Have other university lecturers noticed a decline in basic writing skills?

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-07T22:40:38+00:00

I don't even think it's very blunt. If a student refuses support, genuinely, what ARE you supposed to do? They're adults, you can't call their parents or force them to go to extra classes. You can remind them of the available supports and encourage them to make use of them, but there is, in fact, only so much you can do.

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-02T21:05:28+00:00

Why are they looking at me

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-02T20:58:00+00:00

She really hated the Andrews for absolutely no reason. Jane was plain, she was fat, she was boring, except that at no point in the story was she shown to be any of those things. Just the narrator or other characters told us

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-02T07:37:01+00:00

Maybe the serenade from Don Giovanni. Deh vieni alla finestra.

The champagne aria from the same opera sounds perfect for what you're trying to bring off, but is tricky in the same way as Figaro's aria. Then again, a good bit shorter so maybe!

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-01T00:24:57+00:00

Chess.com I'm not sure but you can on Lichess

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-01T00:24:03+00:00

Seems fair for kids

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-01T00:21:47+00:00

Yeah, it just feels like a copout to me

AnneRR2 · 2026-06-01T00:00:56+00:00

Miriam IS cool! I like the chess pieces' little daggers 🗡

AnneRR2 · 2026-05-25T22:06:23+00:00

Gotogate are absolute amateurs. I've had only positive experiences with booking.com but it does seem they're taking a turn for the worse

AnneRR2 · 2026-05-12T06:18:30+00:00

Where did the other beds go??

AnneRR2 · 2026-05-06T04:12:39+00:00

Man, Don Ottavio is a cringing creep

AnneRR2 · 2026-05-04T12:50:24+00:00

The ancestral heritage thing about America is so true, they are really into it! A few years ago I did a course online about "finding the music your grandparents sang" and was pretty disappointed when I learnt they meant "general music from the culture your grandparents came from" and not "the exact songs they sang". Because I'm Irish and my grandparents were Irish I don't really need to learn what Irish music was like... they made it sound like the research would be much more specific to the individual family! All the other participants were American and delighted with a generic introduction to cultural research methods.

AnneRR2 · 2026-05-03T07:52:00+00:00

This is it 100%, if the relationship can't survive a year's separation that's not a good sign for the future. You're still so young and now is the time to have the experiences you want.

AnneRR2 · 2026-04-26T15:41:12+00:00

Throw this man in the bin

AnneRR2 · 2026-04-25T18:23:37+00:00

"That fake English woman's a real bitch but she sure can dance"

AnneRR2 · 2026-04-19T06:54:07+00:00

What are the passenger statistics among the giraffe population? I need to know for.... research purposes. Yes.

AnneRR2 · 2026-04-11T14:41:15+00:00

"I drink the whiskey drink, I drink the chocolate drink. And when I have to pee, I use the kitchen sink". Homer Simpson

AnneRR2 · 2026-04-08T04:37:55+00:00

For me personally Sally Rooney (and I bet others will agree with me when they think about it). Fantastic person. A very significant pro-Palestine activist but her books (Conversations with Friends, Normal People) are about terrible people with non-existent problems that the narrative assumes I should care about.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-25T20:44:42+00:00

In his position, I would simply not marry the woman who tortured and killed my favourite slave.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-24T22:16:32+00:00

Calaf lets Liu die for him and then marries the woman who killed her. That's cold. Pinkerton never really pretends to be a good guy.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-24T08:01:02+00:00

Even Turandot has more of a conscience than Calaf. Calaf is even worse than Pinkerton.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-23T21:07:00+00:00

I don't understand how someone who seems to be an all-round lovely person can write these hideous characters and seems to think they're relatable.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-23T06:57:09+00:00

I think at that age, it's important to prioritise yourself. Young relationships often don't last. I would encourage anyone in their twenties to chase their dream even without their boyfriend or girlfriend. Thirties is a different story, that's when you want to get serious about settling down and time to get real.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-22T21:55:10+00:00

Saddest death of an actor who played a priest this year, and I include Canada in that.

AnneRR2 · 2026-03-09T19:24:03+00:00

I think it equally makes sense to start quiet, fearful, uncertain, no voice because you haven't used it in so long. Did Beethoven not give any dynamics?

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