#17249 How did everyone do in Carver's 1010 bio Exam 1

#17247 Ok so I was reading the posts about the whole 'to spank or not to spank' issue, and I have come to a conclusion. Whether you spank your child or not is up to you, it's a matter of when correction becomes abuse that there is a problem. It is ok to discipline your child when they have done wrong, it is not ok to take out your anger on a child and call it discipline. Spanking is ok, beating the shit out of a kid is NOT ok. Gibb smacking your kid is ok(when the situation calls for it), holding them down and threatening to remove body parts is NOT ok. I have personally come from an abusive household and these are the lines I am going to have to figure out where to draw. Everyone is different and there is no way to be the perfect parent. A child should be taught to respect their parent, not to fear them. Physical punishment should be saved for last, but some kids just don't listen to timeouts and need the extra 'right hand of punishment' sometimes. I know I'm gonna get some flak for this but seriously people...there is no specific instructions on raising kids. So whether you spank or not, is it really any of your business how someone else raises their kid?

#17246 I must confess...I am missing the 90s Nickelodeon...had some of the best shows. Kenan and Kel, All That, GUTS!, CatDog, Rocket Power, Hey Arnold, Rugrats, etc. Thank God for Internet and Amazon Prime.

#17245 I went on a date with a girl and took her to a nice restaurant in Nashville. She orders a shrimp cocktail and several drinks. I ask for the check, and the waiter places the check in front of me. Not in front of her or the middle of the table, in front of me. A look of horror comes across the girl's face. I reach for the check and place my credit card inside. She begins to tremble as tears well up in her eyes. I can tell she is paralyzed by fear of the oppression she is experiencing. I chauvinistically place the check with the credit card on the table in front of me, daring her to do something about it. The power of my oppression of this woman surges through my body as I lean back in my seat and stare directly at her. She is shaking with fright, the oppression strangling her voice away. The waiter returns to take the check away. All is lost to her now. Men at other tables begin to stand up and clap. Women all over the restaurant begin to shriek and cry. I feel my erect penis lift the tablecloth. I ask my date, "Did you enjoy your dinner?" "Y-yes... Thank you," she says behind a mask of tears. I lean forward with a devious, patriarchal smile spreading across my face and I tell her, "It was my privelege."

#17243 I confess that I really want to try out for the dance team and go to the first clinic tomorrow, but I haven't danced in months and I only have about 4 years experience in high school. I want to be on the team so badly, but I'm afraid that I will be completely different than everyone else. Any advice or comments from anyone especially team members would be great.

#17244 When will tickets be handed out for the SOLO concert?

#17241 Once again, right as something starts to get nice, or all falls apart. Why am I always going to people that aren't ready for a relationship? Why am I always letting myself get this fucked up from simple shit? Why haven't I learned something yet.

#17242 Speaking of the spanking confession, I personally will not spank my kids. I grew up in a household where it was "Spank first, don't ask questions later." Spanking was always done with a belt. There were a few times I got slapped in the face. I stopped getting spanked around 12 or 13. I definitely had developmental problems and would cry all the time. I developed serious anger issues that I'm still trying to fight. I would've made a comment about this and about the resentment I have towards my parents despite loving them, but they both follow the page. I'm very timid, have low body image and confidence, and I've never been in a relationship. I'm not very close with my parents. These are all issues I'm trying to fix.