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Zoom took me hostage (again)
November 25, 2021October 4 10:27 a.m.: Oh fuck. My transcript stopped working two minutes ago and the text is glitched. I feel like I’m seeing Zoom through those drunk goggles they made us wear in seventh grade health class. My boss has been talking for ten minutes straight, but I just cannot deal with Zoom. Did they just say “goodbye!” or “go die!”? 10: 34 a.m.: Neither of us can get out. When their Zoom glitched at the beginning, I started a new meeting, but now I can’t end it. I should have known it was doomed from the start. This is…
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Zoom is distorting your self-image
September 20, 2021As COVID-19 numbers began to rise in March 2020, school, work, and social events suddenly went remote, converging on one app: Zoom. After nearly 18 months of Zoom, some users are beginning to notice an unexpected consequence of using the…
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What will you miss about remote learning?
June 16, 2021building my schedule While there are some aspects of remote learning I don’t like, there are a few perks I will miss. For one, I appreciate the flexibility of online classes and learning from the comfort of my home. It…
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Zoom isn’t angry, just disappointed
May 11, 2021Conspiracy theories greatly endanger contemporary universities. Professors rightly assert rationality’s importance: no labs produced COVID-19 as a bioweapon, no ice walls border Earth's edge, and Zoom definitely understands everything we do. Indeed, Zoom has gained consciousness! ‘Tis no mere conspiracy;…
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SFU’s pandemic promises have not been actualized
March 26, 2021It’s been just over a year since we put campus life on hold and transferred our school lives online. It’s also been just over a year since SFU promised to maintain a certain standard for students, despite this virtual shift.…
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The “Leave Meeting” button: The red forbidden fruit
March 23, 2021English 404W class. Week 2. When I first hath heard of Topics in Medieval Literature, I was told tales of its lethality, and its lethargy, of its length without end. My superiors uttered to me dreaded tales of the horror,…
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The lamentation of a co-op student’s failed speaker gig
March 1, 2021My co-op coordinator invited me to address a group of students on their orientation. I barely had any clue about what to say, only writing some lines a few minutes before the Zoom call. Me (nervous but hiding it very…
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Student has life-altering epiphany in the complete silence of a Zoom breakout group
September 13, 2020Quarantine was in full swing, and due to my own poor choices, my classes were, too. The beginning of online lectures were rough enough with my HBO subscription providing me a 34-minute attention span. Three hour online lectures were the…
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A Zoom love story: How I fell in love within the confines of a 4x5cm box
September 10, 2020Oh how the utter bliss from classes seems to have faded since the transition online! No, I'm not talking about the increased difficulty in communication, nor am I talking about the increased workloads and expectations piled on by my professors…
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Professor shocked that students do not have the textbook mentioned in the syllabus emailed the night before class
September 9, 2020As Dr. Galicken’s PSYC 392 course started this week, he was infuriated to see half of the Zoom call participants turn off their cameras and the other half visibly roll their eyes when he asked them to open the course’s…
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