Ask SillyPup Anything~

[TheSillyPuppy]

Jumping onto the bandwagon since I've been more active on the forums as of late and I never formally introduced myself when I first joined. Feel free to ask me whatever you're interested in learning about me. :3

 

[Toska]

Were you born in Canada?

Do you have any pets?

What's your favorite food?

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

1. I wasn't born in Canada, but my parents immigrated here when I was just a baby. Hence I identify with being Canadian first and foremost.

2. No pets at the moment (parents won't agree to having one), but I'm looking forward to having a cat and possibly getting a kitten once my S/O and I get engaged and move in together. When I retire and hopefully have some spare money, I'd love to foster dogs and/or cats, too. :3

3. I absolutely love food and enjoy trying out new things! At the end of the day, I definitely enjoy eating homecooked food the most -- it helps that my mum is a fantastic cook. Her braised beef, mince meat mushrooms rice/noodles, and Thai-style curry are some of many standouts. Being able to eat good food is one of the greatest blessings in my life.

 

[rianne]

Are you an actual puppy yes or yes?

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Haha, sadly I am not; I'd be a heckin' smart pupper if I was though, I think. According to my friends (mostly my S/O), I have puppy-like tendencies (e.g. occasionally lacking fine motor control even though I'm supposedly a grown up now, act whiny sometimes). XD

 

[Katzenjammer]

What are you studying in college/university?

 

[Aurita]

Hi!! Do you have a favorite dog breed?

 

[Clock]

Favorite subject?

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

What are you studying in college/university?

I studied chemical engineering in university. Protip to anyone who enjoyed chemistry the most out of the three sciences in high school -- do not let this be the sole reason why you pursue this subject. I made that mistake. XD

Hi!! Do you have a favorite dog breed?

For a first dog, I'm 99% certain that I would get a Golden Retriever. I also love Corgis, Shiba Inus, and Samoyeds, but I believe those breeds can be more of a handful to train.

Favorite subject?

In high school, this was basically everything except for physics! In university, I didn't enjoy the majority of my core classes. XD My last semester was my favourite because it was essentially all electives -- I particularly enjoyed food process engineering and computational social science.

 

[Toska]

What's something you miss from middle school? (Or any previous schools you've gone to)

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

What's something you miss from middle school? (Or any previous schools you've gone to)

Being in choir, having instructors who cared about teaching, and generally knowing more folks around the school. Let me elaborate on the latter two points, based on my experience of having recently graduated from university.

In uni, it seems like some professors cared more about their research than teaching their assigned classes properly. This may sound idealistic, but I wish there were two "streams" in academia -- research-based and teaching-based. There are certainly professors who genuinely want the best for their students' learning, but they are far and few in between, based on my five years of university.

Based on my class schedule and keeping up with course deliverables, it was hard to meet folks outside of the engineering faculty -- sometimes even my own class because we were so busy and class schedules could look so different compared to other faculties and departments.

 

[Toska]

Being in choir, having instructors who cared about teaching, and generally knowing more folks around the school. Let me elaborate on the latter two points, based on my experience of having recently graduated from university.

In uni, it seems like some professors cared more about their research than teaching their assigned classes properly. This may sound idealistic, but I wish there were two "streams" in academia -- research-based and teaching-based. There are certainly professors who genuinely want the best for their students' learning, but they are far and few in between, based on my five years of university.

Based on my class schedule and keeping up with course deliverables, it was hard to meet folks outside of the engineering faculty -- sometimes even my own class because we were so busy and class schedules could look so different compared to other faculties and departments.

Yeah, I get that. Teachers that care for their students over research is something to treasure.
I wish more people could be like that!
As for meeting different people, that makes since too. It seems once you're busy with one thing everything social seems to be cut off. Did you go to university for a certain job? A range of jobs you'd like? Or just to have more knowledge?

 

[TheSillyPuppy]

Yeah, I get that. Teachers that care for their students over research is something to treasure.
I wish more people could be like that!
As for meeting different people, that makes since too. It seems once you're busy with one thing everything social seems to be cut off. Did you go to university for a certain job? A range of jobs you'd like? Or just to have more knowledge?

I definitely approached choosing my university program based on what I felt would give me the most career options down the line. I work in the tech industry now, and I can definitely say the demand for folks in the sciences and maths won't be going away any time soon. However, I won't say that any job or career is completely resistant to layoffs or automation.

This video does a good job of explaining the value of university nowadays -- definitely not the same value as when Baby Boomers went attended university.

In my opinion, besides teaching you more about your program of choice, university teaches you how to learn and manage your time, as well as teaching you more about yourself. For example, after a while, I gave up on trying to have a certain term average/GPA because studying all the time was making me miserable. I started making more of a conscious effort to spend time with friends outside of class. Ironically, my average went up slowly over the course of my program even though I was "putting less time into studying." <: In reality, I was just being smarter with having more limited time to study and getting in time for rest and relaxation.

 

[Toska]

I definitely approached choosing my university program based on what I felt would give me the most career options down the line. I work in the tech industry now, and I can definitely say the demand for folks in the sciences and maths won't be going away any time soon. However, I won't say that any job or career is completely resistant to layoffs or automation.

This video does a good job of explaining the value of university nowadays -- definitely not the same value as when Baby Boomers went attended university.

In my opinion, besides teaching you more about your program of choice, university teaches you how to learn and manage your time, as well as teaching you more about yourself. For example, after a while, I gave up on trying to have a certain term average/GPA because studying all the time was making me miserable. I started making more of a conscious effort to spend time with friends outside of class. Ironically, my average went up slowly over the course of my program even though I was "putting less time into studying." <: In reality, I was just being smarter with having more limited time to study and getting in time for rest and relaxation.

That makes since. Thanks for sharing