In ‘Finnegan’s Wake’, Joyce wrote I then tuk my takenplace lying down, I thunk I told you’ and in ‘Ulysses he used it as a noun: ‘Have a good old thunk’. But I'm sure some people have written about that and gotten it to work from a diversity angle. 6 Thunk occurs as the past tense and past participle of think in some regional dialects and is occasionally used in a jokey kind of way. The homeschool part, I find a bit more farfetched. I think most would agree there's an element of adversity that you can expand upon. On your other topic, I definitely see how being adopted counts as a form of diversity. If people complain about the tense you're using or find it jarring, then maybe I'd do something. I'd write the essay, and then get some feedback. Meanwhile, if things are choppy, switching your tenses to be consistent isn't going to help. It will fade into the background and not even be noticeable. If that's good, then I don't think your tense matters. I suppose what matters more is the "flow" and how natural everything sounds. Overall, though, I think it's alright on your statement to switch tenses by talking in the past and then segue into the present, or vice versa, as long as it connects smoothly. I think I've heard both present AND past tense used before but I never know when to use what. I thought the bus leaves/left at 8 I thought the guy was/is dead I thought the rule only applies to employees. On resumes, the advice is to write in present if it's something that is still relevant, or past if it's not. 1 What's the correct verb tense for verbs that come after the phrase 'I thought.' ex. I think past tense or present tense isn't that much of a big deal? To me, I think it's just a tone that you feel more comfortable writing in.
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