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thememedaddy

me_irl

whitepeopletwitter

True freedom.

funnelcloudd

Very true but why does this jpeg look like the fever dream of a dying man

curioscurio

cumaeansibyl

my parents trying to get ahold of me in 1998

yourcoffeeguru

peteneems

insomniac-arrest

people talk all the time about “primal instincts” and it’s usually about violence or sexual temptations or something, but your humanity comes with a lot of different stuff that we do without really thinking about, that we do without being told to or prompted to

your average human comes pre-installed with instincts to:

Befriend

Tell story

Make Thing

Investigate

Share knowledge

Laugh

Sing

Dance

Empathize with

Create

we are chalk full of survival instincts that revolve around connecting to others (dog-shaped others, robot-shaped, sometimes even plant-shaped) and making things with our hands

your primal instincts are not bathed in blood- they are layered in people telling stories to each other around a fire over and over and putting devices together through trial and error over and over and reaching for someone and something every moment of the way

full-moon-phoenix

~“Your primal instincts are not bathed in blood.”

My god this is beautiful. Such a refreshing change of pace to the constant glorification of instinctual human violence.

myfairynuffstuff

Adolf von Becker (1831 - 1909) - The Cat on the Pillow. Oil on canvas.

sparrowlucero

dragon sees a bug on the ground

shingojira

this exchange between me and my sister about animal crossing reads like two comrades bleeding out on the battlefield

uglygirlstatus

i literally cannot stop thinking about this post

justynart

Sweet dreams.

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rylandsgrace

BTS of Spiderman: no way home

zetrystan

Technically true.

zetrystan

He got the job.

zetrystan

He takes his job seriously.

zetrystan

Prof Rad over on youtube dubbed the Wolf Hunter comic (click here)!

Go check it out and give them some support! :) (also the end killed me haha) ₍ᐢ•ﻌ•ᐢ₎

zetrystan

The farmer sheared the sheep, and it was used to make a gift for Wolf Hunter, so…

sammi-fae

It got better!🥺💙

itsellanutella

The wolf in sheep’s clothing*

memeuplift

imusticaniwill

pcasso-deactivated20220721

This ☝🏻

love2bfit

I love this.

dukeofbookingham-deactivated202

This thread is gold

lesbianshepard

milkvat3

Sorry to rant but a lot of the comments are like "haha this student's just mad whatever"

Quite a few professors are so unbelievably confident in their teaching abilities that they refuse to accept any criticisms. A lot of the responses these professors got are mean and unnecessary, but a lot of them don't seem to be taking it on. Something has pushed these students to say what they said. One of the professors even said "A student once climbed out the window to get out of my class" like its a funny joke. How that isn't a wake up call for them, I will never know. If that is happening to you, you need to reevaluate what you're doing.

A lot of professors have never had any formal teaching education, and are placed into these positions purely because of the quality of what they do in their field. Just because someone is a world-reknowned archaeologist and expert in Ancient Egyptian, doesn't mean they are qualified to teach. How would someone coming straight from the field know how to cater to students of differing learning abilities, without formal education on the matter? Why is it that for students aged 4-18 teachers need to complete years worth of training in classrooms and at university to be considered worthy to teach, but once that student has entered university it's their fault if they don't understand the information that's just being read to them from a textbook the professor wrote?

The most fustrating part, I find, was when a professor of mine that I'm fairly close with told me that when the evals, which are anonymous, come in, the professors make a game of matching the negative comments with the failed students. They don't take on anything that is written and brush it off as "oh, they're only mad bc they failed." This is embarrassing and just because you have tenure does NOT mean you are exempt from learning and bettering yourself. I've struggled through years of university. I've had a professor for Egyptian publicly shame students who asked for further explanations. I failed a class due to personal reasons and when I asked the professor just to tell me where I went wrong on the exam so when I redo the class I can do better and instead of answering he told me that I should only come back when I'm prepared to commit. It's been 4 years and I've had these professors over and over again with no change to their behaviour or teaching pattern.

Your job is to teach. Your job is to make information and your knowledge accessable to your students and your job is to help them learn. Sure, if the student doesn't show up or do the homework or something, fine, that's on them, not you. But if you are frequently getting students brave enough to say "I don't understand" then you need to find a way to make them. You are required, in your position, to help them. If your reviews are suggesting what you're doing isn't working, change it or change your job. You are not exempt from bettering yourself and you are not above listening to your students.

halfhardtorock

Also you have to legit beg on your hands and knees for students to fill out evals...you could tell them your wife was kidnapped and filling out evals is the only way to save her and your students would still be like, lol no? Professors are lucky to get like 4 evals for every 30 students.

So for these students to actually fill out your evals and with such fucking detail means you are a complete fucking fuckup as a professor and you should be embarrassed.

toasty-cowboy

He’s hiring WHO for his muscle?? Good luck with that pal.

dadcrone

There’s probably a German compound word for that feeling you get at 2am when you’re single in your mid twenties and the creeping doubt that you’ve somehow missed your only chance at love because you didn’t meet someone in college and now it’s too late