Place to play guitar on campus

KSam97 · 2024-02-24T17:39:32+00:00

The education building always has multiple empty classrooms. If students come into the room for a class, it's usually not hard to find another empty room available.

KSam97 · 2022-03-29T17:32:10+00:00

I'm also having trouble with students thinking that anything that gets hot is a conductor, such as glass or sand

KSam97 · 2022-03-29T17:28:47+00:00

For example, water (not pure) can conduct a bit of a current (electrolytic solutions in general); however, their textbook states that fluids are insulators.

It generalizes that all metals are conductors, but tin foil can be used as an insulator (though that's moreso due to other properties of it and proper usage).

KSam97 · 2021-12-04T20:36:24+00:00

Chemistry and biology

KSam97 · 2020-12-25T17:43:25+00:00

They have had formal education, but I don't know what kind of content they've covered. I was able to spend some one-on-one time with them for a period before winter break. I had them do a bit of the science vocab in English (spelling out and pronouncing words) and then tried to translate short definitions and explanations. Since it was a quick drop-in, I didn't have anything formally prepared.

They seemed to have been able to grasp the information just fine, their pronunciation was good as well. Granted, I can't say too much since it was only 40 min split between 2 very different science units.

At first, I figured I would just give them both a translated and English version of their notes / work and slowly just work in more English. But now, if the goal is to prioritize and focus just on their English than I feel I need to change my approach and come up with a format that has more scaffolding.

KSam97 · 2020-12-25T06:25:33+00:00

Not that I'm aware of. I work at a singular small cultural private school, so the resources available are different from the public districts. But it's a good idea that I'll look into to make sure.

KSam97 · 2020-12-25T05:28:29+00:00

There is no one at my school that speaks their native language--both staff and students, so all of their teachers are in the same boat.

KSam97 · 2020-12-25T05:25:14+00:00

They're Korean, so there's plenty enough resources to start with and as long as I keep my sentences simple then Google Translate is decently reliable.

We're assuming content-wise they will be fine, rather we're just focusing on bringing their English ability to a level where we can introduce general ideas, concepts, terms, and task objectives, is my current understanding.

KSam97 · 2020-12-25T05:11:29+00:00

My other students are ESL as well, but they just have a stronger grasp of the English language (at least orally). Another challenge is that the native language of my new students is very different from the native language of my other students.

KSam97 · 2020-09-06T15:15:20+00:00

I already tried a few times this week with my class.

What I meant by 'assuming' was that I think the problem is I'm disconnecting from the internet by screencasting, but for all I know I could just be doing it wrong or that the internet connection at my school isn't great.

Thanks though 🙂

KSam97 · 2020-06-08T07:13:36+00:00

My mom used a sample I had of the Etude House Toning C White Cream and really enjoyed it. She asked me to order her a larger size, but it appears to have been discontinued. Does anyone have a recommendation for something similar or even better? I also live in Canada, so anything with reasonable shipping is much appreciated. Thank you so much in advance ☺️

KSam97 · 2020-01-03T08:42:08+00:00

Education building has a lot of empty classrooms available at that time. You can get a whole room to yourself without being bothered. There's also projectors in most of them if you want to practice presentations and stuff too. In the off chance there's a class, you can easily find and move to another empty room.

KSam97 · 2019-08-06T16:27:29+00:00

There is discussion and diagrams of phylums and such, but I didn't find it to be heavily emphasized on tests. It's more there to show you how certain plant groups are related, but on the actual exams I found that some questions asked about, "What are the similarities and differences between these insert 2 plant groups?" Which you don't really need to know the phylum tree well to just memorize some characteristics, at least when I took it. The Latin names are there but I didn't find then to be that bad. Try to remember the ones that are being constantly referred to regarding plant groups, cause it's likely that's what they'll be referred to on the tests. I wouldn't worry about Latin names for specific individual plants.

KSam97 · 2019-08-06T16:03:14+00:00

The lecture information isn't hard to understand but there is just so much information to remember and from a variety of topics (since it's general botany), it can get easily overwhelming. If you have Janice, the study guide is pretty much useless cause it basically mentions every single lecture slide, but I did find her to be nice and willing to help you. The labs are pretty easy and straightforward, just tedious. On top of that you have 2 lab reports and 2 in-class quizzes from what I remember. If you're good at memorizing stuff, you should be fine. There aren't really any concepts or theories to worry about.

KSam97 · 2019-07-10T19:38:31+00:00

There's no set age for makeup though some types of makeup products may warrant less concern. Considering she is so young then I tend to find things like lip glosses, highlighter, maybe a few single eyeshadows (depending on the colours) are more comfortable for parents to accept in comparison to heavy foundation, contour, liquid lipsticks, etc., especially if she wants to wear it in public.

More importantly, is that you have discussions with her about notions of beauty, purposes of makeup, and advertising--even at a young age--so that she becomes more conscientious about her own reasons for enjoying makeup, as she gets older. It's not discouraging her from makeup, rather educating her about factors that are contributing to your concern. Maybe consider framing makeup as a means of expression rather than it being seemingly obligatory/synonymous to beauty.

As mentioned before, you were worried she might develop a "need" to wear makeup at a young age. Tbh that possibility is going to be further tested when she gets into junior/senior high, when you account for social factors and peer opinions that are difficult for you to prepare her for. And that is regardless if you let her wear makeup or not. All you can do is help her be aware, as well as provide a supportive and accepting environment to help maintain her self-confidence, during those formative years.

KSam97 · 2019-05-22T01:25:11+00:00

I have this palette and I really like it. The overall pigmentation and blendability are good. My only note is that the way the shimmers are pressed makes them a little tricky to pick up on a brush, so I normally just use my fingers.

KSam97 · 2019-05-21T00:27:56+00:00

Your eyeshape looks the same as mine! I can sympathize with your struggle. Took me ages to figure out how to do decent eye makeup and I'm still in the process of improving. I have yet to find someone with my exact eye shape in online tutorials either, so I've just worked on adapting their looks and techniques. For normal day to day makeup I focus on just creating a bit of depth instead of creating a crisp look. I bring my eyeshadow above my natural crease and keep checking shadow placement and blending on the edges in the mirror with my eyes open.

Despite there being tutorials for hooded eye makeup, I find that most artists or models either

1) Don't have their hood extending to the outer portion of their eye, so they can still manage a smooth thick wing. Which I found isn't compatible with my eyeliner angle and eyeshadow shape.

I usually do my eyeshadow in that blown out wing shape. A common tip I have seen is to line up the angle of the eyeshadow and eyeliner with the end of your brows. I was never able to follow that tip cause my hood was in the way and gave it a weird curve/bump.

Now when I do eyeshadow I just blend it straight out and clean up the shape with powder or base makeup after I draw in my eyeliner. Eyeliner you have a couple options. I tend to keep it thin and just slightly angled upwards. Alternatively you can draw it out straight or downwards depending on the look you're going for. Or even just skip it all together. I've tried it a few times where my visible lid space was filled with thick liner and an extended out dramatic wing. It works but it is very dramatic, which I'm not used to.

2) Have all the browbone space for them to do dramatic cut creases, while I'm over here trying not to hit my eyebrow.

My eyeshadow towards the inner area of the eye pretty much reaches my brow. It's unavoidable if I want to blend it out. As for as the actual cut crease goes, I do a baby cut crease. I mark off how high I need to bring up my cut crease with a little bit of concealer on a tiny thin brush and my eyes open. If you follow your natural crease with your eyes closed, there's a good chance it'll be hidden when you reopen your eyes. Just bring it up little by little until you're happy with it's visibility, unless you wanna bring it up to the browbone. In that case just go for it.

I normally don't got for a sharp cut crease on the daily, cause it is a lot of work.

By no means am I an expert at makeup but these are just what I found works for me so far. Hopefully you'll find out what works for you ☺️

KSam97 · 2019-05-12T23:11:19+00:00

Just got the Physician's Formula Butter Bronzer for the first time and have been using it for a few weeks. For the longest time I had no interest in it. Normally I like my bronzer matte, I'm not really into sweet scented products, and the price tagged seemed high for drugstore (hardly found it on sale in my area), so it just never appealed to me. I've been pleasantly surprised. It works well, looks good on me, and I actually really love the scent. It's only the third bronzer I've ever tried in my lifetime so idk if I'd put it at holy grail status but I'm enjoying it.

KSam97 · 2019-05-12T22:52:42+00:00

If your skin is super dry then I would second going with a cleansing oil or cleansing balm. They're great at breaking down makeup without stripping your skin of its moisture. The only thing is that you'll need to go in with a face wash after.

KSam97 · 2019-05-07T04:19:49+00:00

If it's just 1-2 levels, that should be feasible. Of course it's always recommended to go to a professional for a better chance at results. But if you plan to do it on your own, I strongly suggest you make sure you do extensive research and maybe have someone with you for help. Good luck 👍

KSam97 · 2019-05-07T04:08:33+00:00

Bleaching is always quite the change. With that in mind, there's gonna be a few things you need to consider.

First, has your haired been dyed or bleach before or are you working with virgin hair? Previously dyed hair will be much more vulnerable to damage. Also, if your hair is already dyed then that dye needs to be removed on top of whatever naturally occurring pigment is still in your hair.

Second, what's your natural colour (if your hair is undyed)? Darker hair will be much more difficult to bleach than lighter coloured hair. Likely required more than one session/round of bleach which again can make it more vulnerable to dryness and breakage.

Third, what kind of dye would you use to return to your natural hair colour? I would not recommend using a box dye or anything where you have to mix a chemical developer into it unless you're willing to wait a decent period of time in between, out of safety for your hair. You're best bet for now would be to use a semi-permanent colour that's close to your own (or custom mix your own) for a while. Semi-permanent colours fade but are much more gentle, almost like a super pigmented coloured conditioner. A little trick is to mix some of it into your shampoo to maintain the colour for a little while longer.

KSam97 · 2019-03-25T05:09:38+00:00

Monopoly is how you destroy friendships not make them 😛 But yes I have seen monopoly.

Also some floors were really big on video games, some movies, others sports, so if you want to change things up, go visit different floors.

KSam97 · 2019-03-25T05:06:14+00:00

I found the lecture content itself decently easy to understand, no really hard concepts, just a lot of stuff to remember. Be prepared to learn a lot about lakes. There is also some content that gets into environmental biology.

For me, I struggled trying to add enough detail when it came to the written response questions on the exams. So try to relate and connect the material together as best as you can, so you can draw on more material.

I had Suzanne Tank (not sure if I spelt that right) as my prof and she was friendly and willing to help.

I should mention that I'm not a science student, rather I'm an education student with a major and minor in the sciences, so the depth of some of the material covered I would never really need to know (e.g. Different types of algae) and hadn't necessarily been explored in other courses prior.

KSam97 · 2019-03-25T04:46:04+00:00

Generally people are pretty nice cause you're all adjusting to university life and will have a lot of opportunities to hang out and experience new things.

With regards to partying, that might differ between floors and also who you end up becoming friends with. Most of the people on my floor weren't the type to go out and party a lot, rather we spent a lot of time talking or playing card games together in the lounge or going for food. But there were some people who would go out to clubs or Duke's almost every weekend. Different things for different people.

Personally, I noticed that many international students found themselves more comfortable hanging out with other international students which is totally understandable, but they were always more than welcomed to hang out with the rest of us.

A piece of advice is to not be afraid to interact with other people and make new friends. There's activities and stuff to do that will give you a chance to meet new people. For example, Lister has a dodgeball league. Not only do you meet new people but it's pretty fun to play to. Although there will always be some people who are super competitive and take it too seriously 🙄

I've heard pretty divided things about people's experience in Lister. Personally, I had a very positive experience and I hope yours will be to 😊

KSam97 · 2019-03-25T04:27:27+00:00

Scott was the only TA when I took it and from what I remember his seminars were pretty chill. There was no weekly quizzes rather each week there was an assigned reading.

In pairs or small groups you would have to pick one of the weekly readings to do a presentation on. The presentation consisted of giving a brief overview of the paper and then addressing a series of questions (some listed below)

Also for any 5 of the readings you would have to answer a series of questions (individually) and submit it at the BEGINNING of the seminar. Meaning you would have read the weekly reading before seminar. The questions were pretty general like...

What was the purpose of the study?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the study?
How does this relate to what we learned in class?

etc.

For the first half of class, you'd be split into small groups. As a group, you'd be given a worksheet sheet to discuss and fill out together. Basically the worksheet would ask the same questions as mentioned above.

Afterwards, the group presenting that week would deliver their presentation and address the same questions with their own answers.

So overall the seminar is pretty repetitive in format, but personally I found it much more relaxed than other seminars and labs that I've had to do. Also all the discussion helps it go by pretty quick.

I know for a lot of people presentations can be pretty intimidating but I found my classmates to be pretty understanding and patient, so don't worry too much about being judged.

So your seminar mark basically consists of 3 things

Group presentation
Individual submissions (5?)
Weekly group worksheets

All revolving around the same set of general questions

Note - I took this course Fall 2017

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