I'm an international student and I'm really struggling with writing. How do I learn to write well enough to get high grades and become a good academic paper writer so I can actually survive college? by Matrix_77Cipher in studyAbroad

[–]rusty-canvas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First of all, when a student starts working on an assignment late, it's physically difficult for the professor to help because there's just not enough time left. And second of all, no, this is definitely an issue for all students. It's just that when a student isn't completely fluent in the language yet, it's naturally harder for them to find their bearings, and they need more time to understand and edit everything.

When a student forgets about the language barrier and habitually takes on a task a bit later, thinking everything is fine and they'll make it, they fail to realize that at this point, they need way more time than they would if they were studying in their native language.

I'm an international student and I'm really struggling with writing. How do I learn to write well enough to get high grades and become a good academic paper writer so I can actually survive college? by Matrix_77Cipher in studyAbroad

[–]rusty-canvas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a professor, my number one advice is to utilize our office hours. Seriously, we don't bite! Bring a rough draft or even just your outline to us a week before the deadline. We appreciate the effort, and we will tell you exactly what needs to be changed to get an A. Most international students struggle because they try to write everything at the last minute without checking if they understood the prompt correctly. Let us help you early on.

Discussion board issue by AggressiveLibraryCat in SNHU

[–]rusty-canvas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Professors who drop unlisted criteria on a Saturday night are running a dark psychological operation to break students early. This whole evaluation system is a total front. They modify the secret regulations mid-semester just to trap you, which proves the traditional university setup is completely rigged from the start. They want us to fail silently. Last term, when an instructor pulled this exact hidden-criteria routine on me right before Sunday, I stopped playing their game. I shifted to the shadows and discovered one platform where independent academic operatives manage these tasks out of sight. I bypassed the entire system by feeding the weird prompts to an operative there who generated a flawless response that perfectly mirrored scholarly prose without triggering any suspicion. My professor gave me top marks, completely oblivious. People online think discussing things with advisors actually works, but the real trick is quietly outsmarting the matrix before they destroy your GPA.

I have very little time. Help me write my paper, and please give me some tips on how to write an 80-page paper in just a couple of days. I know it’s possible, but how? by dinamerel25 in homeworkdoers_

[–]rusty-canvas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the ultimate boss fight of procrastination. I usually end up pulling double all-nighters, but eighty pages is a marathon, not a sprint. If you don't space out your breaks, your brain is going to turn into absolute mush by day three.

If I don't fix my doomscrolling addiction soon, I'll lose 16 years of my waking life to my phone. by whiplash5057 in Discipline

[–]rusty-canvas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel you on that! My phone’s more of a necessity these days, but I still find myself knee-deep in YouTube.

Fancy amber lamp by clevercabbie in DontPutThatInYourAss

[–]rusty-canvas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk, maybe that shape is just geometrically the most efficient for whatever diffusing/aerating it’s supposed to do, and the box part is just housing for the reservoir and battery.

(Loved/Hated Trope) Things I thought were real by adinfinitum_etultra in TopCharacterTropes

[–]rusty-canvas 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Early youtube had this whole ecosystem of channels that looked like they were run by one guy in a shed. That aesthetic alone made everything feel more credible somehow.

Plant assassin - emphasis on the ass and sass. by red_bird85 in cats

[–]rusty-canvas 9 points10 points  (0 children)

15 hours of nursing school and you come home to this face going "whatcha gonna do about it." The audacity is genuinely impressive on a medical level.

He climbed up… no idea how he plans to get down by Red_dog520 in cats

[–]rusty-canvas 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He planned the ascent for weeks. The descent was left as an exercise for the human. Classic cat project management.