every dollar prevented from going to cengage or pearson is a win for college students
but their online homework and grading subscriptions that they tie in with textbooks is definitely making it harder, especially the way they pay off schools to push their texts and curriculum on professors in stem fields, it’s awful and puts students in a position where they’re forced to pay for a textbook regardless
The movement isn’t saying that every precolonial society was better than ours in every metric, or that we should roll back the clock a thousand years, all it’s saying is that we should work towards giving back what was lost through the countless genocidal policies and violent colonialism that indigenous people across the world have faced.
Also I will say, at least in North America, which I’m most knowledgeable of, many indigenous societies were absolutely far more egalitarian and democratic than most western democracies, but are painted in a far different light when reading of them from the colonial perspective.
I’ve felt the same way, not only for what you said on the trans experience and atmosphere, but also in a more personal sense where a lot of the time posts like that start making me think critically about how I’m perceived, which is something I try my best to ignore to be able to get through the day lol.
I do get that a lot of us don’t really have any support networks or healthy outlets for our struggles with dysphoria and could really use someone to help ground our anxieties, so I don’t want that to be taken away from those who really need that, but on the other hand this is a pretty closely knit public forum where posts are seen by many people who are less vocal so i’m curious to see how others feel
Not at all, from my experience they teach you how to use the websites and programs needed to complete assignments and nothing more, same went for teachers and faculty who would have no idea how to do things like change inputs on displays, turn on projectors, tell the difference between online and local versions of software, etc
I’d argue that like most leftist ideologies it’s about both the ends and the means to get there, so we shouldn’t ignore the utility of privacy in transactions as we work towards that future, but I do agree with what you said. We should try to use currency only as necessary. It’s unproductive to hold one currency on a pedestal for its qualities, it should only be seen for its immediate practical utility while also weighing negative environmental and political impact
this looks sweet, will probs try this next time i need a new spool, looks way sturdier than the one I’m using currently