#registering for college classes is so..

[beegswaz]

wanna write. but its 12:30 amd i have so much work to catch up on

never avoid your homework (targeted)

#registering for college classes is so.. #i hate it #but hey java proramming soon #will b fun

[otaku553]

On this day I have been dealt an unprecedented amount of psychic damage

#so for context #(this is going to be quite long) #I live in a house (college residence) and we do social events and stuff together to build unity through the trauma of academic pressure #one of these social events is darb talks/PowerPoint karaoke #where for darb talks you can give a presentation on literally anything you want #I’ve done a half hour long speedrun of Kirby lore #and I’ve also done a presentation on the undertake multiverse and sanses #expecting it to be haha funny for one night and then never brought up again #and so there’s another thing at this college called ditch day #and for ditch day seniors plan activities for underclassmen to skip class doing #it’s like an officially registered school event and teachers are obligated #to give us extensions for our problem sets and such #there is also fitch day #which is fake ditch day where you don’t actually get to skip classes and it only takes place in the morning #and these are usually just the seniors messing with us for their entertainment #so they did. a bunch of sans themed events. #not even undertake. themed #just sans themed #targeted specifically at causing psychic damage to me #there was also a fingers in his ass Sunday singalong at the end of it #truly a time

[uncsukuna]

dumb question BUT

how did maki mai n toji get education?

to preface - idk shit about how nobility or fancy clan stuff work so this might actually be a dumb question but like... if they didnt like them why would they educate them yk

p sure maki n mai were gonna be servants, but then they went to highschool n im p sure they have decent grades, so who did they learn from? cus if their cursed technique develops at like age 6-8 (dont remember specifically) their education level would be second grade at best right?

n for toji they were literally tryna kill that nigga so idk. then again hes a man so maybe they tried to give him an education so they wouldnt have a 'dumb man zenin' but they wouldve detected his lack of ce at birth

did they have tutors? did they go to actual schools? ik megumi went to middle school n elementary, but the 3 zenin rejects stayed w/ the clan so... did toji even get a highschool diploma (its more likely he got a ged but idk what he ran away at)

#﹒txt #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk toji #jjk maki #GEN QUESTION YALL OLS #somehow knowinf this would make writing toji easuer #bc idk this mans level of education #bro def didnt go to college #although maybe he sat in on classes or sumn idk #he has shit money management so maybe not #but maki n toji def smart enough to be above highschool level #i jus dk if toji has an actual degree #which might play into why he doesnt have an actual legally registered job #snyway im tired #honk shoo mimimimi

[witch-without-gender]

I got flirted with by a cishet man at my parent’s church

#I went to high school with him #and apparently we had a college class together but I don’t remember this #last week he came up and started talking to me out of nowhere #told me he’s trying to join the military and was generally just making awkward convo with me #didn’t think too much of it until today #i walked past him and said ‘how are you’ out of politeness #to which he said ‘good now that I’m talking to you’ #and I sure didn’t register what he said so I said ‘I’m good thanks’ #and walked away #and realized like 4 seconds later what he actually said #accessible

[mymarifae]

i need to finish my degree and get into teaching i'm going crazy i've GOT to show kids the value of literature and why developing their reading comprehension skills is actually worth their time and (directed specifically at all the young future writers) why they shouldn't "learn" how to analyze themes and characters and just how to Write in general from fanfiction. like if i can steer one kid from falling into the .. tiktokification that's plaguing the state of published books lately or if i can teach one kid how to identify cheap fascist propaganda and keep themselves safe from that fucking rabbit hole or if i can show one kid how to have fun with reading and writing . i will be satisfied

#this is so important to me i need to teach but college costs money adn UGHHHGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHG #if i can pay off my school's latest Kill Yourself fee before the summer semester starts... then i will try to register for a class or two #if not i'll definitely be set to go back by fall semester -.-

[blimbo-buddy]

Shout out to the people whose parents got them enrolled into School at an early age so they were always the youngest in their class

#blimbo rambles #speaking as a guy who is 17 in a college class with older people #the college literally told me to verify that I actually graduated via showing my highschool diploma because I was under 18 when registering #which I didn't get until the end of July/the beginning of August #so I couldn't fucking enroll into any classes

[gender-trash]

how did you get into typesetting? are there particular resources/guides you'd recommend?

i am so incredibly sorry, because the answer to your first question is almost certainly useless to you: when i was 9-12 years old i took a bunch of online math classes from the Art of Problem Solving. AoPS classes (at the time; i haven’t followed what they’re doing in years) were formatted as a chat room where the entire lecture was given in text format (vv accessible to me for both adhd and auditory processing reasons), occasionally the teacher would ask questions for you to type in a response to, and a few of the fastest correct answers would be shown to the rest of the class. especially if you used latex math typesetting to make it Look Nice (the chatroom had limited latex support).

i, a small child extremely interested in math and in Proving my Skills to the other faceless usernames in the chatroom, was super into this. with practice i eventually got really good at speed-typesetting math in latex; i also habitually wrote up all my homework in latex because my handwriting was fucking unreadable (probably because of the dyspraxia) and it was honestly simpler *and* faster than writing it on paper and scanning it.

so at that point i was just kind of in the habit of using latex whenever i wanted to make a vaguely technical document Look Nice. math camp qualifying tests. final papers for technical classes in college. personal notes and reference sheets (i’m much more likely to study things if my study materials are visually appealing, i’ve found). i discovered that with practice it *is* possible to take class notes, live, in latex, and that if you send your ~fancy~ latex notes to your friends in the class they will love you forever. plus the extra Challenge made it easier for me to pay attention in class (fuck you, adhd).

thus, when i got into ficbinding my basic approach was “download a random latex book template -> modify to my own tastes -> consult stackoverflow if anything goes wrong” and it works pretty well for me, because i’m an extremely bullheaded programmer with a decade of latex experience. would i necessarily “recommend” it to a beginner? …not really.

anyway i hear you can use ms word or another word processor to typeset fic/danmei? lots of people in the ficbinding discord seem to be pretty successful with it, and @armoredsuperheavy’s introductory ficbinding tutorial goes into some detail (all of which i fully skipped) about typesetting in word. i can’t really provide any help here, though, sorry :(

otoh if you DO want to take the plunge and go latex or go home, i’ve found that overleaf provides some pretty good basic guides to latex syntax; if you want, i can also send you some of my latex source files and talk you through what’s going on with them. you’ll almost certainly want to use the “memoir” documentclass (not “book”), so hit up ctan and download the memoir documentation while you’re at it. personally i don’t use overleaf because i am physically incapable of using any text editor without vim keybindings; you might want to start there because the live preview is super helpful for a beginner, but i have NO idea what font support is like. if you’re not using overleaf, i recommend installing xelatex on your local machine, and if you don’t already have a text editor of choice, sublime text is free* and has some nice latex extensions.

*it will occasionally nag you to buy a license but you can keep clicking “maybe later” indefinitely

(someone recommended ConTeXt to me a while back, but i can’t remember who it was. that might be a friendlier option?)

actually, would anyone be interested in me writing up a more detailed Guide to Typesetting Books in LaTeX for complete beginners/cleaning up and posting my book template? (i am bad at modeling what “a complete beginner” to latex typesetting knows, but i will beta test it on a long-suffering @combat-epistemologist.)

#the trashcan speaks #devil venerable also wants to exploit the memoir class for evil purposes #OH YEAH also if you have a html file or epub (e.g. from ao3) you can use pandoc to convert it to .tex #you can use pandoc on nearly ANYTHING actually. highly recommend pandoc #also the only reason i stopped taking aops classes was that i took ap calculus bc when i was 12 and that was the highest level they offered #so when i was 13 i had to start taking fuckin’ honors multivariable calculus or w/e cross-registered at a local college #and let me tell you. i missed the faceless online chatroom classes SO. MUCH.

[girlbob-boypants]

Getting new hardware and software makes it incredibly clear that the people who design technology hate people who use it

#girlbob.txt #main example here being go read anything cyle has said about designing tumblr #but yesterday we got a new register at the store #and they put the tap to pay right on top of the chip reader/swipe #meaning you cannot choose to opt out of tap if your bank doesnt let you have a card without tap #because the act of going to put your card in the chip scans the tap #something something remember that time it was said that most colleges dont require tech bros to take ethics classes #so they never consider how their designs affect people #now combine that with executives who are stupid evil and greedy

[ham-nah]

college is so funny because one (1) thing goes wrong and i’m already imagining scenarios where i’m living homeless on the streets

#found myself vividly imagining worst case scenarios and i had to be like #!!bestie?? dramatic much??? chill out?? maybe? #im literally not even there yet #haven’t even registered for classes #registration opens in 40 minutes. the problem came WITH REGISTRATION. I HAVENT DONE ANYTHING AND IM ALREADY WAAAAY TOO STRESSED #college is not for me man. i cannot handle stuff like this without someone to help me. i am going to die. #oh how i wish to learn school of the athens style #all the homies and ppl who want to learn talking about their interests #idk how it actually worked but that’s what the painting looked like #also ample use of google and youtube #idk man they just make it so unnecessarily complicated and stressful #im also rambling because i just pulled a stress all-nighter #SIGH #wish me luck boys #ham speaks #ham is a college girlie

[goldensunset]

i have to do something today other than play legends arceus for 12 hours straight again

#it’s the middle of the semester i have work to do #tests to study for projects to work on #advisor meetings to schedule and attend… #so that i can sign up for courses next semester… #but then i want to switch my major but that’s such an ordeal idk how tough the process will be #and i can only hope i’ll actually like the major i switch into (communication) #they always say it’s ok to go to college even if you don’t know what you wanna do yet and you have plenty of time #but i’m starting to think that’s not smart and i should really get on that ASAP #but like if it takes a while to process the major switch then #see advisor meetings start tomorrow (you literally have to attend one to be able to register for courses next semester) #but switching my major means switching my advisor #so is it a bad idea to try switching advisors when we’re supposed to be meeting with them #basically will i have a wide enough window for all this #pain and suffering #once again this is just me writing out my problems and responsibilities in words so i feel more capable of handling them #peach rambles #and this isn’t even covering the whole language requirement thing and i have to take a language placement test #they literally won’t let me just sign up for the easier class they are forcing me to take a test before i can sign up for anything #but the test is a timed speaking test where i have to listen to something and respond like it’s a real conversation and record myself and #yeah this sucks i don’t wanna do it idk how hard it’ll be…

[ofpd]

the sociolinguistics class i was registered for got canceled :(((

#without it im still registered for 3 classes which has been about as much as i could handle past quarters so maybe this is for the best.. #but i wish i could've had the option to take it :( #there arent many classes that seem interesting and not too stressful being offered this quarter but i got on the waitlist for one #maybe itd be best to take 3 classes and also have a part time job #i think a job would be less stressful but more tiring than a class so 🤷🏻‍♀️ #i should just. apply to the starbucks. or to the million campus petes #txt #PEETS* not petes sorry for betraying my college towns coffeeshop of choice #they also have dutch bros it's great for the middle of nowhere

[thefuturewithoutus]

everything is so bad

#the heart #i think i'm about to get my first c in college bc of fucking. French!!!!!!! 😭 #not doing anything about it even though it's making me so upset i just don't have energy to #i don't have any confidence in my design final either... it just feels like underwhelming #and also i missed registering so i won't be able to start my graphic design courses 🥲 i'm taking 2 creative writing classes and a life #drawing course instead. i'm so upset about french omg. dreading telling my mom. hell on earth

[rootbeerfloats]

my registration for next semester opened up right after i finished an oral presentation for my gen chem I lab and i literally just crafted the worst schedule possible im gonna cry WHY WAS MY REGISTRATION DATE SO LATE THIS SUCKS SO BAD

#speaking #i am an 8am lab for gen chem II on MONDAY and then immediately after that i have 10 MINUTES to make it to my composition class. i will #literally have to run #and then i have my gen chem II lecture at 6:30pm on tuesdays and thursdays 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WHY GOD #AND THEN. AND THEN THERES NOT A SINGLE STATISTICS CLASS OPENING. I NEED THAT CLASS MAN IM NOT TAKING ENOUGH CREDITS NEXT SEM 😭😭😭 #all my friends who took ib or dual enrollment got to register so early because thry already had college credits Why Why Why Why Why Why

[mundifinis]

why is college so stressful

#i'm on hold rn #but basically i had to purchase a 300 dollar lab kit for one of my classes #that i had to take for the cohort i'm in #and my cohort manager was like ??? im not gonna make you guys spend 300 bucks #so basically she used like the college's scholarship fund #but i filed my fafsa wrong #and so it didn't process correctly #so now its saying i owe 300 bucks #and i can't register for classes #and im stressed and my cohort manager is on medical leave #and i've talked to literally everyone and no one knows what to do #and lady im talking to works with the money part and i was on the phone with her just now and she got off hold #and basically my financial aid is still processing WHAT #and i either pay the 300 dollars now and get reimbursed for it later or just wait #but that means that 300 dollars needs to be paid PLUS my drop down payment for my classs #which is still a lot at a time #and financial aid office doesn't open until 2 today but i have errands to do and stuff #and it's UGHHH #ashla.txt

[psychosomaticdeicide]

I hated macroeconomics and my microeconomics class got dropped due to lack of people. The only other one on my campus is a time conflict. The second closes campus is also a time conflict.

The only one that doesn’t have a time conflict is one that’s online asynchronous, which means no guidance and no lectures. Just due dates.

#incoherent screeching into the abyss #tales of woe and online community college part 2 #thankfully there’s additional advising tomorrow so I should get it straightened out #and by that I mean registering for a class I won’t have a time conflict for

[baileyboo2016]

Bro why is this registration for next semesters classes at 7:30 am 💀😭

#daily bailey #so like everyone registers at once #at the set time #and the classes fill up fast #so if im not up at my computer by 7:30 i wont get into the classes i want #literally one of the most stressful things about my college is this darn registration 😂