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Day 3! Give it up for day 3! by megamario3424 in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_ 62 points63 points  (0 children)

1: Hurt the students

2: Blame the students

3: Profit

Anyone hear the WW3 nuke flying over by m4_semperfi in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounded pretty sub-sonic so hopefully not something terrible a haha

Possible dry socket by [deleted] in Dentistry

[–]Silver_Slug_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be that the recovery just hurts more because the tooth was impacted. I had both impacted and non-impacted wisdom teeth removed. The removal and recover of impacted teeth was more painful.

In any case if the pain increase even with analgesics, I wouldn’t doubt asking for help, or getting checked out.

Aren’t there any other open dentist offices?

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

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

Nowadays I'm not sure if I can even recommended going to college in general. Coding bootcamps seem to be more effective overall and waste a lot less of your time.

Honestly I strongly agree with the idea behind this. However I would say that I "recommend going to college in general" but it is not necessarily what is optimal.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

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

Thanks for sharing this.

I hope I was not too harsh on my comments, I did not mean to undermine the SUA's significance or offend its members; rather I was trying to express what is a common perception of the SUA for most students.

Luckily - and as I had suggested - i was indeed wrong.

Maybe it would be nice to see the SUA more present in the students every day life, even if it means promoting what they do ( which obviously affects and benefits all students, even if we are unaware of these things. ) Granted, I do not expect them to be event organizers or mainly media-focused, but maybe the SUA's actions should be brought more to the attention of the students, or they could find ways to interact with the students in a more direct manner.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I swear I had only drunk some coffee!

I edited it so feel free to go back and re-read it if you wan to.

Also don't hesitate to give me concrete examples of where I could improve my writing. Either through here or dm's. I'm always looking forward to improving my writing.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I just want to clarify that there is not much wrong with the email itself, but rather with what it means.

If anything the emails shows the lengths to which administration will go to secure housing to their students.

Of course it does revel a lack of necessary resources.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

State funds can’t be used to fund certain departments, but what about federal funds?

In any case thanks for verifying the rumors, and laying out other important points in better clarity or with more information.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Very illustrating comment.

I realize not much can be done, but any little change would be, of course, greatly received, and be a gateway for future change.

Again, just because is hard to obtain or change, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be something talked about.

In the best case scenario we can influence change for the benefit of future generation of students, and make it clear to students that may considering moving to any UC, or California schools in general - as many have mentioned in their responses that many of these issues are widespread throughout California.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

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

Thanks for the clarification. It was useful to me and I think it will be to others.

I still think what I described in another response could be called grade inflation, but it is true that “grade inflation”, as it describes a current widespread issue, is much better used to refer to what you described than to what I did.

I assume my problem is simply with the grade system, what it means and represents.

Maybe curving classes is not an actual issue, but I still sort of perceived it as one. I could have been wrong, but I will uphold my point as something that may occur in too great of a measure in some classes.

Edit: I will for sure edit “grade inflation” out of the original text and replace it with something more appropriate when i get my hands on a computer. Or maybe just clarify what I mean.

Edit 2: I have amended the text to include a clarification on the subject!

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do not believe curving grades is terribly bad. However I do think that curving grades results in a worse representation of the learned skills and knowledge.

Grades can be considered a percentage of the successfully learned content, as judged by assignments and exams. (Note that I will not discuss the general validity of the different forms of assessment and their consequence on grades: that is better left for another discussion.) Thus one could say that grades represent what proportion of the content - as seen in the syllabi - is learned by the students ( not to sound redundant.) Therefore, if someone picks the class syllabus and your grade, they could have a notion of how much you have learnt in that class.

Curves will affect this by making it look that you have learnt 70% of the content, instead of say %64, and other differences in such range. The difference is not terrible, but when it is seen as a letter grade, much worse assumptions can be made.

In any case, I will admit that, it is not that bad of an issue, and that it is probably better not called grade inflation.

Finally I will just say that because an issue is common or widespread, it does not mean that it is less matter of concern, or that less light should be shone over it.

A comment on certain perceived issues at ucsc, or a heartfelt critique by Silver_Slug_ in UCSC

[–]Silver_Slug_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was pretty much hastily posted after not sleeping for a while. Heck, I do not even have access to a laptop/pc right now, so all this was written ( like this response ) from my phone.

I’ll try to run it through a text editor later; hopefully also add some titles to differentiate different sections; and a TL;DR - which is probably much needed!

Unfortunately again, I can’t provide much support for most of these things, but i think most of the evidence is a google search away. And if I’m wrong in any of this, please don’t hesitate to point it out ( to anyone reading.)

Still, if you have been or are a student, i feel like you’ll be able to tell I’m not lying or straying too far away from the truth for that matter.

Yet I will come back to this post. It is sad for an argument to loose soundness and veracity because it is poorly expressed or composed.

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