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bedheadstudies · 11 months

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Intro to Public Speaking in 3 Weeks

Not sure how many people who haven’t already taken a gen-ed public speaking class will see this, but if you can take it as a 3 week intersession course you totally should. Tips for survival of the 3 week public speaking blitz include:

Research your professor. This goes for any class, but if you end up with a bad professor for a 3 week class, you won’t have enough time to figure out how to work with them.

Get the book. I’m serious. Find it free online if you can, but make sure you have some sort of a copy. This may be just my class, but the book for my class had a ton of info about how to actually lay out your speeches and even a template that you could basically copy down and add your speech to. Depending on your prof, you might be lucky and have access to that info if they post it, but in a 3 week class you won’t have much time to suddenly decide “oh fuck I need the book.” Don’t risk it.

Start as early as possible. Most introductory public speaking classes (to my admittedly limited knowledge of the subject) will have you do some sort of informative speech and some sort of persuasive speech. That probably sounds a lot like your first college writing class, and you’d be right! I was lucky, they gave us access to the class materials on our portal (we use Brightspace) a week early, so when she said “pick your topic for your first speech on Friday,” I had both my topics ready and could basically start researching straight away.

This probably all seems obvious, and maybe this is a silly post, but I hope someone sees it and decides not to waste a 3 credit slot for 16 weeks and just goes for the 3 week option. These tips also go for college comp classes, but I wouldn’t want to do one of those in 3 weeks. I took composition 2 in an 8 week fall session on accident, and due to a combination of stubbornness and poor planning hated every minute of it. If I’d known these things going into that, I’d have been much better off.

These are just my thoughts, I’m a junior but forgot to take this class as a freshman, so I took the intersession section to avoid having to devote a ton of time to it. It worked out very nicely, and ended up being so much better than if I’d had to slog through 16 weeks of that class. Consider it!

#college survival #public speaking #gen ed

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starjammin · 4 months

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“Hi, pretty !”

#leonardo hamato #leosagi #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt #leochi #rise usagi #samurai rabbit #usagi chronicles #usagi yuichi #yuichi usagi #i’m so tired #finally on winter break! free from college momentarily!#surviving ! barely !#I am so so sosososo sorry for disappearing #I like using pretty as a nickname :}#I MISSED DRAWING THEM

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deltapelagicpetrel · 4 months

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alright time for my once-in-a-quarter post, this time the topic is griddlehark!!!!!!!! I love them so much i sure hope nothing bad happens to them ever hahahaha

#bugs when you lift up a rock #frequently bought together do not separate them #griddlehark #griddlehark fanart #gideon nav #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #the locked tomb #tlt #tlt fanart #sorry for not posting a lot recently im currently focusing on the art of surviving through the final year of highschool #its torture someone help me #the horrors #i MAY post something on or near my 18th birthday because its very soon #but until im done with finals and college applications im probably not gonna be posting much #but hey gay necromancers in space am i right #my art #deltapelagicpetrel

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hemuchang · 11 months

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dog life

#furry art #adulting #college is hard #cute furry doggy trying to survive the world teehee uwu #goonight #i die

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binzie3 · 2 years

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The School Registrar

August 3, 2022

I just got enrolled. But it took me 40 minutes to get there.

Nothing unusual in my morning routine until I got to face the school registrar. She is a new face of the school, an upgrade, and a total inclusive being. A decent face and somewhat kind yet sarcastic attitude [not to the point of annoying] AND a calm and understanding human, too. Totally, a huge difference than last year's registrar [but she's kind tho yet most of the students are afraid of her. Maybe, she was just misunderstood].

So, I faced the front desk, with confidence and a light greeting. I don't know but somehow, I became a stress of her morning. To let you know, I'm a irregular student. It's a long story to share and discuss so I'm making it short: Personal. Bullying. Shift. Transfer. AND BOOM, I'm in my new school facing the new school registrar.

In that moment, we had a little debate.

I asked her if I can took an advanced subjects since I'm following my pre-requisites [I can't take the subject if I didn't take the subject which was needed to take that subject. For example: if I had to take History, I must make sure that I take English last sem so that I can take History this sem].

In that moment, I saw her vented and complained why didn't the former registrar prepared a permanent record of mine. Thankfully, it's not my fault. I saw her stress. I think it was pretty normal for a school staff. I was chill.

Luckily, I brought my old enrolment cards from last year. I saw her relief. Even myself. Then, I handed her the cards. She requested me about my grade cards but unluckily, it was on my file drawer. She took out my transfer files inside a long green strapped envelope from the fourth sliding drawer of an organized, modernized cabinet. From there, I saw again my ugly 1 × 1 picture from 2019. [Guess I need to take a new one for an update.]

She flipped the files and she saw my curriculum. She checked the subject I already took. Then, she said that all I need to do now was to take credits of my third year subjects plus the two subjects that I left behind last year. I said that it would be difficult for me to handle everything since I have also some problem regarding financial income in general. I suggested that maybe I can take those advanced subjects so it would be easier for me. She paused but she's persistent to defend her suggestion. But, I hesistated to agree with her. That first round of debate led to the dean's office.

While waiting for the dean's response, I saw two familiar faces which I joyously greeted. It was nice meeting them in person. Now, the registrar has finally returned. She told me that it is not possible to take advanced subjects since it would be confusing for her and mine. I was not hopeless nor sad or disapointed. Then, I noticed that the number of units for this sem didn't matched the proposed units that I should take. So, I pointed it out to her. I explained that maybe the reason I was not allowed to overload subjects last year was the problem of the units. She paused and maybe, she hinted that I have a point. So, the second round of debate ended by heading once again to the dean's office.

I patiently waited for her to come back. I also noticed that our debate and confusion created a long line of enrollees waiting to be entertained by our school registrar. After some minutes, she came back. This time, I saw on her face the feeling of a good, cool, and awesome school registrar. So, I decided to let the enrollees take their time with her first since I know it would take another long discussion with me. After the enrollees have had their time, it's my turn. On her mouth, I heard the truth and the right thing to do. Her suggestion was right. She was right all along. But it's a good thing that she clarifies all of my doubts and questions. I'm grateful to meet the new school registrar. Honestly, I've never been this grateful about school staffs before. Maybe the librarian, she's cool too. And my former school's registrar also.

Right now, I don't know when's the post for the schedules but all I can do now is maybe, I should thank her in my prayers.

And stress about my unpaid school contribution from last year.

YIKES!

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#college #personal #filipino #tagalog #school #registrar #school registrar #college survival #college struggles

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fortes-fortuna-iogurtum · 8 months

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hi yes I'm doing great and fine at college why do you ask :) (<< person who barely contained crying all the way back to her dorm and then broke down once she was in her room bc her government professor told everyone at the end of the first class that they're going to see horrible things in life and it's ok to be bothered by them, you don't have to constantly 'other people have it worse' about everything and so never let yourself feel the hurt over something and then went on to give everyone in the class a Tim Keller book to help cultivate personal devotions bc freshman year is hard)

#is this normal. is this part of the homesickness. is this part of the depression. I don't know anymore.#*sigh* all shall be well perhaps.#hey at least we got some GOOD THEOLOGY in the government class. that was NICE.#(probably I'm being too hard on the preaching that's been happening so far... two of the messages were actually fantastic #and one made me cry with how close to home it hit.#I think mostly it's just targeted to a rather different audience than I personally at this time of my life belong to.)#gurt says stuff #college survival #I need to make a college tag I think...#hm. gotta think of a good one.

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ivynotpoisonous · 1 year

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monday - saturday: chillin

sunday: attempt to do all the work and cry when you can't

#im crying #help #there's so much #so much #hard work #because i am tired #sleepy #college survival #living alone #i am a girl #headache #constant headache #stressed #help my poor soul

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tapakah0 · 6 months

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do u know cass personally? or is this a tumblr friendship? cuz its the most wholesome thing ive seen in my life

I don't even know their real name ~ But if I will be told that I have an extra liver, I will know at the exact same second to whom give it.

#without jokes #I owe her so much #I'm pretty sure she doesn't understand how much #It was first days of college when I found this place #and I was having attacks of hatred towards this place due to the fact that it takes up all the time #and in the end I do not get anything useful from it.#I didn't even have powers on drawing something #I didn't know what to draw #head empty #and everything felt so... flat?#and BOOM #what do you mean it is the style that I love the most #what do you mean the main attention to the emotions #what do you mean it's a chaos #what do you mean I love this thing already #what do you mean the author of this story is so wonderful and funny and cool and so many adjectives #WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE MAKES KIND OF ANIMATICS THAT I LOVE THE MOST #*puts paws together*#I love animatics and I finally found a passion #I survived last year only because of her #honestly #I don't know what and how happened #but I don't want to change anything #I am so much grateful I don't know what else I can give to her I have nothing

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the-nysh · 11 months

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Rewatching Trigun's 98anime (subs this time, being used to the eng dub) since I was curious to note the characters' shifting pronoun usage.

For reference, Stampede Vash always uses the softer, more humble, modest, boyish 'boku' - as expected (like Trimax Vash), even after his glow up in ep12, he still regards himself the same way. While Knives (Nai) exclusively uses the harder, more assertive, masculine 'ore'...ever since he was a little baby, which immediately differentiates them apart, but is...extremely (lmao) edgy of him.

But in the 98anime? Oh my god, it's all flipped around and completely different! Which quite interestingly reveals a lot of contextual nuances to many characters, and quite frankly rewatching in Japanese trying to catch all these things only thoroughly kicked my ass throwing in so many difficult-to-understand, unexpected curveballs; I'm both shook and humbled by what I've heard!

Because 98 Knives refers to himself as 'boku' O____O;; even during his most 'villainous' lines yelling at Vash too. Him having that casual but 'polite' poised dissonance in his voice comes off extremely unnerving;;; when he speaks of horrible things thru such an 'innocent' self-perception like that. (Even Legato uses 'boku' like him! Same in Stampede.) Damn I'm disturbed. He and Vash notably both used 'boku' when they were kids, but Knives in particular never really stopped saying that from their childhoods, so that says a lot about him. (His "did you just shoot me [boku]!?" comes off very uncannily childlike. No wonder Vash freaked out in guilt.)

But 98 Vash? Whoa, he requires a whole damn essay flips around ALL the time, interchangeably using BOTH! :O Often switching pronouns between 'ore' & 'boku' within the same episode, or even as quickly as every other sentence, even towards the same person. Depending on the immediate context/topic of what he's saying and the emphasis on how he's saying it. Via all his posturing, which 'persona' he switches into, his familiarity/humbleness/honesty/trust--even hostility towards certain people, and his mood's silly vs seriousness levels. Often reflective of how determined/confrontational/casual he is vs being walled off (masking) to openly repentant, lost or distressed too - but not always! It's Extremely inconsistent fascinating but confusing!!! Because there's no....fixed 'rules' to his usage. For ex he'll often use 'ore' casually within his own internal monologues to his more bombastic public self-introductions, or even when he's at his most serious in private moments about grave matters, like settling his past during his scar scene with Meryl. Even Eriks!Vash still uses 'ore' when confessing his guilt to Wolfwood about the Fifth Moon! So there feels to be a general preference for using 'ore' when he (internally and externally, both in casual and serious contexts) needs to show his 'determination' - aka being the man (the ideal 'Vash'?) he wants to become.

But then he'll flip around using 'boku' for some of his most exasperatingly fake ✨playful✨ bits when he's kidding and messing around in mock courtesy (bonus: he even uses 'watashi' as a joke for his ridiculously long 'formal' name introduction to Wolfwood).....AND 'boku' will be used for his most sincere humble (polite) conversations back with family members he knows at Home, and when he connects back to his childhood with Rem in his dreams. The Diablo ep is a good example: he uses 'ore' throughout the ep until he reverts to 'boku' after speaking to Rem deciding not to kill, and that humbling shift, like to that of a lost younger boy, makes so much sense. The shift happens again when Eriks!Vash thinks about Rem feeling just as lost: "what should I [boku] do?" And after the tragic incident at Home when he's depressed and masking himself behind his glasses, while quietly reflecting to Wolfwood with a reproachful, "Everyone who touches me [boku] dies." ...Before immediately changing back to 'ore' in the next sentence firming his resolve to face Knives.

But in general it really depends and you have to listen hard (pay close attention) to hear how much contextual teasing, sincerity, irony, genuine respect, or...humbling self-reproach and self-depreciation he uses. Indicative towards how much (or how poorly) he internally regards himself and how he externally presents himself to others, because it changes. All the time. His personal pronouns aren't fixed! ...Basically, I'm just as confused as Meryl (and it really makes narrative sense why she's so confused by him), not knowing which 'persona' is the real him! x'D

...Oh but a really good moment, in ep24 when Meryl pleads at him to be honest with her for once about all the tragedies, he uses 'boku' explaining everything to her about Knives. That's....really good. :O Like umm...him using 'ore' before with her (in the scar scene) kind of erected a subtle barrier when he refused to elaborate further, but using 'boku' so sincerely for her request.....like it..extends her the same humble level of courtesy/trust he'd use towards the 'family' he loves back at Home (+Rem)....but it's so loaded, cause he's being honest but still...distant telling her why he's better off alone. :')) Man...(the aaangst) Oooooh, but then ep25 is very telling too, cause he's mentally lost for the whole ep, always using 'boku' so anguished and self-deprecatingly....until Meryl saves him and he gives her his softest genuine 'boku' yet, after he recovers back to himself donning the red coat again, thanking and assuring her he'll be alright. :'D (Hooray~) Before internally switching back to 'ore' on his final quest setting out alone for Knives. Ep26: he still keeps that distinct assertive 'ore' in front of Knives "I [ore] will survive!" and 'boku' for Rem: "I [boku] will continue to believe in you, but will look to my own [jibun] words for guidance." :')) (Bonus: 'jibun' is added when he philosophically thinks in terms of 'oneself'/'myself' from now on.)

Bonus nuance: while younger Vash may have dependently followed Knives' lead around--back when they both used 'boku' together, older (current) Vash--using 'ore' with him, feels like he's grown to assume the role as the more independent, responsible older brother now, when he finally understands how to put Rem's last words to 'take care of Knives' into practice. :'))

So tl;dr: Vash tends to have a casual leaning preference for using 'ore' in most situations both private and public, but especially for whenever he asserts his determination involving Knives with a confrontational edge. 'Boku' is used exclusively (politely, with genuine deference & care) towards extended family members he loves (like Rem, Brad, Doc, and eventually.....Meryl; using the softest 'boku' towards her I've ever heard. ;.;) And for whenever he humbles himself in distress, feeling lost in turmoil or self-reproach. But it's not set in stone! Since both pronouns can be used sincerely or ironically in jest, for whenever he's feeling silly or playing a bit (donning a mask), easily switching depending on presentation or context too. 98 Vash simply does what he wants! While Meryl screams in confused exasperation!

As for 98 Meryl, she often uses the book-standard, more formal/professional 'watashi' when introducing herself (Stampede Meryl too), and her speech patterns are typically very polite and pleasant to listen to (with many lovely 'desu-wa' sentence finishers.) ...Until she changes to the informal, more feminine 'atashi.' Ex: when screaming at Milly to let her go (to Vash) as the city blew up during the Fifth Moon incident. The raw sincerity in her voice for that change is so...🥺 of her. Note, cause most other girls - from Rem, Milly, younger kids like Lina, to older (but youthful) grandma characters all informally use 'atashi.' So for Meryl to drop her usual formalities when her honest feelings come out ("I [atashi] need to go there!" - to the epicenter where Vash is) means a lot. :')) ...Ah! Cause she slips to 'atashi' again in ep25, in front of Vash (while he uses 'boku' at his most mentally lost and openly wounded state) at his bedside. o///o Oh my... Using 'atashi' again while crying to Milly in regret that she couldn't confess anything yet to Vash on his sendoff. So yes, Meryl's feminine 'atashi' side shows whenever she expresses her honest feelings. :'3

Now 98 Wolfwood is a special case, cause he speaks primarily in Kansai dialect, which is extremely hard for me to understand what he's saying in modified/shortened slang all the time. (Compared to say, Meryl who speaks very cleanly and polite.) I've heard him use 'ore' when offering kids food, the more rural/casual form 'oira' when confessing his turmoil to Milly at his most vulnerable, 'uchi' when talking about 'our orphanage,' 'washi' (the 'old man' form of watashi) when speaking in more formal/aged terms of 'God', to the slang form 'wai' (he casually prefers this one a lot, and Stampede Wolfwood uses 'wai' too, esp when introducing himself to new people, for most of the few eps he's even in, and it makes him sound like...way older than he actually is?) to even 'jibun' when talking about himself with distance in flashbacks. The impression he gives off is like that of someone who's come from a rural/street kid (orphan) background...but who speaks like a chill elder now?? who's aged far too soon for his years. That's my best interpretation of what's happening. (His slang 'wai' even slurs to sound like 'oira,' almost like 'wai-ra' sometimes; gah it's really hard for me to discern, I'm sorry.) Bonus: he teasingly calls Milly 'my honey' in english, while she playfully answers him back with the pronounced 'a-na-ta' (dear), so they def have an inside thing going on. Bottom line, he's very complicated *bangs head on desk* and his accent is too unfamiliar/beyond my meager course level to fully grasp! :'D

To sum up (to the best of my hearing comprehension):

Stampede Vash: always boku, modest and unassuming towards everyone 98 Vash: BOTH ore & boku; not fixed. Casual preference for ore vs more humble courtesy using boku, but it's extremely context/mood/persona dependent, since he can mask & switch for jokes. Has a serious confrontational/determined edge using ore vs Knives--as if Vash becomes the older brother here, but always reserves the softer boku towards Rem and the found family he loves Stampede Knives: always ore, ever since he was a baby; so much edge 98 Knives: boku, coming off unnervingly childlike vs Vash's ore Meryl (both): watashi, but changes to atashi (98) when her honest feelings towards Vash show Wolfwood (both, Kansai dialect): primarily wai, but can use many other forms Legato (both): boku Roberto: ore Milly: atashi, but can mask using watashi when she's not fine Rem: atashi (98) & watashi (Stampede) Stampede Luida: watashi, but atashi when casual with teen Vash Brad (both): ore Dr. Conrad: watashi Stampede Elendira: watashi Stampede Zazie: boku

Now besides the animes, since Trimax is a whole other overwhelming complicated beast, and since I don't have access to check (nor would I even be able to easily read/understand) the Japanese raws, I'd be VERY interested in someone's investigation and breakdown into the manga's pronouns, especially for Trimax Vash, since I've heard that beyond 'boku,' he shifts and evolves throughout his journey too, possibly ending on a very soft wizened, matured 'watashi' that I'd love to hear more!

#trigun #commentary #meta #long text post #me thinking this would be a fun and interesting rewatch activity #*gets Immediately Pulverized by unexpected curveballs and difficulty*#ohhhhhhh my college courses in japanese aren't strong enough for this #that i know i could not survive trimax's raws; i'd be destroyed instantly

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