The grades were based on presentation, not the effort? When a student finds themselves doing all the work during a group project, the one motivation they have is to get a good grade. Sure, it’s annoying to do all the work while your classmates are slacking off and doing nothing, but at least at the …
Seguir leyendo High school student confronts teacher after they give her the lowest grade on a group project she did all the work for: ‘I should’ve gotten the grade I deserved’
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Entitled high school student misses presentation deadline, gives ‘invoice’ to teacher petitioning for passing grade: ‘Emotional labor during class: 2 hours’
Some students learn nothing but audacity when they go to school. Try as they might, many teachers have no hope of getting through to some of the kids that are signed up for their classes. Once they have made up their minds that doing the work that is asked of them is optional, it can …
Seguir leyendo Entitled high school student misses presentation deadline, gives ‘invoice’ to teacher petitioning for passing grade: ‘Emotional labor during class: 2 hours’
17-year-old begs dad not to date until she goes to college after years of him cycling through girlfriends: ‘I just want him and I to spend time together.’
When he has a girlfriend, he doesn’t think about anything else. It’s generally considered uncouth to tell anyone in your life that you don’t like who they’re dating, and you wish they wouldn’t date that person. How many people do you know who hate their friend’s boyfriend and have hated him for years, yet they …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old begs dad not to date until she goes to college after years of him cycling through girlfriends: ‘I just want him and I to spend time together.’
Manager schedules 18-year-old high schooler to work from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Christmas Day: ‘Since there was no school, he’d ignore their set availability.’
This teens’ parents have an essential decision to make: march down to the job and give the manager a piece of their mind, or let their kid have a very adult Christmas. Nobody wants to spend the most important holiday of the year working. There are some industries, like healthcare and sanitation, where being scheduled …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 18-year-old high schooler to work from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Christmas Day: ‘Since there was no school, he’d ignore their set availability.’
High school teacher reveals that SAT reading section contains 25 word ‘micropassages’, offers obvious answers: ‘I would have gotten into an Ivy if the SAT was like this in 2007’
Getting an education should mean doing things that challenge your brain, but the level that provides a challenge differs for everyone. There are many different types of intelligence, and not everybody is going to have the same strengths. Nonetheless, most people would agree that it is important for those who are able to put the …
Seguir leyendo High school teacher reveals that SAT reading section contains 25 word ‘micropassages’, offers obvious answers: ‘I would have gotten into an Ivy if the SAT was like this in 2007’
Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’
They turned what was supposed to be a fun night into a nightmare for everybody. It’s no fun to be in a situation where you feel like you can do nothing right. You always commit some slight transgression that enrages someone who can’t regulate their emotions, and it ruins all the fun. Have you ever …
Seguir leyendo Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’
43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’
Right intention, wrong time and place. It’s not very socially encouraged to be proud of your acne. Teenagers are put on intense medications like Accutane and do everything in their power to hide their acne from their peers. Not only does acne make you feel unattractive, but it can also be physically painful. One of …
Seguir leyendo 43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’
Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: ‘She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.’
She needs to grow up and stop relying solely on her daughter for emotional support. Everyone eventually gets to an age where they don’t particularly care about their birthday in the way they used to. That could look like someone not wanting a birthday party after turning 30, or a former «birth month» girl settling …
Seguir leyendo Single mom resents 17-year-old daughter for going on a school trip and leaving her alone for her 60th birthday: ‘She hasn’t acknowledged the fact that I will be completely alone for my birthday.’
Dad forces 15-year-old son to drop out of high school and work for the family business, tells the state he’s homeschooling him: ‘He was bragging about how our state doesn’t check that an education is actually being provided.’
This poor kid is going to be behind in life because of his dad’s bad decision-making. In some countries, the point of a high school education is not to ensure everyone gets the same basic knowledge, but to separate the academically inclined from the not-so-academically inclined and put both groups on paths better suited to …
Seguir leyendo Dad forces 15-year-old son to drop out of high school and work for the family business, tells the state he’s homeschooling him: ‘He was bragging about how our state doesn’t check that an education is actually being provided.’
17-year-old refuses to wake up his lazy 15-year-old brother in the mornings, causing him to miss school, demands parents find another way: ‘I’m tired of having to wake him up’
Some people are simply incapable of waking up in the morning, and it naturally gets in the way of their lives. At almost every stage in our lives, waking up at a set time in the morning is a must, whether you’re in high school, college, work, or with kids. When one has a hard …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to wake up his lazy 15-year-old brother in the mornings, causing him to miss school, demands parents find another way: ‘I’m tired of having to wake him up’