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HOW TO CAPTURE SOMEONE’S HEART

Six fool-proof ways to get someone to fall in love with you.

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Writing and Art by Jada Johnson Stalk Them, And Their Parents

irst, grab a piece of paper and write your certain someone’s first and last name three times, preferably in a red pen or marker. Next, in each corner of the paper, draw a heart. Then, fold the paper five times toward you. After that, kiss the paper and spray it with your favorite perfume or cologne. Finally, put the paper underneath your pillow and wait 24 hours. If done correctly, your crush is certain to fall in love with you.

Ask A Teacher For Their Class Schedule

The best way to attract someone’s attention is through commonalities and shared interest. With this new age’s lack of privacy, any information you want to find about someone can be found, it just takes a little digging. Media apps like Facebook and Spotify are great, sly ways to gain access to uncommon information that’s so niche and specific, your person of interest will be forced to believe you’re fated to be together.

Homie Hop

One benefit to having a good teachers-student relationship isn’t having a killer letter of rec, it’s their willingness to aid in your romantic pursuits. Asking your favorite teacher for your prospected target’s class schedule gives you an optimal opportunity for a meet cute. For example, casually bumping into them as they exit class, then you drop the plethora of books you’re holding only to have them stop midway in their tracks to assist you and finally notice how desirable you are.

Threaten Them

It’s human nature to want the things you can’t have, and the same goes for people in relationships. A good way to equally get close to your crush and improve your desirability to them is to date their best friends. The jealousy they’ll start to develop from the fact that they can’t have you will leave them wrapped around your finger. Only thing left to do from there is to break up with your temporary romance in pursuit of who you really desire, who’s by then practically begging you to date them.

Mark Your Claim On Them

Studies prove that fear can provoke bonding between those experiencing it together. Actively threatening your prospect and/ or prospect’s family will have you always on their mind, day and night, and they will always be on the lookout for you. Eventually, when your target person does see you, their accelerated heart rate out of fear may get mistaken for butterflies in their stomach. Everyone knows that once you get butterflies for a person, they’re the one.

Speak it into existence and mark your claim on your crush. If you tell everyone you’re dating, eventually your crush is going to have to confront you about it, and that’s a great way to spark conversation. Becoming territorial about your crush also drives away potential “predators,” leaving you to be the top dog and only suitor left in your crush’s selection. There’s no better way to a person’s heart than being their only option left.

Sometimes in life, love is just one click away, and in the case of Mr. Brown that is true. He met his wife in 2016 on Tinder, it was "her first Tinder date and she was [his] last Tinder date" said Mr. Brown. He sat down and shared some of his love wisdom to help romantically struggling Dawgs.

Have you witnessed any awkward or funny student relationships?

"Yeah, two students dated at the beginning of the school year, last year, and they were very much like sitting next to each other all the time. And then at some point, it just stopped. Yeah, they were sitting in opposite sections of the room. [They] didn't talk to each other."

Do you have any advice for students or someone that's struggling with a relationship?

"I think in high school, the biggest mistake that people make, [is] you'll develop a crush on someone or something like that and you kind of lock into that?"

"a lot of people think, Oh, the person I liked doesn't like me, that means I'm not desirable. But the fact of the matter is, you just need to broaden your horizons and think about other people. You can't just be focused on finding that one person. You need to just be yourself, and you're gonna meet people that like you as well."

Do you recommend high school relationships?

"My generation, they're all like waiting till they're 30 now [to get married], and they're much stronger relationships"

"I do have one friend, they've been together since like eighth grade and they're older than me but they're one of the coolest couples I know. They are perfect for each other."

"Honestly, like, for me, I would not have been able to have such an awesome relationship with my wife and have like been able to like, make it work with her if I had not had lots of practice and lots of failed relationships along the way to figure out who am I in a relationship, how I communicate"

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Advice on how to have a successful relationship:

Acceptance

Communication

Recognizing it's two individuals with interests

"Balancing how much attention and time you're giving of the other person and demanding from

When talking to someone for the first time "Getting over yourself and just talking to somebody because so much time is lost in being so nervous. Learn to take a punch because if the person doesn't want to chat or doesn't engage, now you know and learn to take a punch."

After teaching in Japan for a year Mr. Lovre met his wife Audrey on the Trans Siberian railroad on his way back home from Beijing to Moscow. Turns out she was also teaching in Japan and riding on the very same train. Sparks flew as they spent the next few days on the train, visiting Mongolia and Siberia. After Audrey moved to Seattle Mr. Lovre later followed, and four years later they were happily married. They have been married for twenty five years and like other couples, have learned to accommodate each other as the years go by.

What is your funniest thing you observe with student relationships?

"Watching people attempt to flirt badly. If you like the person just say something, I can see it. You like each other, I can see you all try to sit next to each other! You move around the class, you meet outside my classroom, say something!" Have you found the key to a healthy relationship?

"It's not about me. I want to be with my partner. I love them. If I can remove myself sometimes when I'm frustrated and be like, why are they mad? It becomes much easier. And when you have two people doing the same thing, why are they mad? That conversation is much clearer."

Mr. Saunders met his wife Maritia Medrano at a Vocal Jazz party in 2010. He had been involved in the group previously, but it was his roommate, a current member, who convinced him to attend the party. There he met his wife and they immediately hit it off. After being a part of each other's lives for 11 years they tied the knot this November. Saunders said his favorite memory of Maritia was seeing them on their wedding day. Saunders sat down to give some words of wisdom for anyone struggling to find the one.

Advice for someone struggling to find love?

"If you're struggling to find love the first question I'd ask is why you want it so badly. And if your goal is someone who wants to feel love, that kind of relationship love, particularly sexual love, those things, you first need to be okay with who you are. Because you need to be able to authentically come to a balance with any person here to choose to have that truth of a relationship with... To love is to be with each other authentically"

Advice for someone's first relationship?

"Breathe, you're fine. Everyone goes through it. Remember that it is completely normal to explore. It is okay."

Advice for someone going through their first breakup?

"It sucks. And like anything else, it's gonna get better over time. The key here is how are you going to grow?... Every relationship is an opportunity to grow, every end of a relationship is even more. How are you going to be a better partner for someone whether it's that person, someone else in the future, a human you haven't met yet? How are you going to grow from this relationship? Rather than it being a negative in your life, choose to let you become better in the future."

What are your red flags for student relationships?

"Misogyny, subtle or observable. It's really difficult with students in particular and not just male presenting, misogyny can be across the board not just gendered. But when one gender role is uplifted over the other in norms betionships I can see it."

Do you have any advice for any students that are struggling with love?

"Patience is a virtue. Love will find you someday."

Do you have any advice for anyone that's in their first relationship?

"It's your journey, it's your thing that you're doing, it's your dating, and you don't have to modify yourself to what they want. It's you too."

"You don't have to ever become somebody you're not, you're on a journey. Have fun. And if the person really is a caring, thoughtful person, they'll respect that."

Have you ever seen any funny or awkward student relationships?

"Daily. It keeps me entertained. Why else would I want to teach high school?"

What's your advice for someone who is trying to get over heartbreak?

"Time has a tendency to heal our wounds and so my advice is if you're feeling really down and stuff, even though it does feel like a big deal, it'll pass. Not to minimize a teenage relationship but you shouldn't have been this deep into your relationship in the first place."

Mr. Spang and his wife met when they were in their 20s working in a Marine Corps oceanography lab.The young scientists parted ways for several years until they reconnected later in life.Together again, it was "pure bliss", said Mr. Spang. Spang gave some words of advice for all of the students out there that are struggling to make connections.

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As a vegetarian since sixth grade, I’m tired of hearing about others salivating over slaughtered animals on a plate. It’s time to put these ideas to the test. Is Ezell’s fried chicken truly worth the thousands of dollars Garfield students spend on it per year? Is a person’s happiness really at if they stop eating beef?

I tried a few of the foods that I’ve heard meat eaters rave about for years to see if they really live up to the hype.

Ezell’s Chicken Tenders

8/10

A Garfield student classic, re vered in its delicious simplicity. I’ve always been a fan of fried chicken–when I first went vegetarian, it was my weakness. So, it’s safe to say I went in with high egg-spectations, and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. It was crispy, seasoned well, and left me wanting more. No the bacon. It was good, but I wouldn’t empty my piggy bank for it.

Homemade steak 5/10

Hamburger

2/10

Everyone loves a good burger… except for me. This juicy American favorite just didn’t cut it for me. Maybe it’s just a little my standards, or maybe nothing can beat the veggie alternatives that I’ve fallen in love with over these years. If I’m presented with a beef burger or a garden burger, I will always pick the garden burger.

So, the verdict? Am I making a mis-steak by leaving a whole food group out of my life? Are my taste buds missing out as much as people seem to

While I do miss fried chicken already, I can’t say the other animals impressed me that much. They were good, but not better than their vegetarian alternatives. As it turns out, from taste alone, the carnivores won’t be winning me by Ali Merz down to the meat, I can’t say this one takes