#i prepared i was a Good Student

[silverislander]

the One year i keep (and stick to!!) a meticulous plan, get all my readings done and shit passed in on time; the one single semester i am fully actually on track, the profs strike and the whole schedule grinds to a halt

i think this is the universe telling me it's better to. not plan :)

[itspileofgoodthings]

my favorite type of students to teach are teenage boys who are very, very quiet, very smart in a math-science way, and have no sisters.

[veggiebed]

if my alma mater doesn't hire me for an in-house design position that looks bad on them right........ right,,,

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

55-75 dollars an hour for being a therapist? And all this time I’ve been giving services to adults for free since I was 10.

[beloved-child-of-the-house]

so i'm writing an 8th year fic and h&d are taking a muggle studies class together in which they read one of shakespeare's plays, and i'm trying to write a final project (for which they are partners) but like. hogwarts academics don't seem all that uhhhhh rigorous to me (like we see the students complaining about having to write a foot of parchment which is essentially ONE PAGE HANDWRITTEN) and i'm a little worried that my assignment is too rigorous.

it involves a lot of like. thinking analytically and using your imagination wrt the motivations of people unlike yourself, and that's not rlly something they do much at hogwarts as far as i can see. BUT it is muggle studies, and like. they could definitely all use some practice at those skills, following the recent implosion of their society.

[brownie-lattes]

🌿23rd November, 2023🌿

It's officially exam season. So, I'm trying to focus and cover as many topics as possible with full understanding. It seems like the past two months just flew by too fast. Lots of new experiences and I'm sure there are more to come.

my instagram page : brownie_lattes

[irhabiya]

hate this fucking college why are you taking every step possible to make it harder for us to be good practitioners this is insane

[giantkillerjack]

My first time watching Glass Onion it was obvious that Miles' speeches were bullshit, but I still searched for any hidden meaning there might be.

The second time is a different experience though because every time my brain starts to search for meaning, I feel like Benoit Blanc discovering that no, there is absolutely no hidden meaning.

It's bullshit it's all nothing nothing nothing! It is just how you end up talking when everyone reacts to your self-aggrandizing word vomit like it is actually wisdom.

Also, legit, when Miles gave his stupid bullshit speech about what the word 'disruptor' means to him, I shit you not I was like holy shit am I back in business school right now?!

Miles must have given speeches like that at 100 business school graduations, goddamn.

Like, the motherfuckers really do sound like this. We didn't have any billionaires come, but we had a lot of millionaire guest speakers in my classes, and they fucking talk like that.

They all think they're rugged capitalists, but they're just glass onions!

[orcelito]

God, this is fucking crazy

So i only have 3 more classes to take, but it'll cost the same to take 3 classes as 4 classes. So I've been thinking about taking a 4th class just for the hell of it. Something fun and/or easy.

Out of curiosity, I looked up orchestras. I was in it in my first year, but I haven't consistently played since 2016. But I still dream about being in an orchestra again. I *miss it*. So I was like. Well, what if *that* was my 4th class next semester? What If?

I looked it up. This week is the last week they're doing auditions for it. There was only one more spot free after today. And that's *tomorrow evening*.

I haven't really played my violin much in YEARS. I'm so out of practice. But apparently they don't reject anyone outright. Auditions are just for placement. So worst case scenario, I get placed in an orchestra at a lower skill level than I was at my prime. It'd still be an orchestra.

It's crazy short notice, but I don't think I'd forgive myself if I passed it up. Bc I have just one more semester before I graduate. One last opportunity to be in a school orchestra. And if I didn't do this, I'd be left with that What If forever.

So. Crazy short notice, but I have a violin audition tomorrow!!! Hahahaha

[i-will-cry-you-a-river]

My problem with being a teacher is that when you are a college student, you can skip the allowed amount of classes. As a college teacher, you can't do the same. You can't just say that my mental health is kinda fucked up, can't feel anything except for the existential dread and the shimmering anxiety in my stomach that tries to remind me about the deadlines, so I'm not going to school tomorrow because I wanna just stay in bed and pretend I'm not the failure I think I am. At least with my other work I can just do the bare minimum. With teaching, on the other hand...

[zhuhongs]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[evenstarfalls]

Man i am so fucking tired of this orchestra

[non-un-topo]

Daily November crying sessions start today

[xenocorner]

I always end up exhausted after classes but also incredibly happy too. My students this cycle are so incredibly promising and nice and they all show so much interest in art. I'd gladly drop dead after class just if it means they get something out of it.

[apoloniaspiegelgold]

Things academics say at the end of the semester

In honour of the student who came by my office saying how lucky people working in academia are to just come to work whenever and that he's jealous of us living such a relaxed life <3

"I've got two weeks off now, but you'll still see me in the office. I'll be around. I'll probably see you tomorrow."

"Finally it's the weekend! Have you got anything planned?" - "Well, it's the weekend, not a day off, you know? I'll be writing that paper."

"I'm thinking about moving closer to university just so I can spend less time commuting and more time working. It would we so great not to have to drive for half an hour when I leave the office at 10pm. I could even go home for some dinner and then go back to the office! Can you imagine the luxury?"

"I'm in a wellness hotel with a friend right now over the weekend. Feels so good to work on my dissertation in the hotel lobby after a little trip to the sauna."

"I'm taking that terrible student's term paper home with me to read it during my vacation. Probably a good idea to only expose myself to the rage I will undoubtedly feel in smaller doses."

"I'm so glad the semester is over and I don't have to teach anymore. Now I can finally work on something that I actually get paid for!"

"I'm currently at an average of 10 hours of overtime per week, but if I take a week off now, I won't be able to finish my PhD by next year! I don't have time for a break! Maybe I'll ask for two long weekends or something. That has to be enough."

"I don't like having days off. I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I keep trying to remember what I used to do for fun before the PhD, but I honestly don't know anymore. Some weekends, I have to actively stop myself from driving to the office just because I'm so freaking bored."

[bander28]

after the dismaying experience of a student at the protest the other day starting to give me a sticker than looking at me and being like oh uh wait here have this one and giving me the less confrontational liberal version instead I have to say I really appreciate the young worker at the home goods store today who I attempted to buy paint from who immediately clocked me as a dirtbag (correctly) and was like oh no you can't buy that look how much it costs?! for white paint! here's what you have to do and then told me the whole ins and outs of the paint dept and how to scam it