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Blaaaaargh, I really, really do not like these "Current Event Journal" assignments for my Social Problems class!

( Assignment instructions under a cut )

I just. That's a badly written assignment, right? We haven't actually gone over how to critique the articles in class, like how to find things to critique, and it sounds like opinion articles would be best suited for this? But the assignment doesn't specify opinion articles, it just says that it has to be about a sociological problem.

I went with the radioactive shrimp for my first Current Event Journal project, and I'm going with the Trump administration's layoff of a lot of the special education workers in the Department of Education for this one, but like. How to critique that. Do I need to be looking for less accurate reporting? How do I communicate how I found out that the information was inaccurate? We haven't even gotten the first one back, so I can't refer to any feedback for more information!

Anyway, it's a headache.

Current Mood: stressed

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Okay, update time. Hmmm...

School continues apace! We're at the half-way point in the term, and so far my grades are looking good in Intro to Human Services and Social Problems. I'm optimistic about my grade in Ceramics, but I don't expect to have a good idea about it until next week; we're doing a critique of our first major project on Monday (already rescheduled twice, blergh), and I expect we'll get our grades on that after.

I've got at least a paragraph for each of my classes, but they get pretty long, so I'm cutting them individually.

( Social Problems )

( Ceramics )

( Intro to Human Services )

That's about it for now. I will continue to plug away!

Current Mood: busy

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Three Pokémon fics for the PokéPod Project, which just went live earlier today! Which means I can finally share them publicly here, as well! 😃

Fandom: Pokémon
Summary: Julian hasn't been working for Hoenn's Safari Zone for long when he first meets a particularly enigmatic Xatu.
Mirrors: This fic on AO3 The podfic version on AO3
Wordcount: 574
Ships: None
Notes: For

pokepodproject
Fic: ( An Eye on the Sky )

Fandom: Pokémon
Summary: Midori had expected that starting a new Pokémon day care would be difficult; they hadn't expected this particular problem, though...
Mirrors: This fic on AO3, The podfic version on AO3
Wordcount: 996
Ships: None
Notes: For

pokepodproject Gen II: Sneasel
Fic: ( An Unlikely Ally )

Fandom: Pokémon
Summary: While stuck in a creative slump, Smeargle helps a Pokémon in need.
Mirrors: This fic on AO3 (no podfic version for this fic yet, but I live in hope!)
Wordcount: About 450
Ships: None
Notes: For

pokepodproject's Rare Candy collection
Fic: ( Collaboration of the Arts )