• Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    once i got to sleep i slept like a log and for a long time

    Bill is not coping well, I think I will have to keep him in a bathroom for a little while until he calms down, has something to eat and drink and pees in a tray

    also, it’s my observation lazy people make more work in the long run

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago
    just my rant about the education system

    The school I’m at has very low standards for its students. Most students are not interested in tertiary education or are doing unscored VCE, so all they have to do is fill in a worksheet for each subject (barring English I think) and there’s their satisfactory. They don’t even have to pass the unit tests, and if they want to pass, all they really have to do is regurgitate information from a textbook and tailor to different scenarios.

    Then there’s the UK’s curriculum and IB, requiring students to write essays in their science subjects and conduct their own research projects. GCSEs probably have more rigour than the VCE system, and that’s not even the final qualification if you do A levels.

    I understand education in the academic setting is not for everyone, but I feel like as someone who actually wanted to develop better critical thinking skills throughout my education, the system has failed me. All I learnt from doing VCE was how to memorise a bunch of pretty much useless facts, so I when I got to uni, I knew fuck all about writing essays. Heck, I still can’t write a very good essay or write well in general. Maybe my experience would’ve been different if I did more humanities subjects.

    But I’m about to go on and teach kids content that they’re going to have to memorise for an exam. At least with one of my subjects, it’s easier to deviate from the whole “here are some slides, now take notes” thing and make it more hands-on.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      I was a bit shocked recently when I found out a friends 12 year old could barely read, and that according the school and the parents the kid is educationally doing just fine. I mean what!? That’s nowhere near fine. How is this good for anyone? The kid has no learning difficulties according to the parents. They are getting him a tutor now. He seems to be of average brightness, so having good reading at 12 should be no problem. Everyone has let the kid down. School and parents both.

      • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        Yep, I feel like a lot of kids will slip through the cracks and they’ll get to upper primary when someone recognises that they can’t read :(

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      Low, you sound like a teacher already - yep its a frustrating job, and that is a super sucky placement. But you care about those kids. Which is really important. And there are other schools out there. Yep, the education system sucks. So does the health system. So do most of the systems (yay, late stage capitalism). But people care, and if you can find a group of them that do it’s awesome. There are schools with better cultures.

      This also reminded me - I learned how to write essays in year 10. Not because it was on the curriculum, but I happened to have one ace english teacher and she taught us the principles one day. Decades later I am still grateful for that teacher, and use that info still, and my science/maths teacher who pushed me into trying when I wanted to just fail.

      Edit: posted then worried that sounded lecturey - was trying to be empathetic and share in response…

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I just went outside and someone was smoking a big fat smelly joint.

    I miss it; made me realise why my sleep is fucked up - I haven’t had medical in months now. Always tired and unrested.

    I hate how expensive it is. Fuck I need a job so I can sleep again.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      11 days ago

      Uhh, you sure it’s not the six hour nap? More exercise will help your sleep too. It usually only takes me a week to shake the no pot insomnia.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Haha yes the 6 hour nap had a lot to do with it! I mean just my sleep rhythm in general. I use medical for cptsd symptoms, mainly night-terrors and subsequent insomnia. It stops me from waking up during the bad dreams/terrors, meaning I’m not avoiding sleep, and subsequently falling asleep during the day.

        I do need to exercise more in general anyway, which I’m sure would help significantly!

        • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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          11 days ago

          Cptsd is a different story from regular no weed insomnia. Most of my friends buy off market as its still cheaper than prescribed.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
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    11 days ago

    New earbuds are great!

    Still suss that they’re Bluetooth, but seems fine so far, plus I can charge my phone AND listen to music at the same time

    #I’m bi-winning
    Win here, win there, win win everywhere

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    This is the perfect weather to make health and fitness changes if you need to. Also getting rid of clutter. C’mon guys. You’ve got this!

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Is there a lemmy suggestions box? I like to be able to hide users without blocking them and I’d like to be able to disable comment replys. God dam making some comments out of the instance and I get a bunch of updates from aggressive nerds that I really don’t care for. I tended to disable comments on reddit as soon as I’d commented due to notification avoidance.

      • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        Hiding feels more like I’m not interested in their content, blocking is for people I don’t like. Sometimes when dealing with my own struggles I can do without hearing about someone else’s. Even just being able to have their posts auto collapsed.

        • Nath@aussie.zone
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          10 days ago

          This is the closest feature request I have found, you could probably filter on username if/when that feature is implemented.

          If that isn’t quite what you are after, that GitHub is the place to make your request.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    So I have a choice to make about this friday that I need to make today to ask for leave.

    Friday’s are usually a light work day 9 out 10 times.

    Should I take it off this week or stick it out and just spend the day at work?

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    11 days ago

    Food market was bountiful today. I’ve got a rolled chicken roast for dinner, and a bag of brussels sprouts to go with it. A random cheese turned out to be cheddar flavoured with salt and vinegar, so I’ll have to be a bit judicious in how I use that. I also have tons of fruit of all varieties.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    11 days ago

    Steven Wilson released a new album recently and I’m digging it. His last few albums had more of an attempted pop spin on them whereas this one is two songs that go for around 20 minutes each. I don’t think we’ll get another Hand. Cannot. Erase. but it’s good to see a turn in that direction again.

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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        11 days ago

        I can appreciate To The Bone more now knowing he bought a Telecaster and pretty much wrote the album with it, but I love the sweeping prog albums he did earlier and with Porcupine Tree