u/Legitimate-Number620

Hi teachers! I'm looking for your perspective on making a surprise for my teacher's birthday. For context, I'm a high school junior, and my friend and I just found out today that today was our favorite teacher's birthday. We felt really bad that we didn't get her anything, so we decided to buy some balloons and flowers today after school. Our plan is to put them in her room tomorrow after school after she leaves, so she will be surprised when she comes back the next day. Is that fine, or should we not do anything since her birthday is actually today? The surprise will be like 2 days late.

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hi teachers =)

i just submitted an ap gov essay and when i checked an AI detection website after it, it showed around 60% AI. i did not use AI to write it. the only thing i used AI for was a basic outline at the beginning (which my teacher taught and encouraged us to do), but i ended up not following it much anyway and wrote the essay myself.

the problem is that this isn't the first time i've seen high AI scores on my essays. even in my ap lang class when we did a timed essay, i checked afterward and it still showed a high percentage. all this is making me more worried that my teachers might actually think i'm using AI without saying anything.

for context, i'm a junior (good student; ranked 4/300 in my grade), and i've been in the U.S. for 4 years. english is my third language so i think sometimes my writing comes out more structured or formal because of that, especially in essays... i also regularly help my native english-speaking friend with their essays and they've improved a lot because of it (not trying to make myself look good, but i'm sort of giving more context about myself so you know i'm actually "good" at writing for a non-native speaker and LOVE writing). i usually get the highest grades in ap lang (mostly 100s), and i also got a 100 on my last --and first-- gov essay. i currently have a 115% in gov and 96% in lang (yes, 115%).

i'm really scared that it might look like i'm using AI because of structure or AI detectors being unreliable. i don't want to seem defensive or like i'm making excuses, but i also don't want my 2 favorite teachers to silently assume something and not tell me (just because i'm known for being a "good" and "shy/quiet" student; they probably wouldn't want to embarrass me unless it was REALLY AI, like really bad). however, i'd much rather they tell me so i can clarify and explain what's happening rather than them quietly judging me.

please give me any advice you may have. should i email them or talk to them in person to explain this? or would that make it worse?

thanks in advance!

edited to add: i'd really appreciate it if someone would be willing to read it and honestly tell me whether it sounds like AI or not. i was also in a rush as i wrote ~7 pages in 4 hours, so it shouldn't be that good. for the past few days, however, i've been reading more about the topic because i feel like i can't write anything without reading a lot about it so i KNOW what i'm talking about.

I want to send this to my college-advising program's adviser. I'm a junior high school.

"Hi!

I had another conversation with my parents about colleges yesterday, and I was hoping you could clarify some things for me because either they may not be fully understanding the pre-med process and the opportunities top schools offer, or I may be misunderstanding certain things myself. 

My dad believes that for medical school, only grades matter, and that extracurriculars, volunteering, shadowing, research, and such experiences are unnecessary or not very important. He believes that if two students had similar grades, it wouldn't matter whether one attended a state school or a more prestigious university. 

Which I understand; attending a state school certainly does not prevent someone from getting into med school, especially with strong grades and MCAT scores. However, don't opportunities like clinical experience, research, advising, and other pre-med resources matter just as much as one's grades and MCAT score? 

I also remember from one of the X presentations, there was a comparison between a student from X and a student from Yale applying to medical school, and it was mentioned that the Yale student would likely have a higher chance of admission even with similar applications.

If cost would not be an issue because of scholarships, could you please explain how much more advantageous it would be to attend a college with stronger pre-med resources and other things? I'm having a hard time explaining this to my parents as the system here is very different from what they know.

Thank you so much!

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Hi, so I go to a public school and I was in the bathroom with my backpack hanging on the stall door's hanger and it suddenly broke and my backpack fell so hard. I guess I shouldn't have hung my backpack especially because it's a little on the heavier side, and hangers are usually meant for jackets and etc. Anyways, I feel so bad (not that my school's bathrooms are clean and nice, but I just feel guilty). Should I let anyone know? Like the office? Or would it be unnecessary? It happened 2 days ago.

I'm a hardworking person, and my parents have always found me taking college courses/APs or just having a heavy workload in general, along with trying to do many extracurriculars and volunteering, unnecessary, especially because my older brothers didn't care as much about college as I do, and they're studying for careers earning less than the one I want to pursue (17F).

My interest in cardiology mainly comes from my own heart conditions and my exposure to the field for a long time since I was a kid. As I did more and more research about the heart for myself, I realized I actually liked the topic, and I genuinely enjoyed reading more about it.

I'm Middle Eastern, so you probably have an idea of what our culture and family dynamics are like, especially the differences between men and women.

Last night, I was jokingly telling my mom how I now have another male cardiologist after my initial cardiologist retired. I was joking about how awkward it is that they keep giving me male doctors as a muslim hijabi female. Of course, I was just joking. My doctor was a very sweet old guy, and he never made me uncomfortable. It was awkward at times, but I think that's normal. I'm awkward with female doctors too, so it's more of a me problem.

Then she said something along the lines of, “Well yeah, it's a men's job.”

I said, “What? What do you mean?” and asked if she was saying women can't be cardiologists or doctors in general.

She said, “It's just a hard job. Women can't do it.”

I kept arguing with her about how it's not just a men's job, and I asked how she thought it was okay to say that to me knowing very well that my dream is to be a cardiologist.

I guess I'm posting this here because I wanted teachers' perspectives. Have any of you had female students pursue careers like this despite very unsupportive families? How did they deal with it?

My parents don't support me about wanting to be a cardiologist

I'm a hardworking person and my parents have always found me taking college courses/APs or just a heavy workload in general along with trying to do many extracurriculars and volunteering unnecessary, especially because my older brothers didn't care as much about college as i do, and they're studying for a career earning less than mine (17F).

my interest in cardiology is mainly from my own heart conditions and my exposure to the field for a long time since i was a kid. as i did more and more research about the heart for my own, i realized i liked the... topic? and thus i really enjoyed reading more about it.

i'm middle eastern, so you probably have an idea of what our culture and family dynamics are, especially the difference between men and women.

last night, i was jokingly telling mom how i now have another male cardiologist after my initial male cardiologist retired. i was joking about how awkward it is and how they giving me male doctors as a muslim hijabi female (of course, i was just joking. my doctor was great, and i he never ever made me feel uncomfortable. it was awkward at times, but i believe that's normal. i'm awkward with female doctors too, so it's a me probelm). then she said something along the lines of "well yeah, it's a men's job"

i said "what? what do you mean" "are you saying that women can't be cardiologist or doctors in general?"

she said "it's just a hard job. women can't do it."

i kept "arguing" with her about how it's not just a men's job, and i asked how she really thought it was okay to really say that to me knowing very well that my dream is to be a cardiologist.

I'm a hardworking person and my parents have always found me taking college courses/APs or just a heavy workload in general along with trying to do many extracurriculars and volunteering unnecessary, especially because my older brothers didn't care as much about college as i do, and they're studying for a career earning less than mine (17F).

my interest in cardiology is mainly from my own heart conditions and my exposure to the field for a long time since i was a kid. as i did more and more research about the heart for my own, i realized i liked the... topic? and thus i really enjoyed reading more about it.

i'm middle eastern, so you probably have an idea of what our culture and family dynamics are, especially the difference between men and women.

last night, i was jokingly telling mom how i now have another male cardiologist after my initial male cardiologist retired. i was joking about how awkward it is and how they giving me male doctors as a muslim hijabi female (of course, i was just joking. my doctor was great, and i he never ever made me feel uncomfortable. it was awkward at times, but i believe that's normal. i'm awkward with female doctors too, so it's a me probelm). then she said something along the lines of "well yeah, it's a men's job"

i said "what? what do you mean" "are you saying that women can't be cardiologist or doctors in general?"

she said "it's just a hard job. women can't do it."

i kept "arguing" with her about how it's not just a men's job, and i asked how she really thought it was okay to really say that to me knowing very well that my dream is to be a cardiologist.

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AIO? Why do I feel like I'm seriously scared of/about something when I'm literally laying down in bed doing nothing. Idk what I'm scared of. I just have this weird feeling. What is it? 17F. It happens mostly when I'm in bed or in school, and as I said, I'm in bed, so I'm not doing anything tiring or am not in a scary situation.

edited to add: I forgot to mention that I do have 2 heart problems: MVP and prolonged QT. not sure if they have anything to do with this, but wanted to include them just in case.

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Would it be ok if i asked my teacher to give me ideas for gifts to get my mom for mother's day since she's a mother?

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I'm taking 5 APs this year and for example for bio I seem to be doing good on the MCQs but I'm really struggling with the FRQs. I've been studying for weeks and am still seeing no improvement with how I'm performing on the FRQs. The moment I see the long texts I feel confused without even reading it, and whennI try reading it I cannot comprehend everything. I either get distracted, don't process the long texts, or don't understand what it's saying at all.

Any tips please? I'm doing good on the MCQs so I don't want the FRQs to drag my score down.

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