Talk about things you hate without judgement.

@Becfromthedead

November 16, 2020

I hate how COLD it is in my office building.
When I work from home, I can at least hide in blankets. But I have on long pants, boots, and a blazer, and I'm still freezing.

People that can't do basic algebra? Like bitch tf you doing sitting in class, looking at everyone's explanations for this VERY SIMPLE THING YOU LEARN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and still not knowing how to undo fucking pemdas
Homeschooled people excluded because they're not actually being taught. But still, if people keep explaining it to you and it's two very simple calculations to get the answer, you don't have an excuse to not be able to do it

@The-N-U-T-Cracker

November 17, 2020

nah lots of homeschoolers are getting properly taught, i'm just really bad rep
i honestly don't even know what algebra is

@ccb

November 17, 2020

taking criticism is hard, it's a learning curve, i understand that. i really do. but it's also part of any creative writing class, we have to workshop, it comes with the territory. and this kid in my playwriting class wrote a play that dealt with sensitive topics (suicide, mental illness, chronic illness, etc) in a way that most of us felt was misinformed and careless. we told him this respectfully and politely, y'know, as ya do in a workshop-based creative writing class. and his next play. the one that we table-read today. was an snl-cold-open-style sketch where trump and biden were debating whether his last play was good or not and like clowning everyone in the class for "not wanting to deal with the issues."

if this debate sketch script was funny, i could maybe get behind it, but it wasn't, and it was kind of bound not to be because what a hack overused concept
my one-act is entirely about a character coping with mental illness and a friend's suicide. we workshopped my first draft last week and the class loved it. because it was good and because i dealt with the subject responsibly. it's not that we don't want to "deal with the issues," it's that you weren't dealing with the issues king, you were using them for shock value
have fun taking the L on your grade for this one because you wanted to toss a weak gotcha to your class that was just trying to do its job and help you improve your writing

i get it, i've been a writing major for over 2 years now, i know it's hard to put something out there and have it receive negative feedback. i get being kind of sad and disappointed when that happens. but why are you taking this class if you aren't at least willing to try and accept critique gracefully??

@HighPockets

November 17, 2020

Ugh, I've dealt with people like that before and it's the worst.

@HighPockets

November 17, 2020

You can't just toss in sensitive issues for shock value, a darker tone, edginess, etc., you need to actually deal with them and do so in a respectful way or not at all.

@ccb

November 17, 2020

exactly!!! lend these subjects the weight they deserve, and if you refuse to, don't act shocked when people find your work insensitive!!

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