Korossol into the Ring 32

Korossol

July 21, 2021

Write a letter to yourself at the age of fifteen.

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Dear myself,

You're lucky, even if you don't know it.
Not only because your family loves you but because people usually like you, even if you don't know why.
Yes, you're confused most of the time and you don't like it. You're afraid most of the time and it's not a nice way to live.
Still, it could be worse. You don't like High School but you don't hate it. You find it boring. You're used to have an interesting life. You never knew normal and you don't like it.
You feel trapped. Because you can't go away. You're not used to the universe getting in your way. Why are you here? It makes no sense.
You've never been bullied. The only girl who treated you badly was trying to make you react. The only professor who talked you harshly honestly believed that you were challenging her.
(It seems to be a recurrent theme.)
You never cared for authority. You don't understand it. It causes problems.
But confusion is not the worse thing. It means nothing at fifteen. So what if you don't understand how things work? There will be no quiz. Stop being so intimidated: you don't have to be a genius. Learning is always a possibility.

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Corrections

womanji

Korossol into the Ring 32

Dear ~~myself~~*me*,

"Myself" requires that you do something to yourself. You can talk to yourself, seat yourself, wash yourself, but you cannot "dear yourself".

You're lucky, even if you don't know it.

Not only because your family loves you but because people usually like you, even if you don't know why.

Yes, you're confused most of the time and you don't like it.

You're afraid most of the time and it's not a nice way to live.

Still, it could be worse.

You don't like High School but you don't hate it.

You find it boring.

You're used to have an interesting life.

Do you mean "You used to have an interesting life" or "You're used to having an interesting life"?

You never knew normal and you don't like it.

You feel trapped.

This sentence should be connected to the next one.

Because you can't go away.

This should be the end of the previous sentence. Starting with "because" is awkward and makes this an incomplete sentence.

You're not used to the universe getting in your way.

Why are you here?

It makes no sense.

You've never been bullied.

The only girl who treated you badly was trying to make you react.

The only professor who talked you harshly honestly believed that you were challenging her.

(It seems to be a recurrent theme. )

You never cared for authority.

You don't understand it.

It causes problems.

But confusion is not the worse thing.

It means nothing at fifteen.

So what if you don't understand how things work?

There will be no quiz.

Stop being so intimidated:";" you don't have to be a genius.

A semicolon (";") is used to connect two complete sentences.

Learning is always a possibility.

Feedback

This is a fantastic journal entry. I'm very impressed with your English skills.

Korossol

July 23, 2021

Thank you for helping me!
"You're used to having an interesting life." I should have used "having" because as I'm talking, I'm still used to have an interesting life. Is that it?

womanji

July 28, 2021

You are correct!

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