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5 minutes ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

well you get 6 or seven weeks right? some countries have like over two months! that's like 9 weeks!

9 weeks?! Smh, I would have forgotten how to write by then. Yup, seven or six weeks hoilday. -high fives in united Britishness-

[School (that one thing nobody wants)]

8 minutes ago, Renio? said:

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Kindergarten, 5. Grade 1, 6. Grade 2, 7. Grade 3, 8. Grade 4, 9. Grade 5, 10. Grade 6, 11. Grade 7, 12. Grade 8, 13.

huh, it's quite different here, thanks for telling me though, I've been hella confused.

7 minutes ago, Renio? said:

Yes. EAs. It stands for Educational Assistant.

Nice. Idk if that's the right thing to say, but oh well.

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1 minute ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

*le gasp*

I admire you

 

I wake up at like 8 ish on the weekends. its just ingrained in my dna to get up early. also I physically cannot nap (its really weird I just cant ive tried so many times) so altogether?

I probably dont get enough sleep

Sometimes I wake up 7ish on the weekend, because my body is like 'aight time for school' and then- I am sad. :..(

Also,  let's go back to the holiday thing real quick- what are these dudes getting for hoildays? Because summer hoildays are long, luxurious, and the sun sometimes comes out. Nothing can change my mind. Unless they get like 4 months hoilday or smh.

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12 hours ago, heyitsgeorgie said:

okay in a last ditch effort to get this back on topic,

 

there are now three people online

am i the only british person who gets up at like 7 so i have loads of time to do crap in the morning like this?? smh

I am British person, I get up before 7, leave at 8 for school, therefor no time. But on weekends- I sleep till 10 or 11ish. Shh. 12 hours is probably healthy?

[School (that one thing nobody wants)]

11 hours ago, Renio? said:

I'm all for explaining Canadian school stuff.

Grades? well that's weird. We don't get As or Bs or Ds or- you get it. Instead, we have numbers. 1 means "go die in a ditch you've learned 0 things". Not really, but I'm sure that's how it feels if someone gets 1. Then there's 2, which means "you did not okay". And 3 means "YOUR GOOD AT THIS!" And 4, "AMAZING!!". now let's try 4+, "HOLY HECKERS YOU DID THE BEST OF THE BEST!!". And well we get graded on how we did on tests and stuff. We also have this part on our report card which is like weird. I don't want to explain that part.

Kindergarten?...I HATE CHILDREN

middle school? 

My school has around 650 people in it (counting EAs). 

For less important tests we get percents, for more important ( ex. exams, year test, stuff for reports, etc ) we do get As, Bs, Cs. 

What age are you when, for example, you're in 5th grade? 

EAs? 

 

[School (that one thing nobody wants)]

14 hours ago, Goggles-kun said:

less than 200 kids that attend

 

15 hours ago, Rogue Male said:

 (prob less) 100 students.

m'dudes. These schools are smaller than the number of pupils in my year. My school has well over 1000 students. And trust. Me. Queueing for lunch is not fun. Nor is sharing a bathroom with 2 year groups, three small stalls, and approximately 500 students. Literally there is no privacy, you have to go well out of school grounds if you want your lunch in peace.

 

Also- would someone care to explain the American / Canadian schooling system? Grades? Middle school? Kindergarten?  Freshman? Juniors? 

[May 2019 Art contest]

Is breaking the rules to outline in white? I can't really see the lines when they're black; the base colour is to dark. Also is the two submission thing still allowed? Yikes, sorry for the questions.

[Autism.]

On 5/7/2019 at 12:59 AM, SilverTheNicheling said:

I guess I’m just a confident winner :))

Better now. 

[May 2019 Art contest]

Can I join please? Sounds fun. >:D

[Autism.]

7 minutes ago, pebbleheart said:

i recently read a book where the protagonist had a little brother with autism, and went on a trip to france. Genre: YA Romance It's called On the Spectrum by Jennifer Gold

Never heard of it, was it good?

[Autism.]

My friend has a little brother who's autistic and he wants to marry me.

Great.

4 minutes ago, Renio2490 said:

Okay, Imma say it in white text.

My friend has a little brother who's autistic and he wants to marry me.

Great.

My friend once jokingly said whilst round at my house that if I didn’t know the nian-cat (spelling? Where?) theme I wasn’t her friend anymore. My brother overheard and started wailing because he thought she was talking to her, and he gets super upset about fighting in any type of relationship (He considers her his friend aswell). My friend apologised and he got over it. 

[Autism.]

5 minutes ago, Lilytuft said:

I don't know much about autism. I did read a couple of chapters from a  book my mom was reading. It was a book written autistic people telling about their experiences.

Some boys in my class call eachother autistic. Seems pretty offensive to actually autistic people

A good book on autism ( it might of been of been Asperger’s syndrome actually) is a ‘The Dead Dog In The Nightime.’ Or something like that. It was a good and easy to understand read, and I found it quite insightful .

You don’t want to hear what boys in my class call each other, it’s extremely disrespectful and I am not comfortable saying it.

[Autism.]

9 minutes ago, angelheart said:

Yes, that's the right word usage.

 

Right? Some idiots don't actually know that if we don't stim, we can actually become more likely to die??

Stimming is like a tap! A build up of chemicals in our brain cause us to stim (turning the tap on and letting water out), and keeping the chemicals stuck in can cause the brain to quite literally eat itself (the tap rusting from not being used). 

Your really good at metaphor-ing, lol. I wish the world was less judgemental, I think it would put a lot of people with disorders/disabilities (and people without) at ease to know that their every move wouldn’t  be used against them, as it sometimes seems so today.

[Autism.]

2 minutes ago, angelheart said:

Correct! Ableist people (people who discriminate against people with disabilities or disorders) tend to use 'low' and 'high' for how messy or clean somebody's 'attic' is. 

However, we are all the same level- we all have the same attic, it's just how a person reacts to how messy it is that denotes how they are 'classified'. 

 

For example, my attic would be pretty clean compared to others, because I tend to show stimming (which is what we do when we have a build up of emotions, such as stomping on the ground or fiddling with something that we are holding) outwards-ly. However, because my stimming is subtle, I would be classified as 'high-functioning'. 

However, somebody with an even cleaner attic might be called 'low-functioning' because their stimming might be more 'flashy' (such as audio stimming, like humming or yelling lyrics). 

I was looking for word to describe this and I think stimming would be it. A guy in my class who is very honest about the fact he is autistic often ‘stims’ (right word usage?) in class by shaking his hands, legs and head rapidly.. Some idiots in my class think this is funny and looks like- don’t know a pg way to put it, so just fill in the gap I suppose. And it’s horrible that they compare stimming to that and make fun of him.

 

[Autism.]

Hm, that’s a cool way to put it- I guess some attics are messier/cleaner than others.

[Autism.]

6 minutes ago, angelheart said:

Yes, it can come in a few forms! Your brother has Echolalia, which is a form of it. 

For some people (me included), imagine like somebody is a sped up video. We see you speaking, and then we hear you, except the audio is faster. Thus, we might take a few seconds to 'decode' it. Sometimes, we miss words altogether, and might ask you to repeat whatever you're saying. ^^ 

Huh, that’s so interesting! Honestly I could write for days about people that mock autism/other disabilities, it really gets to me.

[Autism.]

13 minutes ago, angelheart said:

 

~Gross Alert~

Edit: Another thing, which (although not part of my Autism, is linked!) is potentially Pica- which is defined as 'an eating disorder that involves eating items that are not typically thought of as food and that do not contain significant nutritional value'. I, for one, have a habit of eating blood. 

Wow, the more you mention these things, the more I can recognise them in people I know. 

[Autism.]

1 minute ago, angelheart said:

(the correct term is non-neurotypical FYI  ) 

I'm Autistic! ^^

Specifically, my form of autism alters my hearing, catching/writing skills (motor co-ordination) and senses (specifically smell and touch). 

 

For example- imagine you are catching or throwing a ball. Now make this ball go three times faster, and you also don't know where it's coming from; that's about as bad as it might get, haha! ^^' 

My hearing is sharper, but I also find it harder to understand things if they are said to me. Thus, I prefer to read things. 

Some smells or textures can actually cause me mental harm.

Ah, thanks for correcting me!

My brother has motor co-ordination difficulties, luckily his school has really helped him progressed; when he was 5 his teacher gave him a tray of beads I believe and a peg, and he was rewarded for being dexterous. I think he has improved but can still be a little shaky at times.

When you say you find it harder to understand things, do you mean like processing it? I often see my friend struggling to process conversations and my brother has been known to loudly repeat conversations whilst in the bathroom alone.

I’ve heard about the smells and textures thing, sounds pretty awful.

[Autism.]

1 minute ago, Renio2490 said:

I don't want to sound mean or rude about autism with anything I say.

Pancakes

As long as your not trying to be mean/rude or are very insensitive, I reckon it’s fine to comment.

Pancakes are low-key tasty though. Had one today, then was craving more.

[Autism.]

2 minutes ago, Renio2490 said:

Heh.

I don't want to say anything to be safe.

Yeah I get that, lol. Better safe than sorry. 

[Autism.]

So like, if this can stay respectful topic that would be great. 

Autism. Yeah. If you don’t know what autism is, check out this information from the NHS. —> https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/ 

I just think it might be a nice thing to share experiences about, for example if you have autism or know someone with autism. I’m not autistic but my close family members and close friends for 5+ years are autistic. It’s not all that rare, and ranges in severity, my brother was diagnosed before he was 5, whilst my friend being diagnosed a couple years ago. If you want to vent about your struggles as a non-neurotypical (sorry if I’m still using it wrong.) or just talk about it. I’m all ears. 

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12 hours ago, MelonNicheling said:

I used to play mobile edition before I got a good computer, but it was laggy and bad. But you could customize hair length.

Yeah, it's definitely a better game on a computer and totally worth buying. To be honest, I think prefer watching your hair grow, lol.

[Art Contest - April 2019]

2 hours ago, angelheart said:

I don't want to accuse anybody, but?

This is the artist that @AspenWhisper is stealing art from, as far as I'm aware. You can see the watermark (attached below) on the art that @AspenWhisper posted.   

 

Huh, I just did a quick google search on cyarin, and this is what I got. Unless AspenWhisper is cyarin? Unlikely though.

 

[What Are You Doing?]

Scrolling through the forums and thinking about my bed, looking forwards to uninterrupted sleep for the first time in awhile.

[Anyone heard of Ark: Survival Evolved?]

I play mobile edition. The graphics / some games features are worse, but it's got the main things. It's free and runs smoothly (for me at least). I'm rubbish at single player, I usually just play on the unoffial servers to chat and do other's wishings. Don't ask it makes me and them happy.