Am I failing at life? I think I'm failing at everything at this point. I'm flunking my grade, I'm DROWNING in overdue assignments and work that I have to re- do, I've been in so many broken off relationships with people who took advantage of me, I'm secluded to a house my whole life and when I say I'm secluded to a house I mean I only get to leave the house about 3 times a month or less, I have NO ONE to talk to meaning I haven't seen another kid my age in about 4 years, I'm starving myself because I cant make food with what we have in the house, our fridge is broken so I have to get on a coat shoes socks pants gloves and a hat to get water or milk or anything that requires refrigeration. To be completely honest, I would rather be in a foster home than be in this house living with my parents in this school. I need help and this is the only place that isn't blocked from our internet tower with a firewall, please help.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.