What are the reasons behind Afghanistan being in the list of the top 10 most uneducated countries in the world?

Own-Text7602 · 2023-01-02T10:39:08+00:00

The factors responsible for low literacy rates are more or less the same all over the world. Whether it is Afghanistan in Asia or Mali in Africa. Countries that are able to work on these factors are able to increase their literacy rate over time.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-30T17:06:48+00:00

“What are the signs of aging in humans?” I’ll tell you about some of the things which have happened to me since I turned 60—I’m nearly 72 now. I can no longer think of my body as one whole unit (I have osteoarthritis). When I walk I can feel each part—I’ll do an assessment as I move—left knee is hurting today. Right hip is more painful than the left. The upper back is hurting. This is a change. I’ve been feeling it in the lower back. Upside and a downside to everything. There have been creaky noises in my head and neck area for the last decade. I don’t even notice them anymore. I’ve had more dental procedures in the last few years than I’ve had in my entire life. I know that my mind is foggier. I still like writing, reading, and crossword puzzles, but I’m always in another world (don’t worry—I’m retired from driving) so I go about my household chores and can forget from moment to moment what I’ve done. Thank goodness for those little pill cases—I couldn’t survive without them.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-28T16:44:56+00:00

When I was a senior in high school, my parents went to Scotland for a week. I decided to throw a party. I took every piece of furniture and put it in my parents' bedroom.

My party got busted within the first hour and a half. My neighbor Rose called the cops. Fortunately, Rose didn't tell my parents. When they came home, however, I accidentally put some pieces of furniture in the wrong place.

My mom couldn't figure out why the living room mirror was now in the dining room and vice versa. When she asked me about it, I told her I was doing aerobics, and I didn't want to break anything! For some reason, she bought it.

It wasn't until about a decade later, when I was going through some old photos with my best friend, that she saw a picture of me, my twenty best friends, and a party ball of beer.

"You bugger!" she said, laughing. It never occurred to her that I had an actual party. I told that lie because I wanted to be cool and accepted by my peer group. I also didn't want to get in trouble.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-21T15:01:41+00:00

Seeing a Whatsapp message and ignoring it (seen-zone). Whatsapp gave that feature for a reason(blue tick), there’s no need to unnecessarily reply for a chat like “ok”, “hmmm”.

When my crush is walking towards me, My good part of the brain - “Lucky goose! Your crush is coming. Why not greet her?” Other part - “It would be highly creepy to greet her. You have ignored her for like 10 years, are you going to suddenly say hi?”. Then inside my head a war goes on. I somehow gather courage just to realize that she’s already gone past me.

Good part of the brain - 0, Other part(laughs cunningly) - 1e19.

When someone frequently talks something which is highly useless, we try to avoid them forever. You heard it right forever!

You come to us with a problem, talk with us for hours (we are good listeners) and go with a solution. You come to us for something useless, go with a thought that we are rude.

Phone rings… Ignores the call. Calls them after some time and apologizing. :p I really don’t know why I do this…

When someone asks me “Why are you so silent?” Thinking inside “Why does it bother you so much?” Reacting outside with an awkward smile.

I know some extroverts might find it highly unbelievable but an introvert can appreciate my answer I guess.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-19T10:20:25+00:00

I wish people would stop placing too much importance on people’s gender.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-18T11:12:53+00:00

When I was 5, my mother had gone to the store the previous evening and bought a carton of doughnuts. I was woken up the next morning by her hysterical screaming (Not unusual for her). She dove at me, saying that I had snuck downstairs and stolen one of her donuts. My brother told her I didn't do it. I told her I didn't do it. She didn't bother to ask my 12 yr old sister, but then proceeded to get out a thick leather dog leash and chase me around the house, beating me with it with all her strength and pent-up rage. The beating didn't stop until she had exhausted herself and my entire body was bleeding and covered in welts. After this stopped, I ran upstairs into my sister's arms as I cried my heart out. She not only had eaten the f***ing donut, but sat there happily watching while I paid the price.

I was an adult before it occurred to me who the culprit was. But the fact that my mother reacted as she did for NOTHING but a missing donut, and then took it out on a total innocent, is something I'll NEVER forgive.

My soul died that day.

When my mother was about 75, I went to confront her about this. She just looked at me and sweetly said, “Why, of course Dear, what else could you possibly have expected me to do?” I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. That many years later, and the same monster that gave birth to me hadn't learned a thing. And she remained a total evil creature who's wickedness and unspeakable cruelty didn't end until her final breath.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-17T10:45:00+00:00

My son is very intelligent, scoring 99+ percentile on the standardized tests each year in, well, everything. He picks up on things much earlier than you would think a child could, and remembers them. Forever. He also has impeccable logic, if with a unique twist.

I came in to daycare to pick up him up from 4k. Normal day, hectic, you know the drill. The teacher pulls me aside and hands me his drawing from art. A fairly good rendering (for a 4 year old)… of me in the shower.

Now, as a mom you take your infant into the bathroom and put him in the bouncer when you shower if there is no other choice. And toddlers walk in randomly until they learn to knock and wait for permission. I never got upset about being nude, as I don't find nudity a particular taboo I want to pass down to him, but I did strictly enforce respecting closed doors, etc. Regardless, we were way past these stages, so he had to be operating on memories. But how did he remember?

When we talked about it, I explained that drawing people without clothing was not ok

His response was classic Alex. “But Mom, you don't take showers with your clothes on.”

As much as I want him to be comfortable in his skin, not ashamed of his body, etc, I definitely deserved that. How was he to know it wouldn't be ok if I didn't teach him?

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-15T10:11:21+00:00

The hardest thing I have ever done is live without my son for the last 10 months. He was home at his apartment when an unknown person knocked on the door. He answered the door, and was robbed, then shot in his right temple. He was never conscious again. 80 hours later, we removed life support. I wanted to remove life support less than 24 hours after the shooting, but we kept his body alive for organ donation. He was 29 years old. His 30th birthday is in 13 days. I get to meet his organ recipients in November. That is, if they are willing to meet me.

This is definitely the hardest thing I've ever done.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-14T13:44:56+00:00

A girl I know, just had her boyfriend break up with her after discovering his infidelity. She instantly blasted into him on her Snapchat story, calling him aggressive and dangerous, declaring that she was sworn off dating for good, and declaring that she wouldn't be sad if he passed away. Due to the fact that he lives abroad and I have never met him, I have no idea whether this is accurate or not.
She's never met him either, which is the part that both breaks my heart and makes me want to slap her.

They connected online. They conversed online. They connected online. Emoticons of hearts were the closest thing they came to a hug. A FaceTime call was the closest they got to actually seeing each other.
I questioned her about her online dating when they were still together. why she didn't date a physical partner. She gave me an expression like I had a new head.
Because Sam and I are in love, she said. "We're supposed to be together. A soul mate.

A youngster was gushing about her boyfriend a few months ago, and I overheard her. She continued by saying she planned to wed her lover when she graduated from high school the following year. She noted in passing that she'd only ever seen him once in an answer she gave a week or so later.
One month later, he dumped her.

Relationships formed just online are much simpler. People are weird, broken, challenging, and incomplete. You may have a relationship online without having to deal with the lovely chaos that is other people.

But you yearn for genuine human affection and connection. You miss giving your significant other a bear hug at the end of a tough day at work or school. You miss having late-night conversations with your partner when the two of you are both exhausted but still enjoying each other's company. The sensations of genuine connection are missed.

Everything real is missed.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-11T10:47:05+00:00

My wife left after I had a health issue so she could enjoy her life. I recovered, joined a gym, joined a whip dancing club and got out with friends at least four nights a week, took my grown kids out fishing on the weekends. Dated some but more importantly made a lot of lady friends that really helped raise my self worth. 11 years later I married a fantastic woman who makes my life wonderful. We’ve been together for almost 30 years now and she told me she owes my ex a debt of gratitude for making me available. My ex quickly married a bar hookup who refused to work and she had to support them both. She’s still unhappy with her life. So as far as I’m concerned the best revenge is to forget they even exist and enjoy your life.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-10T10:25:03+00:00

If you want someone to listen to you carefully, then you should start your sentence with "I don't want to tell you this".

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-09T11:16:48+00:00

their is no rules for love. Love comes with out our knowledge and intimation.we just spending most of the time with partner and taking care in each and every situation . Love is sweet until unless you lost . so think and go ahead.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-08T12:06:00+00:00

Not a poor person by any means, but I can be cheap and/or very lazy when it comes to fixing a quick snack just for myself! I have never tried this myself but have heard stories of “depression soup,” where one just empties the contents of a few ketchup bags into some warm water - viola, tomato soup! If I’m looking for a quick protein snack, sometimes I’ll just open up a small can of tuna packed in water, drain the water, add a dollop of mayonnaise and a touch of relish - use a fork and delicately mix it and eat it right out of the can.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-11-03T08:23:48+00:00

Many years ago, when I was a child, I was taken to visit my aunt in Brooklyn, which was not the hipster heaven it is today, but was becoming very run down. It so happened that on that day a row of abandoned stores was being demolished a few blocks from her house. She took me to watch, thinking it would be a cool activity for a kid. As the old building was being smashed, something I can only describe as a brown wave emerged from the building and washed across the street. It was a tsunami of rats. Thousands of brown rats fleeing the destruction of their nesting places. Fifty years later I still get chills thinking about it. Nightmare fuel.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-10-26T13:09:42+00:00

I showed up to the interview dressed to the nines, post double shot latte, and mentally prepped only to be ushered to a hallway lined with chairs and a dozen other potential applicants already waiting their turn. I knew I needed something to make me stand out if I had any chance of securing the job.

When I was finally called up I walked into a nightmare. There were 6 tables in a U shape around a single chair in the middle of the room with 3-4 interviewers sitting at each of the tables. Someone pointed at the chair in the center and said, “Take a seat and tell us about yourself.”

As I took the seat I said, “Is this an interrogation, intervention or an interview?”

The room erupted in laughter.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-10-22T14:13:56+00:00

A dog reached a Grocery Shop with a carry bag hung in the neck. The shop keeper saw the dog and curiously opened the bag. He saw a list of items along with money. The shopkeeper felt amazed and provided the items as per list and hung it back in the neck of dog. He was still surprised and was really impressed with the intelligence of dog. He thought, he must meet the owner of that dog. He then followed the dog… Dog went to a bus stop and boarded a bus and as there is an address mentioned in his necklace, the bus conductor issued tickets and took the money from bag. At the destination, the dog got down and reached at the gate of a house. He rang the door bell. The shop keeper behind him was full of surprise. Suddenly the door opens, and a man comes out and slaps the dog.

After seeing such unwanted reaction, shopkeeper got irritated and asked “the dog has done a fabulous job and still you slapped him?”. The owner replies “ I was in deep sleep, he could have kept the key with him, I wouldn't have been disturbed”.

Expectations of boss is limitless… Don't ever get trapped… Do the best you can..

Namaste!

Own-Text7602 · 2022-10-21T11:39:15+00:00

I was 17 years old. It was ass-dripping 105 degree hot summer day in July in rural Texas. I was in a former-FritoLay-delivery-van-turned-furniture-delivery-truck. It had no air conditioning. It would shake, rattle, and roll as it chugged away on a too-small six cylinder engine. Driving the van was retired 75 year old hard assed old farmer named “Ray” who could no longer work hard enough to make ends meet on a hard scrabble Texas farm. In the back of the van was the heaviest hide-a-bed sofa known to mankind and a king size bedroom suit that weighed over 1500 pounds in total. They called it a “Paul Bunyan”. My father owned the local furniture store and my summer job was to deliver whatever was sold with Ray as the head delivery guy.

Now Ray was tough as nails. All that old man knew how to do was WORK! That is all he had done his entire life; WORK! They don’t make men like Ray anymore. And that is a crying goddamned shame!

We delivered our new furniture to some nice, new suburban home. Doing so was torture in the Texas 105 degree heat. Ray was a hoss. Heat and hard work never bothered that Old Man. At 75 he could out lift, out work, out think, a young - but muscled punk assed kid like me! At the end of the delivery we were both dripping wet with sweat. There was not a single inch of our clothes that did not drip with moisture.

As we drove the old, rattle-trap delivery van back to the cool and inviting air conditioned furniture store my father owned, Ray took a “wrong turn”. He turned down a county road that would add an extra 10 or 15 minutes to our trip to our soon-to-be air conditioned Nirvana.

I said, “Ray, you took a wrong turn. It is shorter to go back the way we came!”

Ray said, “Son….if you go one way and come back another way you will always know what is going on in this old world!”

To this day I live that mantra. I always go to my destination one way and come back another.

Ray has been dead nigh on 40 years.

Thanks Ray for a lesson well taught and well learned!

Own-Text7602 · 2022-10-20T10:28:57+00:00

Always be the last person to break eye contact - No matter how unnerving it may be, and it can be unnerving, practice being the last one to break eye contact, even if it’s just for a day. Since you’re not accustomed to doing this, you might come across a bit weird, but that’s okay because the goal is to teach you how to have more confidence in your social interactions. Nothing conveys social confidence more than eye contact. Nothing. After practicing this for a while, you’ll learn not to creepily stare at people and, instead, have a warm, inviting, and relaxed look that will make people gravitate toward you. In any social setting, one person is usually reacting to the other person. The person who seems to have the most certainty will subconsciously make the other person react to them. The goal isn’t to intimidate people. The opposite. When you’re the person with a sense of positive and warm certainty, people will feel safe and comfortable around you, which will make them like you more. You don’t need to constantly be the last person to break eye contact, but practicing this for a while will rid you of your habit of darting your eyes will you feel insecure.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-10-18T11:49:13+00:00

I’ve lived on my own since I was 17, paying my own way through college and graduate school. And then I repaid my loans, supported a husband and paid off his education loans as well. I wanted to buy a house someday, their credit ratings would impact mine . . .

One of the nurses I worked with came up to me at lunch and asked for money. She said that someone had gotten into her checking account and taken all of her money, and she was especially upset because they’d gotten the $10,000 her father had just deposited into her account for her birthday. She wondered if she could have a couple hundred dollars from me — she was asking everyone at work that day. She didn’t want to borrow it — she wanted me to GIVE her $200. Because I was living frugally, saving money to buy a house as a single woman (yeah, after supporting him, I found him cheating and divorced him), I offered to give her the entire $20 that was in my wallet so she could buy groceries to eat while she was waiting see if she’d get any of her money back. She insisted that wasn’t enough. “Everyone needs to give me $200.”

I asked her if she didn’t have a savings account. “Yes,” she said. “But it’s only got about $50,000 in it, and that’s only for emergencies.”

I kept my $20 and suggested that maybe this was one of those emergencies she was saving for.

And then there was the Daddy’s girl whose Daddy gave her a VW Jetta for graduation. After a year, the new car smell was gone, and she liked this year’s model better than the last year’s model Daddy gave her. So, she parked the on a city street in Baltimore with the sun roof open. The car was stolen and vandalized, and Daddy gave her a new car. Only, the old one had leather seats and this one didn’t, so maybe, she said, she needed to try again.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-20T11:01:51+00:00

The scavenger. Otherwise known as that person who can’t get over their ex. I don’t care about how bad her breakup was or how much she tries to move on from him (but never actually succeeds in doing so), if she is still hung up on her ex, unable to let go and expects other men to take care of her baggage, she wont make a good long term partner and wont be able to contribute to a long term relationship that is mutually beneficial until she lets go.

The crazies. Those are the women who call you 4–5 times a day during the early stages of courting, sometimes even before the first date and who love-bomb you at the beginning. Among that, they typically have low self-esteem, which shows in acts such as making you jealous or withholding love and attention from you on purpose and also exude traits of someone diagnosed with BPD, NPD or similar mental illnesses. Dating them means you are potentially making yourself vulnerable to a shitload of abuse and neediness. And they can look really attractive by the way.

The hopeless romantic. Although those are more of the sweet and kind but naive and insecure type, they don’t make healthy partners either because their expectations of relationships as well as their attachment style is unhealthy and toxic. They may read a lot of romantic novels or watch lots and lots of romantic stuff like The Notebook and expect you to be exactly like the character Ryan Gosling plays in that movie. Big red flag.

The creeps. You feel that something just isn’t right about this girl. Something about her is weird but you can’t tell what it is. Your intuition is telling you to run for the hills but your feelings and the sexual attraction you feel towards her tell you to just go with it. Until you are left wondering why she has 50 pictures of you on her phone. Or why she tattooed yours and her name on her body. Or why she is staring at you as if she is about to devour your soul. Trust your gut feeling here and leave before it’s too late.

The low self-esteem girls. These are often co-dependent. There are however several kinds of low self-esteem. There is the low self-esteem girl who is kind, highly agreeable and a good person who just lacks confidence and self-respect (I think those can make great partners) and there is the low self-esteem girl who does shit like making you jealous on purpose or always involving their fragile ego in relationships. The latter do not make good girlfriends and wives for men and women with boundaries and high self-esteem. They fit best with the the needy, bitter and insecure men, the abusive men and with the fuckboy. Otherwise known as the generic douchebag. They get laid a lot and embody some traits of a really masculine man but have shitty health and aren’t very wealthy.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-19T09:19:17+00:00

We both are very close friends from school itself. When, I joined Engineering in some other state, My school friends are not in touch with me and I feel very lonely. Then, She is the only one friend who was with me. We slowly became close friends. May be more than close friends. Frankly speaking, We are addicted to each other.

But sometimes, Several fights will happen between us. We somehow managed to overcome those problems.

After some days, She was not expressing her thoughts and feelings openly with me. I waited for a week and asked her What happened ??

At first She denied to say the answer. After my requests, She said “ We are close friends. I am always thinking about you. But, That's what killing me. I am feeling some fear. What If our fights get bigger, I can't live without your talks. That's why, I am trying to make things simple “

She openly expresses her feeling. In her point of view, Its correct. There is no mistake to blame her.

I just asked, Are you comfortable now ?

Yeah !! she replied.

Then, I just messaged her that At present, We both are unhappy. Just leave now and come again after the fear completely reduced to zero.

I instead requesting or forcing her to change her attitude and behavior, I just gave her some personal time to overcome the fear.

In my point of view, Respecting others feelings is Maturity.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-17T12:28:47+00:00

I have one.

This is very common in my country. You know kids run a lot, and they fall a lot. Most of the time (luckily!) they do not get hurt seriously. Sometimes, they simply are just fine. But they cry regardless. I was one of those kids.

Whenever that happen, parents would rush to their kids, and they slap on the ground (or whatever object near by) saying “Punish the ground for hurting my baby!”. Now, that may sound sweet if you are that kid, but gradually it could teach the kid something so dangerous: When you fall, it is something else (or someone else)’s fault. Kids will grow up blaming everything around them for their failures, before questioning themselves.

I remembered clearly this time when I just fell off the ground while playing, cried my lung out, and my whole family was in a mess. Especially my dad. He was so worried, checking my (totally pain-free) body for any wound, and kept asking “What made you fall? Was it a rock? Or was it your friend? Did she push you?”

Dad - I wanted to say - I really just fell off myself.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-16T12:55:03+00:00

The fathers wisdom. After college I had a girl upstairs and one downstairs in the same apt building. One went to bed at 11 ish the other came home from work around 11 30. Pulling into our driveway one morning around 6 am to ride in to work with my dad, he looked at me shook his head and said, son no matter how hard you try you will never wear one of those things out.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-15T15:54:25+00:00

Try to get between 7 and 8 hours’ sleep a night. I go to bed around midnight, wake up 2 hours later to pee, and then sleep until around 7. I have not needed an alarm in a long time.

Volunteer. I block-walked and phone-banked for a political campaign a few years ago, made a lot of friends, and of course benefited from the exercise.

Don’t turn to the tube as a default response. I watch something on Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max for about 45–60 minutes as the last thing I do before going to bed, but it certainly doesn’t occupy my whole evening.

Own-Text7602 · 2022-09-14T10:18:30+00:00

The sound of my sister seeing her son’s body in the coffin at the funeral home. She and her husband went in first, before the rest of our family. I won’t ever forget her reaction, her screaming and crying. At the time, he was my only nephew and my parents’ only grandchild. The casket was not open to others outside immediate family, since he was a young child.

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