it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when someone calls something i do cute. especially the things i do that i think make me seem really sheltered and dorky. thank you for compliments, they are very nice. and,, it makes things better for a little bit. compliments are,, so special since i don't get very many. they,, often give me some hope for the future, a future where i can be more me. it made me feel really nice when my Spanish teacher called something i thought was dorky and silly, and slightly obnoxious, cute, and when she said i was doing really well in her class. if only that, since my peers often make it feel i don't exist, makes me happy to go to school. the teachers i have had,, seem to be more encouraging than my parents often are.