Have you ever attended somewhere with a super strict dress code? I have. I went to a school with a mandatory uniform when I was a kid, and I hated it more than almost anything else in the world. And so did the kid in this story, which was shared to the MildlyInfuriating subreddit. Everything …
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Rising 6th graders express disappointment that they’ve had the same teacher for the past 4+ years: ‘I’ve been with the same class since 2nd grade.’
Would you enjoy having the same teacher for five years in elementary school? There are many benefits to having a new homeroom teacher every year in elementary school. For starters, if you don’t like your teacher, or your teacher doesn’t like you, then you only have to deal with them for nine months before you …
Seguir leyendo Rising 6th graders express disappointment that they’ve had the same teacher for the past 4+ years: ‘I’ve been with the same class since 2nd grade.’
Teacher fails student at presentation after claiming she didn’t dress professionally enough, despite student coming from a poor household: ‘That was the best I could do’
Have you ever gotten a grade that wasn’t based on your performance, but rather based on how you look? As a teacher, you should have your eyes and ears open at all times and be mindful of what you say or do around your students. You don’t know what goes on at home or with …
Seguir leyendo Teacher fails student at presentation after claiming she didn’t dress professionally enough, despite student coming from a poor household: ‘That was the best I could do’
Teacher Proposed Canceling Graduation Because All of Her Students Graduate No Matter How Low Their Grades Are
Are high school graduations really worth celebrating? In days of yore, it was more difficult to graduate from high school. Graduating from high school was seen as an actual academic achievement, rather than merely a ceremony that marks your transition from childhood to adulthood. You could argue that a high school diploma serves both purposes, …
Seguir leyendo Teacher Proposed Canceling Graduation Because All of Her Students Graduate No Matter How Low Their Grades Are
School District Forces Teacher to Pass Senior Student Who Has Missed 49 out of 83 Classes and Earned Zeros on Most Quizzes
Why should he get to graduate when he never came to class? Schools have a major incentive to pass their students, even when they don’t deserve to pass and matriculate to the next grade. They don’t want their school’s graduation rate to be low. If only 60% of high school seniors graduate, the school looks …
Seguir leyendo School District Forces Teacher to Pass Senior Student Who Has Missed 49 out of 83 Classes and Earned Zeros on Most Quizzes
PhD student lives with her friend and pays $200/mo for a room, but refuses to clean because she doesn’t “own” the house: ‘I think living nearly rent-free should inspire some level of communal care’
Despite the seriously discounted roommate rent, this entitled PhD student didn’t feel like she had to pull her weight with household chores. Why? Because she didn’t technically or legally own the house, her friend did. Roommates are supposed to shoulder the burden of household chores like dishes, vacuuming, cleaning the toilets, scrubbing the shower, and …
Seguir leyendo PhD student lives with her friend and pays $200/mo for a room, but refuses to clean because she doesn’t “own” the house: ‘I think living nearly rent-free should inspire some level of communal care’
University library charges student $100+ in late fees, student sneaks late books back onto the shelves and claims she already returned them: ‘Every late fee was erased.’
She took her fate into her own hands. Have late fees ever kept you from returning to the library? If you have a library book lying around your house that you checked out months ago, you might be afraid to bring it back, because you know you owe the library a lot of money. In …
Seguir leyendo University library charges student $100+ in late fees, student sneaks late books back onto the shelves and claims she already returned them: ‘Every late fee was erased.’
Professor assigns students an open-book take home exam, 25% of the class don’t do it: ‘It’s 40% of the total grade.’
How much easier could they have made this assignment? There’s something so refreshing about a teacher or a college professor who is actually strict. They state upfront that they know that all of the emails about losing your childhood dog that are conveniently sent the week of midterms are phony, and they won’t capitulate to …
Seguir leyendo Professor assigns students an open-book take home exam, 25% of the class don’t do it: ‘It’s 40% of the total grade.’
Teacher conspires to ‘lose’ 60 student essays because she doesn’t want to grade them: ‘I got through 3 of them before I contemplated dumping them all in the trash.’
Teachers hate grading essays as much as students hate writing them. When I was in school, I remember students pointing out the hypocrisy of essay deadlines because it often took teachers so long to grade said essays. At the time, I thought it took teachers so long to grade the essays because there was only …
Seguir leyendo Teacher conspires to ‘lose’ 60 student essays because she doesn’t want to grade them: ‘I got through 3 of them before I contemplated dumping them all in the trash.’
15-year-old student quits exclusive art class forcing the whole program to go under, is blamed for its downfall
Is it all your fault if something doesn’t go to plan? It can be hard not to take the blame for something when things go wrong. If you’re the kind of person who keeps yourself up at night thinking about all the things you’ve done wrong, then you might take on a lot of unnecessary …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old student quits exclusive art class forcing the whole program to go under, is blamed for its downfall