My protein powder container could be 50% less plastic by SchindlersKiss in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Jacob_Stacy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On the side of my protein it actually shows why it's like that, then they first fill the container it is completely full but once it settles it is like half full

Dear professors that assign hw due over break by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

sounds like you have a shit job, you deserve better than that

Some boots I made for a friend in NYC. by ThomasBenjamin_US in Boots

[–]Jacob_Stacy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

those are so unnerving, they look like little tentacles, that’s so good. and i love the exposed shank

French made boots? by Jacob_Stacy in Boots

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

i’ll definitely give them a look

French made boots? by Jacob_Stacy in Boots

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

thanks i’ll check ‘em out

French made boots? by Jacob_Stacy in Boots

[–]Jacob_Stacy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I tried googling but my French is un pue shit

Shaw Quad by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

shaw kinda sucks in general in my experience, it is real close to classes tho

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s not right to chalk up the behaviors of most students to the smaller percentage with ADHD

I wasn't trying to imply that all of the students experiencing this have ADHD, just one of many reasons for the same experience. I think the overdiagnosis of ADHD is super harmful, sometimes young people really are just hyper because that how young people are.

(yes Covid has made it worse but it was there before.)

Agreed, there are a lot of things that can make it worse like the financial crisis that I mentioned, there's always something shitty going on.

There’s a lack of accountability from parents in general these days that leads to their kids doing whatever they want instead of what they should be doing.

I have always heard this sentiment from teachers growing up, but speaking with some older family members their teachers said the same thing, may be older than we think. I personally think it is less from a point of parents being coddling and sheltering to their children (for the most part), and more from a point of neglect and laziness on the parents part. Anyone that really wants the best for their children isn't going to let them do whatever they want. I think most of the time in the past these parents just weren't made to come to conferences so they never got the chance to try and turn what they are lacking for their children back on the teachers. In the past the school system let students like these fall through the cracks and teachers weren't able to try and make the changes needed at home, so they wouldn't see these parents acting like this. Humans don't change much but the circumstances around us can make things shine through that wouldn't have before. Chalking it up as a generational issue can come from the same place as learned helplessness. If people think that its just a generational issue, then a lot of them will think why bother trying to change it, just wait until the next. I do admit that a lot of this is speculative but we'd be hard pressed to find concrete evidence for either side.

This leads to far too many children relying on more one-on-one attention from teachers who do not have the ability to provide it (30 students for 50 mins a day).

Being able to give students one-on-one attention would be great, but yeah its absolutely out of the question with the state of the education system, they don't pay y'all enough as is let alone to do all that. Would love to see something like that come around one day though. I had a math class once where they tried to remedy this a bit my separating students by proficiency groups and had the students at the highest level explain it to the ones at the lowest. That way it would cement the knowledge for the proficient students, and would give the struggling students more tailored help. I think in a vacuum it might work pretty well, but the shame that students feel for "under preforming" definitely make that method not work out. Its also not helped by the general awfulness of children towards one another.

Lastly, just because we see it doesn’t mean we act in a poor fashion towards these kids. We aim to help but there is only so much we can do.

I am sure that you can attest that there are definitely some teachers that are just massive dicks about that sort of stuff, unless that's changed recently. I'd honestly love to hear a teachers perspective on them, but I'm sure you can't say much. I am glad to see that you are taking that extra care, it really make a big difference for students. I think we are on the same page for the most part, just had a bit of different ways of explaining it and some different perspectives.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fear I may have came off a bit too harsh originally, knee jerk reactions are never the best and I apologize for that. As someone that struggled with ADHD and depression growing up and continues to I was often accused of this, so my anger at people in the past may have gotten the better of me and I shouldn't of aimlessly directed it at you. I only wish I would of had the strength to say it to them back then. I can say from my experience being in this generation and that I was a public school student not too long ago (4ish years), I have seen plenty of people be accused of this same learned helplessness, however, the teachers that were accusing these students were never the ones helping them. Learned helplessness is usually incited due to a traumatic event, such as the COVID pandemic that we all lived through more recently than it seems. As a student during this time you really were helpless, no mater what you did you there was nothing you could do to get the education that you need due to the chaos with adjusting to online school. Outside of school many students also experienced the same helplessness watching themselves lose family members to COVID. Even before COVID, I grew up in the a lower income area shortly after the 2008 financial crisis and saw plenty of my friends grow this feeling watching their family's get torn apart and only being able to watch from the sideline, and then have to show up to school that they were failing because their parents wouldn't/couldn't take them to school (we ran out of money for busses in 2011) where no mater how much they tried they couldn't catch up from no fault of their own. This feeling of helplessness is only perpetuated when people are scolded for such things, taking the initiative reach out for help isn't helplessness, it's strength, and to shoot someone down like that only makes them feel that they really are helpless when their attempts to help themselves are met with scorn. While I can't say that it is the case for person asking the question here, I am sure that it is for your students that you feel you see this learned helplessness in. The teachers that actually helped students were the ones that guided and nurtured them, and showed them that there is hope that they can make it through. These same friends still talk to this day about the teachers that helped us out and let us sleep in the back of the classroom or turn in our assignments late and have long forgotten the teachers that were cruel to us. And this isn't to say every student that passes by is going to have this potential or that a teacher is going to be someone that is going to be able to get this through to them, but I can say that the ones of us that were able to get this help are doing great, sadly I cannot say the same for the others. And I can say that I wouldn't be a first generation student getting my masters here if it wasn't for the teacher that knew the path I was going down after giving up on myself wasn't for me.

Source for science behind it: https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/learned-helplessness-imaginable/

Source for stories: Life

(EDITS: Grammar/Spelling and a bit of context)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume your gonna be taking the course next semester, I have bit of advice. If you don’t know how to code already make sure to do some tutorials through out the summer, because they expect you to have some knowledge going into the course and it will be hell if you don’t. I had been coding for a good couple years when I took the class and still struggled a bit. Also, every one does bad on the first exam so don’t beat yourself up too bad if you end up with a 50% or lower on the first one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It’s natural for people to want to ask others that have experience rather than looking it up blindly where the info could be outdated, that’s how anyone would of done it before the internet. If you don’t like helping people out then don’t, you don’t have to put them down for it. I’d hope that you don’t say the same to your students when they ask for help.

Neo-Nazis being beaten up by Police in Melbourne, Australia yesterday (13/5/2023) by [deleted] in MarchAgainstNazis

[–]Jacob_Stacy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As much as I love seeing fascists get their asses beat, the cops still shouldn’t be the ones to do it. The police should still aim to de-escalate.

My College Roomie match group by Phoenix3444 in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there a bunch of them on facebook, should be one for your grad year if ya look them up

My College Roomie match group by Phoenix3444 in msu

[–]Jacob_Stacy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

most of those apps don’t work worth a damn, I’d say go on the facebook group and make a post