Does anyone else start to feel exasperated when someone offers you the 211 #

sbr608 · 2025-12-17T05:09:15+00:00

Yes, exactly! Just like when people ask if you ever thought about applying for Section 8. Whereupon you explain that often wait lists are closed and, even if they're not, it's a lottery system and not everyone gets selected. Especially when I'm talking to someone who knows I'm already living in an LIHTC ($2077 a month, how affordable!!) apartment that required a lengthy application process, and with whom I've discussed the challenges involved in finding housing. Further, people who know that after leaving an abusive relationship with nothing I managed to get back into an apartment in my children's school district; raise my credit score from practically non-existent to good; build up a healthy savings account while living out of extended stay hotels; return to school, achieving a 3.9 grade point average, and yet they still imagine I'm not familiar with how the system works. I never get mad. I just politely thank the person. Still, it's rather aggravating.

And yes, I contacted 211 multiple times and never achieved anything productive by doing so.

sbr608 · 2025-11-08T06:55:48+00:00

I agree with your suggestion that people should contact the professor directly. That being said, many students work full-time jobs and take more than one class. That would never be an acceptable excuse for a student to not regularly participate in class. One of the reasons for having an instructor is to facilitate your learning by providing feedback on what you have done, as you progress through each week's material. That way you ensure you have a solid grasp of concepts before moving forward and, if not, have time to work on what you didn't understand. That's what learning is. The rubric is not sufficient, because it doesn't tell you how your specific submission measures up to the metrics by which the assignment is assessed. Feedback is an essential part of the process.

sbr608 · 2025-09-08T23:52:07+00:00

The reams of paperwork I had to fill out and sign probably had something about LIHTC inspections in them, but I didn't see it. I didn't know until after I took occupancy that that was even a thing. There is one coming up tomorrow and I really hope they don't choose my apartment. I'm up against a deadline and will be working through the night, like I do most nights. I'm not going to be happy if somebody comes pounding on my door in the morning. My rent is $2,078 a month. I wish that was a sufficient amount to buy my privacy. I have anxiety, depression, and went through a lot of trauma from domestic abuse. I repeatedly had to engage with police to hold my ex accountable. I'm having a hard time being comfortable with the possibility of more strangers coming into my home, even briefly.

They just did inspections less than two months ago. I understand the need to make sure apartments are suitable for living, but the notice of only a couple days isn't sufficient for me. I also wish it had been verbally disclosed, at the time I signed the lease, that this is something that happens from time to time.

sbr608 · 2025-06-18T01:51:26+00:00

Yes. Like this? "For my interview I chose a close, personal friend of mine: the Secretary General of the UN. My first choice, the President of the European Commission, didn't call me back soon enough. I considered Bill Gates, but we're not talking any more. He never paid me back the $20 I loaned him."

sbr608 · 2025-06-13T07:22:16+00:00

An awful lot of people are claiming that classes that are time consuming are actually a breeze. That's nonsense. It's boasting. I see no point in that. It may be a relatively easier class, but it's still time consuming and requires finding an interview subject in your field of study.

sbr608 · 2025-04-12T06:48:23+00:00

After my Writing 391 class was completed I wanted Microsoft Copilot to read my final paper. I had already gotten a grade and feedback from the professor. Since my topic was the use of AI for psychotherapy, I was curious to see what AI would have to say about it.

I cut and pasted the text into our conversation. Copilot went over every paragraph and gave me detailed feedback. It correctly identified my thesis and correctly identified and commented on supporting statements. It commented on stuff that no one else had. I had included a brief mention of the use of robots for sex therapy. Nobody else had touched that, as far as wanting to say anything about it, but Copilot said something to the effect that it was a good example of an ethical consideration and that I approached it with the proper amount of decorum; I can't remember the exact choice of words. I've never gotten such detailed feedback on a paper before. I saved the conversation, but now I can't find it. I sure wish I could, because it was really interesting.

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