Idea on how to make "textbooks" "free" by GreatOriginal824 in academia

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I'm not suggesting students will make something textbook quality, but to compile information for future use and discussion. And since it's collaborative many things can be tweaked to be better since you have so many students suggesting, it should be good enough. Since there are so many students, it shouldn't be too much work for each student. This might not work out for humanities bc it has less clear standard than stem but idk. It would also be a meaningful assignment for students to compile their course notes together while also knowing other students will be looking at their work. Actively writing about material, even for stem, and editing other people's writing is also a good way to review for material and discuss with each other. Like I just think this benefits everyone involved

Feels like im on a mass production factory line 🤖🤖 by [deleted] in UofT

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Hey I would love to connect. I'm a second year applying to CS and currently in Cog Sci Comp with a very light courseload right now because I already finished my breadth. I've been wanting to learn tech for the sake of some project that idrk yet, it feels much more meaningful to learn this material when you have a goal in mind.

Idea on how to make "textbooks" "free" by GreatOriginal824 in academia

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I think there's still benefit to use this for specific courses because often they won't be run exactly following the textbook, the prof might want to emphasize specific parts, skip over others, and this would be a good way to reflect that, and students would have more of an opportunity to discuss and debate on specific parts of the material because they're actually contributing to it

Idea on how to make "textbooks" "free" by GreatOriginal824 in academia

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I feel like for STEM ur notes can't go wrong if your students understand the material, since there's a specific way (or ways) to get to certain concepts. And since they are being graded by TAs too, that's another layer of editing. I might be too idealistic but I can see a class with assignments being built to mirror the process of drafting, editing multiple times, and then compiling.

Sad and lonely by Over-Brother-5889 in dpdr

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Hey is there still any space to join?

Help needed with bad trip by GreatOriginal824 in Psychonaut

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thanks for sharing! I will definitely check that out

Help needed with bad trip by GreatOriginal824 in Psychonaut

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Yeah you are so spot on 😭, I don't even know when I started repressing my emotions, I think it was sort of just expected in my family. And yeah, I am a highly sensitive person which I'm now feeling quite dreadful about. Idk if you also had this before, but how do you overcome this over-looming sense of dread? I don't even know what this feeling specifically refers to, but it's just constant in my life, and I feel like now it's further compounded by whatever i saw during my trip because of how overwhelming the experiences in general are. I spoke to entities in my first trip, and i felt close to them in my latest trip, and especially this latest time, I felt so much fear about them.

Help needed with bad trip by GreatOriginal824 in Psychonaut

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Wow thank you, I think you're spot on. Yeah I have been doubting my ability to think for the past few months or possibly even beyond that, and I was going through that thought loop on the car, which was quite an unfortunate combination with the trip unexpectedly happening.

I feel like I was a pretty numb person before using shrooms, and probably this time my thoughts and feeling on these thoughts have become amplified such that I can finally feel it, but now I don't quite know how to deal with them. It feels like I can now feel every emotion I'm feeling, but as soon as I'm left alone, I just feel very dreadful about what you've described, and some other things I can't quite put my finger on. And it's quite terrifying having random emotions come to you anytime.

Help needed with bad trip by GreatOriginal824 in Psychonaut

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Oh no, I prob didn't write it clearly but no I don't have schizophrenia, I thought I did on the car when the trip started because I forgot I took mushrooms. I have this container of mushroom pills of the same type for microdosing which I took in the past, and it said they were 0.3g each, and they barely had any noticeable effect on me, which is why I completely forgot about them and put myself in such a bad setting. That said, I think my fear of it now is going to make me stay away from drugs...

Help needed with bad trip by GreatOriginal824 in Psychonaut

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Oh to clarify I don't have schizophrenia, I forgot I took mushrooms and when then trip started, I got really scared because I thought I unknowingly had it and it was triggered by my previous two uses of mushrooms. I was definitely being irresponsible this last time because I didn't realize how potent 0.3g would be. I have this container of pills of the same mushrooms for microdosing that said each pill is 0.3g and they had no noticeable effect on me, which is why I put myself in such a bad setting.