I really appreciate it! If I can also say, it really came out nicely. A year's worth of watering!

That is actually a beautiful image you just created there. Broken flowers as the mirrors of our lives.

The first couple of beers in a long time.

Is it laziness or lack of confidence that they can do better themselves? A combination, but I think the biggest issue is accountability and that there is no real harsh punishment if you get caught. It

Oh wow, thank you so much for the advice! I will check if I can get some either online or at the shop where I live. Thanks again. For sure, as the weather cooled down a bit (though we are moving into summer

Thank you so much! Having just finished 240 or so papers, I need to mark about 150 more. Not the most fun thing to do in the world.

how many of them spend more time revising what AI writes to mask detection than they would've actually writing their papers I am so frustrated by this. The one assessment I had to mark had a required reading

Okay that is good news! Let us hope the egg shells help. I am looking forward to see how they will grow now.

Oh, I will definitely try this! As I have too many empty containers either way. Thank you so much for this.

Thanks again for the link, will definitely read it this afternoon. For sure, and the sad part is that people in high positions does not want this new way of teaching and assessment (as you noted, one on

I just had this discussion with my father this morning. (He is a professor, also teaching and marking, so we had some interesting discussions.) Thank you so much for the read rec. I will read it this

Thank you so much @ewkaw, as always, I really appreciate it.

For sure, and I would like to make the argument that these detours into strange and unexpected paths are the best! They lead to the most beautiful routes.

That is the way! I need to actually do it. It is funny (and sad) just how much you can accumulate in a short amount of time. And I think that is the actual mental illness.

Oh my, this is so... well true? I mean, I struggle with this on a daily basis. I get frustrated by the clutter, then I try to clean, and like most of my family, I place it in the drawer saying to myself

For sure! Everything is getting so expensive. It is a wonder that more people are not trying to brew their own, or for that matter grow their own food as well. Cape is very expensive, and it is getting

Thank you so much. It really means a lot. Looking back at the journey, it is rather strange how I got here. But I am happy that I am here.

In fact, not yet done marking as I noted in the other comment. But the big one is done. Writing is a slow progress, or so I tell myself! But all progress is progress. Hopefully I still have some brain

Maybe in the future! For now, cheers!

Then you can philosophise!