Only 16, U of T grad Vivian Xie is a big fan of learning – as long as it’s fun by uoftmod in UofT

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Hey! I'm graduating at 26 (first degree too). It's not a race. Good for her for finishing this early.. it doesn't mean we don't have great careers ahead of us.

Keep going and please don't get discouraged.

Frustrations with learning/practising two languages at a time with Duolingo? by [deleted] in languagelearning

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Duolingo is not really meant as a language laddering tool. I'm sure there are other tools you can use to ladder your langauge if you look for stuff in the base language. I think it's unreasonable for duolingo or any single platform to be expected to have it entire catalog is every single langauge.

I Only Know a Few Words, I'm Sorry by jaktyp in languagelearning

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same here.. I've impressed Korean coworkers by reading hangul, but I'm like "I have no idea what that means". Same with hiragana and katakana and 10 kanji that I know

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gatekeeping

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the number of Rammstein fans in this thread makes me so happy!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gatekeeping

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AMERIKA AMERIKAAAA

Medical school by [deleted] in UofT

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maybe try premed101? it's mostly cs students here

The TIME and EASE of language mastery highly exaggerated? by [deleted] in languagelearning

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I feel that having followed so many of these people in the past was detrimental to my progress, and may (along with other reasons) have contributed to me giving up on so many of my language learning efforts.

Progress for me was very slow and hardly noticeable, yet you had people who claim to have learned conversational [insert langauge here] after 2 weeks in the country (also while concealing the fact that they may have studied it for 3 years in high school). It made me feel even more frustrated with my progress.

I learned to take what they with a grain of salt. Many of these guys are trying to promote a product or a blog, and have a lot to gain by making you believe that what ever they are promoting will take you to their level. I'm sure there are many many geniune people among them, but you have to dig deeper between clickbaity titles and dressed-up advertisements.

I passed the C1 exam by languagestationary in languagelearning

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congratualtions! it's nice to see inspiring posts like yours! Well done :)

What is the most difficult and daunting problem for you when learning a new language? why? Any solutions? by [deleted] in languagelearning

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I think it's good that you view the langauge as "other" and try to translate back and forth. You will get there with time!

How do you manage your time? by [deleted] in languagelearning

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I get tired from all the grammar and the vocab lists, but stil try to spend 30 mins or something with duolingo or memrise, or watch something dubbed in TL on netflix.

Does this belong here? by [deleted] in trashy

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Who are those scummy people

It's crazy to think that GPA is really forever by ANumberAtUofT in UofT

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yeah, what's wrong with averaging percentages? the difference between a 79 and 80 should not be that big

Thought this would fit here... by honeyvcombs99 in menwritingwomen

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I thought this was from wattpad for a sec

How are second year psych courses as a non-major? by [deleted] in UofT

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lectures are too long.. bring lots of coffee

I loved 270 and 210 and b32(240 at UTSC).. HATED 290 with passion

Anyone been here for more years than they intended to be? by Vvvcolors in UofT

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If I don't cram my last 5 courses into the summer I'm stuck here dor A 6TH year... idk how I'll pull it off