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#1 I got into a good college, but my parents insisted I get a job because they wanted to see a return on their investment. I realized that the path I was expected to take, to make my life financially secure, wasn't for me.
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#1 Bullying at work is when a worker is subjected to repeated, health-harming mistreatment by one or more of their colleagues that takes the form of verbal abuse, conduct or behaviors that are threatening, intimidating, or humiliating, and/or sabotage that prevents work from getting done.
#2 The workplace is a prime location for targets to be bullied. The resources of...
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#1 There are many types of bullying, and they can be verbal, physical, social, or psychological. They can also be cyber. The effects of bullying can be emotional, physical, and psychological.
#2 It may take time to see the change occur, but you can make sure you are working toward change by making an agreement with yourself because your safety comes first.
#3 It can...
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#1 I was a Chinese immigrant kid in Canada, who was bullied at school because of my accent and lack of English skills.
#2 I was bullied at school because of my accent, and I didn't want my mom to find out. So, I pretended to be fluent in English, even though I wasn't.
#3 I was bullied at school because of my accent, and I didn't want my mom to find out. So, I pretended...
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#1 I was the quintessential class bully at St. Damian Elementary School. I took great pleasure in routinely tormenting my eighth-grade classmates. I was target of Jake's taunts that day.
#2 I had to fight Jake Reilly, a bully, in eighth grade. I didn't have any friends in Oak Forest, and I was alone against him and his cronies. I prayed one of the teachers would stop...
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#1 I had a tightly coiled ball of anger inside me that sometimes erupted into bad behavior. I was not ever violent, but I was argumentative and determined to do whatever ill-advised thing I had set my mind on. I began wagging school and running away from home at age 12.
#2 I missed my dad, but I was happy to be away from him. I felt like it was my responsibility to look...
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Get the Summary of Harry N. MacLean's Starkweather in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Starkweather" by Harry N. MacLean explores the life and crimes of Charles Starkweather, a notorious killer from Lincoln, Nebraska. Born in 1938, Starkweather was bullied as a child, leading to a deep-seated rage. His relationship with Caril Ann Fugate, marked by their intense bond and her troubled background, set the stage for...
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Get the Summary of Kashmir Hill's Your Face Belongs to Us in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Hoan Ton-That, a Vietnamese-Australian tech enthusiast, found his passion in computers and music after facing bullying in Melbourne. His tech ventures in San Francisco caught investor Naval Ravikant's eye, leading to a move to the Bay Area. Despite a scandal with ViddyHo, Ton-That continued developing apps and became interested...
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Get the Summary of Viola Davis's Finding Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Finding Me" is Viola Davis's memoir, chronicling her journey from a challenging childhood to becoming an acclaimed actress. Born into a family with a history of abuse and poverty, Davis faced bullying and racism but found strength in her defiance and resilience. Her mother, a survivor of abuse and advocate for welfare reform, and her...
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#1 The goal of burlesque parties is to look fuckable. At such parties, students are often completely shitfaced.
#2 The first step in hooking up is to get shitfaced. Party-oriented students believe that drinking enhances their experience. They believe that alcohol improves their personality, and that getting drunk brings out their intoxicated self, which is freer and...
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#1 I had a dream that Marziyeh and I were taken, and when I opened the door, two basiji were inside my apartment ransacking it. They had no search warrant or written orders, and they were just bullies.
#2 The apartment was shared by a secret church of young people and others who risked imprisonment or death to worship Jesus Christ in violation of the law. The intruders...
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#1 Someone with a narcissist in their life, whether as a parent or other family member, partner, friend, or other important person, will always feel violated.
#2 The idea that everyone is entitled to the same rights and freedoms goes against the narcissist's personal belief system. For them, the world is a rigid and simplistic hierarchy of winners and losers, strong...
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#1 My father was a big, wild Irishman, and my mother was a German princess. They met in London when he was with the UN army, and they fell in love. They had a marriage of international proportions, like Germany marrying Ireland.
#2 My father, a drinker, would visit our house and turn off all the lights. He would point at someone if they were in the room and say, What...
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#1 We've all heard stories of individuals shifting their perspective to see and feel the love that's all around them. This is how we learn to love. We see and feel the happiness that's already there, waiting to be accessed and fully lived.
#2 Impatience is a major bully to happiness. It pushes happiness out of the neighborhood almost as soon as it shows up. But learning...
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Book Preview: #1 I was a haole, or white, kid in a primarily Hawaiian school in Honolulu. The other kids made fun of me, and I didn't have any friends. I was too scared to say anything.
#2 I was sent to Kaimuki Intermediate School, a racially segregated school, where I was bullied and had no friends. I was bored in class and spent most of my time watching the trees outside for wind...
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#1 I was supposed to die. I was a superpreemie, and I was allergic to everything. I couldn't eat anything without barfing it up. I was always scared growing up because I was so fragile.
#2 I was born in Michigan. My parents had the idea of moving to Arizona, because my dad wanted to cheat on my mom in a different state. My mom had to go out and get two jobs. I never...
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#1 I was five years old when I was taken into care, to live in a Catholic children's home called Nazareth House in Glasgow. I was reunited with my two older sisters. I missed the easy affection of my grandparents' home.
#2 I loved being in the home. I preferred the predictability and safety of it to the uncertainty and chaos of my mother's home. I was happy there, day...
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Get the Summary of Lisa Wilkinson's It Wasn't Meant to Be Like in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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Subjected to horrific bullying as a teenager, Lisa survived by making herself as small as possible. But, she swore when she left school that no one was ever again going to determine, who she was, or limit what she was capable of. That determination and drive led to Lisa blazing an unprecedented...
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#1 I like to travel, and I'm good at finding potential puns. I don't keep track of disappointments, and I like parties but I don't really like them.
#2 Sasha's language interest was in language itself, its shape and structure. She was interested in the fact that adding an s at the end of the word cat made it plural. English, on the other hand, poses a challenge for people...
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#1 Low self-esteem is the opposite of high self-esteem. It is a state of mind that corrodes mental health. It is difficult to change, and many people have it. It is often linked to emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, trauma, neglect, or bullying.
#2 My passion to improve self-esteem started early in my psychiatry training, when I was still in medical...