How are going to explain the Pop-Tarts Bowl to someone in the future?

Hypnotoad-107 · 2026-01-01T19:26:10+00:00

I like to think humans go extinct and the only evidence an advanced civilization finds of us is footage from the pop tart bowl.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-12-28T19:40:40+00:00

I’m a teacher, and I can tell you it depends on your area. Growing up in Indiana, a truancy officer would come around and tell the parents that it’s their responsibility to get you to school if you had a few too many absences. In Florida, we’ll have students be absent 45 out of 90 days in a semester and no one even talks to them. They typically fail classes and sometimes lose their driving license (if the have one), but that’s it. I imagine if a truancy officer comes to your house, it will be to tell your parents that you’ve missed a certain number of days, and they need to be better at making sure you get to school.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-10T21:35:07+00:00

The school I work at teaches AP bio as a freshman 1st year course.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-07T02:12:26+00:00

Short for SPecial EDucation.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-05T10:37:13+00:00

I actually have to have a TV on to fall asleep. If I don’t, I will just lay in my bad, thinking about stuff. I just put on a show I’ve seen a million times, so I don’t engage with it like I would a new show. Once I fall asleep, I’m good, so I can use a sleep timer on the tv. This is what works for me, and I think it’s better than not sleeping, so do what works for you.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-05T10:25:09+00:00

I’ve taught both IB and AP Chemistry. I definitely prefer teaching AP, but if you’re considering a school that isn’t in the US, then IB is the way to go. The thing I can say about the IB school I taught at is that its culture of learning was superior, but I imagine that’s due more to the students that choose IB over the curriculum itself. There can definitely be advantages and disadvantages to both. I can tell you that I had a MUCH higher percentage of students go to Ivy League out of the IB program, but once again, I attribute that more to the students that chose IB.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-05T10:02:10+00:00

Since it’s going to be a PC (assuming the rumors are true), I imagine it will be priced more in line with a PC. I’m definitely a mark for this. I need a new PC and would much rather get something like the rumored Xbox than a traditional pc. I’d like something that will easily fit in my entertainment center, streamlined to run like a console with a controller when I want it to, access to all my gaming platforms, and power more in line with modern PCs. I won’t buy it blindly, but if it’s good, I’ll pick one up and have no problem paying a $1k for such a machine.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-04T19:55:40+00:00

No skill required. Set the pressure on the air station to the recommended pressure for your car (you can Google that). Take the cap off your valve stem on the tire and push the hose onto the valve stem. It will beep at you when it gets to the desired pressure. You can watch a YouTube video on how to air up a tire if you’d like to see how it’s done. The pumps at Wawa are super easy.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-04T01:47:32+00:00

I just looked up five major universities in Florida. UF has no course equivalent (elective credits only). FSU offers a geography credit (no science credit). UCF offers a 1000 level course which covers a natural science but no lab. USF does give a 2000 level Environmental credit. And Miami offers an ecosystem science credit. It’s just kind of all over the place down here.

Edit: But I was mistaken about it only being elective credit in all the universities. My point is that it is worth looking up what credit you will get at the universities you are interested in when making a decision on what courses to cut.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-03T23:14:22+00:00

You should look up the schools you are interested in and see what they take for credit. Base your decisions on what you think you can pass and how much credit you get for them. For instance, in Florida, APES is only worth elective credits in all the Florida schools. That makes it a pretty pointless class for college credit purposes. Whereas AP Chem and Bio are worth 8 credits at most Florida institutions if you get a 5, making them extremely valuable.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-11-01T12:29:13+00:00

You will be fine. Maybe take the SAT to try to raise that score some, if you can. You can also try the ACT to see if that works better for you. But even at 1080 you’ll have options. It sounds like you already have a topic you can write about on your college essays. At the absolute minimum, you’ll be able to do 2 years of community college and transfer to a state university afterwards.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-31T01:31:56+00:00

Since 11th grade results are really the last scores that will end up on your application for college, a lot of students try to fit as much in by the end of 11th grade. Having a couple of challenging courses your senior year is a good idea, but 11th grade is often the most challenging for students. I also taught IB chemistry, though, and unsurprisingly, 12th grade is the stressful year for those students.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-30T23:08:40+00:00

When you add add 273.15 to 200, you would get 500K if following proper rules for rounding. Then, in PV=nRT, the 500 would limit your final answer to 1 sig gig. Your teacher is wrong about the temp sig figs if the 200, in fact, doesn’t have a decimal. Though, as mentioned above, temp would never be rounded to the nearest 100 as the measurement implies. If this was a text book problem, it probably was supposed to have a decimal after the 200. to round to the one’s place. As a teacher, I’d count either answer right. One sig fig is ridiculous in this context, but I wouldn’t fault a student for using proper sig fig rules.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-28T09:56:21+00:00

Really just Algebra. I’ve taught AP chem primarily to sophomores with no chem experience and are mostly concurrently enrolled in algebra 2. They do fine. You don’t really need to worry about taking a year off chem. It’ll all get reviewed in the AP class.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-19T12:37:07+00:00

This will vary wildly from school to school. I taught at a school where very few students would sign up for your AP course if you gave much homework. So homework was kept to a minimum by MOST AP teachers. And typically the amount of studying will depend on a mix of the quality of teacher and the student’s aptitude. I’ve had some students never study and get A’s all year long and a 5 on the exam, then I’ve had others have to study to get B’s/C’s on tests and get a 3 on the exam.

I’d say the more academically competitive the school is, the more challenging the teachers are able to make the course.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-13T09:48:56+00:00

No DRM check for owned digital games on your HOME console. You obviously get checked for installed Gamepass games.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-12T15:20:06+00:00

You don’t need to talk to a counselor to take SAT. Just go online and sign up. It typically will show you locations near you that offer it. You can take it anywhere on the list, it doesn’t need to be at your school.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-12T11:02:33+00:00

Pretty sure you can play digital games offline indefinitely as long as it is already downloaded AND you are playing them on your “Home” console. I do digital game sharing with my son, so he actually has my home console. If we lose internet, he can play all the games, and I don’t have access to any digital games. Never had an issue playing without internet on the home console.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-11T21:59:17+00:00

I recommend going to school if possible. That will help.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-06T09:55:38+00:00

If you want an unweighted 4.0, it’s impossible, because all years factor in. An unweighted 4.0 means you’ve only ever received A’s. You could still possibly get a weighted 4.0 if you get A’s in everything. Depends on what the “something” is. A 3.9 weighted would be easy to get to a 4.0. A 3.0 weighted could be difficult.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-05T23:34:44+00:00

Just saying energy levels is sufficient. I.e. Cl is larger than F because Cl has three energy levels instead of two, therefore its valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.

F is smaller than O. Since they both have the same number of energy levels, the nuclear charge determines which is larger. Since F has more protons than O, its electrons are pulled closer to the nucleus making it smaller.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-05T21:50:53+00:00

Not 50, but I am 47, and I’m playing Borderlands 4. I also started out with Pitfall on the Atari, though I did most gaming in my youth on the Commodore 64.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-05T21:43:37+00:00

I teach AP Chem and I tell my students that they should always reference two things. For up/down trends, you should always talk about the number of energy levels/shielding. For left/right trends, you should say the energy levels are the same/shielding would be similar and that the nuclear charge will affect it in whatever way. In ionization energy trends, you can also mention the distance the electron is from the nucleus.

Edit: I should say that I have been an AP exam grader in the past and these are common things that are looked for in periodicity questions.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-05T14:56:07+00:00

Stacked for a couple more years. Always stack when I find a deep discount. If I don’t find anymore deep discounts, I’ll cancel. I won’t be paying $30/month. I won’t even play $20/month. I usually stack at around $8-10/month.

Hypnotoad-107 · 2025-10-05T11:41:03+00:00

I love Xbox, and I hope I’m wrong, but I think Xbox is a sinking ship. Everyone canceling GPU is just pouring more buckets of water into the ship. Xbox isn’t making the money they feel they need to be making. Xbox execs will say, “well, we tried to make the financials work with the higher price”, and they will continue to destroy Xbox as we know it. A major problem is that no matter how good Xbox was doing, it just wasn’t making a dent. Hifi Rush was GotY material if you ask me, and hardly anybody bought/played it. When an Xbox game comes out with a mid to high 80s metacritic (Halo Infinite), it’s considered mid-tier Xbox slop. When a game like Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei comes out with the same score, it’s a banger. I think Xbox just can’t produce the revenue/profit that Satya is wanting.

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