Other Pairings

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• the hufflepuff being super super cheeky to the ravenclaw 
  
• the ravenclaw pretending to be annoyed by it 
• the ravenclaw secretly loving it
• so so so much banter wow
• the ravenclaw always using super big words to try impress the hufflepuff but the hufflepuff just yelling “IDK WHAT THAT MEANS BUT YEAH”
• the hufflepuff being so excitable and the ravenclaw finding that sO CUTE
• the ravenclaw teasing the hufflepuff by asking them to find things
• “I lost my keys can you find them for me”
• the hufflepuff totally taking it in their stride and finding them in a matter of seconds 
• “you’re lucky you have me otherwise you would never be able to get into your house”
• the ravenclaw reading to the hufflepuff 
• “you have to do the voices” - the puff
•  the ravenclaw feeling totally embarrassed when they have to ask the puff for help on herbology homework 
• “oh stop being so proud” - the puff
  
• “I’m supposed to be the smart one” the raven
  
• “And how’s that working out for you?” - the puff
  
• the two only having to look at each other to communicate 
• the hufflepuff loving to listen to the ravenclaw talk about smart things
• the ravenclaw being totally taken by surprise when the puff starts talking about things they’re passionate about because they know so much about it
• being the loveliest and most open couple ever 

One time I was cooking with a girl and we were both bilingual but we didn’t have a language in common so we were just sitting by the fire doing prep work quietly and I was peeling little garlic cloves to mince and she put her hand on my arm to stop me and demonstrated how you’re supposed to press on the clove with the flat side of your knife to break the shell off all at once to peel it and I was like oh! And I imitated her and she nodded in approval and we went back to quietly peeling and mincing the garlic and I don’t want to be hyperbolic but in that moment I was like wow I truly understand the universal thread of human love and connection inherent in our souls or whatever

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem: This information package is designed to provide you with some information about low self-esteem - how it develops, how it is maintained, and how to address this problem.  This infopax is organised into modules that are designed to be worked through in sequence.  We recommend that you complete one module before going on to the next.  Each module includes information, worksheets, and suggested exercises or activities.

Modules:

• Module 1: What Is Low Self-Esteem
  This module provides an overview of what low self-esteem is, how it can be a problem, and what kind of impact it can have on a person’s life.  PDF document: 218kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 2: How Low Self-Esteem Develops
  This module explores, and provides a model of, how low self-esteem develops and might remain dormant in a person’s life.  PDF document: 181kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 3: How Low Self-Esteem Is Maintained
  This module explores, and provides a model, of how low self-esteem is maintained at an acute level.  PDF document: 173kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 4: Biased Expectations
  This module begins to address the problem of low self-esteem by tackling one type of negative thoughts known as biased expectations.  PDF document: 202kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 5: Negative Self-Evaluations
  This module tackles another type of negative thoughts that keep low self-esteem going - negative self-evaluations.  PDF document: 181kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 6: Accepting Yourself
  Another way of addressing negative self-evaluations is learning to accept oneself.  This module explores how to identify and acknowledge one’s positive qualities.  PDF document: 267kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 7: Adjusting Rules & Assumptions
  This module addresses the next phase of chipping away at low self-esteem and explores how one can begin to make adjustments to their unhelpful rules and assumptions.  PDF document: 188kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 8: Developing Balanced Core Beliefs
  This module explores the final step of challenging deep-seated negative beliefs about oneself with the ultimate aim of developing balanced core beliefs.  PDF document: 235kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

• Module 9: Healthy Self-Esteem
  This final module brings all the concepts of this information package together and presents a model of healthy self-esteem.  PDF document: 195kb.  Updated 29 July 2005.

i am absolutely dragging myself through grading my last 6 papers, it is 9:30pm, and one of my favorite students has just used the phrase “Satan and his Gucci gang” in his milton essay

sis, it’s time for you to be happy again