I was meant to buy travel tickets for somebody, but they all got sold out before I could. (There were reasons for them not being able to buy the tickets themselves. I was helping out.) Not being able to travel on those specific dates is a bit of an inconvenience to them, so I apologised. They sa...

Probably the best way of learning is active learning or learning by doing: you read or listen to about some topic and then do some excercises, which are then graded by a teacher, peer student or a computer. There are thousands of such courses on the Internet for subjects like computer programming...

I'm 15 years old, living in Israel. Occasionally, I visit senior citizens on their birthdays - bringing balloons and stuff, with a few other people. These people who we visit are usually older Russians (there are a lot of Russian immigrants here). I, personally, am American, so there are three ...

I'm sorry if this has already been asked but I can't find similar questions, so I'm shooting in the dark here: I recently joined The Awkward Silence and was surprised about some recommended behaviors to adopt while reviewing on IPS. For instance, I used to comment on answers that didn't respect ...

My grandparents have a caravan at the Baltic see where they basically spend all summer. This, in my view, is good for them. They get to be in nature, which should be good for their health, and they seem to have a more active social life there than at home, which is also good imho. Of course renti...

I will try to make this as well of an answerable question as I can, because of course I know that this problem is way to complex to solve remotely. I am just looking for advice on how to act in my condition. I have a particular event that made me ask this question, which occurred yesterday: As s...

I used to have a friend who I would fairly regularly see - usually for lunch. A few details about this individual: Very quiet and shy Is a high-functioning autistic individual Socially awkward We fell out of touch a few years ago when he (very suddenly) lost his job and moved away, however h...

I am a recent graduate from a school in the united states that has a large number of international students. During my time there, I became friends with someone who I will refer to as "Suzy." Suzy and I became close by spending time playing a popular video game together, and we eventually graduat...

At least once a week, I have to get blood drawn to comply with a treatment regimen. I don't have a problem with this. I'm not afraid of needles. The trouble is that I can't always have the same person draw me. Someone who has worked with me before knows that using the smallest needle is most ef...