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That sounds quite painful. And way more labor than I'd ever like to do.

I was just going practically nonstop between the start of my Spring 2010 semester and right into the start of this past semester.

I'm sure it would be.

Doubt it. I also worked for a lot of it and suffered from burnout this past semester.

They must not have modern grounding techniques applied to them.

I had only a single major.

Is the power infrastructure that bad or are the storms that strong? We rarely lose power during thunderstorms where I'm at.

My life at my place centered around schoolwork.

I do agree. Too many, in fact.

I don't mind it, but it can get pretty boring (then again, so can my place).

I think so too but that's how a lot of people come to not like history: they're forced to learn it.

I've been home for about two weeks since they needed me back last week since my dad was out of town for his job.

I'm saying we are force fed European history and some South American history in addition to our own history. That and a lot of people find history boring when forced to learn it.

I like it not to fall on Christmas. Less travel hassles that way since we're not competing with the majority of the US that hasn't caught on that it's a good idea not to hold these things exactly on Christmas.

Most of the world isn't fed the thousands of years of history of three continents by force.

We already had our extended family's get together a few weeks back. So much easier to not have it specifically on or the week of Christmas.

Oh plenty of us do, it's just that America itself can take up quite a bit of the American's space for necessary knowledge.

Staying at my parents' place. Yours?

It's only in our last year that English is the only compulsory class.

Well it sounds authentic enough for an American. (b'-')b

In my final two years I had several compulsory subjects. And at my school it was mandatory to take something every period.

I am practically accent deaf.

American history is the only mandatory thing here. This includes the native peoples and European history prior to America and during its colonization of America.

Well you all sound so BRITISH that I usually can't tell at first. Although I have a hard time distinguishing certain American accents as well.

Is it one of the things you're required to learn about?

Well our accent is fairly close to the accent they try to use on newscasts (General American Accent, which is prolific in the Midwest). The trailer is probably trying not to spoil the movie. Though I can barely tell apart Aussie, Kiwi, South African, and the various British accents, myself.

Not exactly, though certainly a majority did. That sentiment did change slowly over time, but it did require heavy-handedness by the northern states to force its removal, though that heavy-handedness was done as a way to gain a major edge in the American Civil War.

The accents in that movie are pretty exaggerated, but it's the closest accent in movies to what I sound like.

Still supported slavery.

I sound more like the people in the movie Fargo (which was based off of a real murder that happened over 1500 miles away in Connecticut - a neighbor state of New York's) than Huck Finn.

Popularity doesn't necessarily imply friendship :P.

Friendship is a sincere bond between two people, which allows both parties to share themselves with the other. Such a thing is not instantaneous, like a friend request online, but developed over time.

I tend to withhold my praise of those who supported slavery.

There are some, I'm just too distracted to think of any at the moment. And to most Americans, they stereotype my accent as that of an uneducated person.

if the use of a friendship feature online was enough to indicate that friendships were genuine and true, Hikari10 would have 1000 genuine friends :P

Effort and a focus on the here and now for American politics on my part.

I'm afraid to lose certain rights I've become accustomed to. My state is a very socially progressive state with a lot of freedoms for its citizens. That and a lot of Americans think my accent sounds hokey.