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For context, I'm 16 and I'm about to be a senior in high school. And I really am trying to get a job in the summer because if I am able to get one I can apply for a half day the following year.

So my parents forced me to go roller skating even though I made it clear to them that I did not want to go. So when we arrive they paid for my skates anyway. So I asked the staff if they were hiring and they said they were hiring (And by the looks of it they were heavily understaffed). And I got a job application.

So normally my parents are really busy all the time. And it's not entirely their fault like I know they try their best but when it comes to job applications on physical paper. Usually it would take them like a week or two to be able to bring me to that same place where I got the job application from.

Normally this wouldn't be an issue. However, I've had several instances where it would take them weeks to a month to be able to take me to the same area that I got my job application only to find out that it's been taken by people who submitted their applications earlier. Which I find very irritating.

Since I'm really desperate for a job made up my mind that I would just fill it out there so then I can get it turned in as soon as possible and the general manager would be able to look at my application sooner. And for the first 45 minutes of skating. My dad was especially visibly upset because he comes over and he says " we paid for your skates so you better skate" even though I already told them beforehand, I didn't want to and I just told him I needed to finish something. So he grabs my job application and just looks at it and then he says okay fine.

I ended up having fun that day and did end up skating but I just find it really annoying that they were the ones rushing me when they paid for my skates when I told them not to. So AITAH?

So currently I'm 16 and about to enter my senior year in high school and for one of my passion projects I thought it would be a nice idea to mix my passion for climate change and music and make it into a music festival where the money raised from tickets would be donated towards projects related to cleaning up oceans (like the ocean clean up). And currently I want to have the festival sometime in August of 2027. Where that would be my last month before going off to college and currently. I have a few things I've taken into consideration.

For the budget, I plan on getting sponsorships. However, any advice as to how I can accrue a budget for this festival (at an already established venue (would be greatly appreciated!)

I have a few other things I've planned out and tried planning out. However, for the sake of this post I won't type everything down but just in general. Any advice or things that I should consider or do would be greatly appreciated!

So currently I'm forming a band and while I'm struggling to find members at the moment, I figured what I could do in the meantime is try to figure out how to build a stage presence while I wouldn't be the vocalist (although I do enjoy singing and would like to do it at some point) I would mainly be the guitarist and I was wondering what are things that I could work on that would help me have a decent stage presence. Some ideas I was thinking were maybe doing like funny parodies before the show starts and I've just come up with funny ideas of stuff that could be done on stage however. Any advice or criticism would greatly be appreciated!

So I recently made a post in the Christianity forum discussing why I think abortion should be legal and I'm curious where my argument went wrong:

Basically what I stated was that there's too many medical issues in addition to reasons why women get abortions and I listed a couple examples including what the definition of murder is, which is the unjust termination of a human life And this is a general summary of the responses I got so I'm curious to know people's thoughts:

"What kind of argument is this?"

"The Bible is clear on the stances of abortion"

"Satan is working within you if you believe such nonsense"

"The morality gets iffy the closer you get to ethical considerations but it's easier to stand completely against abortion"

I'll admit I probably could have provided better sources as to the definition of murder. However, I'm curious from a more open Christian perspective on where my argument went wrong And how to approach this biblically and from a scientifically based standpoint

So for context, I'm forming a band and I haven't found members yet. However, I'm currently working on a list of songs that I want to learn, so then I can practice on my own time and get better. I'm thinking on adding additional resources for tutorials on how to sing and play the song in drums and bass since given that I'm still in high school (rising senior) there aren't a lot of pro musicians in my grade. So should I add these tutorials?

So for context, I was born in America and I live in a devout Christian household and I've been a Christian my entire life. I'm recently deconstructing and learning more about what's outside of my belief system and I also find Middle Eastern and Islamic culture very fascinating (I also am starting to learn Arabic as I'm a language enthusiast) I've often seen a lot of anti islam and anti Muslim propaganda and I've seen a lot of her cruel things said and being a Christian I have never really been educated about Islam and I would like to learn and kind of just understand really what Islam is from a genuine perspective and not just what some random hateful speech people are spewing online.

For context, I'm 16F I've always wanted to learn how to sing. However, when signing up for lessons, my mom told me that I could only stick to guitar since I've been playing for about a year now and she will be too busy to add any more instruments to my schedule (lessons, etc). I'm not upset about this, However I want to know if there's any ways I can practice at home to get better I've never really taken any official lessons. I used to run cross country so that's helped my endurance and I also have a very loud and projected voice (not sure if that does anything) but any advice would be appreciated!!

For context, currently I am 16F and I started figure skating at 14 just a few days before my 15th birthday. And I made fast progress. I started with learn to skate but I feel like what they were teaching me compared to what I could have been learning was a very big gap so I took private lessons and I started to get pretty good considering I'd only been skating for a few months at that time.

And had my three basic jumps Waltz toe loop and salchow (My spins on the other hand were severely lacking ) And I was in the process of learning my loop and Lutz however, school and cross country got in the way so I told myself that after that ended I would be able to start skating. However, I am not the only child in the house. I have two siblings, both of which who have extracurriculars. However, my sisters is the one that I find gets in the way the most because she does cheerleading

So because of this several months have gone by and I've barely been able to go to the rink so much so that it would be so much as a miracle if I could even go once a week. However, currently in the summer and I want to start skating again. My mom is considering getting a skating club membership, however I don't see how good that'll do if she's barely able to take me to the rink is it too late to restart again? I plan to also continue off ice training so then I can build my skills off the ice even if I can't do on ice

For context, I'm forming my own band at 16 and I need members currently. I've been told many times that the best way to find people is through going to local shows additionally I've also been wanting to support my local music community and there's a show tomorrow if I want to be able to establish connections while also just enjoying my time there. What should I do?

Some brief context I'm starting a new channel. I have one for my band on tiktok that's doing pretty solid considering. I started it a week ago and I'm starting one where I post outfit content and relatable content. I initially had a channel that had 300 subs and over 500,000 views so I'm starting to get better at learning how content works

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However, any advice or tips to grow my account would be greatly appreciated! I'm starting to notice that a lot of my styling videos. Have been doing very well compared to others so I'm starting to notice a bit of a trend. Just any advice anyone has to offer would be greatly appreciated!!

So currently I'm in the process of starting a hobby band 16F and it's been one of my lifelong dreams for as long as I can remember and it's been hard finding members however, here's how I've been using this time:

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So I have flyers that I haven't put up yet however I've been building somewhat of a brand on social media because although I haven't found any band members, just yet I've been building social media hype on different platforms and it's somewhat working I found I had the most success on YouTube. That's where I've gotten the most attention. However, I know it'll only be a matter of time before I actually need band members

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But I've also been using this time to practice my guitar skills as currently I only know a few songs and chords since I'm a beginner. And finally, I've also been curating a set list so that once I do have members even if we can't meet every day of the week, I would still be able to have resources for them to use to practice for a few cover songs and ultimately come together to write new songs however, I wanted to ask if there's anything that I could be doing that I haven't already thought up to be better prepared.

Edit: My mom just talked to me about potentially joining guitar Center so maybe there's some hope for finding members guys 🥹

Helloo So I've recently been getting more and more into Gothic literature as well as Gothic music. However, besides Edgar Allan Poe, I'm not really sure what other literature to read I'm very into macabre and books related to death now that school was over, I finally have time to read again as I've always been an avid Reader. So any book recommendations would help a ton!

So currently I'm (16F) I'm and a junior in high school and with the school year coming to a close I recently reported an incident that happened to me at school 2 years ago which I had many teachers tell me I should report however so the post doesn't get taken down and I won't go into details as to what it was.

So I go to guidance and I explained to my guidance counselor what happened (and the reason it took me so long to report this incident was because at the time I hadn't realized how bad it was until I started telling people about it.) And I found that she was being quite insensitive proceeding to tell me that "I should have came to her earlier" and that there was "nothing she could do about it" which while there may be a level of truth to that, I still found that to be really insensitive considering that this was a more sensitive topic for me.

I've healed from the incident and I've been contemplating on sending her an email explaining to her how I didn't appreciate how she acted. However, I wouldn't want to burn any bridges given that I still have one more year left with this guidance counselor so WIBTAH If I wrote, wrote a mature but detailed email as to how I didn't appreciate how she acted?

EDIT: thank you so much to everybody in the comments for giving me a lot of really helpful advice. I'll most likely consider either asking for a reassignment or just not send the email thanks everybody! :]

Helloo so I'm starting a ethical slow fashion clothing brand at 16 and I'm in the process of building up my social media page and creating samples. I don't have any problems with manufacturing since I'm going to be handmaking and upcycling the clothes myself.

My brand's aesthetic is going to be a mix of a darker alternative and whimsy clothing (pretty much think grunge/gothic inspired clothes with a whimsy side to it) So my question is how would I create a website that I can set up so that once my first collection is done I have a website that I can just launch it on instead of having to figure it out in the long run. I don't really have much at my disposal. All I have is an Android and a dream so any advice or tips as to how I can do it would be greatly appreciated!

(I also have been thinking of potentially just using Etsy or depop to get started. However, I also would like to think ahead and try to get a long-term website set up if this helps)

So currently I'm in high school (junior)and I'm starting a clothing brand after having learned how to sew for 5 years! I had a previous channel that did pretty well for itself, although I deleted it as I didn't really feel like it had any direction. I'm very excited and I figured I would post this just to share my journey as a YouTuber so far. The brand is called Blue AngelFace™ and I wanted the brand to have an alternative whimsy edge to it while also selling upcycled clothing as I'm a very anti-fast fashion person And I think it would be cool to put my sewing skills to use to design and give other clothes a second life I've seen a lot of people online like karmanepalcrafts and so many other brands and I've just gotten very inspired to do this. Currently I have an Instagram and YouTube channel posted under the same name. However any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!

For context, I did track my freshman year and then cross country for my sophomore and junior year I wasn't the best at first, but I eventually started to get better. And I'm the only one in my grade that's running on the girls team which I feel like is the only reason that my coach is concerned with me staying on the team (and currently I'm contemplating not doing the sport anymore for other reasons however I have very mixed feelings about the coach)

Long story short, my sophomore year my coach made a joke because I had a nightmare where I was running with the fastest guy on our team and I was saying to my team how I just thought it was funny. Later on the coach goes to tell the guy, I was referring to that I was and I quote " having dreams about him" it was really embarrassing

While it seems silly at first, it led to the entire team for 2 years straight thinking that I actually liked the guy and it led to people finding out throughout the school and a lot of people thought I liked him And some would taunt me for it even though I didn't and I was really upset about this especially because I liked someone else. So a lot of rumors were spread.

In addition to this she proceeded to yell at me and take away my varsity letter despite me running the whole season on varsity because I missed sectionals (I'm not even a fast runner compared to the rest of my team And I already told her ahead of time that I didn't really have plans to run at sectionals even though she really wanted me to) since my mom wasn't able to bring me on the day of because something happened the night before and she slept in (she has a lock on her door which requires an electronic lock so I wouldn't have been able to get in to wake her up) however, I will admit that I feel like I could have done better to wake her up. I tried to explain the whole situation of how my mom couldn't bring me, however she said she didn't believe me even though she knows that I wouldn't lie about something like that.

Overall I would say I had a good experience running cross country since I made a lot of friends from my school and other teams through it, and I also just loved running. However, my coach is really one of the main reasons I don't want to run anymore so AITA?

Hello I'm 16F And I've been learning how to sew for 5 years now and I feel that I'm ready to start an online clothing store (especially now with school coming to a close I'll have a lot more free time to commit), I already have a channel set up where I plan to post fashion content and I'm working currently on designs for clothes that I would sell My goal is to make my brand have stylish clothes that are affordable and I plan to do this as a hobby since I love designing clothes and I've always dreamed of owning a clothing line. However, I understand that it's not just designing clothes but I feel I don't really know the ins and outs to starting one. So what would I have to set up so that I could be on the right track to do this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Hello! I am 16F and I've been learning how to sew for 5 years now (started at 11) And one of my dreams has been having a big social media account and clothing business or even having runway shows in the future although those are only ambitions something where I get to design my own clothes as a thing I do For my enjoyment has always been a goal of mine

whether on the side or full-time I'm not sure yet as I have plans to major in stem which would be a big complicator in the future I fear. However, currently I am thinking about starting a social media where I will make and show off my clothing designs for fun In addition to the fact I've had a lot of people compliment the clothes I've made over the years. However, I would like tips as to where I could start to further advance a clothing business of mine. I haven't started yet and I'm not sure where to start. Any advice would help greatly to either of these!!

For context I used to have this friend who had a really shitty character (in class there was an instance where she openly bullied a special needs kid by taunting her and saying a lot of mean stuff and eventually would try to get another friend at the time to cut her hair as well, in addition to mocking my religion in front of my face) after seeing this, I decided that it was best to stop talking to her so I cut her off completely NOW we get to present day:

Up until now she would make negative comments about my body because it clear she has a lot of insecurities (when it's plain obvious that she is just jealous) but that's besides the point. what happened TODAY specifically was I was talking to one of my friends and then she proceeds to yell "stfu" and then her friend looks at her and proceeds to say " she just accepts it"

and now this has happened before not with the same person. But today specifically that set me over the edge. So after class ended I got up and threw away some of her riffs (it's a project we do where we make tiny riffs based off of artists art style and put them together for one big piece) it wasn't a lot but it was only two out of the 25 we were supposed to make. I didn't want to get greedy otherwise I figured someone would notice. But now I feel great and wish I did more. Currently we have a 4-day weekend so nobody is going to notice for a while but AITA?

Hello everyone:)!!

So I recently had a YouTube channel that did pretty well considering it was my first real channel. However, I decided not to continue it because I feel like it had no sense of direction, however, since I've recently gotten to trying to form my own band, I wanted to start posting my guitar content (which I believe could help in the future if I ever wanted to become a guitarist for another band and for my personal enjoyment most importantly) and my outfits since I really enjoy my sense of style And I would like to share that with others similar to how I did with my previous channel and I was thinking of doing it in a way that my outfits could be relatable content that ties back to my guitar content or it's just my outfits in general HOWEVER

My problem is usually the advice I get from most influencers is to only stick to one Niche and In my case I would have two different but kind of similar niches. I would try to tie them back into each other since the music I play is mostly alternative and indie which would correlate to my outfits that mainly are alternative. So should I just stick with one niche or should I just do both?