Marc Pereira

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@RahmaElmahdi @CeTompson I disagree with this mentality. We shouldn’t need to suffer to prove our worth. That creates an academically violent environment that eats away at student’s mental/emotional/physical wellness.

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@LaurieSnackwell @HYPEBEAST Don’t you dare try to stop this. It’s the only good thing 2020 has offered us so far.

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

An amusing example of a less-than-effective mascot. Doesn't quick fit the imposing stereotype we've come to expect #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@KrisGaddy #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

Sometimes it really feels this way though. But since I'm in a class on pop culture.... It's essentially homework, right? #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

Academia should focus less on on the unhealthy choices that students make, and redirect its attention to what causes students to make these choices in the first place #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

The face I make when I'm told how "Sub-par" community colleges are. #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@Stephanie_Asper Agretsuko. Wiped out season 2 in 2 days.
#HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@Stephanie_Asper Well, when the university throws us in the proverbial ocean, we can’t help but to come out a little bit salty #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@celinenpopcult That’s such an excellent point. It really nails just how pervasive that ideology is. #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

Following hashtags like #Academiclife just makes me realize how much we celebrate working ourselves to the point of exhaustion. Why is this a good thing? Why do we applaud this? #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@AnnaMeierPS Yup. It was a really rough introduction into my program. Really sped up the disillusionment process, to say the least.

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@AnnaMeierPS I asked a question in my first graduate course and the professor responded “how is that useful? If no one has any worthwhile questions we’ll be moving on.” I never spoke in that class again.

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

Skepticism drives investigation.
Apathy drives indifference.
Cynicism drives inactivity.
#HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

(Drawing from LoMonte's reading)
By controlling the social media of student athletes universities are disproportionally silencing students of color: https://t.co/bpKmGyWcrp
https://t.co/hQcQhd0PhX
#HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@TheHoneyBeeBee That explains the practices that drive us to overwork ourselves, but why do we celebrate it? Why do we use our exhaustion as a signifier of our worth in academia? The level of mental, emotional, and physical fatigue that's required excludes so many. #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@bitiesita Same!

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

@celinenpopcult @TheHoneyBeeBee I feel that part of moving toward this goal is actively countering point 3: "They offer a promising first step for students seeking bachelor’s degrees" Once we begin celebrating CCs as an achievement, not a stepping-stone, I think we'll see that narrative change #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

https://t.co/NCrhdZk6y9
Many student athletes use sports and athletic scholarships as their access to education. Amid COVID-19, is our entertainment worth their health? #HiEDPopCult

[Marc Pereira @MarcPer79493553]

Accessibility and Inclusion are 2 different things. Can students who use wheelchairs truly feel included, when their only accessibility to get to class is literally hidden behind the trash? Disability inclusion shouldn't be an after thought. (Parlin Hall - UT Austin) #HiEDPopCult