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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I am burnt out from tutoring chemistry, physics, math, biology and all the conceptual deficiencies of students that prevent them from understanding those things. There are only so many times that I end up having to essentially teach 10 years of math to catch up a student enough to survive the class theyre in before it takes its toll. And you do not want to know how many med students I have encountered that did not understand how to make solutions or calculate the rate medication should be given to not kill patients.

I have tutored upward of 10,000 students this last year alone by my estimate. I need to take a break.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How do you tutor 27 students a day on average?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Discord. Most of the tutoring doesnt take hours to fix. And because I tutor for free, I am not contractually obligated to waste a given amount of time if it turns out not to be necessary.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well I can't fucking sleep for like 8 different reasons so I'm pretty fucking miserable. How're you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

For once I had a good night of sleep, so quite good. Usually I also have sleeping issues, so I know how you feel, it sucks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'm so tired and have only been able to get like an hour or hour and half of sleep before I wake up and can't get back to sleep. 😫

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I quit Facebook this morning. That felt good. It turned my push notifications back on yesterday and also refused to remove a post by a white supremacist with a link to a podcast extolling the virtues of Hitler, so I'm done.

I've taken up reading a lot of poetry again and I'm on holidays this week, just staycation but at least I don't have to go into work, I can hang out with my dogs and watch the new season of This Fool, which is absolutely excellent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Have to work 10 hours today but business is usually pretty dead on Thursdays and I just got Borderlands 3 on the ol' Switch last night so it should be an okay day 😌

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Couldn't sleep well yesterday because of some stupid things haunted in my mind.

But other than that, all good! Completed a task with unit tests, and moving to the next one! My sick colleague is back, he seems fine now!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought it wasn't going to go swimming, I wasn't really feeling energetic. But I went anyway. Super slow. No energy. But I finished my 1km. And now everything aches, the arms ache, the legs ache, the back aches. I think tomorrow I'll just do a recuperation day and no exercise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Congrats on exercising even though you didn't feel like it!

Imo that's a very good way to get used to doing it, and in turn a way to get in shape (or whatever your goal is). Keep on keeping on!