‘Complete your job, then leave quietly’: Top Mildly Infuriating Stories of the Week

People are so, so annoying. On a flight, they’ll put their feet on your armrest (I cannot fathom how somebody dares to do this), they’ll push past you in line at the supermarket, they’ll block your car in when you’re about to leave for work… You know, the usual Karen stuff. Is there any good …
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A Classroom Full of Memes for College Students Mourning Spring Break

We were so busy enjoying spring break that we almost forgot about the upcoming semester. In a nutshell, we took a vacation from the rigorous demands of college life by traveling, going on walks and picnics, hosting get-togethers for friends, and so on. However, March 1st is drawing near, so we need to get back into the groove …
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‘Square dancing’: Former students share the most useless things they learned in school

When it comes down to it, much of the information we learn in school does not pertain to our everyday lives. Sure, maybe the skills I learned in English class are pertinent to my current career, but I’m not thinking about the contents of my Chemistry or Physics classes regularly in my adult life.  To …
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‘No food for you!’: Clever Lunch Lady Settles Score With P.E Teacher That Forced Students To Run Cross Country on Hottest Day of The Year

One should carefully weigh all the elements involved before engaging in a fight or any kind of dispute. Put another way, it is essential that you study your rivals and determine the benefits and drawbacks of each strategy so that you can outwit and outmaneuver them before they know it. The story that unfolds is …
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‘Oh you don’t know these? Hmm, it’s like all over TikTok’: Sarcastic teacher gaslights his students with made up Gen Z sounding slang

You know that feeling when you first hear a slang word and think, ‘Wow, this is so stupid, who would say this?’ And as you say the slang in a joking way (no doubt, making fun of the stupidity of it), you find the word working its way into your daily vocabulary… unironically. Oops! For …
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‘You’re stealing our money’: Students get back at vending machine owner who refuses to fix his faulty yet extremely profitable machine

Every student has had a moment in which they were desperate for food and nothing is available other than one vending machine. If you’re lucky, it has some edible sandwiches, if you are not that lucky, you have to settle with an overpriced can of Coke. But still, those vending machines are doing important work, …
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‘Suspensions are absolutely a vacation’: Teachers reveal their hot takes about the profession

Teaching is not a profession for the weak. The hours are long, the pay isn’t enough, and the rewards can sometimes seem nonexistent. Do you know what this does make the job good for, though? Complaining! After spending enough time around those thankless kids, you start to have some pretty strong opinions on the whole …
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‘I have seen students who can’t write a complete sentence’: Teachers share the innumerable ways their students are significantly behind

It’s no secret that many kids are getting left behind in the education system. When I was a kid, America was all about not leaving kids behind in this exact setting (when I was a kid, I thought it was about getting left behind at the grocery store), but now that it’s been 20 years …
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‘Whatever you say, miss’: Teacher sends student to principal’s office due to bathroom breaks that were ‘too short’, student complies by taking 30-minute bathroom breaks instead

Remember those times when you were a teenager and would talk to adult relatives and they would tell you «Appreciate this time of your life, I would do anything to go back to it», and you constantly think to yourself, what is so great about being in high school? Well, now as an adult, I …
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‘I did his homework and now he wants to buy me a house’: Businessman reaches out to former classmate, offering her a house as payment for doing all his homework in high school

This story sounds like such a fairytale story, like one of those stories you always wish would happen to you when you think about different life scenarios before you fall asleep at night.  The original poster of this Reddit story (OP) started out by talking about her experience in high school. She had a disability …
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