u/NovelOk5165

I'm 25 and have noticed since entering my 20s I am a very philosophical and moral person. For example, in 2016, I deleted all social media platforms run by META because of the elections, Brexit, and the bullying created by people on these platforms - haven't and will not be on these platforms again.

In 2020, I switched to a brick phone - writing this on my laptop - because I couldn't stand owning a smartphone when I knew they were a reason why cyberbullying is a thing and why thousands of children loose their lives each year.

Recently, I've been thinking about animals because I have a cat. I couldn't eat my cat, and I'm starting to feel bad about eating other animals. So, I'm thinking about becoming vegan.

But, I have no idea where to start. My family will not be supportive of me turning to veganism as they have a saying which is, "If you turn vegan, we will disown you." We've had vegan friends come to dinner, and their dietary requirements haven't been let

I hope this is allowed.

I am 25 years old and have a non-linear background in academia and my personal life.

For a bit of context, I became a carer for my mum and two older sisters when I was 6 years old. In 2017, I was supposed to be doing my GCSEs but voluntarily left school as my mum suffered a nasty fall that led her bed bound for the remaining 5 years of her life and requiring round-the-clock care, providing 20 hours of care, seven days a week.

My mum died when I was 21, I completed an access course and got into university, and I'm starting my fourth year (Double Honours student) this September.

Personally, I am fed up with seeing the way academics and members of staff are getting treated . I appreciate this is becoming the "normal," but this should never be the case.

I have become unpopular on my degree programme because my classmates are always complaining about our academics and the "fact" they "are bad teachers who should have quit a long time ago".

I know my academics spend hours working on each module, spending hours lesson planning and creating slides, yet they still being treated like sh*t by disrespectful students.

My academics are well aware of this situation with my classmates and I - I'm often telling them when they complain behind the lecturers back that lecturers can't deal with your issue if you don't see them in person, if you address it with them, then they can fix the problem, that's what office hours are for.

My question is: are there anything students can/should do to improve their professional relationships with their academics? Or, is there anything students can do that could take a lot of stress of academics plates?

I feel its important to stress, im neuro-typical but my mum raised me on important values and I'm starting to hate how academics are being treated. I take my hats off to you, this is a job I couldn't do.

Hi,

I'm a 25-year-old mature student who is self-teaching herself A-levels. I'm self-teaching History A with OCR. Wondered if anyone know where I can go to get tutoring?