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little to no thought was put into this

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If anyone has a sending money to strangers kink hit me up

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In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

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His favourite part (🔊) 

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[shmoobeardraws]

so i was thinking, what if in Mile’s universe, MJ was actually just Zendaya 

[protectwoc]

this is so fucking funny

[planetfuckingjupiter]

new olympic sport: the contestants must sit on their legs until they fall asleep and then run down a flight of stairs

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[lmages-remade]

was trying to sleep but then my third eye snapped open involuntarily so I had to make this

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Wait. *does some research* They checked me for tinnitus SO MANY TIMES. I could tell them when the class next door was watching TV. Or that there was something weird about the electronics in the room (that often would break the next day or so but nobody ELSE put that together). The high pitched noise bothered me so I complained a lot. And they test me for tinnitus. Nobody ever once tested me for ADHD. As an adult I’ve become convinced that I have ADHD and that it explains a lot about me, about my childhood, about everything. I’ll just add this to the ever-increasing pile. It has its own room now.

[ancestorglade]

This would explain a lot for me too, I can hear the power strip near my bed, the kitchen appliances, etc. People think I’m joking, and nothing has ever been found to be wrong with my hearing and the ear specialist I went to said I don’t have tinnitus. This would explain so much.

[chickenonabicycle]

The experiences you two describe are very common in people with ADHD and/or autism. We don’t filter out sounds like that, while neurotypicals do, so we often hear things they don’t. Electronics are the most common example.

Tinnitus is more a sound that’s always there regardless of where you are or what you’re doing (always the same high pitch is the most common form, though there are other types).

Tinnitus: internal damage to your cochlea, usually from over-exposure to loud sounds, triggering the constant hearing of the pitch that’s connected to the place that’s damaged.

ADHD/autism: sensory sensitivities and the inability to filter the sounds around you, causing you to hear things that others can’t even though they’re real.

For some people, ADHD also has a thing where pure silence has a sound. It’s hard to explain but I call it brain static.

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Bitch!!!!! Nobody told me the brain static was because of my ADHD!!!!! Bro!!! I thought I was going deaf!!!

[onyxmoonstone]

I heard it from my phone once. Freaked me the fuck out.

[jazzybot4]

*That’s why the silence screams* holy shit. Holy *shit*.

[shygaladriel]

WHAT????? THATS WHY I CAN HEAR ELECTRONICS?????

[hooray4skeleton]

I knew autism/adhd was the reason why electronic buzzing sounds were so audible for me (I’ve either developed a tolerance to them or slightly lost my hearing enough that they don’t bother me anymore, not sure which) but I didn’t know the “silence = ringing/hum/static buzz” was part of that, I figured I just had mild occasionally-occuring tinnitus or something. Huh!

[letsgetunicorny]

I honestly assumed no one ever experienced “silence” I thought that was more of a concept and the reality was a hum all the time. This is crazy

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👀

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They have nine beverages between the two of them

[polychromehana]

i have that painting ai app on my phone so i went ahead and took the liberty…

[jessthecheesewitch]

What they have are five beverages and four waters. Water, by definition, cannot be a beverage.

[queen-rot]

The fuck do you mean water cant be a beverage?

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[swiftlybeingsteph]

The way this post progressed is the reason I come on Tumblr

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Beautiful finish

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[letsgetunicorny]

What ever happened to Macklemore?

[seokjinlesbian]

pitchfork didn’t have to come this hard for him and yet

[ethicalmemes]

That’s still a lot of trees #EthicalMemes

[grimthetransman]

Here is the link in case anyone wants to donate some trees!

https://teamtrees.org/

Help Us Plant 20 Million Trees - Join #TeamTrees

The official site of #TeamTrees. One dollar plants a tree...

[kedreeva]

They’re only about 1.2 million away, and a couple of weeks ago they were 4 million away. There’s a good chance that with a bit of noise made about this, they could rally for that home stretch. This would be a good time to tell your family, friends, co-workers about the project, as there are many people interested in donating to charities at this time of the year. Once you choose a donation amount, you can also select that it is a gift for someone else, if you’re interested in gift ideas.

If nothing else, please help pass on the news here!

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oh my god

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