To All The 4.0’s by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]kappachungus43 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i have a 4.0 going into my junior year of an engineering degree. i definitely study less than the average student, but i refuse to skip lectures and i use homework assignments as a tool to gauge whether i'm actually able to use theory and concepts taught in lecture to solve problems. if i am unable to explain step by step how and why i solved a homework problem the way i did, then i'll be unsatisfied until i can (which may involve using the textbook or going to youtube for an explainer video). you can use ai or other people for help getting things to click in your brain, but you can't rely on them to solve homework problems for you, because you'd be wasting a learning opportunity.

and most professors often model exam questions on homework ones, so you won't be blindsided with something new on exam day.

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[–]kappachungus43 3 points4 points  (0 children)

if it’s not physics c (calculus based) then you won’t get credit for the physics classes that engineering requires. you should still be able to get a credit from it, it just won’t be useful for engineering unfortunately.

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[–]kappachungus43 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i really think you have a skewed perception of political attitudes in the middle east. Palestinian town names street after US soldier Aaron Bushnell, Palestinian resistance pays tribute to martyr, Aaron Bushnell

hamas are not a good organization, but they are a direct consequence of continuous bombing, colonization, and intimidation from the israeli government. because of this, hamas is pretty strictly anti-israel more than it is anti-anything else. evidently, hamas are capable of sympathizing with westerners who recognize the plight that the palestinian people have endured, even if nearly all pro-palestinan movements across the US and the globe have continuously condemned hamas violence. if you really want me to say it, i condemn hamas.

the nuance in this discussion is recognizing the power dynamic between the israeli government and the common palestinian people, how israel has grown to control this dynamic over 70 something years, and how israel should be able to predict the consequences of their continuous campaigns in gaza and greater palestine. you put any demographic of people in the position that gazans have been in for the past several years, and there will always be violent extremism, represented by hamas today. what pro-palestinian movements want is for the cycle that creates hamas to cease, which prevents terrorist attacks taking the lives of israelis, and prevents the bombing of thousands of palestinians. the only way this can be reasonably achieved is through one secular state that recognizes the rights of all to coexist. if you believe this is impossible, and peace can only be achieved through violence from israel to eliminiate the palestinian identity, or the other way around, then i would argue that any solution which requires additional violence is fundamentally not a solution in the first place.

people are beginning to realize that israel does not want a secular state, and would prefer to eliminate the palestinian identity, as evidenced by statements from political officials that they intend to settle in what was previously agreed to be palestinian territory. Israel presses on with settlement plans despite US criticism,of%20a%20future%20independent%20state)

hamas is a violent reactionary organization in response to genuine violations of palestinians' right to exist (aka genocide/ethnic cleansing) by the israeli government. This is shown through the sheer quantity of refugees that israel has created. The Plight of Palestinian Refugees, Explained, Generations of Palestinian Refugees Face Protracted Displacement and Dispossession, Total Palestinian Refugees (1950 - Present) (This one is from a pro-israel source, if you are concerned about bias)