#university asks

[readyfreddy]

12, 33, and 36

-from a HS junior that's scared of my future lol

12. What has been the most interesting class you’ve taken?

I'm still in first year, partway finished my second term (mainly due to trade school, covid, grade-boosting, and working). I'm currently doing all my pre-reqs for pharmacy school. One of my profs for my biology lectures was really into bats (labelled "Bat-man" by many in his field), and brought a bat into one the lectures, he's also a Leafs fan and I frequently see him in the gym before classes (seems like a genuinely good guy). It was a hard class, however, I thoroughly enjoyed it. My current favourite class is "Critical Reading and Writing II" as the main topic of the lecture is children's fantasy literature. My prof is great, as she is a very fair marker, gives good feedback, and I can access the class content as she records all of her lectures.

33. The best advice anyone has ever given you about university?

There's been quite a few bits of advice that I've been given that have all been helpful:

don't take five classes in your first term, the transition from high school is hard, especially if you're moving away. I'm currently in 5 classes, with a job, and other school responsibilities and it's kicking my ass 10/10 don't recommend what I'm doing right now

READ RATE MY PROF before choosing your profs for your classes. Sometimes you won't have the option (like math and stats for me this term) and you'll be stuck with a bad prof, I lucked out with my chem and bio profs, as well as my English prof (who I was initially put on the waitlist for this term, had her last term and loved her, and only wanted to be in her English if given the option).

Get involved, join clubs and talk to people. I've made the vast majority of my friends while living in dorm, as we live and eat together. A lot of my other friends have been made through clubs and classes, don't be afraid to reach out and talk to someone. I'm hella shy and I've made friends by sitting in the same spot all term and talking to them.

Get help before it's too late. Know your prof's office hours and use them. They'll hopefully be able to help you through questions that you've been struggling with/too embarrassed to ask. They ultimately want to help you. Sorta on the same topic, if your school has a free tutoring centre, use that to your advantage. They have saved a few English papers last term.

Talk to a university academic advisor as well. They will be able to answer questions that your councillor in high school won't be able to answer for you.

Read ahead, and I cannot stress this enough. So you know the content before going into class, many profs also assume that you know some of the material before class. Make questions of your pre-reading, and ask them if they haven't been answered by the end of the lecture. If my prof gives the slideshow before the class, I make notes from that, and then during the lecture, I fill in with the notes I made during the lecture. For the profs that don't, I try to read the textbook chapter and take out the key points and expand off of that.

If your school has a discord, find it and use it to. I found my university's through Reddit. Ask questions about classes, profs, talk to people in your program and other first years. Class-specific discords to share notes and questions has been helpful as well.

Failing isn't the end of the world. Yes, it sucks. Make corrections from the mistakes you made from your assignments, quizzes, tests, midterms, etc... so you know what areas you need to improve on for the final.

You are there because you want to be there, as well as the people around you.

Choose which school you're going to wisely, don't go solely because your friends are going, you're going to see them much less than you think. What areas is the school strong in, what areas do they lack in? Do you want to be close or away from home? Costs, scholarships available, etc... are things that you should take into consideration.

You're allowed to change your major. I had friends in pre-med change to education, one change from pre-vet to classics, English to psychology, general sciences to social work, and my childhood best friend started off in ASTROPHYSICS and is hoping to get their masters in library sciences. Heck, I'm in pre-pharmacy, and working in hockey right now. All subjects are intertwinned and inter-related somehow. So if you start off as a STEM major, and switch to psychology for example, you haven't wasted your education, and you'll somehow use your STEM education within your major. My riding coach was in bio-med, now works full time in coaching and horses, and she uses her knowledge every single day.

University isn't for everyone. For some it may mean that trade school might be the right choice for them, others it means taking a gap year to "experience the world," work, or whatever. As harsh as it sounds, some people (including some of my friends) simply do not possess the maturity (academic and emotional) to be there, this is particularly evident when people are staying far away from home to pursue their university education. A lot of places pressure students to go to university right after high school, it is not the right move for a lot of people.

36: How did your attitude towards studying and school change between high school and university?

This has been a huge one for me. I was going through a lot in high school that made studying personally very difficult (uncaring and bad teachers, faculty, and staff in high school, undiagnosed ADHD, a laundry list of mental health issues, bullying, personal life etc). I'm in university because I want to be here, studying what I want, where I want. I'm generally enthusiastic about what I'm doing, while being surrounded by like-minded peers. I also study a lot more as university costs a lot, I literally cannot afford to fail a class (mainly in the financial sense, but also for the fact that pharmacy school is incredibly competitive). Being far away from home has helped me significantly, but I realize that this may not be the right option for everyone for a variety of factors.

If you have any question, please feel free to reach out to me.

Best of luck. I believe in you.

I'm almost 22, I'm scared of what the future hold for me. I have very little idea what I want to do with my life, I have a "general direction," but that's about it.

So far, university has been one of the best times of my life, despite the stress and costs. I am the happiest I have been in a very long time. I recognize the great amount privilege I have to be in the position that I'm currently in.

[deep-space-netwerk]

So Venus is my favorite planet in the solar system - everything about it is just so weird.

It has this extraordinarily dense atmosphere that by all accounts shouldn't exist - Venus is close enough to the sun (and therefore hot enough) that the atmosphere should have literally evaporated away, just like Mercury's. We think Earth manages to keep its atmosphere by virtue of our magnetic field, but Venus doesn't even have that going for it. While Venus is probably volcanically active, it definitely doesn't have an internal magnetic dynamo, so whatever form of volcanism it has going on is very different from ours. And, it spins backwards! For some reason!!

But, for as many mysteries as Venus has, the United States really hasn't spent much time investigating it. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, sent no less than 16 probes to Venus between 1961 and 1984 as part of the Venera program - most of them looked like this!

The Soviet Union had a very different approach to space than the United States. NASA missions are typically extremely risk averse, and the spacecraft we launch are generally very expensive one-offs that have only one chance to succeed or fail.

It's lead to some really amazing science, but to put it into perspective, the Mars Opportunity rover only had to survive on Mars for 90 days for the mission to be declared a complete success. That thing lasted 15 years. I love the Opportunity rover as much as any self-respecting NASA engineer, but how much extra time and money did we spend that we didn't technically "need" to for it to last 60x longer than required?

Anyway, all to say, the Soviet Union took a more incremental approach, where failures were far less devastating. The Venera 9 through 14 probes were designed to land on the surface of Venus, and survive long enough to take a picture with two cameras - not an easy task, but a fairly straightforward goal compared to NASA standards. They had…mixed results.

Venera 9 managed to take a picture with one camera, but the other one's lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 10 also managed to take a picture with one camera, but again the other lens cap didn't deploy.

Venera 11 took no pictures - neither lens cap deployed this time.

Venera 12 also took no pictures - because again, neither lens cap deployed.

Lotta problems with lens caps.

For Venera 13 and 14, in addition to the cameras they sent a device to sample the Venusian "soil". Upon landing, the arm was supposed to swing down and analyze the surface it touched - it was a simple mechanism that couldn't be re-deployed or adjusted after the first go.

This time, both lens caps FINALLY ejected perfectly, and we were treated to these marvelous, eerie pictures of the Venus landscape:

However, when the Venera 14 soil sampler arm deployed, instead of sampling the Venus surface, it managed to swing down and land perfectly on….an ejected lens cap.

[harmleikurdraws]

Not sure if you’re taking requests, but…..Would you consider drawing something with Bruce and Damian being adorable together? 🥹🥹

Please enjoy

[procyoren]

Can you draw Peridot?

Green aliens

[waterme-stories]

Chewing on a headcanon that Wade let Cable walk away... and he wasn't going to make the same mistake with Logan

[just-an-enby-lemon]

The thing about jonmartin is that Martin wants to be a romantic, he loves poetry and probably watches romance but for him it is a fantasy, a silly game he plays. Martin is at his core very cynical. Things don't work out for him so he doesn't really belive in romance, it is a pretty dream but that's it. He is pratical and realist. Dating Jon he has to remind himself it is real and he actually struggles with romantic gestures, it is something he has to remind himself to do, to remind himself he can do even and honestly who even has the energy and what if Jon doesn't even like it?

Jon on the other hand wants to be cynical. His first coping mechanism was pretend the things he was afraid of weren't real and goddam if he isn't afraid of love. It didn't really work to him so far so it's easy to pretend he doesn't care. But he is a romantic at heart. He saw love and he read about it and he has enough evidence that it is undeniable. And to be honest Jon was always to much a bunch of mushy feelings hidden in a grumpy (and bitter and afraid) trench coat. Dating Martin he has to hold himself so he isn't too much. He plays the grumpy unromantic guy at first. But he just can't stop giving flowers and planing dates (this is the guy that saw a theme park on a fear domain and considered how he wanted to take Martin to a romantic ferris whell date [until he discovered Martin was afraid of them]) and making all the silly things one does when in love.

TR: Martin is deep down very cynical about love but wants to/pretends to be a romantic and Jon is deep down very romantic but wants to/pretends to be cynical about love.

[catboy-teeth]

ToToDental - Only the Best Dental Care for your Pokémon Companions!

*Don't forget to schedule your Pokémon's annual check-up!*

[nezhanetwork]

based on falseknees' comic :)

[followthebluebell]

Hi! Wanted to ask, is there any particular breed of cat in your shelter that tends to be adopted quickly? Are there cats that seem to be more difficult to adopt out?

Yeah, sphynxes tend to be adopted out super quick. I'm surprised we still have Peach and Finn--- I knew we'd have them for a while because we were treating Finn's FIP, but I didn't expect to STILL have them. We usually have a list of people looking for sphynxes, but all of the people on the list are only looking for ONE cat, not two.

So bonded pairs are more difficult to adopt out, unless they are tiny baby kittens.

tbh, a lot of pedigreed cats get adopted out relatively quickly due to the whole 'we have a list of people looking for this exact breed' thing. Like I've already got people asking about Persephone just because they want a bengal and don't mind working with her severe fears. I'm not complaining about that, exactly. Some part of me feels some kind of way about that but I try not to let it bother me too much.

Domestic shorthairs are the hardest to adopt out (medium haired cats are the most popular of the non-pedigreed cats; longhaired cats are slightly less popular but still pretty desirable). People are well aware that they can get a moggie anywhere. I can swear up and down that my moggies are special (because they are), but so is every cat. Can't really argue with that.

Cats that are a bit 'generic' don't get adopted as quickly. Short haired tabbies and solid blacks are the slowest to get adopted. People want something that looks more 'interesting'. I teach my 'less desirable' cats little tricks to make them more adoptable and it tends to work.

Cats with visible, but not super work intensive, disabilities get adopted pretty quickly. Cats with one eye or three legs are fairly popular. People always think 'ohh no one will want this one', but they're wrong. Everyone loves a nice disabled kitty, so a short-haired tabby with three legs or one eye will be adopted pretty quick.

Fully blind or deaf cats are less popular, but there's generally still a list of people looking for that. Blindness is more 'adoptable' than deafness.

Cats with invisible disabilities or medical needs are the slowest of all to be adopted. Like diabetes or something similar. If a cat has an ongoing medical need that could be expensive, that cat is going to be with us for a while.

[frostcorpsclub]

1, 1b, 3, 3a, and 8 for Jeremy (this one oughta be funny)

1. What was their major?

I imagine he started out a regular philosophy major and as time went on he got more and more interested in well certain parts of christianity as he is canonically so his ACTUAL major is christian studies

" A program that focuses on the philosophy and teachings of Jesus Christ and his apostles, and the subsequent intellectual and cultural movements and institutions based on Christianity. Includes instruction in Christian sacred scripture, Christian literature and philosophy, and studies of one or more of the main branches of the faith and their cultural context including Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Evangelicalism, and others."

He'd probably end up teaching the subject instead of becoming a priest like in canon and I don't think his actually practicing students would like him very much.

1a. How about their minor?

Mythology and Occultism

"Analyzes myths, customs, occult wisdom, believes, and rituals from all over the world since ancient Sumeria to the Greeks and Romans up to the Vikings, Inuits, Aztecs, and Aborigines. The great myths of the world and the occult knowledge underlying them give meaning to the fundamental events that characterize human existence: birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, and seasons' cycles. With this wide perspective in mind, this program was developed to critically explore the most important mythological traditions and esoteric knowledge."

3. Did they commute to school or live in a dorm?

He would want to live in a dorm even though he'd probably go to a college close to home, meet some interesting like minded people!

3a. If they lived in a dorm, what was their experience there? Who was their roommate?

No one specifically special just other stoners, with his steady supply of his parents money he'd always have the good weed and the good pizza. Not to mention the philosopical debates and discussions he would have in the dorm common room would be amazing.

8. What class did they struggle in?

Probably "Ethical Thinking in the Liberal Arts" cause well...you know, plus he's lazy and putting in the effort to debate with the kinds of people that make up the majority of his chosen degree is much much more effort than he thinks it'd be worth.

[dsmsix]

babe wake up new lesbian lingo just dropped

[finemealprompt]

DP x DC Prompt #16

When Hal had asked him which town he protected, Danny was more than happy to tell him, "Amity Park!" When Hal asked Danny where it was, Danny hadn't thought the response, "At this moment? Or where it was last week?" would've caused such chaos in the meeting.

Danny knew not everyone's town traveled across the country, but he didn't think it was odd enough to warrant this kind of reaction.

[harmleikurdraws]

cozy request ??! if u still do requests

dick and jason sleepy after a patrol

or after a long fight (over alfred’s cookies)

There will never be peace.

[chloesimaginationthings]

What comic is the bottom left image of springtrap from? (On the post where you say why you draw him blocky)

It’s from this comic!! A very normal father son reunion

Og post here

[procyoren]

Hello! Are you still open for requests? If you do, can you draw Connie? Thanks!

Can you tell I played a lot of dress up games as a kid

[kidovna]

college byclair ❤️🤲🏽💛