‘I have 8 years of experience, and I’m not finding a job’: Computer programmers complain their degree isn’t the cash cow it once was, giving humanities folks schadenfreude

The feud between STEM kids and humanities kids is long and storied. In a society where you’re made to feel you’re either one or the other at a very young age, the division becomes as real as cat people vs dog people. And both sides have grievances. Humanities kids are generally jealous of the economic …
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‘This isn’t Young Sheldon’: Exam-taker asks fragile student to swap seats, causing her to fail said exam

I believe in exam rituals. They can be high-pressure situations, so it’s up to you to do everything in your power to make yourself sane. And there are plenty of tips and tricks designed to help you succeed. I remember someone recommending chewing a certain flavor of gum when you’re learning/studying, and then chewing the same gum at the exam, to …
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‘How did people from the late 1900s to early 2000s graduate’: Lazy Gen Z college student brags about using AI for every assignment, gets dragged by the internet

Most of us college graduates know all too well that a university education doesn’t come cheap. Call me old-fashioned, but for me, this was an incentive to actually attempt to learn something. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t always the most studious undergraduate. Nonetheless, when the time came for me to be handed that fancy …
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29 College Memes to Help Students Laugh Their Way to Class

Now that spring break is officially over, the laid-back atmosphere that pervaded the neighborhood a few weeks ago has all but disappeared. Having said that, you can still occasionally enjoy a good laugh even while you are drowning in homework and exams. For this reason, I have compiled a list of some of the most …
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30+ Relatable College Memes to Procrastinate Studying

College is the best four years of your life, they said. College will be the time of your life, they said. Well, they might’ve been wrong! Whether you went to college for 4 days or 4 years–or are currently a student–then you know that the struggle is real. From non-stop studying to eating pizza and …
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25+ School Memes For Exhausted Students

School days, school days, teacher’s golden rule days. Many adults claim that your school years are the easiest part of your life, but I couldn’t disagree more. There’s so much expectation put upon schoolchildren! Instead of having one or two bosses to report to, you have eight teachers, parents, and every other adult in your …
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‘Not even 12 hours notice’: Professor uncancels 8 AM class at 10 PM the night before

In college, there’s nothing worse than getting up early, traversing the freezing cold campus, and arriving at class to find a note taped to the door saying that class was canceled. I could have been sleeping for two more hours, but instead, I had to haul myself to the library because I didn’t want to …
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30 College Memes for Brave Finals Week Warriors

Finals week can be one of the most trying times in a young one’s life. I remember reaching new states of unhinged with my friends in the library, pajamas on, barefoot, rolling on caffeine. The stress of exams can be immense, and the work seems insurmountable. But everyone has their tricks to keep them going. …
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Professor Gives Student a Zero on Their Essay, Claims There’s a 27% Chance Their Summary Paragraph Was Written With AI

I do not envy college students in a post-ChatGPT world. I was lucky to graduate from undergrad a few months before that went worldwide. I’m grateful I never had to sit through a professor begging the class not to use Artificial Intelligence to write an English paper.  Even though I empathize with professors and teachers …
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College Student Accidentally Tries to Drop Out of the Wrong University

College is not for everybody. While some of us thrive in an academic environment, many people want to start their lives as soon as possible, and there is nothing wrong with that! As a society, we have pressured entire generations into attending college for prestige reasons when so many members of said generations would be …
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