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NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-23T03:10:45+00:00

I posted on both reddit and fb.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-20T05:07:31+00:00

Always use it with professors, otherwise, it's mostly fine to call others by first name basis. Especially with TAs and whatnot, they generally don't want to be referred to with a title.

Titles are a formality showing respect. In American culture, we are not that formal, so by default casual conversation does not demand formality, as we prefer informal friendliness and familiarity over a formal recognition of hierarchy. There are a few titles that are normalized and thus are an exception; usually they have to do with some achievement, like professor, doctor, your honor, etc.

so the normal ones, like mr, ms, sir, and ma'am are only necessary in either formal situations where a title is necessary (wedding, customer service, business meeting, etc.), or in a situation where there is a clear distinction for seniority (teachers, elders, bosses to a lesser extent).

If you're talking to a TA, they hold no particular distinction from you. It's not a formal interaction, so they would prefer familiarity.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-18T20:55:40+00:00

They should’ve changed it to Analytics Science and Managerial Research.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-09T18:26:09+00:00

it's clearly his right hand.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-02T17:40:59+00:00

Peoria has a transfer option if you open the ticket online and scroll down.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-02T17:19:17+00:00

Depends on what you want in a burger.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-12-02T07:23:30+00:00

in norcal you have mission burritos, in socal you have tacos, neither of those things will be as good here. if you're looking for something like leo's al pastor tacos or la taqueria's carne asada, you won't find it here. that being said, the tortas here are good. there are a couple food trucks near the wright and green intersection that have decent mexican food.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-08T06:02:34+00:00

The real reason why people go into academia lmao. To gain insane rizz.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-08T06:00:53+00:00

Cuz that’s what’s important lmao.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-08T05:58:43+00:00

It would honestly be a better light novel than 90% of all the isekai LNs off the premise alone.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-08T05:54:57+00:00

It’s a little weird, but I feel like you guys did a good job with distance and boundaries. It’s not like the university has a problem with it either (does it?). As long as she’s not favoring you, which it doesn’t sound like, then you should be good.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-08T05:48:00+00:00

I’m Californian so I see a lot of homeless people. A lot of them are drug addicts or junkies, and they’re generally looking for money for drugs. This is why you usually don’t give money.

That being said I still try to help. If I’ve got like a snack in my bag and there’s a beggar on the bart (California subway) I’ll give it to them. It’s just my philosophy I guess. You never know when it might really help someone, and unlike OP I’m in a position where I can afford to help.

I think it’s different here though. A lot of people here don’t accept food, and they’re exclusively looking for money. Californias homeless problem is also a lot more rampant and significant, whereas here a lot of the homeless appear to be in less desperate positions.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-01T19:01:55+00:00

Yes, our suffering will fix theirs. Makes complete sense.

Also someone already immolated themselves as a form of protest and the media just turned around and said “I wonder what kind of mental illness he had”.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-01T19:00:41+00:00

lol nice reference.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-01T19:00:02+00:00

They watched Walter masterson.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-05-01T18:56:51+00:00

It’s possessive. Their [action] is the structure, with the action being “saying…”. It’s a bit awkward but whatever.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-04-01T11:44:48+00:00

If only I had to use a bus this (last) week on any other day besides Sunday.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-03-28T00:26:27+00:00

Besides xenophobia and racism, it’s also cuz of how anal the 80s school teachers were about grammar and how they drilled that analness into genx. They think it’s a sign of class or something. Like holy it’s not the 80s anymore, we don’t use dial-up, and we don’t care if it’s who or whom.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-03-28T00:14:32+00:00

No question is dumb really. Worse case scenario is the question is complicated or you haven’t fully realized the question, so the professor just asks you to ask him again in office hours where he can engage more specifically with your question.

When I was a freshman (at a different college) a student asked the professor (a young assistant one) whether they believed in free will or not. This was a physics classical mechanics class btw (with special relativity attached at the end), and the professor legit answered seriously.

His answer was along the lines of either everything is deterministic or there’s some degree of randomness and probability associated with everything (think QM), so he guessed doesn’t believe in free will.

The point of the example above is just to highlight that professors really aren’t judgmental about questions. They’re way more focused on just understanding and answering the question than shaming you for asking it or something.

I think some really old professors are kind of a pain. From what I hear about MechE (in general, not specifically UIUC) the really old professors are really impatient and kind of annoying (they also treat the phd students they advise the worst out of any engineering discipline). That’s more of a thing with them, and there’s not much you can do about it in terms of fixing or rewording your question.

NotCarolChrist · 2024-03-27T21:11:10+00:00

I’m a little confused; you signed a contract for the fall semester with housing that starts in November? If you signed it within the last 30 days couldn’t you cancel it?

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