u/saartemaster

Hello,

J’espère que tout le monde va bien!

Je me demandais s’il y avait moyen de consulter des exemples de bonnes copies pour l’agrégation, histoire de savoir quel est le niveau attendu (je sais qu’il y a quelques indications dans les rapports de jury, mais j’aimerais bien voir un exemple de bonne copie). Est-ce que vous savez s’il est possible?

Merci beaucoup!

First of all, I want to preface by saying that this is by no means an occasion for homophobia or anything of the kind (even if I am sure that this is not that kind of fandom!). Also, I prefer using the term “queer” rather than outright lesbian for Becka as we don’t have a precise indication of her sexual orientation, and I hope that you are not offended by the terminology.

I have just finished binging The Testaments, and once I got over the “that wasn’t in the book” phase I really enjoyed it.

However, there is one difference from the book that bothers me, and it is the fact that Becka was not happy about getting married because she is queer rather than afraid of men as in the book. Being a queer woman myself I really appreciated the inclusion of this theme in THT, but for Becka I think it was a pity that they didn’t explore the question of this kind of education prompting a fear of men.

What do you think?

Seriously guys, I get that you’re stressed out but we are getting to a point where we have at least three variations a day of “am I gonna get rescinded because I got a B?”. You’re not getting rescinded because you got one bad grade, because you skipped school one day or because you forgot to floss. Just please, be reasonable!

Basically, this is my second thesis (we have to do two in my program). The first one was a breeze, I wrote it really easily and I enjoyed the process.

Well, this one… isn’t. I am swamped, and I don’t know what to do or how to solve the issue. I love the topic, I know what I want to write, but I just cannot bring myself to write it. It takes me ages to write, and I am scared I won’t make it.

I still have a month and a week to write three chapters (and half my lit review) and I am getting really scared. I am open to any, literally ANY type of advice, I am desperate.

Thank you so much!

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice about leaving an Airbnb review, and I was hoping that some hosts could help me.

I’m moving out in a couple of days after staying there for a few months, and I’m not sure how honest I should be. The place is already pretty low-rated, and my stay wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t great either and I had to adjust to quite a few things.

Some of the main issues:

1. A few appliances are in pretty bad shape and didn’t feel super safe to use.
2. There are three windows but only one opens, and even that one doesn’t stay open unless you stick something under it.
3. The noise is honestly kind of insane: right now (1 AM) I can hear my neighbors chatting, someone else’s alarm goes off every morning at 6, and I regularly hear the upstairs neighbor having sex like I’m in the room with them (which I think it’s something that people planning to visit the city with children might want to be aware of before booking the place). I’ve been sleeping with earplugs and still wake up multiple times every night for the noise.

On the other hand, the host has actually been helpful and responsive when I needed something, so it won’t be a drastically negative review (meaning that there’ll be some positive at least regarding him). I guess what I’m worried about is retaliation: if I leave a pretty honest/critical review, is there a chance the host gives me a bad review back? And does that actually matter for future bookings?

Would love to hear what people think / their experience with this. Thank you so much!

So, basically I am currently finishing my Master’s and I’ll start my PhD in September 2027. Mine is kind of a unique situation, as I will benefit from a dedicated pathway into a PhD program (in other words, I am 99% sure I’ll get in and I’ll have funding).

I am currently struggling to figure out what I want to do in the year preceding the start of my PhD. I have tons of ideas and I am struggling with the notion of not being productive enough. Here are some ideas:

1. A second research Master’s (I am based in Europe, so that’d be free). The reason why I am not sold on this one is that I am a bit burnt out at the moment, and I am afraid I would be exhausted by the time I’ll start my PhD. On the other hand, it’d be a good move because I could start my PhD project during this Master’s, and basically have four years instead of three.
2. A professional Master’s. I want a way out of academia if things don’t work, so it could possibly be helpful? The thing is, the programs in my city do not correspond 100% to what I want to do, so I am not really sure.
3. Internships. This is possibly my favorite option, as it’d be a nice year out of university and I’d get to do great experiences for which it’s a bit “now or never”. What’s stopping me is that I feel like it’s a pity not to get a diploma when I could be getting one.

It’s stupid ‘cause I think that what I do next year doesn’t really matter, but at the same time I am really stressing out about having to do “the best thing possible”. I have been working myself to the bone, so I definitely have a good CV by now (meaning that I don’t need to use this extra year to make up for something), but I still feel pressured to do the best possible option “on paper”.

Thank you so much for reading all this and for your help!