#taking online electives

[tardigradebutt]

i think that everyone needs to study anthropology like just a little bit. it should be a requirement. having a base level knowledge of The Human Condition and how to think about other people would be. very beneficial

#unfortunately nobody cares about #anthropology #it’s just the easy 101 elective class u can take to get ur humanities credit ig #viviposting #to my college buddies hiiiiiiii i’m being pretentious about my major online :3

[toastsnaffler]

in a hilarious turn of events my flatmate didn't even know I use any pronouns....

#i thought when she was talking abt how her parents thought i was gonna come out as trans and kept checking my name/pronouns- #that the joke was that im ALREADY trans but in ways they dont know abt.... but nope she genuinely didnt know 🤭 #to be fair. i dont rly let anyone in on my gender business unless we're close enough to be dating or its an anonymous online space #like im legally cis and thats fine. idc abt ppl using my name + she/her bc thats not my gender identity its just AN identity that i use- #to navigate the world without ppl being fucking nosy bc i pass as + am sociopolitically treated as a woman (if butch lol) #to ppl who are friends ill joke that my gender is dyke (true) and to friends whose gender falls on a similar spectrum- #or who are transmasc ill talk a little more honestly abt it bc theyre usually able to understand better than anyone else #other butch dykes w a weird gender going on are the only motherfuckers who actually Get It but theyre hard to come by tbh #to be frank i dont fucking know whats going on w my gender. and i dont rly care enough to do the introspection to figure it out rn #i have so many other problems in my life and im lucky that most of my beef w gender can be solved by presenting butch + binding #and using any pronouns around other queer ppl. its actually incredibly funny to me when ppl she/her me bc its like tch. this chump hasnt #unlocked my level of gender yet. pronouns and names in general are so far disconnected from the way i exist in the world... #its just smth thats fun for me to play around with + makes me feel weird sometimes but in ways i havent distilled yet yknow #and this has been my approach to gender for like?? 4-5 years now??? and likely will continue to be for a long while.. #anyway. its not actually that surprising my flatmate doesnt know bc shes cis so ive never felt compelled to have a deeper conversation #abt gender with her. but also i could sweeaaar its been mentioned bc almost all our other friends are trans lol #and also ive been introducing myself at queer sports socials w any pronouns and i swear i talked abt that w her..... whatever #and my pronouns are on discord and shes def seen my tumblr before but maybe i didnt have them in my bio at the time... i digress #i kind of prefer cis ppl she/hering me tbh. theyre not able to they them or he him or whatever else me in a way that matters..... #altho i do find it fascinating when she or other ppl elect to use neutral or masculine terms for me. raising an eyebrow and taking notes #like when she got a job and joked abt me being her househusband.. pulling up the fem/masc tally chart and chalking a line up #a la nona the ninth.... ive been trying to figure out whos inhabiting this body my entire fucking life with no luck girl #ANYWAY just smth to think abt. im so tired i think my brain is gonna start seeping out my eyeballs #im gonna watch some more pluto and read and then -> 🛌 #another 6:30 start tomorrow woohoo #.diaries #zzzzz

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

ya know what i find funny about the whole tory party gate thing ? Gen z & millennials get accused of recording everything / putting everything online but i stg all my relatives aged like 40-60 (ish) have their cameras out at far more occasions then people my age, like yeah young people have their phones out but usually just showing each other dumb memes or whatever but the older generation want pictures of everything to go on facebook man…anyway yeah idk just thoughts

#tory party gate #partygate #tory party #uk politics #gen z #millennials #boomers #gen x #middle aged people record everything #like my gran always wants to take pictures and put them on facebook #my mum puts everything me and my siblings do online unless we ask her not to #idk how to tag this #but other people get this right ?? #is this a thing? #mimi rambles #young people just shit post #even if we are taking photos at least for my friends we never post them we just have them for the memories #anyway #the tories are a sinking ship #but they’ll probably still win next election anyway #god bless #/sarcasm

[rodrickheffley]

gonna take a creative writing class this summer (:

#i wasnt wanting to do an elective cuz theres other stuff i need to get out of the way but i was wanting to do just online courses during #summer but i cant do that bc of lack of viable course offerings :/ so im trying to reduce stress by taking a more for fun class instead of 2 #important ones. im also taking a philosophy intro to formal logic class (:

[mvlkavian]

i actually dotn think there is anything more aggravating in college than a professor requiring you to buy their own book/materials that THEY wrote/made. eff u 

#tbd #maybe if they discounted it. MAYBE if it was a required class. MAYBE if i wasnt already paying ane xtra 150 to take the class #but now u want me to pay 150 for ur readig materials and online lessons????? maam can you TEACH ME #im legit finding a nother course . im only taking it to get my last 2 free elective credits EFF U!!!! #one time i had a prof require us to buy 100 dollar spiral bound book that he wrote but wasnt published yet #its been like 3 years since ive had to buy any textbooks since ij ust find them free online #im not breakign my streak in my final semester

[chocosvt]

i am sorry for asking for jun's appreciation posts!! you have great stoicism and patience 😭 i literally wasted a whole day when it was only a week before my college entrance exam (it's known to be hard and i already failed twice) just to listen to fml (seriously fml), but i passed this time!! real life "f my life to fight for my life" moment, swear!!

sorry for the rant! and all the best for the midterms, hope you slay (as always whether it's ffs or exams).

teehee it's okay <3 i am a jun appreciator to my bones!! and i WILL conquer the psycho mv i just need more time 🫣

CONGRATS! that's amazing!! maybe one day out of the week isn't so bad if u rly cracked down afterward (i always tell myself that lolz) and omfg i used to take kpop comebacks so seriously back in the day i would legit set ALARMS so i could watch the mvs right when they came out and it would always be at 6am!! rip timezones :p

and tysm!!! :D

#omfg #i'm still so mad #one of the electives i'm taking rn is foundational psychology or some shit and we can only access the textbook #through a separate online platform called tophat #which you have to pay for!! it costs over 140 freaking dollars!! to get access to the platform + the textbook #and my professor #he legit uploaded an entire pdf of the textbook chapters to our uni's central learning website #it's called brightspace #so i was using that!! AND IT WAS FREE #but then a week afterward #he took it DOWN and said 'bc of system abuse' #so BASICALLY PPL WERE DOWNLOADING IT AND STRAIGHT UP POSTING IT ONLINE/DISSEMINATING ELSEWHERE #LIKE GUYS HOW C OULD U BE SO EFFING STUPID!! #I SHOULD HAVE FUCKING DOWNLOADED IT MYSELF #I LITERALLY WANT NAMES LIKE WHO TF WAS SPREADING IT AROUND I'M SO MAD #anyway sorry for my own special rant ive been complaining abt it to everyone #whoops #n: moonbeam #t: choco's letters

[icedhoneyy]

...uhm hiiii??😬

#i'm so so sorry #for basically ghosting everything and everyone on here <\3 #but alas life was kicking my ass for these past couple of months #however!!! i made it to the other side #survived the end of semester + the end of my research program #anyway #long story short: was trying to get my shit together irl and had zero energy to come exist online #again I'm sorry about the incidental ghosting and i missed my friends here sm!!! #gonna go through my asks later today but i just wanna say that ily u guys and i missed being in here 🥺❤ #also also i was a busy these past month with the elections and joining campaign events for lula #it was even harder and exhausting in the last 2 weeks due to the 2nd round #but we did and i feel SO RELIEVED #my mental health went 📈 considerably after sunday night #yeah for the past 4 years being brazilian was taking a toll on my mental state idk what to tell ya

[clubolive]

I had to be terminally offline today because I was literally out of the house booked and busy for 12 hrs today so I couldn’t do my little intermittent posting of daily events so now u get a bulk one like a diary entry xoxo

-girlbossed so hard and STILL got my homework done

-free from my chains (boychick) and crush subscription is #DONE so we will return to normal posting on that front

-I think I’m going to join the campus rocketry team even tho I am litchurally an art and poli sci major but it sounds sooo fun

-GOT PULLED OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE BUT DIDNT GET A TICKET EVEN THO I WAS DRIVING W A BROKEN HEADLIGHT NO LICENSE AND MY TABS LOOK EXPIRED

Ok that’s all goodnight Im still booked and busy until the end of the week kisses to u all mwah

#girl online #genuinely not upset abt the crush thing not working out bc I was kind of annoyed w them anyways #AND IM SO FUCKING BUSY LIKE I REALIZED HOW MUCH I HAVE TO DO UNTIL THE ELECTION AND GIRLLLLLLLL #ITS ALOT. #like I don’t think I’m going to have a day where I can do nothing #which I’m not terribly worried abt bc I’m actually handling things well and delegating and stuff #I just have like a bunch of little things ya know?? #so like yah I’m out of the house 8am-9:30pm BUT I still have like breaks between things #where I can take a min and do homework but not enough time to fully melt my brain on social media the way I love to

[dwter]

im in the middle of selecting my college timetable right now and in putting it off to. Blog

#im going with the classic elective of gender and sexuality bc i cannot be bothered to do an online course or go in at 8am #i will take on the blue haired branding IDGAF !

[daimoan]

dont remember if i ever was this angry at anyone before

#keep thinking abt [redacted] #wack. tbh #like embarrassing idgaf abt this guy why is he still on my mind. #this is some ego feeding shit like its cool to hate and be angry or something? #its just that i think he should be corrected. but the system is not in agreement on this. #guy was like my best friend for a couple months never even asked abt the system lol n theyr like looking out for him #or i guess mby theyre looking out for me/us. so as to not go to jail/be haunted by our choices our whole lives. #whatever #i know how to make it stop it is just taking time and effort. because its like 1. kind of addictive so i keep accidentaly/habitually reinfo #cing it and 2. the other option is to face that im hurt and i cant do shit about it realy other than ... LeArN from it or some shit #like learn what? i already went full schizoid over this. #maybe i dont need to learn shit lol maybe i already did it :) #so just the pain then. and overcoming the hate habit. and like just letting it go and forgetting abt it #but the thing is that he needs to die i think. #i want to kill kill kill kill him so bad. #i hope hes not reading this in case i ask to meet him again sometime. for business. #maybe thats why its still on my mind #because im unwilling to let go of the idea that we could help eachother if i wasnt so stupid hurt over some little thing (the nasty shit he #pulled that hurt me lol) like bro. bro. im not going to just get over it. like thts rly the thing. 3-5 yrs ago i would have totally just #elected to get over it and make up or smth like that. #and im v unwilling to do that now while lots of my brain architecture is still built for that interaction style. #so when im thinking kill kill kill kill im going to [redacted as fuck im not putting that shit online this is already bad enough] mby im #actually killing the mental structures that make me a target for abuse :))))))))) #all is good in the world i love myself and my life. and absolutely no one else. except my mom and my friends and that one other guy who als #might read my blog but i really doubt it bc he doesnt evenrly ask me how im doing or anything . its cool though. for now.

[bunn-iiii]

kinda wishing I was dead rn

#i accidentally puked up all of my meds last Wednesday and didn't retake them after #which caused me to start my period again #and i thought i could stop it by just taking my meds the next day #but it didn't work and I've been lightly bleeding since then #and today i thought it stopped but i just found out it fucking didn't #and i should probably just stop my meds that keeo me from having periods but i know if i do I'll het cramps so bad i can't move #and bleed so much for so long I'll probably become iron deficient again #and i really don't want that because it fucking sucks on top of the fact I'll be so gender dysphoric that just looking at myself will be #hard to do and the sensory of it will be hell and all this just makes me want to fucking die. #plus i have to deal with all of this shit and school work and I've missed so much school that I'm failing three classes #and all i fucking wanted was to do online school but still be able to do my electives which was offered to disabled people last year #but i wasn't disabled enough last year to get put on it #and now that I'm officially diagnosed they no longer fucking offer it. #and everything is so fucking overwhelming and it makes me want to dig a hole and bury myself #tw vent

[tryin]

they're going to boo me off the stage

#my very first silly ppt for my entrepreneurship elective course #this is my chance to allow myself to showcase just how chronically online i am in real life #bc i am in no way built for entrepreneurship #i am however built to have a fun time taking a course i do not care about

[qqueenofhades]

https://www.tumblr.com/qqueenofhades/743255237060689920/the-thing-that-confuses-me-about-the-dont-vote

The “don’t vote” left’s point is basically that, if Biden gets a second term, it’ll basically signal that “They’ll vote for us as long as we’re not Republicans, why don’t we do some REAL fucked up shit, if we can get away with it?” It takes the power out of the people’s hands and places it firmly in the party’s.

I can’t completely disagree with that, my caveat is that there’s no real alternative system or party in place, because top-down change is ineffective; a third party president has to contend with a two party congress.

Except no. This whole "Biden just wants to do as much fucked up shit as possible while not being a Republican, and if you give him a second term he'll do more fucked up shit deliberately to spite you" mindset is only possible as an interpretation if you a) deliberately and comprehensively ignore everything he has done to date, and b) you approach the situation with the maximum bad faith possible. Not to mention, the ultimate outcome of this Big Important Teaching Biden A Lesson is that Trump gets back into power and makes everything orders of magnitude worse, because he does in fact want to deliberately do evil shit to everyone and says so at every opportunity. There is not some magical happy alternative that springs into existence by not voting. If you choose this as a year to Teach Biden A Lesson, you are enabling Trump. Trump will be much, much worse. If you don't care about that, I still do not care what your Great Ideology is. You are not helping anyone and you are directly and irreversibly hurting everyone.

I made a post a few days ago wherein I mentioned that I want to assess Biden fairly, taking into account both strengths and weaknesses, but the rampant bad-faith, lying, misreading, misrepresentation, and open sabotage of him (especially by the online left; the GOP sometimes only wishes they were as good at turning Biden's voter pool against him) makes it really difficult to do that. My frustration with those people makes me just want to go "BIDEN IS GREAT THE END." I know he is a flawed old man (though by literally every account of a career spent in public service, he really does care about making the world a better place and any remotely good faith reading of his accomplishments thus far can see that). It is also very likely that he goes MORE left in a second term because he won't have to face the electorate again, he has always gone more left when pushed before, and he's not actually the scheming genocidal mastermind that leftist social media paints him as. Shocking, I know.

I know there are things in the world we don't like and don't want and want to stop, and therefore we blame our own president for not making it stop. But I have zero, no, none, absolutely none whatsoever sympathy for this pseudo-populist "WE NEED TO TEACH BIDEN A LESSON BY ELECTING TRUMP AGAIN, I AM VERY MORAL MUCH ACTIVIST" mindset. There's this funny thing about America wherein it is still (for now) a democracy. If Biden wins a second term, he can't run again. I would take literally anything these people said more seriously if they focused on developing their dream progressive successor for 2028 (and also figured out how to get that person elected and in a place to make real change) rather than cynically sabotaging Biden in the most consequential election year, again, of our lifetimes. If you don't like him now, find a way to make his successor a better option. Throwing a toddler tantrum and handing the country back to a senile, deranged, fascist, revenge-riddled, theocratic Trump HELPS. NOBODY. I still don't know how many times I'm going to have to say that, but yeah.

#anonymous #ask #politics for ts

[solarpunkwarlock]

Ways to Live in Direct Opposition to Capitalism

I am by no means an expert in any of these things I’m gonna talk about, so keep that in mind! I am just making a compilation of things I know of that we can do to lessen the stranglehold the capitalist lifestyle has on us while enriching our lives, our surroundings, and the lives of others. Please add anything I miss or correct anything I may be getting wrong! Anyway here goes!

Use what you have, fix what’s you can, make what you can, accept from others, thrift what you can, and finally purchase as a last resort.

This is advice I have seen float around here a couple of times that can apply to a lot of things including clothing, furniture, food, and more besides. It’s meant to be done roughly in that order as it applies to what you’re wanting/needing/doing. It’s about preventing waste, promoting self-capability, having a heightened reliance on your community, and consciously rejecting the ingrained habit many of us have to just purchase things or services.

Here’s where you can read about growing an indoor garden!

Here’s where you can read about sewing things yourself!

Here’s an online site for giving and receiving items for free!

Here is where you can find a local Mutual Aid to get things from, learn skills from, give do, volunteer for, etc. (in the U.S.)

Be politically active! (from a U.S. perspective)

Vote for every election. Know your representatives and those who will be competing in the next election. Vote without ignorance and without falling for unfounded claims. While operating within the system that actively oppresses us will not bring about the future we want, it can serve as damage control (preventing worse candidates from taking office) and it can potentially create a national atmosphere more open to change.

Here’s a good article about getting more involved in the U.S. political process.

Here’s a site that will show you how to register to vote, when and where elections are held, and more!

Here’s good advice on finding protests in your city!

Here’s some readings on unionizing! It’s your legal right to unionize!

Here’s a more user friendly site for learning about unions!

Be active within your community!

Developing strong, motivated, capable, knowledgeable, and inclusive communities is the ultimate way to combat the relentless and bleak present and future. When you’ve worked on the things above and have gotten good at it (or even if you haven’t gotten good at it yet), start spreading what you know and what you can do with others!

Give your neighbors, coworkers, and friends some of the vegetables you’ve grown.

Invite your community members to volunteer events.

Talk to folks about how to vote, when you’re doing it, etc.

Take part in Mutual Aids to teach what you’ve learned or whatever you may be an expert in! Invite neighbors, friends, and coworkers when you take part in the Mutual Aid!

Accept your community. Take them for who and what they are. Discrimination is the enemy of cooperation. You have much more in common with everyone in your community than a single billionaire or corporation. We’re all passengers on this spaceship earth.

Do it one step at a time!

Obviously we can’t do all of these things at once. Do what you can when you can, and you’ll start to notice real change in your life!

Our online communities where we talk about our visions and hopes are fantastic, but they have little impact if we don’t actually get up and do the real work that change requires.

Want to be better, and keep hope for the future!

Harbor and nourish that desire to be a better person and to be the change you want to see in the world. You need to be hungry for a better future if you plan to make it through the rough times when everything feels pointless and without hope. Reach out to others when you’re down, and be someone others can lean on when their lives get hard.

That’s it! Please interact with this, spread it to others, and add your own thoughts and ideas! It’s important that we do the real work to get the change we crave!

#solarpunk #punk #hopepunk #anti capitalism #anti consumerism #anti consumption #tumblr #/r/196 #r/196 #196 #community #socialism #communism #lgbtq community #gay pride #blacklivesmatter #do the work #positive vibe #positivity #learning #tips #tips and tricks #activism #change #teamwork #revolution #Make a comment! Start a discussion! Add your thoughts!

[astral-catastrophe]

I am going to make poor decisions in regards to my class schedule

#I think I’m gonna drop welding two for next tri. So I can do that next year #And next tri I will instead do three online hours. Unless I can find an elective for one of them #So senior year. I’ll take the all year automotive class #And the welding two class #Because next trimester #All I have is chem and math I for sure have to keep #Because history is ending #And I will have English online #And if I decide to do the musical then that’ll be my last class of the day #So next trimester would look like. Two online hours. Math. Online. Chem. Musical? #Maybe ? #But I feel like that’s the best way of doing my schedule and being able to fit more into my senior year #Because hear me out. As much as I love welding #I think I enjoy automotive a bit more #And that this senior class is going to be a better fit for me

[quiznak-ofgrayskull]

Most people who will be applying to art schools at some point, I assume, have taken an art class in school.

I haven't taken one since elementary school, partially because electives are stupid, and partially because of stupid guidance counselor things that convinced me I needed to only focus on being Smart-

Help what do I do-

#quiz speaks #for the record I do have time from now till when I'm actually applying for college n stuff #like a few years #but still #like do I keep taking Spanish? I like spanish #the real issue is the stupid Smart Kid mandatory elective that's just year round science fair which I hate #which means I only get one elective choice all 4 years of highschool #which is. #stupid. #but eh I'll probably be fine #I'm less concerned with actually learning the stuff and more concerned with credit requirements n stuff #if there's a decent accredited class online I might look into it but that stuff's a pain in the ass to look for tbh #okay done ranting jesus christ this is a lot of tags