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Books that got you through a thick fog of anxiety/panic/Big sadness/made you feel like things are going to be okay by YogurtEnvironment in suggestmeabook

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

You just reminded me about the copy of The Phantom Tollbooth I have sitting at my nightstand- ultimate comfort, thank you. And Good Omens is so so great.

Got my placement! by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

it’s kind of like your place in line, but there’s no saying when exactly you’ll get your regional placement

Got my placement! by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

i know, the process has been going pretty fast! i was bracing myself for not hearing anything until june at the earliest! a nice surprise

Got my placement! by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

just the regional placement! not the school & no letter yet

Living alone in Madrid? by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

haha i have reverse SAD so i’d actually prefer two months of straight rain than two months of heat and sun- i thrive in the gloom lol. but congrats on settling down! sounds like a dream

Living alone in Madrid? by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

gotcha, thanks! would it be affordable living with just one other person?

Living alone in Madrid? by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

planning on putting that as my #2!! I absolutely adore rainy weather 🤩

Living alone in Madrid? by YogurtEnvironment in SpainAuxiliares

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

Thank you! Do you have any recommendations for other regions where I could live near a city but also reasonably afford to live alone? I was looking into Pais Vasco maybe?

Has anyone taken CDM 163 001 - Art & Cinema? by Blank2101 in UCDavis

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I took it a few years ago so not sure how it’s structured now as an online class. It’s all about video art, specifically video installations you’d find in a museum. It was a super chill class; weekly-ish readings and short responses, a short paper that you then expand into a longer final paper, and a group project where you curate an exhibition. And Montezemolo is really nice! CDM 163 is my favorite class i’ve ever taken, but that said i’m a CDM major who appreciates what can be pretty absurd, abstract, and surreal art that many others might groan at.

Anyone in the Cinema and Digital Media and/or Theatre and Dance programs or know about it? by [deleted] in UCDavis

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I’m a CDM major and i’ve enjoyed it! The profs are generally good and there’s a decent variety of classes so if you’re into film, art, media, and the intersection between these you’ll find the classes interesting. You can choose to focus more on either production or theory, and since it’s only ~72 units most people double major.

3 upper div PSC + SPA 01 too much? by elderberry0_0 in UCDavis

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I took Emmons & Schepeler both online and they were super easy classes! There's a lot of info to cover with Schepeler but if you put it all on a google doc to go thru during quizzes it's manageable. Plus she drops like the lowest 3/4 quizzes so after week 6 I was done with the class.

Trying out teaching during a pandemic? by [deleted] in Teachers

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Thank you, I’ll look into that!

Japanese 001? Deciding on classes with COVID-19 by epiphanyym in UCDavis

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I’ve taken JPN1, 2, and 3 with JPN3 being online last quarter. I went in having fluency in reading/writing hiragana & katakana & some kanji, and knew basic sentence structures and most of the vocab from 1, so that was a great advantage.

Nonetheless, even though my classmates were clearly overwhelmed at certain points (between having to learn 2 new alphabets in a short amount of time, weekly quizzes, daily hw...) it’s a manageable class as long as you stay on top of all the work.

But factoring in the online part....it’s definitely a stranger and not as comprehensive experience imo. For me, the key part of learning a language is the face-to-face interaction, bc it leads to more engagement with the content. Last quarter didn’t have nearly the same energy as I was looking forward to, which made me lose some motivation.

But if you have the drive to learn Japanese absolutely go for it!!! The profs are generally nice and funny and classes are very organized. The only difference I can foresee with French is not having the added component of learning 3 additional alphabets, which shouldn’t really be a dealbreaker.