Substitute teacher rearranges teacher’s classroom and throws away her students’ ungraded assignments: ‘She also moved my plants, including an orchid that’s pretty particular about lighting.’

What made her think that she had the right to do that?  When I was a kid, I tried my best to empathize with substitute teachers because I knew they had an incredibly difficult job. Kids were always trying to take advantage of the substitute’s ignorance and derail the classroom as much as they possibly …
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31 Relatable Memes for Tired Students Who Need an Extra Dose of Dopamine

Student life can feel like an endless cycle of lectures, assignments, and late-night study sessions. When the pressure starts to build, a little humor can go a long way. These memes are here to deliver a quick boost of dopamine when you need it most.

Teacher gives horse-obsessed favorite student $200 for going a whole day without mentioning horses: ‘He has a favorite girl in each of his classes.’

He shouldn’t have made such a lofty bet without considering the possibility that she’d actually overcome his challenge.

Professor fails to inform student of test rescheduling, causing student to miss the exam, student demands to choose a new date: ‘I got told to reshuffle my life’

Sometimes you find yourself in a position where you simply have to accept your fate.  When a college professor makes a mistake towards the students, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that those who pay the price are, in fact, the students, even though they did nothing to deserve it. For example, every student had this one …
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High school teacher reveals the emails sent by concerned parents: ‘The seating plan seems emotionally restrictive’

Teaching is not a profession for the weak. Playing a part in the education of the next generation should be a privilege, and yet the turnover for teachers remains one of the highest out of all common career paths. Some studies suggest that 70% of early career teachers consider leaving the job within the first …
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College student refuses to let an entitled teammate cheat off his work on a group project after she ghosts them for 4 months: ‘[She] said I ‘owe’ her credit’

An entitled university student expected her team to pick up her slack on a group project worth 50% of their grade, but after she ghosted them for months, they refused to even include her name on the presentation.  Group projects are the worst. Although they prepare students to work together as a team, they also …
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16-year-old informs his teachers that he is not required to do any of the schoolwork they assign him: ‘You can still give me the work if you choose, but it won’t get done.’

If he’s not required to do work, then she’s not required to pass him. We all went to school with one of those kids who did not do his schoolwork and tried to find a moral justification that made him sound smarter than everyone else. He’s refusing to do his homework because school is run …
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New homeowner discovers he moved next door to former friend, refuses to move after she comes knocking on his door demanding he leave: ‘You don’t own the neighborhood’

When a friendship falls apart, the outcome can be life-changing. Sometimes, ending a friendship can be just as painful as a romantic breakup, if not more. The older you get, the harder it becomes to find friends who will stick around for long. And when you realise a friendship must come to an end, it …
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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’

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 …
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Mom of 11-year-old twins refuses school’s demands to provide identifiers so that teachers could tell the kids apart: ‘That can easily be done by asking the child his name’

A school is responsible for a child almost as much as their parents. Children spend about a third of their weekdays at school, and another third sleeping. This means that 5 out of the 7 days of the week, kids spend as much time at school as they do at home with their parents, each …
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