Note Taking Day For My Forensic Science Class. I Have 2 Chapters To Read This Week, Plus A Short Answer

It's #biweek. Basically the best week of the year.

I was working with a young kid yesterday who was screaming and struggling while her dad and I tried to wash her hair but in between screams I asked her what kind of soup she would be if a witch cursed the world into becoming Soup World and her utter confusion broke the spell of her fear. She stopped crying and just looked at me and echoed “Soup World????” and we got her hair clean no problem.

My bestie just got the autism diagnosis for her 7 year old son. I think I convinced her not to put him through ABA. She’s already getting a referral for OT. What helpful therapies are there that aren’t abusive or traumatic that I can suggest she look into?

I recently had to do this and it was stressful af!

You think prepping for first dates or job interviews is hard? Try prepping for an appointment with a new primary/GP when you have a chronic illness.

-symptoms (when they started, how long they last, how frequent they are, new symptoms since seeing old doctors, pictures with dates and short explanations)

-tests done already, test results, tests that need to be done regularly

-conditions that have been screened for, conditions that need to be regularly screened for, secondary conditions due to primary condition(s), how different conditions are managed

-an elevator speech practiced so that you can cover everything important in a short amount of time (especially difficult if new doctor hasn’t heard of condition)

Hello everyone,

So I know many of you are still in school, so I’m going to share some tips that I think might help.

• If you can, try to work ahead. That way, you’ll have less stress on you hands.

• Make a to-do list of your school work. That way, you’ll be a bit more organized and not so overwhelmed.

• Don’t be afraid to ask your instructor for help. After all, that’s what they’re for, right?

• If you’d like, you also ask for some extra credit (if your instructor allows it). This will give you extra points and make you grade better.

• If you have issues with studying (like me lol) you can try and find a study group that might help. Like you and your friends can study together. It’s better that studying alone in my opinion.

• If you need accommodations, talk to your instructor about it. Like if you need some extra time on tests, or needing to sit near the front of the class if you can’t see well.

That’s all the tips I can think of at the moment.

This is coming from my own experience in school/college, so some tips may not be as helpful as others. But I hope you all find it helpful in some way.

Tips for School

This week is a little crazy study-wise:

Forensic science - ✅ 1 chapter to read, 2-3 page paper on 1 hr video (✅ watched the video), ✅ midterm

Business communications - create 3 graphs from data sets found last week, read 1 chapter

Gender & society - ✅ read 1 chapter, two part final, posttest

Add to the fact that I’ve been driving my wife to her appts, plus getting an epidural in my neck this week. It’s a bit crazy. But I’m chugging along!

I’m so close to being done with my associates degree. I even registered for graduation two days ago!

The writing process seems counterintuitive to me. It makes more sense to start writing, then edit to make things fit. College teaches you that you should plan and do the opposite, organize first then write.

Is there a writing process that better fits neurodivergent brains? College makes me feel broken sometimes.

Who the fuck needs Tumblr anymore I'm just going to be looking at lamp posts from now on

This is one of the better descriptions of what I see.

I hate having aphantasia. It's total bullshit, give me access to the internal images so I can draw better.

I just read that asking someone how they are is rhetorical; my mind is blown. Is it really rhetorical? I’m so confused.