Dima's NonFic Writing blog

Anyone who’s heard me outside the classroom will know that I’m a pretty big curser. I wouldn’t say I’m ever excessive or awkwardly interjecting expletives but it’s certainly a noticeable part of my vocabulary. Then again, that’s what most people would say anyway isn't it? Like all of y’all I was starting to get onto the internet right at the tail end of what I would call “The Wild Web-st” era. Sites like YouTube were far more lax in their regulation of what sort of content they wouldn’t allow, for most sites it was usually just no nudity, no copyright infringement, etc.. However, unlike some of you I’m what I would call a 1.5 generation immigrant, I came to this country instead of being born in it, but I was also like 18 months old so it doesn’t really count as first generation in my opinion. One problem this created was when, say, a 6 year old got onto a site like YouTube, and heard a word, then started saying it, the parent wouldn’t know that anything bad was actually being said....

     Due dates at a specific time that isn’t 11:59 that day is definitely something I could live without. I’ve always heard the argument from teachers that a later due date incentivizes students to stay up later. I don’t know if this is true for others, but a blog post being due two hours earlier isn’t going to be the thing that stops me from going to bed really late.       Sure maybe for some super-mega procrastinators who really just can’t control themselves, a due date at 10 PM might be the extra bit of stress needed to get themselves motivated to write an essay before they normally go to sleep. But for me, the optimal human on this planet, I’ve already basically decided when I’m going to go to bed. I decide how much of my sanity the next day I am willing to sacrifice to get those precious extra hours of free time. I will not be disclosing that time, but it hasn’t changed in something going on 4 years minimum depending on how you count, so if you re...