Would you rather your kids have a 3-month summer break or a 1.5-month summer break? If you are a working parent without a partner who stays at home, summertime might be one of the most stressful times of the year for you. You have to spend an arm and a leg to keep your kid …
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6 to 10-year-old students tell teacher they don’t want to do anything when they grow up—they just want to make money: ‘Lots of people get money without working.’
Is it normal for kids not to want to do anything when they grow up? When you were a kid, what did you say you wanted to be when you grew up? A lot of little kids want to be doctors, police officers, parents, nurses, and firefighters, because those are the only jobs that they …
Seguir leyendo 6 to 10-year-old students tell teacher they don’t want to do anything when they grow up—they just want to make money: ‘Lots of people get money without working.’
Landlord demands tenants pay $375 for a cleaning she originally promised to cover, then calls them ‘stupid’ after they refuse: ‘She blamed us for everything’
Can a landlord change the deal after the work is already done? After arranging professional cleaning for property viewings and repeatedly saying she would cover the cost, one landlord later demanded that her student tenants reimburse her hundreds of dollars. When they refused, she allegedly became hostile, insulted them, and backed out of previous agreements, …
Seguir leyendo Landlord demands tenants pay $375 for a cleaning she originally promised to cover, then calls them ‘stupid’ after they refuse: ‘She blamed us for everything’
27 Teacher Memes for Educators Enjoying Their Summer Vacation
Are you dreading going back to school? It’s not easy being a teacher. A lot of other professionals think teaching is easier than their jobs because they get summers off, but that couldn’t be further from the case. Most teachers do not get paid during the summer, so they take less money during the school …
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College student is forced to do group project alone without help from partners, gets rewarded by professor when he discovers who did all the work: ‘I got an A, and strangely, they stopped talking to me’
Have you ever taken part in a group project in which everybody did an equal share of the work? If you have, well then, congratulations, you are truly one in a million. Most of us, the unlucky regular folks, usually find ourselves doing all the work for people we barely know, just because we want …
Seguir leyendo College student is forced to do group project alone without help from partners, gets rewarded by professor when he discovers who did all the work: ‘I got an A, and strangely, they stopped talking to me’
Teacher Makes Students Give Her Their Shoe if they Want to Borrow a Pencil From Her to Ensure She Gets Her Pencils Back
That’s one way to stink up the classroom! I don’t think it should be a teacher’s job to have an endless supply of pencils for their students. A lot of parents think that because public schools are run by the state, the state should be providing their kids with school supplies, but that’s simply not …
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PhD student is forced to thank his university in his thesis, uses the acknowledgment section to vent years of frustration and get the last word: ‘They taught me how to do it without them’
Is there a more satisfying form of revenge than following the rules exactly as written? I have to admit that this is probably one of my favorite kinds of petty revenge. Not because anyone got hurt or because there was some dramatic confrontation, but because it was so carefully executed. The university insisted on being …
Seguir leyendo PhD student is forced to thank his university in his thesis, uses the acknowledgment section to vent years of frustration and get the last word: ‘They taught me how to do it without them’
22 Memes for Hardworking Students to Take a Well-deserved Break
Do you ever feel like changing your name and moving to the Caribbean? School can be hard, we all know that. It’s really easy to get all stressed out over the little things, that’s for sure… But! Not everything needs to be so tragic. There are a lot of fun and great things you get …
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Dad refuses to leave Daughter’s studio apartment during her therapy session, claims he’s allowed to stay since he pays for her studies: ‘Just deal with it’
«Dear Dad, paying for some of your daughter’s life does not mean you’re entitled to every little piece of it.» Oh, what we would have done to be allowed to say that to the father in the story below. This 23-year-old daughter is currently studying abroad, so her father and stepmother came to visit her. …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to leave Daughter’s studio apartment during her therapy session, claims he’s allowed to stay since he pays for her studies: ‘Just deal with it’
Parents Demand Teacher Give Their 8th Grader More Extra Credit Because His Grade of 87 is Significantly Below Their Expectations
Shouldn’t he accept the grade that he has? When I was younger, I could not particularly relate to the kids who had to get straight As no matter what. Maybe that was because I was an A- or B+ student, but I was always annoyed when people acted like getting the grade that you earned …
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