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I am mainly looking to get internships the next round for summer after my sophomore year. I want a decent resume going into it format-wise. Content-wise, I know it’s not the best, but I am for sure going to improve it as much as humanly possible! I preferably would want to work/intern with the government somehow if that does anything.
I’m actually so mad about this. I am a freshman AE major, and I had a job for three years prior to this. They suddenly closed down two weeks ago, leaving me without a job.
I didn’t care because I had already been told by TWO PEOPLE that I could work under them over the summer if I wanted to as an intern of sorts, and BOTH OF THEM pulled out at the last minute. They work for two totally different, unrelated companies. Now, I’m left with nothing. I actually am so annoyed because now I’m going to be doing nothing for the rest of the summer unless I can manage to get a part time job (which is proving easier said than done by not getting a single call after seven applications).
I (20M) am from a biracial family. My mother was born in Kenya, my father was born in Germany. I am one of five kids (the youngest), and I have blonde hair and blue eyes! I do not look mixed at all, and mostly just look like a tan German man. My mother’s side of the family did not like the idea of her marrying a white man, and when I was born (looking very German and very little Kenyan) my mother’s side of the family disowned my mother for giving birth to a “white son” after years of fights over my appearance. As a result, my father turned to drugs due to the constant ridicule that he received from my mother’s side of the family before they disowned her and guilt after they disowned her, which eventually led to my parents’ divorce.
I would like to preface this by saying I know they are over 18 and adults and can make their own choices, but I would still like to try and help as best as I can as a single father. I also acknowledge I screwed up by letting it get this bad, nobody has to point that out because I am well aware.
My daughter (21) has always been bossy. She has always been sassy, had a little attitude, and could always come off rough especially if you did not know her. Before she was born, my wife and I did not want a second a kid; however, after she was born, we thought maybe another kid might be good for her after seeing her personality. Here comes my son: a quieter, more mild and polite kid (now 19). His older sister was bossy toward him, leading him to feel a certain way as he got older due to the fact that his sister always ran the show despite my best efforts to make it equal. I have had my fair share of talks with her about this, but nothing has changed over the years. Despite this, they always had a stable relationship until recent years.
The downfall in their relationship really began when my son started to succeed academically, socially, and athletically. He went away to college and has been working very hard towards his dreams. His sister did not go away to college and went to a local school for what she deemed a "not as impressive" major as my son, had a few bumps in the road socially, and never did sports a day in her life (which is perfectly okay! I never did sports either). Now, every time my son comes home from college, she always says a lot of snarky comments to him. Some example comments are about how he is being a mooch because his college costs more, and how he better not mess up while away at college because he is the favorite, and even calls him incompetent if he cannot do something (she has said this when he was unable to cook dinner as well as she could). She has laughed at him for asking for help, but she also demands help at the slightest inconvenience.
She does this every time he is on break, and makes at least one comment a day to him about it. I do not have favorites, never claimed to have favorites, and always treated them as fairly as I possibly could. I can see how these comments are affecting him, but whenever I ask him about it, he always says he is fine since he does not want to admit that something is wrong with him. Any advice on how I can help him out a little?
I told my grandpa I wanted a job with the government out of college and he smiles widely and goes “Wait! I know what you can do!”, proceeds to take out an almanac from God knows where, and tells me to mail this in to get my guide on how to get a job. He was dead serious too. He is not the most “technologically advanced” man if you can’t tell.
So, some background. I am the father to a son who is currently in college. He just finished his first year away, and I noticed that, over the course of the year, he has drastically changed. I know all kids change when they go away to college, but something is just off.
My son was always a very bright kid with a big personality. Always smiling, doing sports, getting straight A's, and always had a good work ethic. When he was younger, he used to neve except anything less than perfect: he always wanted top grade or he felt like a failure. As he aged, he started to become content with his grades as long as he knew he tried his best. Fast forward, he asked if he could go away to college, and I agreed.
He is at a very prestigious university with a large workload, and I see some of the old tendencies coming back but he will not admit it. I see on our Life360 that he is out until ungodly hours into the night at the library, I have noticed he became more monotonous and lost his personality, and I even noticed scratch marks up and down his arms which were a tell-tale sign of when he was stressed back when he was younger since scratching at his arms was his coping mechanism. His grades are all straight A's, but I cannot help but wonder what these grades are costing him in terms of health and wellbeing.
He came back to home almost like a robot: he never speaks unless spoken to and it almost seems like he has no life behind his eyes. This is such a stark difference since he was always so social, hanging out with friends, the life of the party among his friend group, and now it seems like his battery is just completely empty of everything. I have tried to talk to him, but he always denies it. Him denying is not out of the ordinary, since he was always the type of kid to not admit when something was wrong, not wanting to seem weak.
I am a single father, a construction worker, and do not make a ton of money. I never went to college, and know absolutely nothing about this realm of life. Can anybody give me any ideas on how I can help him? I am starting to become worried for him since I can tell he is not happy either. Him and I had a very close relationship prior to him leaving, so I might be able to get something out of him, but I do not want to scare him away. Any advice?
Honestly, whenever I look it up, there is a wide range of prices. Not too sure which prices I should believe, so I hope I can get some insight! Not expecting a ton, honestly just curious.
Thought this was an interesting piece of history since this was when factories actually started implementing safety standards.
Sorry the photos are not in the Goodwill.
For those who will inevitably ask why I bought it, my mother really wanted it so I bought it for her as part of a Mother’s Day gift.
Edit: Would also like to mention there was only 1 sticker on the base of the item, not one on each piece.
I am an aerospace engineering student at a rather small school. I struggle as most people inevitably do in my major, but I am always terrified to go to office hours. Not because I’m scared a professor is going to do anything there, it’s just the idea of it: speaking 1 on 1 with a teacher like that just makes me nervous.
I guess it was drilled into me at a young age to not speak to teachers in a personal manner like some do in office hours, and I know this is different since it’s college, but I just always feel so awkward. It’s only with a teacher, though. I am fine with bosses and other people in authority, but not teachers/professors.
Even outside of office hours, I honestly do not speak to any of my professors. I also have not really connected with/been interested in any professors or their work in a manner that would warrant me to want to learn more, leading to my lack of interaction with them.
I am only a freshman currently and want to try to end this habit for next year once I start more major related classes. Any advice?
Sorry this is the only photo I can provide: it is from my mom who is not the best at technology.
Backstory: these are from my late father who was very much into all things NASA. We have this huge collection of envelopes with many first day of issue stamps/space related stamps of all of these NASA missions. All of his collection is in that photo. It ranges from the late 60s-90s. Curious as to if this is worth anything, though I’d never sell since it was my father’s.
I was awarded it, had a job, and knew I would not be getting it next year due to changing financial circumstances; hence, I did not do any volunteer hours. I also did not want it next year so I could focus on school. Now, a week before the year ends, my boss emailed me saying I have to get it no matter what, even if means sacrificing time to study for finals. I asked why, and they said because it’s required to get it next year, but I don’t want it next year. So what happens???
