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lol i probably bombed my orgo II midterm sigh.....time to get the shopping cart out and the sack of oranges to sell by the freeway
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Silly Newbie posted:Not to be the professional rear end in a top hat who is all like "well I have work experience" way post college age, but I'm going to: the feeling of "I burned 6 hours on this poo poo that is probably going to be wrong or thrown away anyways" is valuable work experience. I'm going back to school to get away from IT. I'm fleeing that poo poo!  Glasgow Kiss posted:lol i probably bombed my orgo II midterm Of three exams last week I did fine on one, made a logical error on the second which resulted in thirty minutes lost and a page of useless calculations in an hour long exam, and in the third I looked at a confusingly worded question and said, "I think they're asking for this, but if they are then fifty percent of the information here is extraneous."
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Hey, does anyone have any experience with mental health counseling at unis? How was it? I think I really need it.
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Like, I think I'm having a nervous breakdown or something. It's been hard focusing the past semester and I feel this semester is getting worse right now. gently caress.....should I tell my PI's? I always had anxiety and some depression poo poo but it's getting worse and worse now. I don't want to throw away my opportunities in performing research but I think this inability to focus is really loving me over. gently caress.
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Mar 1, 2017 18:34
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Not really a complaint, but: what is it with lecturers and Comic Sans?
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Mar 1, 2017 18:54
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Glasgow Kiss posted:Hey, does anyone have any experience with mental health counseling at unis? How was it? At one point last semester I started having suicidal thoughts, so I called my university health center. It turns out they weren't able to see me due to various prescription conflicts, but the woman who took my call stayed on the line with me for about half an hour giving me websites I could visit and various psychologists in the area. Basically, if you're going to any university with a big enough student base, they'll have a mental health unit of the health center that is equipped to work with you. And, just some advice from someone who's been in a situation close to yours (clinical depression that tends to worsen with stress, with attendant panic and anxiety attacks): please don't try waiting or toughing it out. You've already recognized that you need help, which is a huge first step - now take that next step and follow through! And I'm not sure what PI stands for, but if it means your adviser/professor/instructor, I would suggest telling them. If they have any experience at all in working with students, they'll likely be understanding, and can possibly help you find a way to lessen your stress, or at least space it out some. You can do it!
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Glasgow Kiss posted:Like, I think I'm having a nervous breakdown or something. It's been hard focusing the past semester and I feel this semester is getting worse right now. I don't have experience with mental health on campus but it sounds like you should definitely talk to someone. Don't wait around. Address the issue as soon as you can. Your research opportunities mean nothing if your mental health is compromised.
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Booked an appointment today at 1:30. Told my PI, he was very understanding. He offered to lessen workload for me, very compassionate. I like the guy, he's funny as hell and sharp as gently caress. He seemed concerned. He expressed concern for summer internship, I'll be out of state. Worried about my summer internship, I wanna go still! I love traveling oddly enough!Hope he doesn't think I'm nuts, I walked out my genetics class and went right over, slightly under the effect of this stupid rear end disease. I was very fidgety and I felt like a tweaker! I tried fighting this poo poo for all my life. I need help and I'm going to get it. gently caress anxiety and depression, they're getting evicted from my mind. It's not normal to feel fear and dread everyday. I deserve better!
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Mar 1, 2017 19:38
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Yeah! You can do it! 
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Seriously, I feel hopeful for the first time in forever. I want to be a scientist! I'm not dumb as poo poo, I want to work in a lab! I just gotta eliminate these handicaps! And if I need help, so be it. I have the capacity to. gently caress, it's carthartic. I hope the counselor doesn't suck....
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If your counselor sucks just get another one. They understand and want you to be with somebody who can help you. That's probably not them being bad just you and that counselor didn't click. Don't feel bad if that happens.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:If your counselor sucks just get another one. They understand and want you to be with somebody who can help you. That's probably not them being bad just you and that counselor didn't click. Don't feel bad if that happens. I understand. Man, I hope my family doesn't act irrationally stupid about this. Immigrant families don't understand the nuances of mental disorders. I gotta tell my other PI about this. This sucks, it was kinda easier to bottle it in, but look what happened.
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Glasgow Kiss posted:Hey, does anyone have any experience with mental health counseling at unis? How was it? I made extensive use of mine for nearly 2 years while working through some post-traumatic stress, then working through the underlying issues that caused my initial reaction. Knowing that a non-judgmental person was there to listen to me once a week made dealing with everything else a lot easier. Also, a girl I knew was one of the receptionists in the health unit. It was fun watching her pretend to not recognize me. Oh, and the psychologist looked like a young George Clooney. Telling your problems to George Clooney is fun.
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Glasgow Kiss posted:it was kinda easier to bottle it in Always seems like this, doesn't it? It's not. Glad you're letting people know and getting professional help. Oh, and re: your fear that it might suck--if you and your counselor end up being incompatible, just politely mention it and try a new one. They won't be offended or hurt. Their jobs are to make sure you get the care you need, and if it takes swapping someone else in, they'll be happy to. Best of luck!
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It went kinda well, I woke up today a little more positive and chipper. Her advice wasn't exactly a panacea but I'll guess I go back to the gym, trying to eat healthier, and if possible get more sleep. Cutting out coffee. She referred me to a pysch to see if meds would be appropriate (I asked, I done these things she suggested before) and I guess I'll be taking up CBT. Well, enough e/n poo poo. I might make a thread there. Now on topic, my microbial genetics professor is by far the worst professor I have ever had. There's is so much poo poo that I'll just reiterate from the email I sent to the dean of the department: quote:I want to express my concerns for the level of instruction that I am currently receiving from [REDACTED] for my microbial genetics class. He also lost my friends' quizzes and docked them points. He also lost my friend's midterm and says he is failing the class, even though my friend's name is on someone else's exam because he corrected it. Another friend was also contacted by him saying that his study habits need to improve. That friend has a 4.0 gpa and already has published papers as an undergrad. A friend sent out a mass email to other students in the class to express their concerns about this class and the dean is aware of this dipshit. Lastly, for some for funny as poo poo, another classmate who also hates him found his soundcloud while looking for his linkedin. Oh my loving god, it is the funniest poo poo ever: http://vocaroo.com/i/s15UhNXoYGuY Glasgow Kiss has a new favorite as of 21:29 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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My school's toxic stress culture has systematically destroyed me by exacerbating my mental health problems, which has lead to the near complete destruction of my social circle because I can't actually handle the stress and start to lash out when it kicks in. On the plus side, it got me a clinical diagnosis and medication. ...but I definitely flunked my probability midterm.
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Warmachine posted:My school's toxic stress culture has systematically destroyed me by exacerbating my mental health problems, which has lead to the near complete destruction of my social circle because I can't actually handle the stress and start to lash out when it kicks in. Same for organic II and well a lot of everything else you described. We'll get through this! 
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Mar 5, 2017 15:35
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Fatal Error posted:Not really a complaint, but: what is it with lecturers and Comic Sans? Kill it (comic sans) with fire. The VC at my university sends out monthly updates not only written large font Comic Sans, but purple-coloured large font Comic Sans.
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Warmachine posted:...but I definitely flunked my probability midterm. I'm dreading getting back my semiconductor devices midterm. 5 multipart questions, answer 3. Every single question had a part that I was completely blank on how to answer and we only had 80 minutes to do it
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OniPanda posted:I'm dreading getting back my semiconductor devices midterm. 5 multipart questions, answer 3. Every single question had a part that I was completely blank on how to answer and we only had 80 minutes to do it I totally hosed up an exam I took last week that I'm getting back tomorrow. The only thing that is saving me from jumping off a cliff is that I got 97%+ on the rest of my midterms and this class is apparently heavily curved. Also, the lack of cliffs in the immediate vicinity.
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Mar 6, 2017 16:43
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Yeah, glad to know that I'm not alone with the midterm fuckery.
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Ms Boods posted:Kill it (comic sans) with fire. I used to dislike Comic Sans but then I learned from a dyslexic person that the font is actually one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts out there.Could explain why you see it all the time in education. I may not like the look of it as much as I do other fonts, but knowing that fact about it changed my opinion of it.
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Have you ever been in a situation where you feel like you're surrounded by idiots? I hadn't until I signed up for a Children's Literature class as an elective. Aside from my professor who was great, my classmates were amazingly stupid, and made Homer Simpson look like a genius. You can't really enjoy or learn from it when the professor has to explain what an apostrophe or verb is for starters. They were all English and Writing majors so there was no excuse. Highlights: Bitching about how one book was too long and complicated. The book: Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone. Not even bothering to hide their phones while the professor talked. Ignoring him every time he asked them to put their phones away. Their reports, that we were supposed to proofread for others, were full of enough spelling errors to make Merriam-Webster cry, and actually included stuff like lol, omg, and so on. The thing to top all others was at the end of the year. Our final presentation was basically a book report on any children's book as long as it was more than 100 pages. He reminded us of it every class for months and sent us reminder emails the week before it was due. It was middle school level stuff designed so the geniuses couldn't gently caress up. On the due date, I was literally the only one who actually did the report. He essentially said gently caress it, and promptly informed them that they had all failed the class due to the lack of work turned in. Seriously, it was literally the only assignment we had, since the other classes were discussions. How the hell people like that get into a $40,000 college with actual standards, I will never know.
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Mar 7, 2017 01:37
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Kavak posted:What school was this? Columbia College Chicago Aka a Liberal Arts college where you'll probably have at least one writing intensive course and they pretty much spell it out for you. I somehow doubt they lasted much longer afterwards. Thankfully all of my other classes had people who took the subject seriously. I just had the bad luck to have a class full of idiots.
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Nicaden posted:How the hell people like that get into a $40,000 college with actual standards, I will never know. Rich kids with rich parents I imagine. They probably went to a school where they were told they were geniuses and given A's for minimal/no effort. Self-esteem makes kids do better, after all, so we must encourage good self-esteem above all else. Never make them feel bad about themselves ever for any reason.
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Nicaden posted:Columbia College Chicago 88.5% acceptance rate suggests that their major criterion is "do you have money"
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Nicaden posted:How the hell people like that get into a $40,000 college with actual standards, I will never know. I ask this question a lot. I go to the University of Michigan, a school with (ostensibly) high standards, and there's still so many people that make me question how they get out of bed without killing themselves. In almost every class, there has been that guy who asks a question where the answer is literally on the slide currently being displayed, or asks what something is when the teacher just explained it, or something so basic that it makes me headdesk. Got a guy on our research project that was tasked with writing code for an ADC (analog to digital converter) who very clearly doesn't understand how they work, and doesn't appear capable of understanding his lack of understanding or remedying it. He has hosed up literally every task he's been given. I sit there and  every single day
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In a (theoretically) short student presentation discussing quality of life in a nursing course: 'Life can refer to all organisms, but here means specifically humans.' Wow, thanks, really cleared that up for us.
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My school has started gearing up for fall registration. Unless I get really lucky, I'm going to have at least two days a week where I get to school at 7am and leave after 8pm. 
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Mar 8, 2017 12:10
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Out of seven ethical dilemma scenarios only two of them are actual dilemmas. One is just an ethical consideration, one isn't a dilemma, one is solvable, one is a situation the individual has no control over and I don't really understand what the dilemma is supposed to be in the last one.
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Random Stranger posted:My school has started gearing up for fall registration. Unless I get really lucky, I'm going to have at least two days a week where I get to school at 7am and leave after 8pm. Heh just like the real world
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This week's ethics class was about how abortion is murder (with a very thinly veiled 'because we're created in God's image') and moral objectivism is correct. I'm not sure why this was necessary in a general healthcare ethics class in the first place. I guess the physios and ambos will know what to do next time they're asked to perform an abortion. Its still pissing me off. Teaching ethics should never be about telling people what is right and wrong.
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Random Stranger posted:Unless I get really lucky, I'm going to have at least two days a week where I get to school at 7am and leave after 8pm. Hi, this half the days of my week, every week 
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Mar 10, 2017 14:49
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It was all the days of my week.
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I found a copy of the current assignment for the introductory programming class I hated last semester sitting on a table in the lounge. I had to make a terrible grade book assignment that had structure imposed on it half way through that broke everything I had already done. The people in the current semester are making small text adventures. Why the gently caress didn't I take it this semester! I've actually placed pretty well in ifcomp and can code a decent Infocom style parser. Though I guess the unfortunate TA who had to grade my programming assignments last semester would be completely broken by what I turned in for this ("Look, I just found it easier to implement a z-machine interpreter and then write my actual game in that.").
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I just ran into one of my profs at a club where we were both dressed to impress, gently caress I'm glad it's the end of the term or it woulda made poo poo WEIRD
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Saeku posted:I just ran into one of my profs at a club where we were both dressed to impress, gently caress I'm glad it's the end of the term or it woulda made poo poo WEIRD I'm assuming this is a euphemism for something, but  if you ran into your prof at a sex club.
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Had a GenEd writing/presenting course last quarter. There were 4 main assignments--a short oral presentation, a longer essay, a "podcast," and a longer oral presentation. These were spread through the quarter. I never received feedback or grades on the final product of any of the four assignments--literally the only grade I got in that class was the final grade--no idea how it came to be, no idea what the weight of the assignments, nothing. For all I know the prof didn't even read my essay or listen to the bullshit "podcast". Apparently the prof's been suffering from cataracts lately, making it harder for her to do stuff, but still. It's pretty frustrating to put work into stuff and see literally zero evidence that the prof's even looked at it.
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