Hi all, I hope you’re doing fine today. I’m just seeking for a little bit of guidance here. I have a really bad academic history, with two leaves of absence and I was actually kicked out from college in the past. I had to make it back to college 4 times total, plus a myriad of times I’ve failed classes. Everything is documented, although the reasons (my medical condition) are only known by the university dean. I just started to do undergraduate research and I’m looking for a scholarship. I need to send my academic history and a written project. The problem is that now I’m facing a very tense situation, since the professor that is in charge of my project has to see my academic history and then attach it to my project so the institution offering the scholarship can reject it or approve it. I have no idea on how she will react to it, and it’s very difficult to even explain such a situation. My mother advised me to be clear and transparent, and discuss what happened to me in the past. I’m divided between being clear and risking being judged negatively and not being clear and being judged unfairly anyway. I’m fearing that my academic history will not grant me my scholarship and then I would have exposed myself for nothing. I need the money though, and I have only a few days to decide. I have no idea on how to proceed.
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Hi all, i’m a native Portuguese speaker and I’ve been teaching myself English for years, but whereas I feel completely comfortable listening, writing and reading, I’m not quite confident when it comes to my pronunciation. I’m 25F and looking to find a native English speaker who would like to do voice calls from time to time so we can improve our communication skills together.
I’m supposed to be in a good moment of my life rn, but I’m starting to feel paranoid again. Just mildly. Why is that I have to try to predict other people’s opinion all the time? It’s just like I never wonder: “I think x and y of that person” but it’s always “I think that person thinks x and y of me”. I suppose that’s the root cause of paranoia but I’m not sure. Maybe if I try to change my reasoning it will go away.