I attended Nikan School from grade 5 to 8. On average I was being expelled from there about once a week which was completely fine with me as I wanted to get out of there although each time my dad managed to convince them to give me another chance. I finally managed to get out at the end of 8th grade when they gave us a surprise admittance exam for high school and I intentionally bombed it just so they wouldn't accept me. I ranked 30th out of 35 students. I'm not sure how the hell 5 students ranked worse than me unless they were doing the same thing as me.
At 12:00 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023, in honor of Cyrus the Great Day, you are invited to our unveiling of a monumental statue of Cyrus the Great at the Millennium Gate dedicated to liberty, justice and peace. Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire, upon liberating Babylon, freed the slaves, established racial equality and rights for women, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion and returned their various gods to their shrines. He also helped the Jews build The Second Temple. According to the Book of Isaiah, Cyrus was anointed by God as a messiah for these actions, the only non-Jewish figure to be revered in this capacity. Iranian and Jewish peoples share an ancient bond of friendship that modern Islamic fanaticism has tried (and failed) to destroy. Remembering the past is a powerful perspective for shaping the future; one where diverse peoples and cultures live together in freedom and harmony. Cyrus the Great’s decrees wer
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