excuse my naivete, but what's this testifying for?

I just moved from AZ, but grew up there

where y'all at?

Besides Yuma, think I know for you

haha I lived in NW Tucson before moving

Good times.

Now i live in NYC. Whoop de doo

It's been like 4 months and I'm still adjusting

I live in Brooklyn. Ahahaha

I'm a professor ama

but in STEM, I can't help with english/politics profs

not even worth trying to "reason" with them

what part of Brooklyn, do you remember?

yeah

if you're committing wrongthink I don't think you'll be getting good grades

how big is this class, @ViperZ ?

Gotcha gotcha

idk there aren't really any italian communities anymore in Brooklyn

^

what? haha

anywhere in that range?

ooohhh

exactly

I can barely grade classes with 30 students

there's also a possibility that you get a different TA for each assignment

so there's a chance you're not screwed

just be careful with what you say

yeah good luck with that

not to be mean, but you won't get far with that argument

I can't speak for poli sci, but just my experience with academics in those types of departments, they won't do jack

I lied about my opinion a ton when I was in undergrad

if it's a significant grade, it's better to do that

otherwise, just do whatever

do you get feedback?

if you get feedback about writing style or whatever, that's one thing. If it's feedback about your argument, that's another

Honestly you probably had TA's grade that stuff. PoliSci Grad Students + Right Wing Views = No bueno

that's a shame

Even my TA's, in a STEM field, have kind of been hit or miss with craziness

well I don't want to give too much away. But I'm in Engineering

If you don't want to do STEM, don't

I've seen too many go into it thinking they'll do great because high school told them they were amazing and then bomb

it wasn't pretty

that's always a solid path

oh I know

I remember on the podcast Blonde was outraged that STEAM was becoming a thing

I've been seeing that for a long time coming

I've almost had to forcibly pass minority student's assignments they've otherwise failed

but you throw a big enough fuss and my department usually steps down

There's a lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes. It's a bit depressing

@RoadtoDawn I could go on a rant for days. I choose not to think about it

it's not that I don't care. It's just that if I think about it constantly my life would be miserable

luckily if I raise a fuss, it's usually alright.

And keep in mind, it's only happened maybe 2-3 times in my entire teaching career

so it's not INCREDIBLY common, but I'm just one person at one school

in one department

it's a stay-low sort of situation right now

but I know I'm not the only person in my department that's not a crazy lefty

let that be some optimism

I can't with humidity

I'm from Arizona 😛

it's pretty bad when you're accustomed to <10% your whole life

I live in a place where it's like 50% now and I was dying over the summer

Felt like a neckbeard with all my forehead sweat and pit stains

is it centralized tho?

My apartment doesn't have centralized AC and it's rough

Regardless, I like my current institution. I'll be OK here even if overall the school is a bit psycho

I know Purdue has a great STEM program

not south, but still

oh

fuck

yes

dunno if it's just me, but I think it's even worse in the desert.

Well the air is so dry, the pollen takes up all the space in the air!

there's nothing to dilute it

dry air makes your throat scratchy as is

so pollen doesn't make it any better

@ViperZ I'm not a polisci expert, but that looks fine to me

except that last little bit sounds weird

"and a less free and democratic society"

yeah if it's 2000 words you need to make it clearly distinct theme otherwise it's going to be obvious you're BSing lol

that sometimes helps me

I guess "slippery slope" isn't really formal writing

Talking to a girl I like but she's an English major...I am proceeding with caution.

I'm aborting mission as soon as I get the slightest hint of crazy

hard enough to get dates nowadays

guess I'll gauge it from there

I have no issue taking charge, just hard to tell whether that's "acceptable" anymore

yeah I have to be careful with my job lol

what if a gay man switches to straight?

think it gets worse over time

?

I know some gay men who've gone straight or bi after a while

@Saint It's interesting. Could be trend, but I know it's not universal with all gay men

REE

so head's up, I was gay, now I'm bi. But it's interesting how the nurture/psychology side plays a role in it

@Salacious Swanky Cat I would if I didn't absolutely despise children

don't @ me blonde

I don't want to think that and then realize I still hate children AFTER I have to deal with one now

was it Milo that said gay men should reproduce?

I do actually know a gay man who has a 14 year old drag queen son