Undergraduate Study Graduate Study Lay Participation in Religious Services UCLA Song Pregnancy Question
Welcome to Andrea Jussim's website.This website is full of interesting, helpful, original content that you will not find elsewhere. Here you will find helpful hints on undergraduate study, admission to graduate school, leading prayers, and Torah reading (Bible chanting). Also posted are the lyrics to an old UCLA fight song, as well as thoughts on an intrusive personal question that upsets everyone who is asked it. Please use the navigational keys at the top of each page to link to the essays, or the table of contents below. Enjoy, and please feel free to email any comments you have.
Content:
- Lyrics to an old UCLA fight song.
- Am I Pregnant? None of Your Business! (Why you should never ask a woman if she is pregnant.)
- Recommended Undergraduate Classes.
- Goals for Undergraduates: What You Should Know When You Graduate.
- Choosing a Graduate Program: Six Considerations.
- Torah Reading for Beginners: Methodology and Tips.
- The Successful Prayer Leader.
UCLA Fight Song
By the blue Pacific's rolling water,Loyally we stand, each son and daughter.
Hail the emblem to our alma mater,
Mighty Bruin Bear, rah rah rah.
California, hail ye warriors,
Marching to the fray.
We'll go out and win more laurels
For our name today, rah rah rah.
Bruin Bear, let loose your thunder,
Victory's flag unfold, trah la la...
Rend our enemies asunder
For the Blue and Gold!
Andrea S. Jussim holds a B.A. from UCLA, as do her parents and siblings. She learned this song as a child from her parents; it is one of their favorite songs.
Am I pregnant? None of Your Business!
Why you should never ask a woman if she is pregnant.
You should not ask a woman if she is pregnant unless she looks like she is due any minute. Even then, it's a risky and potentially upsetting question, for she may not be pregnant even if she appears to be. Here are the reasons you should not ask any woman this question:- At the time you ask her, she may not want to be pregnant or to have children. She may infer from your question that she should be pregnant, and feel pressured. But since the decision to try to conceive is soley between her and and her partner, you really do not have any part in that decision. Accordingly, you should stay away from the entire subject of her pregnancy.
- She may be trying to get pregnant, and be worried about fertility problems. This question may cause her to feel pressured and anxious. She doesn't need any more well-intentioned reminders about her possible inability to conceive, so keep away from the subject.
- She may be pregnant and in her first trimester, the period of pregnancy with the highest probability of miscarriages. Due to anxiety and perhaps a little superstition, she is not interested in anyone knowing she is pregnant. Your question forces her to lie about her pregnancy, which may cause her more stress.
- She may be having a miscarriage, be about to have a miscarriage, or be recovering from a miscarriage. Her sadness over her loss will cause her to become extremely upset at your question. She might even lose all self-control and burst into hysterical crying. You have just made her unbearable grief even worse.
- She may be simply quite overweight. Whether or not she wants to be pregnant, she will certainly be insulted at your question; apparently her weight condition is so obvious to others that she looks pregnant! Be prepared for her to punch you in the nose, or at the very least, try to kill you with her glare.
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