woman to be geeky and stand in a male-dominated space without interrogations to her legitimacy and right to be there and be geeky.

I concur. As a long-time frequenter of The City, people are quick to anger but also quick to help. And more passionate all-around doing anything.

On the other side of the spectrum, I bled for like the first 50 fucking times I had sex. Yeah :/

1. It's his job to write these horrible things

Calling people "gingers" makes us sound worldly and we have foreign friends? Sweeeet...

But in this case it's not her agency. If a woman wants to be sexy, more power to her. But especially in the way you phrased it, it is for the benefit of the male gaze that women were "allowed" and "encouraged" (two very problematic words, btw) to be sexy and powerful.

Yup. No one is less impressive than when they feel the need to impress with their credentials rather than their points.

Hey, that's how I tell white people apart!

How about, a lack of empathy, combined with with a sense of entitlement and rage that you're not getting "what you deserve"? A desire for violence of release, a need to exert control. The knowledge that you can likely get away with it?

Even if they're weighted, above a 4.0 doesn't warant valedictorian status.

I'm glad she's getting all these opportunities, and both the school and the police acted reprehensibly, but one thing in her post really bothers me:

Also: isn't that the best way to learn? By making mistakes and gauging other people's reactions. Your parents should have the right to control what you wear to a large extent, but it is none of anyone else's business, which is what I take issue with. (If your dad couldn't control what you wore, that is still between…

My point was that intentions don't have any effect on the results: boys are distracted.

It was meant in defense of Cassie and her saying the girl isn't a genius so much as lucky. She was pretty spot-on in her description of how high school research actually works, and did not come off badly enough to warrant the takedown you wrote.

Did you mean to reply to me or to luckymc44?

Yup. But I work in the sciences, and in academia especially formalwear is kinda frowned upon.

I'd ban sexually graphic clothing along with anything with racial slurs, homophobic slogans etc. For the same reasons.