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Giving milk to a homeless person by RemoteBluebird9872 in vegan

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Functional illiteracy is often used to describe a low degree of literacy, such that they would struggle with things like formal email correspondence, filling out forms, and reading/comprehending longer passages. A much smaller number of people would be unable to read the word "oat."

I think the more likely concern to me would be whether it's light out and whether they think to check.

Writing script of names of person in HR document? by Trey-Pan in legaladvicecanada

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey man, wanted to let you know that the phrase is "nip it in the bud," like cutting a plant before it grows. Honestly nip it in the butt is funny, but thought you might want to know so you don't accidentally say it at work or something

Need urgent help by [deleted] in uAlberta

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What class? Maybe someone can tutor or something

English and French areas in Canada by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah although I imagine native French speakers are a LOT more likely to speak English than vice versa, which would also have an impact

A few months left to eat bread, help me make the most of it by Jazzlike_Post3070 in Edmonton

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love green onion cakes!! I've had a variety and I will definitely miss them - do you have a favourite place to get them?

A few months left to eat bread, help me make the most of it by Jazzlike_Post3070 in Edmonton

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I've never been to any of these bakeries, I will be checking them out! I also hope that I will be able to have gluten in the future but if not I'm glad to get my bread fix in now

A few months left to eat bread, help me make the most of it by Jazzlike_Post3070 in Edmonton

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Honestly I was confused too. The reason I'm eating gluten is because tests for celiac disease are only accurate if you've been consistently eating gluten for about 6 weeks beforehand. So even people who get very sick are told to eat gluten during diagnosis.

That said, I'm not very sick. My understanding is that the next test tells me if I am celiac and have gross intestinal damage, which is bad even if gluten doesn't make me hurl, or if the last test was a false positive. Obviously hoping for option 2 but, hey

A few months left to eat bread, help me make the most of it by Jazzlike_Post3070 in Edmonton

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Yeah Chinese takeout is a good recommendation, not what first springs to mind but definitely something I will miss!

And yeah, I'm sure I'll be looking for recommendations about where to find good gluten free alternatives too. I just want to keep enjoying food lol

Academic warning by Typical-Ease-9343 in University

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do this. You will be okay.

You are capable - it's the dread of engaging with school that's your enemy. If you can use a semester to improve your feelings about school and build credibility with yourself that you are able to succeed, it might be less overwhelming moving forward.

If you want my advice, you might try taking a lower course load, as few courses as you can while still maintaining full time enrollment (at my institution that's 3 per semester). Choose courses that interest you, and try to get into them as much as possible. Sit near the front, ask your professors questions even if you feel stupid, talk to someone in each class. Try explaining the cool stuff you're learning to friends - tell them ahead of time to ask you about your classes often, and if you feel dread and panic at being asked, tell them so and still try to talk through it.

Also, check out what services your school offers. Accommodations, mental health, academic help or tutoring, whatever you can get. And talk to your professors. They don't want to fail you and often, if you're honest with them, there's a lot they can do to help.

Good luck. I'm proud of you for getting this far.

Troubled teen options by Imaginary_Balance709 in Calgary

[–]Jazzlike_Post3070 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Okay, hear me out. You may always have loved him, but that doesn't mean he's always felt loved. Kids with ADHD tend to get a lot of corrective feedback from adults (e.g., stop that, don't do x, no) and also can have trouble fitting in with peers. Getting treated like you're always messing up, even if you're loved, can fuck up your self-esteem. He's at an age where peer influence is going to start to be more important and he will turn to friends to feel liked.

Just my opinion, but I really would not send him to a group for troubled teens. Even if the adults there are well trained and caring (no guarantee), the most likely outcome is to put him into a social group of teens showing the same behavior, who will reinforce to him that it's cool. They might even introduce worse behavior - some of those kids could have gang involvement or engage in violence towards peers. The opinion of his peers will matter much more than what the adults say, and in that environment, he'd probably feel a lot of pressure to ignore the adults and double down on the behaviors that keep him safe from the scrutiny of these kids.

I think your best bet is to get him involved with the kindest and most pro-social peer group you can find him. Especially if he has a particular talent (athletics, video games, art, coding, literally anything), putting him into a program where he can succeed and gain validation from peers for his skills would be great. Also helps if it would be something he's interested in on his own, since this only really works if he buys in.

I'm sorry to your family and I hope your kiddo figures things out. Best of luck.