Here’s a friendly advice if you don’t want people to hate you: When you ask someone for a favor and they say ‘Sorry, but no’, try to accept the refusal and move on, instead of making their lives miserable for not giving you your way. Take it or leave it. That is the advice I …
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‘Nikolas, if you’d like to teach the class, let me know. Otherwise, I’m going to need you to stop interrupting every 5 minutes’: 22-year-old student constantly interrupts his professor’s lectures, complains to the department when she finally calls him out
If you’ve ever taken a humanities class in college, you know That Guy. That Guy could be any person of any gender, but one thing is very clear: they are incredibly annoying. They always think that their opinion is of the utmost importance, chiming in whenever they can about anything that comes to mind. It …
Seguir leyendo ‘Nikolas, if you’d like to teach the class, let me know. Otherwise, I’m going to need you to stop interrupting every 5 minutes’: 22-year-old student constantly interrupts his professor’s lectures, complains to the department when she finally calls him out
16-year-old gives candy to the 3 students who were listening to her in-class presentation, gets harassed for candy by the kids who were on their phones the whole time: ‘The teacher told us we could give out candy’
There’s something so uniquely humiliating about giving a class presentation in high school. If you’re underprepared, you look like an idiot and get a lousy grade. If you’re overprepared, you seem like a high-strung overachiever. You have to strike this perfect balance of being both knowledgeable and unattached to the material, which is incredibly difficult …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old gives candy to the 3 students who were listening to her in-class presentation, gets harassed for candy by the kids who were on their phones the whole time: ‘The teacher told us we could give out candy’
Student Claps Back at Entitled Professor’s Power Move, Goes from Failing Class to Passing With a B: ‘The look on [his] face still makes me chuckle to this day’
College is the time of ramen dinners, endless exams, and paying absurd amounts of money for an education that sometimes feels like a scam. Between paying for overpriced textbooks and trying to keep up with assignments, the last thing anyone needs is an overzealous professor on a power trip. Yet, somehow, they seem to exist …
Seguir leyendo Student Claps Back at Entitled Professor’s Power Move, Goes from Failing Class to Passing With a B: ‘The look on [his] face still makes me chuckle to this day’
8-year-old student with anger issues destroys his 3rd grade classroom, teacher takes rest of the class into the hallway and lets him reek havoc without consequences: ‘Are schools not allowed to punish bad students anymore?’
The rulebook for disciplining kids in the classroom has been thrown out the window. Nobody wants to return to the days of Paddlin’ Peggy Hill for good reasons, but there has to be a compromise between spanking students for misbehavior and just letting it happen without consequence. Even the concept of an afterschool or lunchtime …
Seguir leyendo 8-year-old student with anger issues destroys his 3rd grade classroom, teacher takes rest of the class into the hallway and lets him reek havoc without consequences: ‘Are schools not allowed to punish bad students anymore?’
Professor tells 20-year-old college student not to wear makeup in class, forbids her from reapplying lip balm during the lecture: ‘She told me I’m distracting everyone’
One of the best things about going from high school to college is that your instructors really mind their own business. In high school, there is a nonzero chance that your nefarious male theatre teacher will make you change into pants from the costume closet because you committed the major transgression of wearing leggings to …
Seguir leyendo Professor tells 20-year-old college student not to wear makeup in class, forbids her from reapplying lip balm during the lecture: ‘She told me I’m distracting everyone’
Mom throws small birthday party for 9-year-old son, retaliates when his teacher insists she invite all 32 kids from his class: ‘We might as well have the party at her house’
I really sympathize with the parents of young children when it comes to having to organize their kids’ social lives. Not only do they have to make their child happy, they have to do their best to appease all the other kids and adults involved, too. There can be an awful lot of awkward conversations …
Seguir leyendo Mom throws small birthday party for 9-year-old son, retaliates when his teacher insists she invite all 32 kids from his class: ‘We might as well have the party at her house’
Demanding professor insists student presentations stick to schedule then allows frequent overrunning, faces schooling from student determined to make the grade : ‘We’re sure we have this down to 30 minutes’
While the professors of your college years may not always be as life-defining as the teachers who came before that, they still have a significant impact on your educational experience. Most college graduates can look back and pinpoint that one class they really wish they hadn’t taken, purely because of the teaching experience. For one …
Seguir leyendo Demanding professor insists student presentations stick to schedule then allows frequent overrunning, faces schooling from student determined to make the grade : ‘We’re sure we have this down to 30 minutes’
‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
Rich people love to be covert about how rich they are. Maybe they’re scared to be too braggadocious or offend someone. Maybe they’re trying to be relatable to the common man. Maybe they’re worried that people are going to ask them for money if they know how rich they are. Or maybe they’re afraid to …
Seguir leyendo ‘They’re ‘retired’ but in their 30s’: 20+ Phrases only wealthy people say that make us feel like bumpkins
Woman makes free lunches for down-and-out sister, she complains they’re too ‘bourgeois,’ demand she change them: ‘The lack of appreciation is astounding’
Making lunch for someone is kind of the ultimate act of love. It’s simple, but it’s always appreciated. When I was a kid, my mom would pack me a school lunch, and on the days when she’d leave a note, It would boost my day a hundredfold. It really is the simple things you do …
Seguir leyendo Woman makes free lunches for down-and-out sister, she complains they’re too ‘bourgeois,’ demand she change them: ‘The lack of appreciation is astounding’