Yeah, it does get unbearable staying outside a lot of time, but life has to go on, doesn't it? You just stay indoors and use the air-conditioner. There's literally nothing else you can do. Funnily my city is in the 'temperate' zone , if you remember those from Geography. And then, there's the pollution. But at least we don't have tornadoes and whiteouts and constant rain (The burst out laughing when the English declared a 20-something celsius temperature a heat wave)
Also, we really can't do anything about these people. It seems there are less people with common sense than Kanye West fans
Jan 20, 2023
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Talos
Livable? The entire Northwestern part of my country faces such temperatures, and life goes on perfectly. My country's capital is located here. And let's see, this part has like some 200 million people living here. You get used to it. It sometimes goes over 50 too.
And then the winters drop into freezing. It's possible to get both sunstroke and frostbite here, if I'm right
Jan 20, 2023
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Talos
Lowest here reachea 1-2 degrees Celsius, while it's about 10 degrees on normal days. The funny thing is, average summer temperatures are 45 degrees
Jan 19, 2023
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Talos
Yeah well, I was in the easy part till now. It's now that the hard parts start. But enough about education, it's messed up everywhere.
How's life? Is it cold where you live? Cuz I'm freezing here
Jan 19, 2023
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Talos
Yeah my country's education system is infamous for religiously overworking its students with unnecessary load. Our university entrance exams are the hardest in the world. Coaching for these examinations os offered for 5th grade, and is now a multi-billion dollar industry. My education system is f-ed up. But at least those who survive lead some of the world's biggest companies
Jan 18, 2023
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Talos
Ah, about that... Those GCSEs are kinda useless, as the only thing they'll ever be used for identification (Your 10th Grade report card is valid identification proof here). Also, that National Merit Scholarship thing only applies if you get like a top 100 rank out of like 10,000 people. You can see where this is going
Jan 18, 2023
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Talos
Thanks man. The thing is, I have my equivalent of the GCSEs this year. But to take that one exam, I'm supposed to take 7 preparatory tests all through the year and 2 practical exams. Then there's the National Merit Scholarship equivalent which really helps with college applications and job profiles, so I'm taking both of them. So yeah....
Jan 18, 2023
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Talos
My holidays were pretty nice too. School kinda sucks rn, but that's solely because the **** ton of exams I have to give this year (12, at last count)
Jan 17, 2023
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Talos