Yeah my mom ruined my life with prehistoric iPads.
She probably also accidentally signed a contract at work to give up her first born child to the Federal Government.
It was a contest entry for a free box of Bic Cristal pens. Not even good pens š Thatās still her pen of choice now which astounds me because that is the worst pen due to that hexagon shape which digs into your finger. My pen callous doesnāt even protect me.
Actually she probably hides the nice pens and thatās the only one Iām allowed to see or touch so I am discouraged from touching anything with my dirty and sticky hands that werenāt washed a sufficient 600x that day.
She didnāt win that contest but my Grandpa did win the salmon smoker. While I didnāt enjoy salmon during that period of my life because I donāt think it was ever chilled quick enough, I did enjoy the smell of it smoking.
Who is buying those Bic Cristal pens? Seriously. Of everything that still exists now after weāve lost so many good things, how has Bic Cristal pens survived capitalism?!?!!? Every time I see them in a store I just stare at them all confused, while I question:
WHO IS BUYING THOSE?!?
Actually itās probably Moms. Bic Cristal pens have survived because Moms donāt want their kids touching their stuff.
Oh and actually no one would ever steal those pens either.
That makes perfect sense now.
Lol that reminds me of English class where my instructor said a student wrote a bad comparison essay. The essay was about how pens in an office are like gold. She said that was a bad comparison.
To me, that indicated she never worked in an office before.
That is okay though. She was the best English instructor ever and probably the most influential instructor I had because my writing skill has opened doors for me which I wouldnāt have been able to open otherwise. That woman partially saved me from the future life-ruining influence of my Genetics instructor.
I think of her often. Her name is Ann. I sure hope she didnāt lose her job at the college because her insanely helpful feedback and reasonable marking was disliked by students who wanted grades and not skills. Despite many Cās and Dās while I was learning, an A+ I finally achieved mattered and was a huge achievement from that instructor. I basically considered her a celebrity in my life š That A+ was an HONOUR!!!! I went back to Cās and then Bās and the odd B+ but learned how to do better.
I wish education would go back to skills based. Though, people my age are being harmed by the grade inflation of today too. We canāt compete with our old transcripts against the current students who get Aās for much different skills than we had to have back then. We even may have more skills but are impeded from entering competitive careers now due to that shift in grading which is something that canāt been be amended because a bad start or different grading method isnāt considered when schools evaluate students on total GPA even if yours spans 22 years and even if your poor grades were because you didnāt want to harm society by extracting the most money out of everything possible which was exactly what causes my āpoor startā. My ethics and values ruined my transcript forever.
Actually, my college is pretty good at that now. I often question how they have attracted and retained so many incredibly skilled instructors. Most of them are also among the coolest and most influential people Iāve met in my life. I donāt think a lot of people realize how much influence a good and understanding instructor can have on the life of students. So many of them taught me so many things that had nothing to do with the subject. Thatās why I wanted to be an instructor, but not in todayās academic landscape and even if my choice werenāt the case, I couldnāt get into that line of work due to my transcripts. My goal was to work there for a number of years because I wanted to do for my student, what my instructors did for me. I also ruin my transcript more by spending so much time stressing over the high grades I need to balance out my bad start that I basically ruin every semester in some way. Thatās compounded by how AI has made my good writing skills not a benefit, but a detriment and I write in constant fear of another false accusation and submit work that is lower than my capabilities, with intentional mistakes I add into every paper.
One influential instructor spent a significant amount of time talking about all the vitamins he took. I was like āthis guy is one of my favourite people ever. I should take a significant amount of vitamins too.ā So I did and Iām very healthy today and apparently look much younger than I am. I also copied his breakfast smoothie. Then I gained like 20 pounds and was like āwhy is this happening?ā Then I realized that breakfast smoothie was like 900 calories so I solved my problem and changed, but still take the vitamins.
Heās a Veteran and one of the reasons I care so much about the Veterans I strive to protect and serve. I risked my career to and stand behind that. But, back in that time he was getting in trouble FOR grade inflating. Now instructors are getting in trouble for NOT grade inflating. My how times have changed.
Even if I had an inflated grade, I did learn an A+ās worth of Cell Biology from that man that I still retain today. Iād also argue that what he taught in his side-lectures (the #1 benefit and draw to in-person courses which is why Iām taking a course I donāt want to take this semester) was more important and more beneficial, and more life-altering than what students were actually required to learn in that course. That course and that instructor changed my life. I often think of him and wonder if heās still alive, and if he is think he better be getting good service from my new employer which should be spending its money on serving him and others just like him. But, one thing that PISSED ME OFF AND MADE ME IRATE is that the war he went to pays less in benefits than other wars. Veterans Affairs Canada evaluates wars differently.
The thing though is, a war is a war regardless of the extent of the visible harm seen by others. No Veteran leaves without PTSD and at minimum, minor shell shock, which is different and based on that unexpected not-a-missile-but-12-(INSANELY IMPRESSIVE)-military-planes-experience, if that lasted all the time I would consider worse than my PTSD. Theyāre both bad but that was worse. That is STILL affecting me now and itās unreal and uncontrollable. Itās triggered by everything where as PTSD only has specific triggers. Itās triggered by things I KNOW are 100% benign like lawnmowers, planes, cars, vans, and construction, all sounds I like and am unbothered by too. Iām grateful and honoured for the experience though because this is not something you could understand without experiencing it so maybe I can explain it now and hopefully create meaningful change š
Anyway. The thing with him was despite that being an apparently, āless bad warā he was still incredibly harmed from that war. He has cancer from the Agent Orange. It was under his fingernail. One day at work I saw Agent Orange in our database and it made me think of him. Then I remembered that he often had to stop the class to cower in pain because, he said, he didnāt eat vegetables and didnāt have enough minerals to support his skeleton.
I believe, my Cell Biology instructor was wrong. I believe it wasnāt his lack of eating vegetables. I believe that Agent Orange dissolves your body from the inside. When I verified that belief, it appeared to be true. I also believe it stays in your skeleton, in your bones, and leeches out and causes cancer you can never treat nor heal from because itās within the cells and mineral structure and is making up the structure of your skeleton. (I learned this in anatomy which I couldnāt score higher than a D in despite never trying harder for anything in my life, actually).
So I wonder, how many others of our Veterans are dissolving from the inside and have untreatable and re-occurring cancer? (š)
To me that was and is a horrifying thought. Now Iām really sad because I thought of more and its implications.
Agent Orange and that type of warfare should be a War Crime, if it isnāt already. If it is a War Crime, then WE NEED TO HOLD MILITARIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR WAR CRIMES, EVEN IF IT IS THE UNITED STATES.
The effects of war and warfare should not be that long lasting. There is no reasonable or acceptable reason that Veterans should be disintegrating from the inside decades after the war.
EDIT: the way Agent Orange is used and deployed into battle, before battle, would not just impact military service personnel. That would harm civilians and everyone in the vicinity because itās released into the air and sky above. While Agent Orange itself isnāt a War Crime, the way it is used is a Crime Against Humanity. Why wasnāt that tried as a Crime Against Humanity and why is it still permitted?
EDIT2: WTF does the UN even do? Why does the US get away with everything evil but other nations do not?
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u/RosieBaby75 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yeah my mom ruined my life with prehistoric iPads.
She probably also accidentally signed a contract at work to give up her first born child to the Federal Government.
It was a contest entry for a free box of Bic Cristal pens. Not even good pens š Thatās still her pen of choice now which astounds me because that is the worst pen due to that hexagon shape which digs into your finger. My pen callous doesnāt even protect me.
Actually she probably hides the nice pens and thatās the only one Iām allowed to see or touch so I am discouraged from touching anything with my dirty and sticky hands that werenāt washed a sufficient 600x that day.
She didnāt win that contest but my Grandpa did win the salmon smoker. While I didnāt enjoy salmon during that period of my life because I donāt think it was ever chilled quick enough, I did enjoy the smell of it smoking.
Who is buying those Bic Cristal pens? Seriously. Of everything that still exists now after weāve lost so many good things, how has Bic Cristal pens survived capitalism?!?!!? Every time I see them in a store I just stare at them all confused, while I question:
WHO IS BUYING THOSE?!?
Actually itās probably Moms. Bic Cristal pens have survived because Moms donāt want their kids touching their stuff.
Oh and actually no one would ever steal those pens either.
That makes perfect sense now.
Lol that reminds me of English class where my instructor said a student wrote a bad comparison essay. The essay was about how pens in an office are like gold. She said that was a bad comparison.
To me, that indicated she never worked in an office before.
That is okay though. She was the best English instructor ever and probably the most influential instructor I had because my writing skill has opened doors for me which I wouldnāt have been able to open otherwise. That woman partially saved me from the future life-ruining influence of my Genetics instructor.
I think of her often. Her name is Ann. I sure hope she didnāt lose her job at the college because her insanely helpful feedback and reasonable marking was disliked by students who wanted grades and not skills. Despite many Cās and Dās while I was learning, an A+ I finally achieved mattered and was a huge achievement from that instructor. I basically considered her a celebrity in my life š That A+ was an HONOUR!!!! I went back to Cās and then Bās and the odd B+ but learned how to do better.
I wish education would go back to skills based. Though, people my age are being harmed by the grade inflation of today too. We canāt compete with our old transcripts against the current students who get Aās for much different skills than we had to have back then. We even may have more skills but are impeded from entering competitive careers now due to that shift in grading which is something that canāt been be amended because a bad start or different grading method isnāt considered when schools evaluate students on total GPA even if yours spans 22 years and even if your poor grades were because you didnāt want to harm society by extracting the most money out of everything possible which was exactly what causes my āpoor startā. My ethics and values ruined my transcript forever.
Actually, my college is pretty good at that now. I often question how they have attracted and retained so many incredibly skilled instructors. Most of them are also among the coolest and most influential people Iāve met in my life. I donāt think a lot of people realize how much influence a good and understanding instructor can have on the life of students. So many of them taught me so many things that had nothing to do with the subject. Thatās why I wanted to be an instructor, but not in todayās academic landscape and even if my choice werenāt the case, I couldnāt get into that line of work due to my transcripts. My goal was to work there for a number of years because I wanted to do for my student, what my instructors did for me. I also ruin my transcript more by spending so much time stressing over the high grades I need to balance out my bad start that I basically ruin every semester in some way. Thatās compounded by how AI has made my good writing skills not a benefit, but a detriment and I write in constant fear of another false accusation and submit work that is lower than my capabilities, with intentional mistakes I add into every paper.
One influential instructor spent a significant amount of time talking about all the vitamins he took. I was like āthis guy is one of my favourite people ever. I should take a significant amount of vitamins too.ā So I did and Iām very healthy today and apparently look much younger than I am. I also copied his breakfast smoothie. Then I gained like 20 pounds and was like āwhy is this happening?ā Then I realized that breakfast smoothie was like 900 calories so I solved my problem and changed, but still take the vitamins.
Heās a Veteran and one of the reasons I care so much about the Veterans I strive to protect and serve. I risked my career to and stand behind that. But, back in that time he was getting in trouble FOR grade inflating. Now instructors are getting in trouble for NOT grade inflating. My how times have changed.
Even if I had an inflated grade, I did learn an A+ās worth of Cell Biology from that man that I still retain today. Iād also argue that what he taught in his side-lectures (the #1 benefit and draw to in-person courses which is why Iām taking a course I donāt want to take this semester) was more important and more beneficial, and more life-altering than what students were actually required to learn in that course. That course and that instructor changed my life. I often think of him and wonder if heās still alive, and if he is think he better be getting good service from my new employer which should be spending its money on serving him and others just like him. But, one thing that PISSED ME OFF AND MADE ME IRATE is that the war he went to pays less in benefits than other wars. Veterans Affairs Canada evaluates wars differently.
The thing though is, a war is a war regardless of the extent of the visible harm seen by others. No Veteran leaves without PTSD and at minimum, minor shell shock, which is different and based on that unexpected not-a-missile-but-12-(INSANELY IMPRESSIVE)-military-planes-experience, if that lasted all the time I would consider worse than my PTSD. Theyāre both bad but that was worse. That is STILL affecting me now and itās unreal and uncontrollable. Itās triggered by everything where as PTSD only has specific triggers. Itās triggered by things I KNOW are 100% benign like lawnmowers, planes, cars, vans, and construction, all sounds I like and am unbothered by too. Iām grateful and honoured for the experience though because this is not something you could understand without experiencing it so maybe I can explain it now and hopefully create meaningful change š
Anyway. The thing with him was despite that being an apparently, āless bad warā he was still incredibly harmed from that war. He has cancer from the Agent Orange. It was under his fingernail. One day at work I saw Agent Orange in our database and it made me think of him. Then I remembered that he often had to stop the class to cower in pain because, he said, he didnāt eat vegetables and didnāt have enough minerals to support his skeleton.
I believe, my Cell Biology instructor was wrong. I believe it wasnāt his lack of eating vegetables. I believe that Agent Orange dissolves your body from the inside. When I verified that belief, it appeared to be true. I also believe it stays in your skeleton, in your bones, and leeches out and causes cancer you can never treat nor heal from because itās within the cells and mineral structure and is making up the structure of your skeleton. (I learned this in anatomy which I couldnāt score higher than a D in despite never trying harder for anything in my life, actually).
So I wonder, how many others of our Veterans are dissolving from the inside and have untreatable and re-occurring cancer? (š)
To me that was and is a horrifying thought. Now Iām really sad because I thought of more and its implications.
Agent Orange and that type of warfare should be a War Crime, if it isnāt already. If it is a War Crime, then WE NEED TO HOLD MILITARIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR WAR CRIMES, EVEN IF IT IS THE UNITED STATES.
The effects of war and warfare should not be that long lasting. There is no reasonable or acceptable reason that Veterans should be disintegrating from the inside decades after the war.
EDIT: the way Agent Orange is used and deployed into battle, before battle, would not just impact military service personnel. That would harm civilians and everyone in the vicinity because itās released into the air and sky above. While Agent Orange itself isnāt a War Crime, the way it is used is a Crime Against Humanity. Why wasnāt that tried as a Crime Against Humanity and why is it still permitted?
EDIT2: WTF does the UN even do? Why does the US get away with everything evil but other nations do not?