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    Reading, writing, geocaching, animals, psychology, functions and ailments of the human body, and browsing the internet!

    Not claiming I am an expert or very good at any of these; they just interest me.
  1. I once got proper alcohol poisoning. I was twenty, had never drunk more than a sip of wine, and didn't really know the effects of alcohol.... I figured that because everyone used it, it was similar to squash or something, so I drank a LOT. Hell, did I regret that! Puked all over my friend's toilet, I was shivering, cold and hot, couldn't stand, and it took me three days to recover. Never again!
  2. These unpaid jobs in poundland are supposed to be work experience placements. A university graduate would have experienced more than enough in a job like that after working there for a week. If you are of reasonable intelligence, there just isn't a lot to learn there. I know this from personal experience in similar (paid!!!) jobs - and I am not even a graduate! Any additional time that she works in poundland would not be teaching her more skills to become more employable. The government would be paying for poundland's workforce from the people's taxes. That is not acceptable; poundland is a big business and should make its own profit from which it should proper wages its employees. Also, this placement would take away an honestly paid job for either this person or someone else. It would be a lot more useful to place this person somewhere where she can either really learn something, or where she is of use to society, like in a charity. Also, it is a terrible waste of this country's resources if you do not profit from the education this person has had. With a geology degree she could volunteer for several organisations that would actually profit from her knowledge. Someone said she should find her own work experience placement, but it's not that simple. Many people who do exactly that are told that their self-found placement will not do, evne if it would teach them more than stacking shelves. The country's assets are not only cold hard cash. The country's most valuable assets are the talents and knowledge of its citizens, and that is what our current society fails to see. Continuing on this path will lead to Great-Britian becoming a narrow-minded greed- and profit-driven swamp of stupidity and compliance.
  3. Just hoping to learn the experiences of others. Are you working? Full-time or part-time? Paid or unpaid? Did you get through higher education courses/university? Do you work in your field of education? Do you have any good advice on whatkind of work to do or how to keep a job? I have so far been miserably unsuccessful in work, and to be honest I feel like a failure and it's gettign me down. I am 43. I'm currently self-employed as a childminder, but will soon stop my business. Mainly because we are moving house and I will therefor lose my client base, but also because I cannot seem to get the paperwork right, which resulted in me paying taxes and bills that I shouldn't need to have paid. I didn't earn a lot at all. Fortunately my partner has a steady job and income. I also stopped looking after kids under the age of 6, because for that you have to do a lot of paperwork as well... observations and such. I asked for asiistance with that, and was told my observations were very good. Still, I couldn't manage them. I spent weeks on them, not sure what I should and shouldn't include, and I got so stressed that I eventually gave up. Similar with risk-assessments. I did do those, but it got me into a state of panic. I have also had many different jobs before this one, and none worked out well. I have never worked full-time.The longest I managed to stay in a job was 4 years. I used to get work reviews, and was told all sorts of things that I didn't understand. Like that I did not take enough initiative (yet when I consequently did, I was told off!). Or that I wasn't involved enough, and that one I really couldn't understand, because that was in a nursery where I felt extremely involved and devoted to the little ones in my care! Also, I am fairly intelligent and have A-levels in maths, chemistry, physics and biology. I was one of the brightest students in school, but so far most of the jobs I had were production work or cleaning. Childcare is the most highly educated field I have worked in. Kids are fun, but, well, to be honest, after doing it for 30 years (started volunteering at 13) it's becoming a tad dull. I have started a few higher education courses in the past, but couldn't finish any, although the subject matter was always very easy. I am currently doing courses at the OU and hope this will prove to be more effective.
  4. I had another thought. I have not been diagnosed with asperger's or anything; I am still on a waiting list. So at the moment, I have no disease, no disorder; I am just a bit odd. Or eccentric. Or a whole range of other things (many less kind than the two above). And I have been called all these things all my life, which is 43 years now. Should I get the diagnosis, then I will of course still be the same person, but I would suddenly have a disease? That can't be right.
  5. One problem with that facebook post was that is wasn't in English. The actual word they used means disease, but could also be translated as 'illness'. I don't know if there is a real difference in the meaning of disease and illness. The context was well-intended. It was a message saying not to judge people because you don't know if they have some hidden disease that affects their behaviour. And then it listed a lot of 'hidden diseases' including autism. ADHD and anxiety were also on the list. Anxiety is, of course, definitely not a disease. (excessive anxiety can be a symptom of a disease, but anxiety itself is just an emotion - and often a useful one!). Epilepsy was also on the list, and a person who has epilepsy responded that he did not feel as if he was ill. I thought about it a bit more - I really don't think autism is a disease. Just like other differences are not diseases. For instance: Being exceptionally tall is not a disease, even though it can be debilitating and cause the tall person to become ill (back problems for instance). Many disabilities are not diseases either. Like being blind or deaf, or missing a limb - none of those are diseases. Even if we would one day discover that autism is caused by a mysterious microbe, then it would still only be a result of an infection, but not a disease in itself. And you never know, maybe we will discover that Asperger's syndrome is the normal state of being for humans, and what we call 'neurotypical' is actually the result of overexposure to radiation! Of course I meant that as a joke, but I do think that over my lifetime our society has become more and more obsessively focused on socializing .....
  6. Someone on facebook said that autism is a disease. I never looked at it that way. What do people here think? Is it a disease or not? And why or why not? Does anyone know what the medical profession or psychologist say about this? What do they say?
  7. There are plenty of books out there that present a whole range of far-fetched subjects as the truth, and yes, on some of those subject all the books are wrong. Many people just seem to love to believe absurd statement, and create hype around these. I don't know why _ I guess they find ordinary life too boring. I don't believe that the MMR jab causes autism, and as far as I know the evidence for this has been invalidated rather than increased. But of course mercury is not a particularly good thing to have in one's body anyway. I think that the big explosion in behavioural disorders is more due to increased diagnostic skills of diagnosing bodies, and also due to society being less tolerant of anything that does not fit into a very narrowly defined box of 'normal' .
  8. It all depends how you bring your story, and what your experiences are. I could share these (REAL) stories: After 7 years of being single, I felt ready for a new relationship. I lived in a small town and did not meet many people. I do not like to go out. I am not very good at talking, but much better at writing. I registered with a dating site and George was one of the people who messaged me. I immediately liked his emails. They were funny, polite and he did not make many spelling errors. We corresponded for a while and fell deeper and deeper in love with each other. We have been living together very happily for a bit more than six years now . I knew Danny because we used to go to the same kind of gigs. He looked cute and he smiled a lot. One night he and I started talking, and he invited me to his room for a cup of tea. I went with him to his house (where he lived with other people who I knew). He did not give me tea but tried to pull my t-shirt off and pushed me onto his bed. I told him to stop but he did not. Fortunately he had a screwdriver in his windowsill so I grabbed that and held it to his chest and told him that I'd stab him if he didn't stop. He stopped. I had to walk home alone in the dark, and I was crying. Later Danny told several other people that I was a mad girl who had threatened him with a screwdriver. So you see, it all depends on your personal experiences. Oh, and I'm not sure what internet sex is either.
  9. I consider internet dating to be a far better and more efficient way of meeting a life partner than 'chance' meeting. More fun too; instead of having to wade your way through tons of dull people at horrible noisy busy smoky locations, you get to sit behind your own computer in the comfort of your own home, and exchange pleasant emails with a nice guy. Much easier to ignore the annoying ones, too.
  10. I do belief that there is life on other planets though. It's not very likely that our planet would be the only one with life. That's just silly. But I don't belief that those aliens are visiting us, because if they did, then why would they be so secretive about it? That too is silly. Or perhaps they are so different from us that we cannot perceive them with our senses, and they have been here for a long long time. (sorry - I wanted to edit the above post to add this, but the editor wouldn't save it)
  11. I find it hard to believe any conspiracy theory. I can't imagine anyone would go to so much effort to create a conspiracy. That's just silly. As for starving cancer by fasting: that might well be true, since all cells die if you fast long enough. You'd just have to hope that your cancer cells die before the rest of your body crashes. They might though, as they need a lot of energy to grow and divide at the rate they do, especially with very aggressive cancers. But it seems like a very risky 'cure'. Also, I've known a number of cancer patients who were too ill to eat, or who kept throwing up, so they went all skinny yet they still died of cancer....
  12. Cinnamon

    Hello

    I think I will pass on the cinnamon challenge too. I did laugh about the video, but it is a slightly stupid thing to do, though.... I like cinnamon because it tastes good, it smells good, and I like the word as well.
  13. I used veggieromance. Back then it was free, but I don't think it is free anymore now. Anyway, it's only useful if you are vegetarian or vegan. It worked well, though. I met my partner quickly on there and we've been together for 7 years now. (while my previous longest relationship was just under a year)
  14. Hi! I like Plymouth. :-) What was the result of your assessment?
  15. Sorry, you are not called kilimanjaro but trekster. I'll get the hang of this forum, eventually. :-)
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