Sometimes you just want to give up! Getting up in the morning to go to a lecture where a teacher doesn’t stop talking about something that you haven’t read or have any interest in can actually be the worst thing when you are a student. Yes, you are studying, and that is an amazing opportunity …
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Electrical Engineering graduate decides to pursue her PhD despite parents’ demands that she get a job to pay their bills so they could retire: ‘I can’t single-handedly support the family’
Some parents expect their kids to give up their future for them; we always thought it should be the other way around. In a perfect world, no one would make any sacrifices, and everyone would live their perfect, dream lives. In reality, sacrifices are necessary, especially for the people you love. People give up some …
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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’
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 …
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Professor asks male and female coworkers to share a bed on research trip to NYC, claim to have no other option: ‘She was creating a big fuss about it’
Sharing a hotel room with anyone is an intimate experience, let alone your coworker. There are certain decencies we expect when we’re at work. Maybe there are certain boundaries that we don’t feel we should have to cross. After all, it is your work life and not your personal life. There are a few jobs …
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Law student completes her section of group project, group rewrites her part without telling her, then demands she fix the poor rewrite at the last second, she refuses and reports them to the lecturer: ‘Accused me of being lazy and risking their grades’
Group projects are either the start of an ever-blossoming friendship…or the end of one. Working with a team is fun, social, and insightful. That is, if everyone puts in an equal amount of time and effort, whilst ensuring their communication remains strong. Because if you lack efficient structure and communication, your group work may end …
Seguir leyendo Law student completes her section of group project, group rewrites her part without telling her, then demands she fix the poor rewrite at the last second, she refuses and reports them to the lecturer: ‘Accused me of being lazy and risking their grades’
Stay-at-home-mom insults sister-in-law for attending a branch campus of University of Toronto because she attended the main campus: ‘I asked how she’s using her degree’
When you’re applying to college, the ranking of the schools is always in the back of your head. You want to attend the most prestigious school you can get into, but there are factors that can prohibit that. Cost is a big one. Ivy League schools usually have better financial aid than most top 20 …
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‘My university degree is useless and I’m 83k in debt’: Sibling shuts down aunt’s lecture by standing up for sister who never went to college and admitting his degree never landed him a real job
Once upon a time, a university degree was a golden ticket that guaranteed you a job, a salary, and maybe even a sense of superiority at family gatherings. But the world has changed, and now those pieces of paper are stacked so high they’re practically wallpaper. One graduate learned this the hard way. She went …
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Mom uses life $60K insurance payout to pay off daughter’s student loans, son who never went to college demands same in cash: ‘I pressured her hard to go to university’
After her husband passed unexpectedly, this woman received a pretty hefty life insurance payout. She chose to put $60k toward her daughter’s student loans, partly out of guilt. Years earlier, she had pressured her daughter into university before she was ready, which left her with a useless history degree, years of underemployment, and debt that …
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25 Comforting College Memes For The Students Who Are Always One Step Behind
We’ve all been there: In desperate need of a private secretary to inform us of paper deadlines, ensure we are gracefully awoken for our 8 a.m.s, to place our textbooks gently under our pillows at night, and pray that some sliver of knowledge enters our brains. Some of us are lucky enough to have those …
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