#cooldogofficial

[despazito]

cooldogofficial replied to your post: what would happen if someone tried to socialize a...

bonobos have been observed committing violence/cannibalism/etc in the wild just like chimps. most info on bonobos comes from captive studies bc theyre so difficult to study in the wild, which biases the data since zoos (rightly) try to prevent conflict between animals

thats...not surprising

[eidolon-azii]

tbqh i really don't see what the big deal is with the email salutation thing. is it perfect email etiquette? no. does it have any impact whatsoever on your ability to read the email? also no. does it have anything to do with you as a person, or their respect for you as an instructor? almost definitely, no. its the end of the year, everybody's burnt out, and on top of that they need an extension. email etiquette is probably the last thing on their mind.

It’s actually summer session, so burnout is an unlikely culprit, to be honest.

Yes, I am perfectly capable of reading said email. I can understand it without problem. But it does, in fact, have a lot to do with respect. “Hey” is the acceptable address for your friends, colleagues, acquaintances. “Hey” is not what you email your professor when you want them to do you a favor and extend your deadline. (Not *you* personally, of course. Just, in general.)

Students wish to be treated as human beings. I respect that, and I do, to the best of my ability, treat my students as human beings. Proper email etiquette isn’t about my wanting to annoy the fuck out of students with unnecessary BS. Rather, understand that every email you send me is a representation of yourself. As someone who educates, it boggles my mind that a student would want to be represented as someone who is too rude to take the extra second and include a proper greeting. 

I would never grade a student based on emails; that would be unfair and stupid, really. But I don’t just grade. I write recommendations, too. How would my student like it, I wonder, if I should begin their recommendations with “Hey”? Would they appreciate my contacting a school/job they wish to impress in this manner? Maybe they wouldn’t care. In that case, they shouldn’t be surprised if someone else gets the job.

Our world is governed by proper norms and etiquette. I don’t often like it either, but understand that portraying yourself in a particular way has consequences. In this case, I now think of this student as rude and entitled. 

Finally, as much as students are human, so too are instructors. We’re not stupid; we know you only took the class to get your Humanities credit. But could you try to treat us with the respect that ought to be accorded to someone who stays up all hours of the night to answer your panicked emails before the final, someone who drives half an hour to campus to meet you for office hours (we don’t live there like most students), someone who serves as a counselor and mentor, who reassures you that your worth isn’t correlated with your academic production (as ironic as that is), someone who works full time on your behalf and gets paid less than $5/hr (I’ve done the math), someone who advocates for you when needed? You see, we’re human too. And we’re trying our best too. 

BTW, I once ran an experiment with a white male colleague regarding email etiquette (because it’s a HUGE problem on our campus). My colleague’s emails were properly addressed at a far, far, far higher frequency than those coming to me. I’ll believe that email address isn’t about respect when white men have to deal with the same rude salutations that I get. 

[twobigears]

cooldogofficial replied to your post: How not to train a stopped contact: -grab the...

please give us the story behind this please please please

It’s not much that isn’t already in the post. Just a person I see every week attempting to teach their dog a 2o2o doing that stuff. Unsurprisingly the dog isn’t making progress. And the person is not new to agility either...

[despazito]

Idk if you're still interested in Horse Breeding Drama but the freaky horse el rey magnum is a relative of an equally freaky and controversial arabian, magnum psyche, who was banned from the show ring after it was revealed that his owners got him honest to fuck plastic surgery on his throat to help him win. the arabian show ring is what happens when you put a shitload of rich people in the same room and let them play with life-sized bryer horses

what the fuck

[jfkfeetpics]

cooldogofficial replied to your post “Today’s hot take is that if there’s someone I don’t like in the...”

take a nap in front of them. power move

before u could even suggest this i was already passed out in front of them

[jfkfeetpics]

cooldogofficial replied to your post “GAY MOVIE NIGHT GAY MOVIE NIGHT GAY MOVIE NIGHT”

gently touches my hand against the screen

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cooldogofficial replied to your post: hey everyone i just got a B+ on a paper in which i...

god bless you

thanks! i think the reason i got such a good grade is because i ended the paper with a stirring call for the demolition of the government as we know it and also i actually mentioned the 2012 movie Dredd twice.

[bisexualoliviacolomar]

@cooldogofficial replied to your post: hi guys!! so I wanted some opinions abt a...

I’m white so this is DEFINITELY NOT A definitive answer and u should seek other perspectives, but my understanding is that it has a lot to do with the overall diversity of the story. like, if ONLY your poc characters have animalistic traits/can turn into animals, and ALL of the poc in your story have those qualities, it’s a problem. if you have a wide variety of poc characters and a few of them happen to have animalistic qualities, you’re in less dangerous territory

that makes sense! I figured it was specific like that but I don’t wanna risk upsetting people over something like a character design yknow? not to mention I imagine it borders into offensive when the character is like a ‘beast’ rather than just like, a shape-shifter which means I’m in the clear for that at least... I’ll definitely gather more opinions but thank you for taking the time to reply, I appreciate it! :^) also wowza I love your art!