u/BetLeft2840

I remember my stepdad used to grab me by the arm and throw me in my room and jam the door with a towel. Sometimes, he'd twist my arm so hard it'd hurt. He wouldn't explain what I'd done wrong. It seemed completely random to me. He would never explain why he was angry. Its like a flip would switch on in his head and he'd lash out. Even my mom could never figure out when he'd blow up. Eventually I started disobeying on purpose as I felt like I was "getting back" at the adults. Even now, I frequently feel anger and suspicion towards authority figures.

Since my parents punished me, I knew I was bad. Since I was bad, I knew I was going to go to Hell. In my mind there were bad people who did bad things and good people who did good things. I couldn't wrap my mind around the idea I could do good things if I was bad or bad things if I was good. Since I knew I was bad I assumed everything I did was bad and I was destined for Hell.

Are Buddhists stories of tamed nature spirits metaphors for taming the unwholesome elements of the mind? Has this ever been discussed?

There are a few local offices I'm interested in working at. Should I go introduce myself in person?

Eight demerits before a consequence happens and then escalation to the most severe consequence is poorly thought out. First of all, very young children like Anya need an immediate consequence for bad behavior as they are not future focused. By the time expulsion occurs, the child has had zero real consequences before the school brings down the hammer. In addition, there are no behavioral interventions. We see Damian bullying Anya and Anya socking him silly-normal kindergarten/first grade stuff. Ideally, both children would be sat down and the teacher would discuss their behavior with them and alternative better behaviors. We don't see that happening or anything that could realistically be considered discipline or correcting behavior other than the demerit system which depends on children considering consequences in the future, something they are developmentally incapable of.

The background of my sci-fi story is that in the deep time of several Galactic civilizations godlike beings who called or called themselves Devas and Nagas visited and uplifted several races spreading spiritual ideas as part of a war against an evil entity they kept bound. The Nah'Kar ( Children of the Nagas in their own language) in particular were chosen to guard the area this evil entity was bound. Since this happened eons before my story takes place I have not clarified the Devas and Nagas aree highly advanced once material beings that spiritually ascended or were actual, bona fide Gods ( the characters themselves don't know). I'm fascinated by Hindi and Buddhist religions and am trying not to be disrespectful.

Japan is well-known for anime, but I wonder is kabuki still popular?

Sometimes I think about the time my stepfather put a lighter near my face or pulled a knife on me and feel disturbed.

After bumbling into space, they accidentally crashed on that planet. They suffer brain damage from generations of inbreeding.