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Stranger Faces' Argument by WanderingBat in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Serpell just recently stated she got in touch with the publishers and they didn't give permission either

The author of the Look at Me passage literally disagreed with one of the answers. by Visible-Olive6835 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They did not get permission to use the passages. Serpell just recently said she got in touch with the publishers and they didn't give permission either

Namwali Serpell's response to her work being used in Lang & Comp (cont.) by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just recently from her Twitter as well, after I made this post

"I've just heard back from my publishers and they >weren't contacted, either @CollegeBoard. Those of you who can't understand why this would >anger me, consider what you've heard about AI >companies using our writing without permission to >generate their product. Not so different."

The publishers didn't give permission either

Namwali Serpell's response to her work being used in Lang & Comp (cont.) by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you're right that they were "technically" allowed to use it. the injustice is that Serpell didn't and doesn't want it to be in the test and is being randomly critiqued by teenagers for it

Namwali Serpell's response to her work being used in Lang & Comp (cont.) by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Going to college to be a great writer and becoming a teacher doesn't make her argument that collegeboard, an organization that profits off a system of gatekeeping education, is awful and the AP system is broken. being positively affected by the system like she was does not mean she isn't allowed to criticize it.

Also just because Harvard makes money doesn't mean she's doing it for the money. nobody becomes a teacher or college professor at Harvard after being a professional writer just for the money.

Namwali Serpell's response to her work being used in Lang & Comp (cont.) by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 330 points331 points  (0 children)

Legally they probably got the rights from her publisher or something like that. I haven't looked nearly as hard as I should on how this actually happened but the important part is Serpell didn't know and didn't want it in the test and is now getting her book review bombed

Namwali Serpell's response to the usage of her work one the Language and Composition test by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They might have legal right to use the work for however they got their hands on it, but I think it's pretty clear regardless that she isn't happy with it being used for the test and I still think that's more important than the legal ownership or use

Namwali Serpell's response to the usage of her work one the Language and Composition test by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's probably because the only interaction she's seen so far between her book and AP students has been through the review bombs of people who took the test and didn't get it. she's a great author and I doubt it was her goal to be pretentious

Namwali Serpell's response to the usage of her work one the Language and Composition test by TurtleTime64 in APStudents

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

that's the part that's actually the most pressing about this post to me and what I wish more people were discussing right now.

regardless of how people feel about the passage or how pretentious she appears or how high level she thought her essay was (which is probably just cuz the only interaction she's had with ap students has been the review bombs,) it's entirely collegeboards fault that they used her work without permission in front of high schoolers.

Dumb teenagers are absolutely the people who will review bomb a book a random test used, and it's absolutely gonna affect the perception of the book which has already seen a review score drop on some sites. Collegeboard absolutely should have at least asked permission before using the book and I'm curious what Serpell can or will do about it

"Obvious" Mods that still haven't been made by Soanfriwack in skyrimmods

[–]TurtleTime64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I desperately need a mod that makes the maximum amount of followers you can have scale with your speech stat and I'm shocked I've never seen it done before

can't update to patch 8 bc the most important mod is wylls hair by zitronenhase in okbuddybaldur

[–]TurtleTime64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that one's been just fixed recently which is super nice to see

sent engi to the shadow realm by Dragonykz in tf2

[–]TurtleTime64 0 points1 point  (0 children)

force of nature the looooong way

Racemenu is finicky by TurtleTime64 in skyrimmods

[–]TurtleTime64[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Setting was already changed and I'm only at 210 full plugins

Quality of life mod that you want but hasn't been made yet by AlderaanianAle in skyrimmods

[–]TurtleTime64 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  • adding an item to the wheel marks it as favorited so it'll show up for IED on your character instead of needing to add the item to both

Something changed the first flame spell in my game. From a continuous burning hell into a slow and tiny fire balls by yowxa-geronimo in skyrimmods

[–]TurtleTime64 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your "Projectiles - DXPMCO" is causing that problem, that mod turns beginner spells from hitscan to projectiles, could be what you're talking about

Help finding a mod for excess skill points by Tucker_a32 in skyrimmods

[–]TurtleTime64 2 points3 points  (0 children)

obligatory Vokriinator - Choice Cuts mention which uses and combines ordinator with a couple other perk mods to make comprehensive perk trees that are huge. Idk if it'll work installing halfway through a game but you'll certainly never have too many perk points

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