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dasyatis dreams
often an exploration in nonsense loosely disguised as a quest for knowledge, truth, and happiness.
Oh hey the world is the absolute worst, might as well get back on tumblr.
Hyperbole and a Half
im playing this game right now
This is exactly why “give yourself rewards” and such doesn’t work for me. Because this.
Oh hey it’s me, today.
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the worse thing about university is wanting to email a question to clarify something, but also feeling it is stupid and you already know the answer so are hesitant to send it. save me pls.
Just be like “So I’m fairly sure the thing is this, but I just wanted to reach out and double check before I start doing all the work.” Honestly as a TA, teachers would rather you ask (unless it’s clearly written in the syllabus) to clarify than not.
That is a fantastic idea! Definitely going to use that in the future!
As a professor, I can tell you that you are the student we want to hear from! Office hours are usually filled with students who are either showing off how much they know (usually to get letters of rec, which is fine, but know that we’re on to you and just be genuine!) or students trying to find a way out of the required reading. We want students who are trying but need clarification; not only do we want to help, but sometimes this tells us that we need to clarify something to the whole class. And if professors give you grief, and some might, they’ve forgotten why they teach at all: to share knowledge and the love of learning. Even if they are just teaching to fulfill an obligation to the school so they can do research, they got into it in the first place for the sharing and discovery of knowledge and clarification questions help remind them of that.
So send your emails! The worst that can happen is nothing. The best that can happen is future academic connections: I figured out who to work with in grad school by emailing my professors and their contacts, and building a rapport with scientists who were responsive to my questions. Even the prof who first told me “try googling it” ended up being an amazing mentor when she realized I was serious about her subject, not just sucking up or being lazy.
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Laura, let’s find this episode.
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This is a magical spirit and you can’t tell me otherwise.
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Me, 4 years ago: working in a dead-end job, sad all the time
Me, after studying a ‘useless’, ‘pointless’, ‘valueless’ philosophy degree: going to Oxford, lovely allotment garden, reading more poetry, happy
Don’t ever let anyone talk you out of studying what you love. Those people are the worst kind of people and they are wrong. I can’t believe 4-year-ago me ever doubted that doing what I loved was a good idea.
This is VERY IMPORTANT!
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