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How do you people drink floral teas?
Do you mix some sugar, milk or something else in it? Or do you just drink it straight?
I have a sweet tooth, so i used to put a lot of sugar in my tea. Now, I drink it straight.. though sometimes i still add a bit of sugar.
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Do those extreme cases of bullying and/or groups exist in your school?
Never happen to me, at least the extreme case part.
A few years ago, some violence cases in the school reported in my country. They made a big news. There was someone who recorded it and the video was spread.
Let me try to explain it, there is a tradition here.. which every freshman in highschool/university/academy must attend what you called 'initiation period'. It could be 3 days long (the shortest one), others may have 1 month long period.
The initiation programs varied each school, but 'normally' these programs consist of senpai/upperclassmen who shouted out loud every freshman, made the freshman doing stupid things (like delivering love letters, singing in front of the school/university gate, wearing funny accesories.. like a 'holey' hat made from plastic ball and you put your pigtail hair through the hole, and many more). It kinda funny though, but I hate making those things, they are useless. There were so much imposed tasks if they didn't want to get punished, so the new students got a little time to sleep during this period.
In the extreme cases, some schools (especially those owned by government or military) actually let the new students be kicked and punched. Not only by the upperclassmen, the teachers also did it. There were some students who got lifelong injuries because of this and they must quit their education. The rest of students who succeed their first year, got revenge by doing similar acts to their new kouhai. One case reported in the news, someone died because of the injuries.. apparently because it hit his vital organ. I heard from my mom, in her generation, someone even forced to eat a frog alive (it reported on the newspaper). Because these cases, public demands this program to be erased, but... it's hard to erase tradition you know. Some school today may or may not have this program, but they still have this at university. At least the 'normal' ones.
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