I think the moral “dilemma” is supposed to be
It’s stupid, but I think that’s the idea
OH MY GOSH that’s exactly it. I just looked it up. Holy hell thanks for giving me that terminology
Well I mean the question is if I’m feeling it. Agreed, if I could figure that out, the answer is easy, but it’s not an easy question to answer for me.
Occasionally it happens that I meet someone that I vibe with more than I vibe with other people, and I find myself wanting to be around them more than usual. It doesn’t happen very often, like maybe 5 times in my life, but it does happen. But every time it does happen, it feels like it might be romantic interest. But when I ask myself what I would actually want to change from how things are at that time, I can’t think of a single thing. So I’ve never actually figured out what that feeling is, because it does tangibly feel very different from my regular feelings for people. I just can’t figure out what it is.
The reason I bring up the asexuality in this context is because that part’s real easy. I just don’t have a sex drive. So I can’t even evaluate these feelings from that point of view.
So my issue is I get these feelings, like where I enjoy someone’s company a significant deal more than other people’s, but I can’t figure out for the life of me what that feeling actually is.
I’ve been very slowly coming to terms with my aromantic side. It’s so confusing trying to figure out where the boundary between pure platonic and romantic feelings is, especially considering I’m also asexual, so sex isn’t a component.
I wish I could be as sure as you. I currently consider myself aromantic, but it’s hard to not worry that I’m missing out on something wonderful, y’know?
Oh I love Phil Ochs and Woody Guthrie. I’ll definitely check out the new stuff
“If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do as good a job as is currently being done— I simply wouldn’t have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul- crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education” -Paul Lockhart
A few of the professors in other departments have some pretty interesting technique as far as grading goes, and they’re seeing a good deal of success. There’s also a growing body of research on alternative practices and the effects on student engagement, and the results outperform traditional grading in pretty much every way relevant to student learning in every study. I’m not saying we gotta immediately do something radical, but what I’m saying is we’re trying to pretend like we’re being radical, while not really making even the slightest push in the right direction. Like even just a little bit of trying something new in order to figure out what works would be wonderful. We don’t have to immediately figure it out. But what we can do is draw from other courses that had success and try to work the principals into our course. However, we’re just stuck in this nightmarish cycle of underperforming in some aspect and pinning it on the students, instead of doing what’s on our product label and making an attempt to free them from the same sort of BS they’ve had to deal with in other classes.
Nothing comes immediately, but it’s like we’re not even trying.
I hadn’t even considered the difference between bank and personal finance. Thank you for you well thought out response, Comrade.
For my Master’s.
Hell yeah! Congrats!
I’m vibing. I started research for my thesis a bit ago so it feels nice to have a big project to work towards, in something I’m interested in.
I get what you’re saying, but I feel like for any given thing, you should have at the very least a basic understanding before trying to give an analysis of it. Maybe I’m just finding it difficult to empathise with people who know exactly 0 about something that’s become a core part of who I am.
I guess the issue is that to them they already have a lot of information about the subject and are unaware that it’s incorrect, which is fair. I’m sure I do the same thing when I talk about physics, seeing as how I’m not a physicist.
Oo good idea
This is wonderful advice. Thank you very much. I’m stealing all of this :)
Can I ask what use this information would have to you?
As far as mathematics is concerned, the following YouTube channels are splendid.
It was, unfortunately, yeah.
My freaking God. I volunteered at a local charity org a bit this summer and one of the first things they told us in orientation was that “most people think that poverty is about what people lack. But it’s actually a mindset.” That pissed me the heck off not gonna lie.
This is a good-ass shitpost