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[Mr. Anderson]

Australians are wildly and not discrete about their hatred/racism for china. Acts of racism in Australia come down to more like "Sit at the back of the bus" type shit, or like if they ask a question you just dont respond. Lots of older people 50+ won't associated with other races. A lot of the time, due to their upbringing/age they don't even understand they're doing it which makes it funnier.

One other thing/story that annoyed me was when I was in University in Koalaland, we had to read and do a breakdown of this book that was written by some American chick. Since it was written in the book using the American spelling (Mom/Mum, etc.) I decided to use that language style for my piece and my teacher failed me. I ended up getting into it with her and telling her that was dumb as I was reading/writing as it was presented by the author. Nonetheless she passed me after I caused a big enough stink. Think she realised it wasn't worth it since it wasn't an official assesment.

Lol. I wish that was the name of the university. I would've thought it wasn't if you didn't capitalize it. But I had to google it because I almost believed there wa sa Univertisty of Koalaland.
I never had much of an issue for English, but I also just wrote exactly what the prof wanted to hear. They can remain the big fish in their tiny ass pond of academics, while I make myself in the real world. Idk if that's an Australian thing tho. Professors generally have major superiority complex. The think because they excelled in academics they are better than everyone else. The idea of being a "teacher' really gets to their head. Somehow they are above everyone else because they teach shit. As someone who does a lot of specialty work with the public (emergency response and similar fields) you see a LOT of them either try to flex their knowledge or even try to act like they can handle the situation because they know what to do... even though they absolutely DO NOT.
My favorite story was of a time we had a massive gas leak. The gas meter had been sheered off and the pipe was absolutely free flowing. You hear the sound of gas rushing out of the pipe from a few houses in either direction and smell heavily from across the street. One guy came up to me and asked if he should take his (metal, and not a beryllium alloy or plastic) pipe wrench and attempt to turn the valve. I'm honestly just happy he asked....
I mean, this isn't exclusive to professors, but I feel like a lot of professors fall into the camp of being good in school because, as a kid, they seek approval and test grades are an easy way to get it. But reality isn't just test grades. So a lot of people, rather than expand themselves and try to challenge themselves, will stay in their comfort pond and end up becoming professors.
If you can't tell, I have a very biased view of academic types. Don't get me wrong, I have a similar vendetta against the country boy self reliant "I'm gonna cut my own melanoma off" type, as those people fail to recognize the value of knowledge beyond lived experiences. But, it seems the world is more full of people who fail to balance, and either find themselves in one extreme or another.

 

[KriegsZensur]

Idk if that's an Australian thing tho. Professors generally have major superiority complex.

My experience (10+ years at a faculty of law) in Western Europe: The prof’s and lecturers are some of the most thoughtful people that were most willing to listen to principles critiques. Way more than the students.

But then again: faculty of law. Can’t speak for the Social Sciences departments.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

My experience (10+ years at a faculty of law) in Western Europe: The prof’s and lecturers are some of the most thoughtful people that were most willing to listen to principles critiques. Way more than the students.

But then again: faculty of law. Can’t speak for the Social Sciences departments.

I don't mean to step on your experience either. And honestly, I've had some great profs, even in social sciences.
But I feel like my experience with good is generally twisted by the fact that I told them everything they wanted to hear. I was a model student because I just wanted to get my grade and move on.
I've also seen profs (not mine, but others) in bigger universities do the dumbest shit. Before going from CC to Uni, I'd never seen this. But in Uni, they do this dumb shit where like only x amount of people are allowed to get As, or they make tests dumb hard designed to weed out. WTF is that shit. Just reeks of self importance.

 

[infamousbeing]

I just had a eureka moment after realizing that most of the big retro Youtube game reviewers are Australian. Is there nothing else to do?

 

[KriegsZensur]

I don't mean to step on your experience either. And honestly, I've had some great profs, even in social sciences.
But I feel like my experience with good is generally twisted by the fact that I told them everything they wanted to hear. I was a model student because I just wanted to get my grade and move on.
I've also seen profs (not mine, but others) in bigger universities do the dumbest shit. Before going from CC to Uni, I'd never seen this. But in Uni, they do this dumb shit where like only x amount of people are allowed to get As, or they make tests dumb hard designed to weed out. WTF is that shit. Just reeks of self importance.

Oh, I am known to “throw a baseball bat into a chicken coop” to start a conversation. Exactly what I said: they were thoughtful.

There have been one or two times where I felt a teacher had political bias coloring a lecture, both times were resolved with dialogue during the following lectures; and I mean that in the best way.

I’m just also very much aware my experience is a single faculty in a single university in a single country, and I kinda also know how my uni compares to other national universities.
I’ve heard horror stories from uni’s closer to the capital.

I’m just happy with the seeds of critical thought that my faculty of law sows, especially the ones on the criminal law section have a good image of how fucked things have gotten the last 20 years and are doing a lot of sowing seeds of healthy doubt

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Oh, I am known to “throw a baseball bat into a chicken coop” to start a conversation. Exactly what I said: they were thoughtful.

There have been one or two times where I felt a teacher had political bias coloring a lecture, both times were resolved with dialogue during the following lectures; and I mean that in the best way.

I’m just also very much aware my experience is a single faculty in a single university in a single country, and I kinda also know how my uni compares to other national universities.
I’ve heard horror stories from uni’s closer to the capital.

I’m just happy with the seeds of critical thought that my faculty of law sows, especially the ones on the criminal law section have a good image of how fucked things have gotten the last 20 years and are doing a lot of sowing seeds of healthy doubt

My community college, like many, has requirements for... well let's just call it DEI... Sociology is one, but also a random sociological elective. 80% of the classes on the list were poetry or other stuff. African American Women poetry, Holocaust poetry, etc... Just boring shit. Forget your political bend, it just sounds absolutely boring to sit through. Many of the remaining were second semester languages... where they didn't offer the first semester in time...
So the one left was "Genocide." It was a review of the various major genocides through the 20th century. Cool concept, but it was definitely told more through a literary lens. This was apparent when he was sick and we got a substitute. The sub was a history professor and presented the material for the day in a much less literary and emotional light. It was more like a history professor, covering the timeline and events. I enjoyed it far more. Not that the original prof was bad, but you see the bias he's bringing into it.
From CC I went to uni though and it was a lot better. I mean, I did Public Health, so I had plenty of the talking points, but at least it was on topic and relevant when it came up... But somehow it wasn't as injected as other classes. Though I will say the ONLY time someone asked "if we had universal healthcare, who's paying for it?" was the prof of a healthcare economics class... I was so glad someone presented it. He didn't even seem like he was against the idea of "universal healthcare" (controlled by the government) but he just wanted to plant that idea the fact that funds are not infinite just because they come from the government's pockets.
I just wish more people recognized that just because someone disagrees with you doesn't mean they hate humanity. I don't hate on UHC because I want people to suffer. I firmly believe the government is horribly inefficient at what it needs to do, and dumping more shit on it will just make everything worse. Look at NHS... You think we're going to get Sweeden or Norway's UHC? No, we're getting the NHS if we manage to pass anything, a broken sorry excuse for government subsidized healthcare that just causes suffering to be moved elsewhere, and meanwhile the providers get paid shit. You think it's hard to get nurses now? Wait until they're paid ass.

 

[Dolphin Pussy Jelly]

These takedown letters are always fun to read.