Answering questions at Boston College O’Neill Library
I’m sorry to hear this happened to you. In the Wall’s humble opinion, online dating apps have become so game-ified that users tend to forget that their actions affect real people. Fortunately, though, your date made your decision easy on you–you wouldn’t want to go out with someone who treats people like that anyway, right?
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Some questions to ask yourself: is there a topic you’d really like to investigate in depth? do you have the time in your schedule senior year to do this and do it well? are you planning on graduate school or a job in academia? Being able to point to a well-executed and written thesis, gives you an advantage. Also, talk with your major advisors about this.
I recommend meeting with a health coach at the Office for Health Promotion. The staff there will be able to help you establish and maintain a healthier lifestyle that fits your needs. Although taking an hour out of your day can seem like a nuisance, talking to a health professional can give you strategies to lose weight and keep it off (if that’s what you need) through personalized assessments. They can also help you figure out other ways to be happier and healthier! bit.ly/BC-health-promo
![[drawing of a jellyfish] jelly fish today!](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/AW01302020-04.jpg)
Looks like a man o’war. I’m glad you just put up a picture of one on me, not the real thing.
Find interests you have in common and focus on those. If you like sports, join an IM team. Board games? Join a club for that. Academically oriented? There are plenty of discipline-based clubs on campus to join. You’re going to have to get out of your comfort zone and meet new people. Note also: your English is probably better than you think it is. Don’t stress about the language as much and focus on the interaction. Good luck! I believe in you!
Ah! You’re right. I was wrong to assume that. Please accept my apologies.
Well, it’s a dramatized reenactment of conversations, interactions, and decisions that the writers have no actual insight into. For example, the episode where LBJ is kissed by Princess Margaret is nearly entirely false (although there was a party in the White House during her visit to the US and the US did eventually support bailing out the Pound). If she were a perfect person, she would make for pretty boring television. Second, she’s in a pretty difficult spot being the sovereign of a nation that has viewed a sovereign as less and less necessary over time. As you see in the show and in headlines from this past week, controlling her very large family is rather difficult.
Now you know she’s not worth the time. Cut your losses and move on. You deserve someone who will treat you better than that and you’ll find her eventually.
Sceniscophobia is a thing, but an irrational one. Nuns are much much more likely to feed you or teach you something than do anything scary, and BC is a great place to meet them. Western nuns don’t wear the habit since Vatican II, but Asian and African ones often do, and there are lots around campus.
Ha! That’s excellent. I did not know that, and I’ll remind my helper to check their facts a little more closely.
If this is a new problem, I’d suggest getting your vision checked. Otherwise, Academic Coaching from the Connors Family Learning Center (bit.ly/BC-connors) can help you develop skills and learn to better use your time so you get more (or all) of your reading done.
Men are baffling. Capable both of interpreting any possible hint as interest and of missing the most obvious signs. Ultimately you’re going to have to tell him and see how he responds. If you’ve been just hanging out, maybe invite him on something that is unmistakably a date?
That number would be markedly different depending on what you mean. If you mean deaths of citizens directly attributable to their socialist governments (i.e., what one might call state-sponsored murder, or “democide,”) it’s one number. If you mean deaths of citizens *indirectly* (i.e. owing to military campaigns or resource management) that’s a quite different number. Also, is your definition of socialism narrow (only including totalitarian socialist states) or broad (also including countries briefly governed by democratically elected socialists, such as Allende in Chile?) I recommend searching “democide” in the Historical Abstracts database.
Thank you so much for the fabulous bespoke otter drawing. Made my day!
Using your non-dominant hand is a time-tested technique but takes some practice. You might also write in all caps or use cursive- whatever is not your normal writing style.
It is not wrong if you are honest about it. As long as all the individuals involved understand and agree with the relationship’s nature, conditions, and limitations, it should be okay.
It’s just my little way of keeping track – I’d hate to miss one of your questions when I get really covered with post-its.
BC housing… sigh… . Res Life knows, believe me. They do what they can to alleviate the pain. (Imagine having to find rooms for 8000 students in such a short period! Non-trivial problem, as engineers would say.) Solutions: Have all of your friends talk to their friends? Put up signs? Put the word out on insta/snap/fb/twitter? I’m sure you’ll find another likeminded person to join your group of friends. Make contingency plans for smaller groups, though, just in case the 8-man doesn’t work out.
#NeverForget. Tikkun Olam–to mend, repair, and transform the world.
![Why do I exist? [response: (you're wanted + loved ❤️)]](https://library.bc.edu/answerwall/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/012720-2.jpg)
I think the response is lovely, and gets most of the way there. Here’s the other part: you also love in return.
Yes! That, too. So, you see, there are many, many possible reasons for you to exist.
Welllll…. you see, I’m a wall, and the way walls see love is all about being supportive and strong, but being open, too. Human romantic love has always puzzled me. My assistants tell me romantic love involves intense emotional focus on one person, and a deeper commitment than friendship, and when it’s returned, they say it’s kind of electric. I prefer to keep my electricity insulated & away from flammable materials, myself.
Hi! Pleased to meet you. \o/
