Childless aunt refuses to pay for her 18-year-old niece’s college after she joked about having tons of money and no responsibilities: ‘ She rolled her eyes and said it was just a joke, and I needed to lighten up’

So many women get disrespected because they don’t follow the trajectory of getting married and having kids that everybody is expected to follow. It’s not always obviously misogynistic rhetoric like, «Your eggs are rotting inside of you, and your sole biological function will never be realized, rendering your existence in this world pointless.» If you’re …
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Mom tells her unschooled daughter she has straight A’s and a 4.0 GPA, has no high school transcript for her to send to the 17 colleges she’s allegedly been accepted at: ‘I don’t see how one could be radically unschooled and not have straight A’s’

I have always been a little suspicious of alternative methods of schooling. I know that there are some parents out there who are completely competent at teaching their kids from Kindergarten to 12th grade, but I highly doubt that’s the majority of homeschoolers. Most of the time, kids who do their schooling at home would …
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Student Claps Back at Entitled Professor’s Power Move, Goes from Failing Class to Passing With a B: ‘The look on [his] face still makes me chuckle to this day’

College is the time of ramen dinners, endless exams, and paying absurd amounts of money for an education that sometimes feels like a scam. Between paying for overpriced textbooks and trying to keep up with assignments, the last thing anyone needs is an overzealous professor on a power trip. Yet, somehow, they seem to exist …
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28 Engineering Memes for Fixing Your Problems With Duct Tape

Engineers are a different breed. They’re incredibly logical thinkers but aren’t always the best at simple things. It might take them 4 hours to decide which spatula to buy on Amazon but boy will it be the best spatula out there. They will find the most complicated solution to the simplest problem. But we need …
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25-year-old woman walks out when her boyfriend proposes on the day of her law school graduation: ‘I felt like he hijacked a day that was meant to celebrate my success’

Everyone knows you shouldn’t propose on your partner’s big day. You are a bad guy if you propose to your girlfriend at your brother’s wedding. If you propose at your girlfriend’s mother’s funeral, you are simultaneously a bad guy and a bad guy with a creatively sinister mind. If you propose at your girlfriend’s law …
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‘You are extremely out of touch and tone deaf’: 18-year-old landlord hides wealth from her roommates, arguments ensue when they open her mail

Growing up is realizing that everyone has their own arrangement. Sure, you might be jealous of that girl with the fabulous apartment and clothes and wonder what she’s doing better than you. Odds are… nothing. She probably just has rich parents. But some people are weird about their wealth. They try to be humble about …
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Parents constantly track 18-year-old college freshman’s phone, expect him to be in bed by 10 PM every night: ‘My mother called while I was out clubbing, and when I didn’t pick up she called my school’s police dispatch’

College is one of the best times in a young person’s life for one reason: freedom. When you’re a kid, you are afforded very few freedoms. You cannot go wherever you want to go or do whatever you want to do. You must be home when your parents want you home, adhere to their rules, …
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27 Law School Memes Taking a Study Break to Weep Into Their Coffee

Law school ain’t for the weak. If you feel like saying goodbye to your social life, sleep schedule, and sense of joi de vivre, then law school is for you. If you watched Legally Blonde and took it a bit too seriously, law school is for you. If you’re driven by the idea of either …
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32 College Memes to Make You Laugh on Your Way to Class

We understand the stress as well as anger that you undoubtedly deal with every day as students attempting to successfully finish the semester and earn a degree. We have all been there. Therefore, we have a really wonderful surprise in store for you that will brighten your day. Back when we were students, laughing a …
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25+ Memes From PhD Students Burning the Candle at Both Ends

There’s a reason PhDs are impressive— they take a heck of a lot of time and work. Not only do you have to do at least 4 years of higher education just to be able to start, but you’ve got a significant chunk of years in front of you too. It’s a time commitment for …
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