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[evenstarfalls]

looking ahead what the fuck WHat the fuck does my professor really expect us to just find 3 uninterrupted hours in the MIDDLE of the week to write this fuckass exam that's horrible I can barely do midweereading assignments as it is this is so fucking sick

[mirisss]

Atz reaction to their s/o being financially broken

Ateez x gn!college/university student! reader 

Thank you for the request! I’m sorry it took so long for me to write this but I hope you enjoy this! I wasn’t sure if you wanted this to a poly relationship or not so I wrote it as if the relationships are separate, so each ATZ member has their own s/o. 

Wordcount ≈ 1.2k

Warnings: Anxiety, overworking, exhaustion, financial problems, (Not that angsty though,)

Reactions under the cut

Seonghwa, Yeosang, Mingi, Yunho, Jongho

He had noticed that you didn’t seem to have a lot of time to hang out with him recently as you constantly had to study or work. At first, he didn’t think much of it, thinking it was just because of exam season that you were so stressed. But once this kept happening for over a month, he could barely reach you, you never answered his calls, or barely any of his texts, only answering “Sorry, busy studying, talk to you later”. He understood that something must be going on, his first thought would be if he had done anything wrong so one night, he went over to your apartment, knocked on the door but no one opened it, he assumed that you were at the restaurant/bar where you work so he went over there. Once at the door to the restaurant, he saw you running around inside, immediately noticing that you looked sick and feverish, you didn’t even notice him as he stood in front of you. One of your colleagues noticed him, quickly ushering him over. 

“You should really convince them to go home, they’ve been working double shifts for two weeks, and even trying to pick up more shifts every now and then,” He was shocked to find out just how much you had been working. He walked over to you, gently putting a hand on your shoulder, “Hey, love, can we talk?” You were surprised to see him but said yes and went to the back of the building, where he technically wasn’t allowed to be as a non-employee but you were with him so it was fine. 

“What’s wrong?” You asked as you finally sat down for the first time in probably 12 or 15 hours. “That´s what I want to ask you, your colleague just told me you’ve been working double shifts for 2 weeks straight, you look sick, you definitely have a fever, you’ve been distant for over a month, I just want to understand what’s going on,” He saw tears beginning to form in your eyes. “It’s nothing, don’t worry about it,” “It’s obviously something, please, (Y/n), tell me what’s going on, I’m your boyfriend, you should be able to rely on me,” You sighed and then proceeded to tell him everything. 

“My landlord raised my rent a lot about a month ago and with my old schedule, I couldn’t afford the rent or the cost of uni and everything so I had to start working more to earn enough not to be evicted, but having to work for 20 hours each day doesn’t leave a lot of time to study or sleep so I’m falling behind on classes and I don’t know what to do because no matter what I think of, there’s no solution that actually works,” He just looked at you in shock. “Why haven’t you told me about this? I could help you, I have asked before to move in together, that would help a lot with the cost of living for you,” “I can’t just rely on you for this, it’s my problem,” “Hey, we’re in this together, besides, I earn enough to support us both for a while so that you can focus on studying. I love you, (Y/n), it pains me to see you so overworked, I want to help, so please rely on me,” You couldn’t say no anymore, fatigue, fever, and finally feeling like you could have some rest catching up with you so you just nodded, whispering, ‘yes please’, before falling asleep with your head on his shoulder. 

Hongjoong, Wooyoung, San

They would never let it come to the point of you being financially broken or exhausted mentally, nope, these two are just very attentive or their partner and would notice the second something seemed to be off with you. The first clue was when you canceled last minute on a date he had planned for over a week, to celebrate the anniversary of your first kiss together, he would take you to a fancy restaurant, something you usually enjoyed but this day you canceled on him the morning of the date just saying ��I’m not feeling like doing something fancy”. He was shocked but nonetheless, he canceled the booking at the restaurant and asked if you should just order takeout and a movie night at his place, but you shot that down too with the excuse of exams coming up. 

The second, and final clue to something being wrong, was when he walked by the office where you work part-time, in the middle of the day, when you definitely had classes, but he found you at the office, looking more stressed than ever before. 

“Hey, love, what are you doing here? Don’t you have classes today?” “Oh Joong/Woo/Sannie, um, no, I, um, don’t” It was obvious that you were lying to him, and he wondered why, as it never happened before. “I know you’re lying, (Y/n), what’s actually going on?” You just sighed, looking down at the ground. “I’m too embarrassed to tell you,” “I won’t judge you, honey,” “I’m going to be evicted from my apartment, I took a pay cut about a week ago and with it, I can’t afford to pay rent, and my landlord isn’t one to be understanding of me being a student so they’ll kick you out the second even a penny is missing from the rent. So I’ve been taking on more shifts here, even trying to find another part-time job at a café or something, but with that, I can’t go to classes, so I’m falling behind, and I just want to die, because I’m failing everything, even our relationship,” You were crying and almost hyperventilating at this point. He pulled you into a tight hug, to try and comfort you. His heart was hurting, how hadn’t he noticed earlier that it was this bad? “Jagi, no, you’re not failing our relationship, come live with me? You wouldn’t have to pay rent that way,” “I can’t just let you pay for everything,” 

“Then how about this, you move in with me, you keep your part-time job here but you back to your regular schedule, you can pay a fourth of the rent for my apartment, that’s about equal looking at what we each earn, and that way you still have plenty of time for classes, and for me, your boyfriend,” “How can I say no to that?” “You can’t, I’m just that irresistible,” 

[kuebandungs]

Duty After School Imagine : 02

☆ Do Soocheol x Reader ☆

(source video on YouTube)

"Beautiful."

"Huh?"

"The sphere is pretty."

You stare in surprise at the man sitting behind you who suddenly said that.

"Hey, Do Soocheol! You're so old-fashioned!"

Suddenly Deokjoong's shout is heard. Making you and Soocheol immediately turn towards the man who likes to eat. Little did you know, Soocheol was glaring at Deokjoong, which made him even more eager to mock Soocheol.

Trying not to pay attention to it, you walked towards Bora's bench. You sat down on Youngshin's bench which happened to be unoccupied, then observed Bora who was focused on drawing on her iPad.

"Wow, who is she?" you ask excitedly.

Bora looked up to see you, "You."

"Uh, really? But.. her eyes look like Hana," you replied analyzing Bora's drawing.

"Indeed. You shouldn't be so confident."

"You're annoying, Bora!" you grumble irritably.

Bora just laughs softly.

"Go back to your seat."

You and Bora looked up as soon as you heard Youngshin's voice. You showed a grin to the boy before finally moving back to your seat.

Feeling bored waiting for the bell to ring, you wanted to go over to Hana who was talking to Soyeon. But when you were about to stand up from the bench, Soocheol held your wrist.

"Mrs. Park will be here soon," he said.

"Then?" you ask confused.

"Sometimes I wonder, you're ranked in the top 3 but why you are so slow in analyzing the situation, (Name)." Deokjoong commented.

"What do you mean?" you asked.

"Tsk, Soocheol wants to get close to you. Because he has—"

"Good morning, guys! Uh, did Soocheol and (Name) want to cross the street? Why are they holding hands like that?" The words of Mrs. Park who had just arrived instantly made the whole class rowdy.

They were busy teasing Soocheol who immediately released her grip on you. No doubt, you also felt embarrassed for being the laughing stock of your classmates.

"Okay, enough class! I'm here because I want to give you all a gift."

Suddenly the students of class 12-2 looked at their homeroom teacher with a curious and excited look.

"Wow, what kind of gift, Ma'am?"

"Will be given a vacation?"

"This month's mock exam results are out," said Mrs. Park which made the whole class sigh in disappointment.

"I will divide them according to rank order," she continued.

"What?!"

"Don't embarrass us, Ma'am!"

"Hey, looks like you're going to beat Younghoon this time."

You turned around to look at Soocheol who had just tapped you lightly on the shoulder.

"I don't want to beat anyone, above average is more than enough," you replied quietly.

"Lee (Name)!" called Mrs. Park, making you rush over to her.

"Well, I knew it."

Soocheol said with a big smile as you sit back down on your desk and receive applause from your classmates. You just smiled in satisfaction. No lie, you were proud to have gotten the highest score in the class.

"Announcement! All the teachers are requested to gather in the teacher's room right now!"

Mrs. Park who had just finished distributing the mock exam results to all the students, rushed out as soon as she heard the announcement from the speaker.

"Why are the teachers called all of a sudden?" you asked Soocheol.

"I think there's something important," he replied, also curious.

Not long after, Mrs. Park comes back in with a look that's hard to interpret. It makes you even more curious and a little anxious.

"Class," Mrs. Park paused. "Invitation-only admissions have been cancelled."

Suddenly the class became noisy.

"How come, Ma'am?"

"Are you kidding?"

"Is CSAT cancelled too?"

"What about the students who have already registered, Ma'am?"

You are shocked as your friends. You want to bombard your homeroom teacher with questions, but you feel sorry for her because Mrs. Park also seems overwhelmed by the questions from the other students.

Mrs. Park immediately turns on the TV that is showing a press conference, where one of the news contents is that there is a military training for grade 12 students after the learning activities. Those who participated in the training would get extra points for the CSAT.

Again, the whole class was in an uproar. Too shocked and surprised by the sudden news they got. Until finally Mrs. Park told the class president to distribute the consents form to participate in military training for 4 weeks.

You stare at the form in your hand with mixed feelings.

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DUTY AFTER SCHOOL IMAGINE

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"(Name)!"

The call makes you who was walking to class suddenly stop and turn your head.

Soocheol, who was carrying his suitcase, ran slowly towards you. "Are you coming?" he asked with a big smile.

You just nodded.

"Here, let me carry it for you."

Without being asked, that man took over the suitcase in your hand and carried it.

"Uh, no need to bother." You tried to reject him subtly.

"For you, there's nothing troublesome." But Soocheol still insisted on helping.

"Well, thank you very much, Soocheol," you said in the end.

"You're welcome, Princess."

You instantly widened your eyes. While Soocheol just laughed at your shocked expression that looked funny in his eyes.

"Almost 3 months into our relationship, you still blush when I call you that," Soocheol joked.

"Soocheol..." you threatened in a low tone.

"Alright, alright. I'll shut up, babe."

After saying that, Soocheol immediately ran away from you. You, who just woke up could only blink your eyes few times, before finally running after your lover.

Once in the class, you saw Soocheol who was already sitting in his seat laughing at you. That tall man ran quite fast, leaving the petite you far behind.

"Wow, have you been chased by a ghost?" Wang Taeman, who was arranging a pile of gum on his desk, looks at you in surprise.

Realizing that you weren't looking back at him, Taeman followed your gaze. He paused for a moment, before pounding on the table.

Brakk!!!

"You're in a relationship with Soocheol, aren't you?!" Taeman shouted.

You and the rest of the class were shocked. But they were even more shocked when they heard what Taeman had just said.

That makes you now stared at by the rest of the class.

"Wow, is that true?"

"Shocking news! Even more shocking than military training!"

"Since when, (Name)?"

"I thought Soocheol would be stuck in the friend-zone forever."

Embarrassed, you try to ignore the various remarks from your friends and rush to your seat. But it's seems like it was the wrong decision, because now your friends are teasing you more and more as you approach Soocheol. What a mistake, having a seat in front of that guy.

"Are you guys really? Dating?" asked Youngshin who was walking towards your seat.

You looked up at him. Then glanced back, and found Soocheol who just smiled a little.

"Ah, that's..." you said hesitantly.

"Yeah, we've been dating since three months ago," Soocheol cut in, making your classmates even more boisterous. You suddenly glared at him.

"Why, babe? Isn't this the perfect time to tell them? I'm tired of being jealous every time another boy approaches you."

[ ✓ ]

< 01. Jangsoo || 03. Ilha >

[balestrem]

Quiet quitting is one of the most bizarre things to me to be discussed in 2022. 

It’s mostly bizarre to me, because of the entitlement older generations have towards younger generations and the ignorance they enforce upon my generation, especially in Germany, where I grew up.

You have older generations, usually the generation of my parents, calling us lazy, unable to work well under pressure, etc. I’d like to give insight into the fact that our school system was designed to recreate a work-like state from the age of six. You go to school, learn stuff, go home, do unpaid labor, called “homework”, which has to be good, otherwise you’re labeled as stupid and unable to keep up and have to repeat a year in school. I partially had a workload of 12 hours per day, not because I was poorly structured, but because I had four school subjects per day, with four different kinds of homework which all required at least 30, if not 90 minutes of investment, to do homework properly. Add to that my dyslexia and you get at least 30 minutes more than others. But even non dyslexic students sat there for hours doing homework. I even had my mother do my homework for me, because the work load was too much. Let that sink in.

Then you have a system that rewards pupils who are never sick, by pointing out how there is one kid in class with the most sick days, as though it is their fault that they get sick. Meanwhile you have underpaid and overworked school staff who cannot handle instances of bullying accordingly, resulting in pupils being more sick, especially mentally due to continuous bullying. You create a place that is literally designed to be hostile to human nature, by forcing people to sit still for multiple hours a day, move during breaks to „prevent health problems“ in the future, but give so much homework that hobbies and personal interests can barely be done, and usually if one performs bad at school they have to quit their hobbies because they need to focus more on school or they have their parents cancel their hobbies for them (if they could afford a hobby to begin with), resulting in more stress, because of less possibilities to destress. Then you have heavy school bags that literally fuck up people‘s backs for life, because they have to carry like 10-20kgs of books and folders per day (this was my reality, I kid you not). Then we had no proper food at our cafeteria (for the first four years we had no cafeteria at all, but had to go to school until 3 or 4pm, with no proper food). 

Then you have weird power dynamics with teachers who bully you and abuse their power and give you bad grades, just because they think a person with dyslexia should not get the chance to go to university, thereby giving them bad grades, by not answering any of their questions during exams (also something that happened to me and other students as well). And if it’s not dyslexia there is another aspect that a teacher will hate about you and mock you for and treat you like you’re less than a human being than others.

Then we entered a school system that was changed by graduating one year earlier to go to university sooner in Germany, but the school books were not ready for that so we had to carry two books per subject at times, because the subjects we discussed required two books of two school grades. We had no coherent teachings and had to read a lot of stuff at home, by our selves, because the curriculum to teach us properly was not yet developed. And we were asked to understand it all and there was never time for any questions.

Then we finish with a degree, have terrible payments, cannot afford a reasonable lifestyle and are forced to suck it up. Then we have shortages in almost every area, a pandemic we went through a financial crisis, a war that effects the economy and destabilizes a lot in other countries, we have a climate crisis which no politican seems to take seriously enough to do proper change, basically my generaiton in Germany will not have any rent and no positive prospects for the future. Far right extremism seems to be on the rise world wide.

I had my first burn-out in fourth grade and had to go to therapy, because school life was so tough and nobody did anything. I had a parent at home who created immense pressure and guilt if I failed, who regularly assaulted me verbally.

And now our “generation is just lazy”? That shoe just doesn’t fit.

[soleilceirinen]

Renaissance | teacher!Cillian Murphy x fem!Reader - Part 12

Summary: you are an Art History student in your last year at university. Cillian is your teacher. A/N: in this story Cillian is about 20 years older than the reader. Everything happens in an alternative universe where he is not an actor or famous, he doesn't have a wife or kids like in real life. Also, English is not my first language, so sorry for any mistake! MASTERLIST - Part 11 - Part 13

You were one of those people whose mood was affected by the weather. And winter had finally arrived. The days were considerably shorter, with fewer hours of daylight and bone-deep cold. This morning when you woke up, you couldn't help but feel especially sad. Today was your birthday and you felt lonelier than ever in the last months. At least it was Friday and the week was almost over.  

At that moment you were sitting in class, at your usual spot by the window. In addition to being bored as hell, you were freezing. 

Your teacher was a very old man who spoke so monotonously that if you closed your eyes you could fall asleep. In fact, he was already retired but decided to return to the university to replace a sick professor. His methodology for teaching classes consisted of showing photographs of architecture taken by himself (forty years ago), while pointing with the cursor and saying: "this is that and that is this. Do you see it?"

You looked around, only to find about ten people spread throughout the classroom. They all had the same bored faces.

At this point in the semester, almost no one attended class, people preferred to stay home or go to the library to study for exams, or sleeping. That was what you wanted to do, go back to your small home where your bed was waiting for you and hide under the covers until the next day. 

No one had wished you a happy birthday yet. 

To make things worse, Cillian was gone. He had been away all week because he was invited to speak at a symposium in a different city; he would not return until Saturday morning. So you hadn’t seen him all week because all his classes had been cancelled as well as your tutoring sessions.

Once your teacher finished the lecture you picked up all your things and headed home without wasting time. At least you were close. After eating the first thing you found in the refrigerator, you resigned yourself to going out again even though you didn't feel like doing it at all. 

Just before you grabbed the keys to leave, your phone buzzed. You checked it out of habit, just to see that Olivia had written you a long message wishing you a happy birthday along with a gif of puppies. You couldn’t help but smile at her effusiveness.

-

Maureen and Laura weren't there either. 

That week the gallery was participating in an art fair so they left, leaving you in charge. Usually, with such small art galleries, having to go to a fair meant closing for several days but since you were there, at least they wouldn't stay closed for so long. Being left in charge made you feel mature, you could almost imagine yourself in a few years having your own art business. Although in reality, you weren't entirely sure of what direction to take with your professional career since research also caught your attention.

Only a couple of clients came in to pick up works they had purchased, and a few groups of fine arts students. They always used to walk through the gallery as if it were a museum but they never bought anything. 

A couple of hours before closing Maureen called you to see how the afternoon was going, after wishing you a happy birthday, she told you that you could close early and go celebrate. You thanked her, although you wouldn't go anywhere this year. 

After waiting for half an hour, you came to the conclusion that no one else was going to enter the gallery, so you followed Maureen’s suggestion and closed it. Instead of going directly home, you decided to stop at the grocery store and buy something pre-cooked for dinner. You didn’t feel like cooking after all. 

-

Once in your studio, you lit some candles to make the atmosphere a little cosier in an attempt to feel like home. You breathed in the scent, it was your favourite smell. Then, you put on your pyjamas and heated up the food, sitting on the couch ready to watch a movie. Outside it had started raining, as a perfect reflection of your current mood. 

Halfway into the movie your phone started ringing. You looked at the screen lazily only to find out that Cillian was calling. You picked up and brought the device closer to your ear.

“Hey”, you greeted him. 

“How is my birthday girl? How was your day?” His voice caused a wave of warmth to spread through your chest. 

“Fine”, you told him weakly, which he noticed.

“Are you alright, Y/N?” 

You sighed, trying to keep the tears at bay. “Yes, it’s been a tough week, that’s all. And today wasn’t much better.” 

He seemed to think for a few seconds in which he remained silent. When he talked again, his voice was softer. “Do you want to talk about it?” 

Shooking your head, you let out a sight. “No, I don’t feel like talking about it. Thank you though, Cillian.”

He hummed in response, understanding that you weren’t in a good mood. In an attempt to lighten up your spirits, Cillian started talking about his week, the conferences he took part of, he told you of the interesting ones thinking that you would have enjoyed them and the boring ones too. He even managed to make you laugh a couple times, although you didn’t respond with anything other than monosyllables. 

“...and then I felt something on my shoulder and when I looked down I saw this old lady, one of the lecturers, and she was fast asleep leaning on my shoulder!” Cillian laughed at the other side of the line and you smiled.

“You are comfortable to sleep on, Cillian. Don’t try to deny it”, you joked. He huffed, amused.

“The poor lady was snoring, Y/N.” 

“I feel kind of bad for her, that must have been a bit embarrassing.”

“Absolutely”, he agreed. “By the way, Y/N, I know you don’t want to talk about it right now but let me tell you that if you need to talk to someone about whatever, just know that you can call me. It doesn’t matter the time or where I am, just call me. Alright?” 

Cillian’s sudden words left you speechless. A knot was starting to form in your throat. “Alright, Cill. Thanks.” 

“Don’t thank me, Y/N. I love you, I’m here for everything you need, remember that. I’m going to bed, my train leaves early tomorrow morning. Sleep well, darling.”

“Good night, Cillian”.

I love you. I love you. I love you. 

After hanging up, you realised that you were crying. Something as simple as a phone call had made you feel loved. More than ever during that week you wished that Cillian was there with you. 

-

The next morning you woke up with more energy than the previous days so you decided to bake something. After looking for an easy recipe, you decided to make chocolate chip cookies. Everything was going as planned, the cookies were in the oven and the dishes were draining after being washed. All that was left was waiting.

The doorbell rang, giving you a micro scare. A minute later you heard knocking on your door. 

When you opened it, the first thing you noticed were a pair of blue eyes crinkled at the corners the moment you appeared in front of him. Cillian was standing at your door, wearing the fluffiest sweater that you had ever seen. You let out a small scream of joy and wrapped your arms around his neck, burying your face in the soft fabric of his sweater.  

He wrapped his arms around your waist and lifted you up, hugging your body tightly. The two of you stayed like that for a few minutes, hugging in silence. 

“I wasn’t expecting you, Cill”, you finally said smiling widely, with your cheeks slightly blushed. 

“I told you my train left early, I can leave if you don’t want me here”, he said, erasing the smile from your face. 

You frowned and grabbed his wrist, pulling him inside your home and closing the door. 

“No!” You complained. “I didn’t mean that. I was just surprised to see you”, you started rumbling, making him laugh quietly. 

He reached and caressed your hair. “I know, Y/N. I’m just messing with you.” 

You let out a puff and sat next to him on the couch, legs crossed. Cillian put a large hand on your knee and gave it a squeeze. “Close your eyes”.

“Why?” 

He gave you a look that said do as I say. “It’s a surprise, eyes closed now.”

Sighing, you obeyed. With your eyes closed you sensed his weight leaving the couch and positioning behind your back. You opened your eyes when something cold touched the base of your throat, a small ornament hung from a thin gold chain. You held it between your fingers delicately, it was beautiful. 

You looked at Cillian, who was staring at you expectantly, crouching at the side of the couch to be at your height. 

“So? What do you think?”

“Is really pretty”, you whispered, biting your lip. 

“I have one too,” he confessed, showing you the matching chain. “I saw them in an antique store and thought of you.”

“Thanks, I love it.” 

It really meant a lot to you, the fact that he thought of you while he was away. Even the way he was looking at you at the moment, with a glint of adoration, made your heart ache. You felt your eyes beginning to fill with tears, so you throwed yourself towards him and embraced his shoulders while inhaling his scent. 

Cillian grabbed the sides of your face, caressing your cheeks with his thumbs before kissing you. When your lips parted, he whispered against your mouth. 

“Happy birthday, Y/N”.

[zafirankosi]

WHEN: June 12, 2023 WHERE: Choose Your Own Train Station  WHO: @walledupward​

There it was, done. The last of her exams sat, her second year of university come to a close. Of course, Zafira wasn’t the kind of girl who would sit around all summer and wait for fall, she had as many courses lined up for the three months to come as she could (not enough). Three years already felt like too many to spend getting only two degrees, she’d feel better about it if she could finish in two and a half, but the professors weren’t as eager to work as she was. 

Point being, she suddenly had more time than she was used to having, and she intended to fill it. It was her first day off in months. No class, restaurant closed for repairs to the stovetop, soccer practice canceled. 

Zafira checked her reflection quickly in the tiny square mirror above the bathroom sink and, satisfied, set out to take the long train route around the island and to the mines, flyers tight under her arms that detailed the environmental dangers of ethereum mining. 

The first stop was Lower St. Vlad’s. She hopped out of the train car and onto the platform. “Do you have a second to talk about---” she must have asked a dozen people. Zafira felt little discouragement when she went ignored. This wasn’t her first rodeo. If no one would listen to her here, she could always ride to the next. 

“Did you know 45% of the chemical byproduct from burning off ethereum is dumped into the ocean at Port Grave?” she offered, along with a flyer. When they invented a less wasteful way to spread information in person she’d use it. “Don’t take it if you don’t actually want it,” she warned. 

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Manitoba is scrapping plans to abandon Grade 12 provincial tests in mathematics and language arts.

Instead of replacing the tests with a new Grade 10 assessment, as originally planned, Manitoba will complement the new provincial evaluation at Grade 10 by reinstating Grade 12 provincial tests beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

The province told education stakeholders of the change earlier this week in a letter.

The Grade 12 exams will "gauge the impact" of the Grade 10 assessment and help teachers assess where students need help to improve before they graduate, the letter said.

"We're going to see what type of improvement has happened," education minister Wayne Ewasko said.

Exams first cut by pandemic

Manitoba hasn't offered the provincewide Grade 12 tests since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic raised concerns a mix of in-class and remote learning prevented students from having equal access to instruction, the province said at the time. Many other jurisdictions cancelled exams for the same reasons. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[silverislander]

so after the prof cancelling like 8 classes in old english, losing quizzes and assignments and grades, never making expectations clear, barely explaining what he was teaching, etc, we didn't complete all of the things on the syllabus and i don't think i can. calculate my grade going into the exam?

there's supposed to have been 9 quizzes with the lowest mark of that 9 dropped; at my best count there was 6 and i have no idea if we can still expect that lowest drop

there was supposed to be two tests and no exam, but i suppose the exam is the second test bc having an exam was his plan from the start and the dept wouldn't allow it so he's doing it via loophole + we did do one test already

we completed 2 translations as expected but i won't have the second one returned before the final exam is due, so no idea how i did on that since i felt ok abt the first one and only got a 50

i also don't have my essay back, which was like 20% and the only thing i've felt confident abt all semester

multiple quizzes and assignments were returned with random numbers on them with no indication of what they were out of (i was given a quiz back with "12" written on the top? 12 out of what? 12%?)

can't find half of the quizzes- i don't think i even have them. i have 1, 3 and 6. we were emailed some of the marks, so they might be in my inbox somewhere? but i don't have the physical quizzes and can't use them to review or like. learn from them

also the prof is out of province rn i think. this is the third time this semester. so i can't meet w him to check up on this

like i need a 65 average in every course to stay in honours, if this course fucked it all up for me i'll lose it i really will. i THINK i'm over that but i have no fucking clue. and not to catastrophize but if i don't get a 65 i can't do my essay next semester and everything is completely set up for me to go do that already, and ofc then i won't graduate in spring and won't get the degree i worked my ass off and paid a fucking exorbitant amt of money for that i am almost finished. i hate this fucking school man

[lydiaisapunkrocker]

9/12/2023

Today was kind of a lazy day for me. My first lecture got canceled, so while waiting for my next class I studied outside for a little bit. I got to read a little more of my book. After all my classes were done for the day I took a very long, very needed nap. I'm going to prepare for my bio exam next week and then go practice my music for band!!

currently reading: On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

currently listening to: Greentree by overtheweather

[kpophubb]

OMG ARE YOU KIDDING?!?? MATH AND SCIENCE? sweetie you are so hardworking and smart- I COULD NEVER😭 i loved science but i will not take them as only your grade is required, not a final! don’t have science I mean I’m gonna be honest idk how it works in your country? but here we have to take compulsory finals from literature and grammar, history (that’s my second A level), and math (these are from all 12 years of studies+the language one aswell). There’s also one final of a chosen language (I did my English A level back in october) and one freely chosen (My subject needs a long ass essay as a final work). So yeah I took math aswell on an A level course like history, tho i will only take an A level that doesn’t count that much bc it’s a plus thingy

Huh this is so long, sorry😅so this is how it works for me, 5 finals in order to apply for uni:)

- wjj, love and hugs<3

Ahaha I’m NOT smart 💀 it was pure luck & efforts tbh and do you know WHAT uni I applied to? Med uni hahaha </3

Let me tell you why I call it traumatising 🥲 all my classes started in 2021 and ofc due to the covid, they were ALL ONLINE. All institutions including school and tution centres were off in our entire country, and I’m really not someone who gets anything in online classes. I can’t understand stuff, and my attendance was next to 0. (0.5% to be exact) generally, we all assumed exams would be cancelled that year due to our country’s condition but all of a sudden, it was announced exams WOULD BE PHYSICAL?! I had no idea what the syllabus WAS too😭 and I had FOUR SUBJECTS ALL MATH & SCIENCE and in 4 months with no knowledge and no prior studying, I made it work with HELL LOT OF EFFORTS.✋🏻

and that too all the time knowing I have no time and my life depends on this exam LITERALLY, bc I’d get into uni getting these grades and let me tell you..my uni lowest acceptance grade is a B IN A LEVELS, AND I HOPE YOU KNOW WHAT A B GRADE IN A LEVEL SCIENCE MEANS😭💔 I won’t elaborate, I was in PURE HELL those 4 months, praying to god every second to MAGICALLY MAKE IT WORK.

But well, like I said, I did it and you can do it bc hard work never goes to waste my love 💖 in the end I passed with B grades in my required subjects (yea minimum results bc I don’t have very smart learning skills and have 0 talent when it comes to academics) and got the most refreshing 8 month vacation! 🥺💕 now, I’m gonna be an international student and will move out in 6 days so yaay! I’m sure you will ace all hurdles that come your way too my sweetie!! <3

And yeah it smh works in our country like that too,,maybe? Bc we don’t have any compulsory subjects or subject limit tbh..2 is min and max is 4/5. And we too; can take parts in giving exam and choose to give some subjects first then the other. Whatever it is, even if people give me a million dollars I’m never redoing A levels ever again. 🏳️

It doesn’t matter if it’s long, I talk A LOT anyway, it was so nice talking to you and I can’t wait to interact more! Take care, mwuah😘🫶🏻

[inkofamethyst]

December 6, 2022

[11p yesterday] I only need to memorize 7 lectures of ~18 slides each.  Last fall I had 8 lectures of ~40 slides each to get through.  Plus one of my morning classes has been cancelled.  I’ll be fine.  I’ve got this.  I only need a 91 to keep an A I think.  Doable.  And at this point, grades will only impact my latin honors eligibility which really isn’t that big of a deal if I get a higher degree.

[12a] MY ABSTRACT WAS ACCEPTED WOO!!  Time to update the CV :)  This officially means that this Spring I’ll either get to see in-person representatives from the schools that reject me, representatives from the schools I reject, or both (preferably just the second one, but I’m being selfish (and deliriously hopeful))!  Aaaaa I can’t wait to go the conference again!  And this time I’ll know more people, and I’ll have a research buddy there (who I’d known for quite a long time before I joined the research group and she’s actually doing really impressive work).

[12:30p] I CAN SKIP MY EVOLUTION FINAL!!  Hour and a half until my development midterm which will determine whether I have to take that final.  I’m feeling... I’ll be better prepared in an hour, I’m sure... I think.  I hope.

[5p] I need a 91% on today’s exam to definitively get out of the final.  Possible, but I know I’ve cut it close.  Real close.  There were at least three questions that I got wrong for sure, possibly (likely) more.  It was one of those exams where I sorta kinda was learning while taking the test?  Like, I didn’t study the eye diagram because I thought other diagrams would show up, but I did know the order of induction in the eye, so I could work out what was what based on what did what.  The lens had to be between the cornea and retina for it to induce both, for example.  Anyway, like, okay.  If I have an A- after this exam, I’ll have to decide whether it’ll actually be worth it to take the final at all because the final is comprehensive and two hours long and relatively early in the morning and closed-book and I’d have to get a 91 on it anyway to even make it worth my time.  I do really want an A in this class (even if my work ethic has been a little lackluster).  Results will be in on Thursday.  That’s only two days.  Two long days.

Today I’m thankful for all the good news.  I’m going to rest tonight and work tomorrow because I’m, you guessed it, ~tired~.  Early bedtime and no napping, I promise.

[lainternet99]

ENTRY #30

Oh wow, 30 entries! What a milestone! I'm very happy to have now posted this much and I hope I get to continue. :3

My day today was very nice, just like every other day. Due to my hebrew class being cancelled, I got to sleep more and had more time for myself. I woke up, cooked the Buldak ramen I had bought a few days ago (it was cream carbonara-flavored; my favorite... and the only one whose spice level I can tolerate), and began to dress up. Baggy shirt, A-line skirt, tights, and a pair of sneakers. I looked good, I can't even lie! I got on the bus near my house and waited a bit until it was time for me to board the city bus.

I made it an hour early to my german class (it starts at 1 P.M and I arrived to school at around 12:06 P.M), so I took the oppurtunity to work on my french assignment. I finished the writing part, but it turns out I have to include a plan and a partial conclusion, so I'll do that later tonight. The teacher gave us until next Tuesday, thankfully! But anyways, once german started, we embarked on akkusativ und nominativ artikel (making use of my minor deutsch skills here, forgive me). She also told us that there is an upcoming oral exam next week and that half of the class will do it at that time and the other half will do it later on. I'm part of the first half and so is my friend, so... guess who has an oral exam next week! The teacher gave us questions to help us prepare ourselves and she expects us to be ready. As she should.

Then came french class. Like I said, she pushed our assignment for next Tuesday, so I have time to work on it still, but she also told us that our mid-term exam is next week. She told us to bring these: dictionary of any kind (I'll bring two: a monolingual and a bilingual), a Bescherell (dictionary but for verbs) and any grammatical tool that is permitted. There is a dictionary that deals with prepositions and I just KNOW that I need it, but I don't have it... I wonder if I should buy it or not. I know that I'm not permitted any sort of electronic device. From what I understood, the exam is 300 words regarding the Lettre 81 from Les Liasons Dangereuses. She'll pick a section for us to dissect. She wants us to do a plan and all that. I'm not one to do a writing plan or a draft, but since it's required and it counts, I have to do it. Honestly I could do it at school tomorrow; I finish at 2 P.M and I know that I won't work at all if I go home immediately after class.

I made a new friend at the metro! I saw her outfit and she looked really cute, so I typed in my notes app and showed to her "ur really pretty :D" to which she mouthed to me "you more" and I thanked her. She then asked me if I attended the college, to which I said yes, and we began to chitchat from there. We had to split up after a few metro stops since she takes the train and I the bus to get home, but I got her Instagram, so I'll definetly talk to her there. I hope I get the chance to deepen my connection with her. She looks like a good girl. She said I give the vibes of Emily the Strange and vampires. You have no idea how happy I was when I heard her say that. I love, love, LOVEEEEEE anything that is spooky or goth-related, like vampires. A good example? When I straighten my hair, I'm sometimes compared to the 90s Morticia Addams. Bonus points if I'm wearing a black top and black skirt.

RATE OF THE DAY: 10/10

—— lainternet99

[lforlavender]

Part II Exam

Alhamdulillah, i’ve passed my part II Mpath Exam...hoorayyy!

The most stressful and djosiyfdqwhd47663 situations i ever been

Where do i begin?? Hmmmmmm....

Our exam was on 8th may till 17th may 2023.

Raya was on 23.4.2023. About 2 weeks before exam.

Man came to kelantan and we spent time for 2 days before going back to Tgg for Raya. So basically he followed me to Uni and stay at the library with me.

Went back to Tgg on Friday morning and raya was on saturday. On sunday, we went back to kelantan. Ita got engaged on raya day 3 (monday). Spent two days in Kelantan before went back to Perak. We went back to Perak on Wednesday. I bring along 3 luggages with me. I luggage for books, 2 for clothes. Stay at Mak’s house till saturday.  Argh....so stressful. I even end up with nervous breakdown and cried that night. Next morning, Man bawak jalan2 naik motor, pusing his kampung.

Then followed Man to KL because he had class over the weekend. We checked in @ Sunway Putra Hotel. But then his lecturer cancelled the class. Went back to ipoh on Sunday. From monday till wednesday, study hard T_T. Then on Thursday, Man sent me off to Conezion Putrajaya. I stayed there for about 2/52.

Stayed with Vasu. We had 3 days before the exam begins. 

day 1: Theory I - need to answer 5 essays

day 2: Theory 2 - need to answer 5 essays

day 3: Morphology - 9 stations

day4: Ospe coag & misc

day 5: Ospe BB

Break for 3 days

- Ita came and slept @ conezion.

-Went out to ioi mall with ita on saturday. Did some shopping.

-On Monday Man came to visit me. He had class @ KL.

day 6 (Tue): Clinical exam - got case of PNH, MM.

day 7 (wed): Viva

----end of exam-----

i did really bad for morpho. In fact, i confidently said that i failed the exam.

Then went out again with nita on wednesday. Went to Sukiya. Ita slept @ conezion.

Man came to fetch me on Thursday. After checked out, we went to Jea’s house to pick up my cakes. So delicious. Then drop off nita @ Putrajaya and straight away go to PD. But i couldn't really enjoy the moments because of the exam..argghhhhhh.

Then went back to KL on friday because Man had class on Saturday. I bought my airline ticked for saturday evening,but decided i want follow Man back to Ipoh and went back to Kelantan via bus from Ipoh.

On friday, went back to KL. We stay at Ibis Hotel. Had buffet for dinner and breakfast. Still not in the mood because of the exam,,,agghhhhh.

Checkout on Sunday. Parked our car at kl sentral. Took LRT to Man’s class. Then i went back alone. Drop at KLCC. Spent some time alone. Go to aquaria alone. Not really enjoy the moments because of the exam, arghhhhh...

Man finished class around 5.30 pm. He dropped at KLCC. Then, went back to KL sentral. Had my dinner at Nu sentral (Dobuyo). Later that night, went back to Ipoh. I’m so tired...mentally tired. Arrived home around 12 midnight. I was my birthday..yayyyy.

21 May 2023 (sunday) :

After subuh, i slept again till 10am+. Then Man cooked Nasi goreng for breakfast, yummmy. But i had no appetite. Tomorrow result out. That evening, went out with Man. Man bawak pusing2 Ipoh.

Bus to Kelantan 1045pm that night. Mentally tired.

22 may 2023 (monday):

I’m so so tired. When lecturer said i passed....i cried like crazy in front of them. unbelievable

24 may (wednesday): decided to go back to hometown. And plan to go to kapas island with family.

On Thursday went back to TGG. Before that, take my result from siswazah office.

On Friday, went to Kapas Island. Overnight there. So much fun.

On Sunday drove back to Kelantan.

Monday and Tuesday (which is today,,,hehe), just stay in my room. Today went to coffee with Vasu @ Superdough B.

Tomorrow we had makan2 for our lecturers and staffs. But most of the lecturers are not available. Its school holiday.

and now..here i am...writing this note...

fiuhhhhhhh

[gauravp01]

Fri/Sat, 7/8 Apr 2023; 12:15 am

It's weekend time now, but already having backlog... Two days of the week were gone in college related works, three days on starting the week from Sunday. But I prefer to start the week from Monday, so two days. Monday and Tuesday. That's why I am lagging behind two classes, and have to finish them by this Sunday.

Will go for it.

Now I have started weekly planning in advance. Will see if I could complete the tasks till next Sunday. This time I have planned two weeks in advance bcz of the exams which were supposed to be held this week, but are now cancelled...

It's kumaun University and I don't remember if the exam date sheet is released a single time in these 8 years.

Now waiting for a new datesheet, and then an external practical exam, or the Final Teaching to be precise.

Also looking after a few more works these days. Nothing, but to utilise the free time or the time I spend on mobile phone or tv, I want to divert it to some positive direction... Will reveal everything if it gets successful... 

Now it's too late already. Planning to stay at home tomorrow and to complete the backlog this weekend...

Good Night 🌃

[soumika]

WEST BENGAL SCHOOL JOB SCAM

The School Selection Commission (SSC) scam in West Bengal came to national limelight after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) unearthed Rs 21 crore 90 lakh in hard cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence. Arpita Mukherjee is believed to be a close confidante of Partha Chatterjee,a trusted lieutenant of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a former state education minister and the current minister of commerce and industries. He is under arrest, as is Mukherjee. The matter is being probed by ED as well as the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI).

After the formation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state in 2011, a serious breach in protocol was noticed in the Regional Level Selection Test (RLST) of 2012 -- a teacher recruitment process, when ranks, according to the combined merit panel, were jumped and lower ranked candidates were recruited as teachers. Many candidates who were at the receiving end of the selection board's “irregularity” knocked on the doors of the court. As of now, related litigations are still pending in Supreme Court.

In the upper primary section, during the start of the recruitment process, many cases were filed alleging that non-trained candidates got a preference for jobs and many out-of-turn candidates were given appointments. On December 11, 2019, the Calcutta High Court, in view of the malpractices, ordered cancellation of the merit list and a halt to the recruitment process.

However, after the recruitment process restarted in 2016, things did not change as various lowly placed candidates were placed on the merit list and were recruited anyway.

The non-teaching staff recruitment panel started the process of filling up forms from August 10 to 31, 2016. On May 4, 2019, the SSC intimated the candidates that the recruitment process was over. Interestingly, after this announcement was made, hundreds of off-panel candidates were hired. At first 25, then 542 people’s salaries were terminated by the Calcutta HC after it found large-scale irregularities in the recruitment process.The last SSC teachers’ recruitment -- SLST for classes 9 and 10 -- was held on November 27, 2016 and the SLST for classes 11 and 12,  was held on December 4, 2016. The Upper Primary Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) exam was last held on August 16, 2015. However, since then, the teacher recruitment process for upper primary school has been stopped in the state.

It was alleged that during the entire recruitment process, a section of the would-be teachers used to pay hefty sums to the TMC leadership, which used to be channelised to Partha Chatterjee, the then Education Minister.

The Calcutta High Court constituted a Committee that got wide evidence of irregularities and ordered removal of both Ganguly and Manik Bhattacharya from the post of the Chairman of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Primary Teaching Council, respectively.It is alleged that during the pandemic-induced lockdown, when everything came to a standstill, several candidates gave ‘cut money’, which was channelised to then education minister Partha Chatterjee, and they were recruited illegally. 

In many cases, the academic scores of the undeserving candidates allegedly in lieu of money were hiked by the SSC authority. At the same time, many deserving candidates, who got more than the cut-off marks, were rejected ostensibly because the online submission of their documents was rejected.

West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, who is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Director (ED) in connection with the recruitment of teachers and staff in government-aided schools, can find himself in more trouble with the central agency claiming to find his involvement in alleged irregularities in appointment of teachers through Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) in 2014. The Calcutta High Court had ordered a CBI probe into the 2014 Primary Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and dismissed 269 people who were recruited through the test. Chatterjee was then the state education minister. The seizure list of recoveries from Chatterjee’s house in Naktala indicates his involvement in the TET corruption too, said an ED official Meanwhile, Chatterjee’s official car, used by him for over 15 years, was deposited in the state Assembly. Chatterjee, also secretary general of the ruling Trinamool Congress, was allotted the car and a driver by the Assembly as the Leader of the Opposition in 2006.Proceeds worth over Rs 100 crore generated from the West Bengal SSC teachers' recruitment scam belong to Bengal's former education minister Partha Chatterjee, confirmed the adjudicating authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act at a special PMLA court in New Delhi on Wednesday.The adjudicating authority of the PMLA confirmed the findings of the Enforcement Directorate which found that the proceeds of crime around Rs 100 crore belong to Partha Chatterjee.The unaccounted money was found five days after the agency seized more than Rs 21 crore in cash, besides jewellery and foreign exchange from another flat of Arpita Mukherjee girlfried of ex education minister Partha chattargee, who was also arrested on July 23.The CBI, as directed by the Calcutta High Court, is looking into the alleged irregularities committed in the recruitment of Group-C and D staff as well as teachers in government-sponsored and aided schools on recommendations of the West Bengal School Service Commission. The ED is tracking the money trail in the scam. Subsequently, the central agency informed the court that they had found manipulation in the OMR sheets of 3,481 group C candidates, 2,823 group D candidates, 952 class IX-X assistant teacher candidates and 907 class XI-XII assistant teacher candidates. This included empanelled and waitlisted candidates and those who were neither empanelled nor waitlisted.

Justice Gangopadhyay had in a September 2022 order called upon appointed persons involved in illegal means to voluntarily resign to avoid stricter punishment.“Those persons know it very well that they have got service as a result of illegality and corruption… This court will expect that these persons will resign by 9th November, 2022 and if they do resign their matter will come to an end… This is an opportunity which is being given to those candidates who have got appointments illegally and those who will think rightly and resign will be treated as persons who are regretful for their acts but the persons who would not resign will be treated by this court very strictly,” Justice Gangopadhyay had written.

The court has ordered fresh counselling for recruitment in the vacant positions. While those in the waitlist will be called for such counselling, the waitlisted candidates whose OMR sheets have been found to be manipulated are not eligible.

[captainmdhridoyhossain-blog]

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