general

Idk

It is the Spooky season

Hubie Halloween

pretty much every university this

Neither uwaterloo or queens seems to have

idk if Canadian schools were more insulated to the effects of covid

but if anything, they made Uwaterloo harder when it went online

I don't think it's necessarily about being hard/easy the sentiment pre-covid was most people were in university for some combination of learning & the "experience" (defined however you want)

sure there were some people there for the piece of paper, but it was the minority

now it's transactional, profs are checked out, students are checking boxes, and nobody goes 1 step further than is required

and look, I'm not saying "college isn't worth it" or that it's completely dead everywhere with no exceptions

but I really do think it's been a widespread change

I guess I just have not noticed any from either of the universites I've been to

I hope there are colleges out there that do manage to remain insulated

yeah there will be other covid effects and generational shifts and all

Covid was much worse for younger students :c

absolutely dead generation

yep, that too

being slow to adapt to AI, and moving to digital coursework imo are also huge L's

for K-12

it's one thing to have good software for tracking work or w/e but even well-funded districts just outsource all their material to "reputable" curriculum providers

which turn out to be glorified Indian scammers

and no one catches on because the interface and delivery method are slick

idk, I just really hope education in general is able to bounce back, in some form

not just for the "societal good" angle either

I finished my grad school during covid while professors were still in the "I don't understand new technology" mindset and most were just hoping people would show up in person, and since it was, ya know, Houghton, Michigan and there were at most 20 covid cases, everyone showed up in person to lectures and exams anyway.

I'm very curious how schools are now. I don't know how prevalent what Spooky said is. Also I wonder how students can differentiate themselves now that grades are fairly irrelevant. Like, those who want to learn and those who just want a white-collar job.

AURA

The wise forest spirit

How does it taste

chicken

no way it tastes like chicken, very likely very gamey

the thing is all muscle

lol, when did I get the new role

tragic that I lost my booster jewster role and my pink and blue star of david emoji

chicken

That's a kid in a suit

highly nordic phenotype

look at the jawline

the face structure

perhaps whiteman descended from this

Nords descended from Khajit?

damn, Elsweyr is gonna be crazy in ES6

aeneral

happy birthday spooky

Thanks Fire

hbds

Is spooky day actually Spooky day?