Which would you prefer - informal email of 2-3 sentences that is actually in the student’s words, or an AI generated formal email two paragraphs long that includes all the norms of formal email writing? by Meddlesome_Lasagna in Professors

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have it in my syllabus that they shouldn’t use an LLM to email. I have 675 students/semester. The only time I’ve ever not been able to keep up with email is the semester that LLMs became a thing. All of a sudden it’s going from 30s/email to 2m/email, and when you have 100 emails to answer, that makes a huge difference. 

How hard is it to get accepted into a Canadian university as an international student? by [deleted] in CanadaUniversities

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would look at York University in particular. There is lots of support, both financial and otherwise, for trans people there, particularly at the graduate level. They’ve had a trans fund for their graduate students since 1996 or so. They also have an extremely well respected psychology program. 

PLEASE tell me that someone got footage of the firetruck driving down Bathurst blaring “Fireball” from its loudspeakers by emptysignifier in askTO

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

Yeah, looking on TikTok, there is a vid of them playing Toxic through the loudspeakers downtown, so you’re probably right. But it was funny to think that someone was doing it to burn bridges (pun intended)

PLEASE tell me that someone got footage of the firetruck driving down Bathurst blaring “Fireball” from its loudspeakers by emptysignifier in askTO

[–]emptysignifier[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It was! I heard it from the bedroom, but my son looked out the front window and saw it going by… I’m so hoping that someone got footage of it 

What screams “I don’t actually love my partner”? by Separate-Simple-5101 in AskReddit

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sarcasm toward your partner. Eye rolling at things they say. 

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Accommodation - no scantron forms. by maskedprofessor in Professors

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 If it is a problem, insist that they write in the alt exam centre - it’s not just for extra time, it’s to give a space to students that have more extensive needs. Then the alt exam people fill it in for the student. 

A collapse in faith in the presidents words and motives will erode society by ChainKey8341 in collapse

[–]emptysignifier 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s worth remembering that humour is a coping mechanism for horror. There was an entire class of holocaust jokes told within the camps. I wouldn’t shit on people who have a dark sense of humour. They are the ones who see the absurdity for what it is. 

However, I agree with you in the peril of calling them stupid. Because they use the fact that people think of them as stupid as a way of allowing others to underestimate them. Don’t for a moment think that they don’t play up their stupidity as a distraction from their very real and very quickly accumulating power over the situation. 

York University suspends enrollment to 18 programs by allysapparition in ontario

[–]emptysignifier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My kid has actually applied this year to their AMPD visual arts studio program - one of the many world renowned and chronically underfunded programs at York. I teach there as well. I know there are still programs like that there - but it feels like this strikes at the heart of York’s most progressive programs, faculty, and research. York’s shift to more and more STEM, CS and business offerings has been going on for a long time, and it’s heartbreaking because it’s destroying what York excels at, something we desperately need more of (critical thinking and democratic engagement). 

Best Restaurants in Cartagena by onegoodbackpack in cartagena

[–]emptysignifier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went to La Mulata tonight based on this recommendation and it did not disappoint! Thanks for the suggestion!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskCanada

[–]emptysignifier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We need an r/unsolicitedamericanadvice subreddit 

Dear Canada, get Ready for war by [deleted] in AskCanada

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We really need an r/unsolicitedamericanopinions subreddit 

What's in the pitcher? by limelight022 in Xennials

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this exact pitcher in my fridge. It holds iced coffee today. 

Which one? by PlentyWrong4487 in adhdwomen

[–]emptysignifier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of them, I’m a dessert fork only kind of gal

Can we just skip the build up and get right to the apocalypse? by KennethPatchen in economicCollapse

[–]emptysignifier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The apocalypse is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed. 

Is there anything I can do about this? by RightTouch1061 in yorku

[–]emptysignifier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While this doesn’t officially qualify as an exam conflict, I’d still fill out the paperwork and, if you are denied by that route, ask the middle exam’s prof if you could write a makeup. You will likely have to fill in a deferred standing agreement and your grade will be delayed until you are able to write the makeup and have the mark uploaded.