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Here's the Scarameow photocard and Durin themed illustration I did for the "Twin Hearts" cupsleeve event! (The Scaramouche/Wanderer & Durin cupsleeve event that happened months ago.)

Lots of love to Tofu (@/rilacchi) again for having put it together! ♥️

quasi-normalcy

So it's come my attention that there are a lot of students, particularly in humanities and social sciences disciplines, who need to hear this, so here goes:

Do the readings.

Oh my God, just do the readings. I promise, it gets easier once you get into the habit of it.

What makes a good student? Doing the readings. Literally just doing the readings is enough to make you a good student.

quasi-normalcy

The readings *are* the course. The lectures are just priming you for the readings. The tutorials and seminars are just how we collectively process the readings. If the readings were intended to be optional, they would have been listed under the "optional readings" heading.

quasi-normalcy

"Oh but I hate this reading! The author's an idiot, they're wrong about everything" Good. Do the reading and then tear it apart in class. This isn't high school, you're not expected to mindlessly absorb things anymore

buttstothemoon

If you're in physics, do the derivations. Don't believe that any equation given to you is true. Derive it. Convince yourself that it must be true, and understand the limitations of its truth.

chaotic-archaeologist

The very first lecture I give my students emphasizes that they do not have to accept the readings as truth from on high. They don't even have to like them! Critical reading is perhaps the most important skill I hope they take away from my course, and you can't develop it if you're not doing the fucking readings!

quasi-normalcy

#the number of ENGLISH MAJORS who refuse to read and then complain about not understanding the class discussions#I'm begging y'all. the information is in the words

spockwitharock

any good professor (and most bad ones) will take a C student who demonstrates a desire to learn over an A student who's just checking off boxes towards their degree any day.

in my experience, showing up to class prepared most days and raising your hand every so often is enough to make you the favorite student of at least 80% of your professors. in any discipline.

yes, even massive gen ed lecture classes. the prof from my 200-student chem 101 class knows me by name because i showed up to his office hours one time with an interesting question. did i get an A in his class? no. but he would kill for me