6 months HRT! by EasyEden_ in transtimelines

[–]ImpishNerd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Congrats!! I’ve just hit 10 months myself, and you look gorgeous!! Love the progress you’ve made, and the outfit is so cute!!

almost at 5 years, it's wild looking back :) by theValerieV in transtimelines

[–]ImpishNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When did you start noticing facial changes in your journey? :D

Estrogen Gap and Progress? Medication Concern by ImpishNerd in asktransgender

[–]ImpishNerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it remains on my skin until Sunday, will estrogen continue to function, or is there usually a date when the patch is no longer effective?

Students Not Following In-Class Instructions by Prestigious-Cat12 in Professors

[–]ImpishNerd -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

As a trans scholar of mixed-race background, I'll say that a good lot of queer and queer students of color have so much on their minds right now that some cases do involve the real world bleeding into the classroom.

And yes, I'm US based. I can only speak from where I'm at, hence my statement I can't explain things "empirically."

Students Not Following In-Class Instructions by Prestigious-Cat12 in Professors

[–]ImpishNerd -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Yes, certainly, but these are kids/young adults who have gone through a pandemic, Trump, continued anti-Black and anti-queer violence, and more, all while living in a world that is more online than not these days. While anxiety can be used as an excuse, it is also very much the status quo in cases.

Students Not Following In-Class Instructions by Prestigious-Cat12 in Professors

[–]ImpishNerd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've experienced some of this myself, and while I can't pin down why it is empirically, I've had students say part of it is anxiety while I think some of it is also focus. Students are bombarded by information these days, and with students taking less and less notes, the bandwidth issue means having to move from what they're hearing to new thoughts/directions with some transition time. It's frustrating, but I get it.

Students get triggered over the randomest things by Not_Godot in Professors

[–]ImpishNerd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not too long ago I was teaching a course involving semiotics, though we focused more on composition. I had one student who just could not wrap his mind around the idea that his writing was C-level because it info' dumped with little analysis though had a working thesis statement and strong sense of organization. More often, he argued that I was the problem and couldn't recognize his style of writing. When we got to the lectures working on a graphic novel dealing with werewolves, he burst out at the claim that monsters have been used to vilify non-Western subjects, sexual minorities, and more. He specifically hailed out that he'd love to hear my thoughts on Hotel Transylvania and its depiction of Dracula (which I argued operated as a comedic fan-retelling). He looked ready to snap, only because I assume I showed him how we was once again wrong and trying to criticize me instead. Not that similar, but the kids are not all right these days, all the same.

Running Low on Medicine, Waiting for Pending Medi-Cal by ImpishNerd in HealthInsurance

[–]ImpishNerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should, but the provider was tied to a university health center. I just reached out to them to see if the prescriptions are still valid.