I prefer to think of “Florida Man” as a superhero whose deeds are being reported when I read these headlines
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I have every intention of moving to Florida. Still waiting for finances to settle but that is 100% the plan.
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Rip Louie Simmons
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I saw this too. Very sad.
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An Econ friend invited me to an Econ discord server yesterday and I noticed a “lifting and nutrition” channel. Ppl were also talking about macros (not macro).
This made me so happy
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I confess I’ve been losing motivation to keep up with my school studies. I have a class on Operating Systems that’s kind of a pain in the ass, but not too bad; at least it’s relevant to my degree path.
But my Environmental Sociology class is sapping my will to live. The whole class is based on the premise that environmental issues affect everyone but white people, and we have to write papers on it… Like I’m not denying some racial disparities that happen, and I agree that environmental issues are important, but after 4 or 5 of these exact types of classes - I’m just fucking tired of the narrative. Tired of everything having to be about race and hugging whales. There’s more important shit going on in the world.
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In a polite way, just ask lots of difficult questions. If what you say is true about the class, and since we have evidence that the premise is false, I think you could have lots of fun with polite difficult questions.
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I mean, you’re taking an Environmental Sociology class. What did you expect? Just get your class participation points in for the day and then keep your head down. It’s a class, and an easy one at that. You don’t have to like or agree, just need it to boost your GPA.
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I have been, but they are never answered. Not the students, not the instructor, no one. It’s sapping my faith in the open discourse intention of college. Normally I would find it fun, but I’m 28 in a class full of 18-19 year olds - and none of them know anything other than what their teachers have told them; it’s just disappointing is all.
Honestly? Exactly what I have been getting. I didn’t want to take the class, it was forced on me. You’re right though, I really should just suck it up and get my easy GPA boost. Lord knows I’ll need it
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Have you considered misanthropy?
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As a topic? or that I may have misanthropic tendencies?
As a solution.
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I got the only B of my graduate school, and for that matter, entire non-trad college career (let us not talk about what happened when I was 16-21 and kept dropping in and out), in a Women and Social Policy class. Me! As many of you know all too well, I do Women and Social Policy for FUN! But this was not a class that allowed for dissent, or for that matter honest dialogue.
I’ve been bitter about it for years now, as some of you also know, lol. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. Intellectually dishonest fuckers. Or I should say fucker, singular. I was able to gently speak my mind in other classes without being disadvantaged.
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It was, no joke, an ethics class at my high school where I learned the valuable lesson of I can get an A or I can voice my opinion but I can’t do both.
I went with the A.
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This is exactly the problem I have with the whole premise of this class.
The most important part of college to take away should be to learn how to have a discussion. College is exactly the place where the difficult conversations and fundamental disagreements between parties ought to be sorted out, and it’s just not anymore. There is no discourse, only a teacher saying something and a bunch of teens nodding their heads like a indoctrination camp.
If given the choice of voicing my opinion or getting an A, I’ll take the F happily.
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I would just audit classes for this honestly. Be a great way to learn and grow. Something I plan to do when I retire.
Sorry, can you explain?
Auditing a class is when you sign up for a class to attend but it doesn’t count toward your degree. You don’t get a grade.
However, I want to recant a little bit: if you want a REAL challenge, try to spend the semester being able to actually argue the point you disagree with. THAT is a challenge. Especially if you try to legitimately understand their position and be able to put it out there AND refute your own position on the matter.
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Backing the conversation up a bit here, but I’d lean towards anti-hero on this one, haha.
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Mine was an ethics class in college, but same lesson.
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