Kade Peregrine
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They had the cheek to take attendance for these things and call us in for a chat if we didn't attend! Very much felt like I was paying for the exam and the certificate rather than an education.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
They had the cheek to take attendance for these things and call us in for a chat if we didn't attend! Very much felt like I was paying for the exam and the certificate rather than an education.
Proposed solution: gangs of hungry kids hunting them for sport. Looks easy enough to sneak up behind it and throw a picnic blanket over it
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Proposed solution: gangs of hungry kids hunting them for sport. Looks easy enough to sneak up behind it and throw a picnic blanket over it
Nobody (of the "how will we afford this" type) ever seems to mention that there are multiple ways a government can spend £1 here and save £2 there without having to cut any programs. It just requires longer-term thinking and willingness to invest in the public.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Nobody (of the "how will we afford this" type) ever seems to mention that there are multiple ways a government can spend £1 here and save £2 there without having to cut any programs. It just requires longer-term thinking and willingness to invest in the public.
Also worth mentioning that just about every measure to reduce poverty saves money in the long run. You lift the 2CC, you then spend less on poverty related interventions. Better educational outcomes, better health outcomes, more stimulation of the economy as the parents use the money to buy things.
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Also worth mentioning that just about every measure to reduce poverty saves money in the long run. You lift the 2CC, you then spend less on poverty related interventions. Better educational outcomes, better health outcomes, more stimulation of the economy as the parents use the money to buy things.
You wouldn't think someone could make state automata difficult. They're flow charts ffs! But prof #2 insisted on slides full of formulae, prof #1 gave us puzzles to solve with diagrams. I'll give you one guess which version of the notes was in higher demand?
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You wouldn't think someone could make state automata difficult. They're flow charts ffs! But prof #2 insisted on slides full of formulae, prof #1 gave us puzzles to solve with diagrams. I'll give you one guess which version of the notes was in higher demand?
In 4 years at uni, only one CS/maths prof actually booked a classroom and taught us how to solve the problems using worksheets. It was the year I repeated, and the second time round we had a different prof who just read proofs off a slide. I only passed that one because of worksheet prof.
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
In 4 years at uni, only one CS/maths prof actually booked a classroom and taught us how to solve the problems using worksheets. It was the year I repeated, and the second time round we had a different prof who just read proofs off a slide. I only passed that one because of worksheet prof.
IMO they're best used for a short presentation and then leaving something in view for reference while some sort of activity is done, like solving a problem, a worksheet or something.
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
IMO they're best used for a short presentation and then leaving something in view for reference while some sort of activity is done, like solving a problem, a worksheet or something.
Until they pivoted to figuring out what you liked then cancelling it after the first season
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Until they pivoted to figuring out what you liked then cancelling it after the first season
I really don't know what to do with folks who can't:
Watch
Listen
Read
Look at a picture
I can't telepathically beam the knowledge into their heads. Is there a secret 5th communication method that I'm missing?
Watch
Listen
Read
Look at a picture
I can't telepathically beam the knowledge into their heads. Is there a secret 5th communication method that I'm missing?
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I really don't know what to do with folks who can't:
Watch
Listen
Read
Look at a picture
I can't telepathically beam the knowledge into their heads. Is there a secret 5th communication method that I'm missing?
Watch
Listen
Read
Look at a picture
I can't telepathically beam the knowledge into their heads. Is there a secret 5th communication method that I'm missing?
It's so frustrating as an activity leader. I told and showed people how, wrote and took pictures and drew diagrams, formatted and printed an instruction book, and people are just... Not really reading it? Just sort of doing whatever then wondering why it's not working?
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's so frustrating as an activity leader. I told and showed people how, wrote and took pictures and drew diagrams, formatted and printed an instruction book, and people are just... Not really reading it? Just sort of doing whatever then wondering why it's not working?
The best ways I've found are short form tips that give me something I can look up as diagrams (or video demo if I really must) later.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The best ways I've found are short form tips that give me something I can look up as diagrams (or video demo if I really must) later.
I have the same struggles I've always had but turned up to 11. Extended reading of theory for a practical skill is hard. Processing auditory information is hard. Starting things without a set time is hard, but so is attending things with variable energy.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I have the same struggles I've always had but turned up to 11. Extended reading of theory for a practical skill is hard. Processing auditory information is hard. Starting things without a set time is hard, but so is attending things with variable energy.
"here's a picture of a guy riding a bike. Do it like that. Your coursework is to cycle 20 miles. It's due in six weeks"
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"here's a picture of a guy riding a bike. Do it like that. Your coursework is to cycle 20 miles. It's due in six weeks"
I don't know what they were thinking, trying to teach coding and maths by standing at the front and reading a block of text. These are things one learns by solving practice problems. Hearing the info is like trying to learn to ride a bike without any physical practice.
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don't know what they were thinking, trying to teach coding and maths by standing at the front and reading a block of text. These are things one learns by solving practice problems. Hearing the info is like trying to learn to ride a bike without any physical practice.
And I've noticed it in craft groups as well. Simple tasks of the kind we used to give to children as an activity are apparently too challenging for adults without a lot of questions and handholding. It's like everyone's switched their brains off.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
And I've noticed it in craft groups as well. Simple tasks of the kind we used to give to children as an activity are apparently too challenging for adults without a lot of questions and handholding. It's like everyone's switched their brains off.
It's the not noticing that gets me. I had fatigue and brain fog and all that postviral ick from swine flu in my first year, and I struggled, but I was aware I was struggling and what with and the thought of just refusing to do the work never occurred to me.
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's the not noticing that gets me. I had fatigue and brain fog and all that postviral ick from swine flu in my first year, and I struggled, but I was aware I was struggling and what with and the thought of just refusing to do the work never occurred to me.
I attended lab time, smaller seminars where things actually got discussed. Still did the reading and assignments.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I attended lab time, smaller seminars where things actually got discussed. Still did the reading and assignments.
I skipped a lot of computer science lectures because they weren't an appropriate teaching method for the subject matter, and the powerpoints they were just reading to us off a projector were available online anyway. I could get more benefit reading it at home rather than commuting.
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I skipped a lot of computer science lectures because they weren't an appropriate teaching method for the subject matter, and the powerpoints they were just reading to us off a projector were available online anyway. I could get more benefit reading it at home rather than commuting.
Support the genuine issues, sure, but bending over backwards to accommodate their refusal to actually do any work clearly isn't going to help them.
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Support the genuine issues, sure, but bending over backwards to accommodate their refusal to actually do any work clearly isn't going to help them.
So despite a year of infections then over the next 3 years: bereavement, mental illness, relationship issues, being roped into caring for someone's kid and generally having a load of undiagnosed neurospiciness, I did an extra year and came out with a 2:1 in my BSc.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
So despite a year of infections then over the next 3 years: bereavement, mental illness, relationship issues, being roped into caring for someone's kid and generally having a load of undiagnosed neurospiciness, I did an extra year and came out with a 2:1 in my BSc.
Then I battled depression, anxiety, and deeply repressed gender dysphoria while struggling to function as a part-time step-parent for the next two years. Had to repeat my second year, but the idea of simply refusing to do the reading or turn in assignments is alien to me.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Then I battled depression, anxiety, and deeply repressed gender dysphoria while struggling to function as a part-time step-parent for the next two years. Had to repeat my second year, but the idea of simply refusing to do the reading or turn in assignments is alien to me.
Sounds like in many cases they just won't. They think any amount of reading is "too long", and refuse to do assignments. I think you're right that they shouldn't be coddled. I'm 34, I caught swine flu in my first semester and had secondary infections for the rest of the year.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Sounds like in many cases they just won't. They think any amount of reading is "too long", and refuse to do assignments. I think you're right that they shouldn't be coddled. I'm 34, I caught swine flu in my first semester and had secondary infections for the rest of the year.
Worst 2 weeks of my recent life was speedrunning the menopause after my hysterectomy. Luckily all my menopausal lady friends bond with me over it
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Worst 2 weeks of my recent life was speedrunning the menopause after my hysterectomy. Luckily all my menopausal lady friends bond with me over it
'tis the time of the year where we surround ourselves with baubles to remind ourselves of the shape we aspire to. Borbcat is winning
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'tis the time of the year where we surround ourselves with baubles to remind ourselves of the shape we aspire to. Borbcat is winning