Sometimes it seemed like all the rules of high school were more likely designed to make teenagers used to obedience than anything else.
Anybody who passed through the chaotic hallways and droning class sessions of four high school years will be familiar with the realization that the logic behind a school rule is shaky at best.
School Pride?
<p>"During summer you had to bring and wear a school hat during break, if you forgot your hat you had to sit inside, and if you were caught playing on the field with no hat you would get detention. </p><p>"I was around 13 at the time and its not even that hot were I live."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gofzlxb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tinfoilhat17</a></p>Not Chill At All
<p>"We had to wear matching underwear in baby blue or white. They would make us kneel down and then they would look down the back of our dress to check." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogvt3c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Bucketlist074</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"that's sus as fu**" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/goh5r0m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ae64k</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sounds like sexual harassment" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gohsyek?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Subject_Candy_8411</a></p>A Shoddy Grasp of Botany
<p>"In our school shirts with the Canadian flag were forbidden for a year or so because the principal decided that it looked like marijuana. Never affected anyone as far as I know but it surely was weird."</p><p>"Also they forbid shirts with text on them for big test and final exams as students kept printing solutions on them."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogphhq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Forsaken_Hope_7842</a></p>Trying Out Swears
<p>"This rule sounds weird without context, but in 5th grade we were banned from playing Red Rover."</p><p>"In context, it was because kids would shout profanities like 'red rover, red rover, send a wh*re over' or something like that"</p><p><span></span>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gog6ahk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PonkingtonHeights</a></p>A Fair Expectation
<p>'' 'It is not allowed to intoxicate school staff with the use of illegal substances.' "</p><p>"2 weeks prior, a student thought it was funny to spike a teacher's coffee with XTC."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gog1weu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sparrow_Kowalski</a></p>Sounds Like a Satire of the Midwest
<p>"I grew up in small town USA in the Midwest."</p><p>"We were banned from saying the word 'corn' because some bullies were using it to tease the farming kids."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogq2q1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">a_Speck_o_Dust</a></p>From a Great Height
<p>"We had balconies, think opera style ones, you could watch school plays from and all that. They looked over the primary school building, but we were in middle school."</p><p>"We were not allowed to even stand near them, pissed everyone off because they were the coolest place ever."</p><p>"Why? Because someone took minerals from geography class and threw them at the heads of primary school teachers."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogb5c2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">premeditiomalorum</a></p>Not Universally Enforced
<p>"In our school it was not allowed to talk in any other language except in English or otherwise they would fine us 10 bucks every time they found someone speaking in any other language."</p><p>"The irony is, our teachers spoke in the native language, our principal spoke in native language and even our subjects despite being printed in English were thought in native language."</p><p>"So the question is, do we owe the school the fine or they owe us."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogo1uw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">boomboomboom97</a></p>Freedom Fighter
<p>"I went to a religious middle school and the genders were very segregated. There was 2 different stairwells, boys and girls couldn't be on the same one."</p><p>"My siblings went to the same middle school years before me and back then it was worse and the boys/girls weren't even in the same classrooms, they'd be on different floors."</p><p>"They even had a boys only soccer team and a girls only field hockey team, but those rules went out the window when I got my parents to complain and get me on the field hockey team."</p><p>"I'm forever known as the kid who fought for equality in that school lol"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/gogfs2b?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AdApprehensive4732</a></p>No Tans There
<p>"My school was very strict about uniform which was strange considering what they missed compared to the measures they took. I'd hazard a guess towards about 40% of all students wearing skinny jeans instead of the school trousers we were supposed to wear."</p><p>"While the year after I left, anyone with a tan was asked to bring in evidence of a holiday (there's no sun in Wales) kids with makeup were given wipes to clean it off and were sent home if they didn't and girls with skirts too high would have them pulled down by teachers."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lqe1v5/students_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest_rule/goglggn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Dream_Lands</a></p>Sometimes the things that come out of peoples' mouths are truly astounding. It makes you wonder, where did things go wrong? Why are they like this? As Forrest Gump once said, “stupid is as stupid does".
Here are a few of the most jaw-dropping lay stupid things that have been said by actual human beings. Not aliens trying to figure out how humans communicate--ACTUAL human beings. Thanks, Reddit.
U/cperr310 asked: What's the dumbest thing you or someone you know has said?
First up, what better people to hear ridiculous claims from than children? Here are some people that even teachers couldn’t help.
Well, that’s awkward.
I was in 5th grade like 20 years ago, and I am a male which is important later. My school changed an extra girls locker room into a computer lab. When my class got to go check it out, I say "wow, it looks so different!".
Everyone looks at me like I'm a creep. What I meant to say was "wow it looks so different that the boys locker room!" I still think about this when trying to fall asleep more often than I'm comfortable with.
....no. No it’s not.
In my Spanish class where they were talking about Spanish countries
"What about Syria...isn't Syria Spanish?"
Worst part... NOBODY called her out on it to the point I was questioning myself. The professor had good English but it wasn't her first language and she dodged her question saying she's only going over countries in south america. I had to literally write myself a note that she literally asked that question. Then I got paired up with her like 10 minutes later for a group activity and I still wasn't over this question lol
Fake but also real but also demonic?
A kid in high school tried to convince me that men had an extra rib and that the earth is only a few thousand years old. Same kid said that ouija boards were full of magnets and gears which made them fake, yet they were simultaneously completely real and needed to be burned on sight to prevent demonic possession.
But sometimes it’s the parents of children who say the dumb stuff.
Back in 2014 I still vividly remember we were eating dinner, and my brother is chewing with his mouth open while my sister is talking. My dad, still thinking about her talking but talking to my brother said "Talk with your mouth closed." and my sister just went silent immediately.
Stupid can turn into ignorant really quickly. Here are a few examples of the not-so-harmless kind of dumb statements.
Fun fact: they don’t use the US Constitution in New Zealand. Who knew?
After the church shooting in New Zealand, they banned guns. My coworker said that they can't do that since it violates the second amendment. We live in California.
Everyone knows New Zealand is the state below New Canada.
Uhhhhh that’s racist af.
Not to me but my husband.
He had to take an uber home from the Naval Base in San Diego (car was getting fixed) and the guy who picked my husband up was from Pakistan and they had small talk, telling him how he moved over here etc, dude was pretty cool.
My dumbass half sister whom we were staying with for a bit told him straight to his face, "Oh since you're military he probably wanted to like... murder you."
...What a f*cking ignorant, racist thing to say.
Just gonna leave this one here....
"And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside, because you see it gets in the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that out."
Well that’s a new one.
A trans friend got "You're registered as a man here, so I need to hear a male voice to complete the verification of your acount."
Not the first time the cable company pulled this 'female' account 'female' voice / 'male' account 'male' voice crap. But that one time was on a whole other level.
But most of the time, dumb statements are harmless, and make for a good story down the line.
I wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face either.
A few questions I've heard come to mind, I'm not sure which is the best/worst.
A few years ago my mom, in her 60s at the time, asked me if chipmunks grow up to be squirrels. Have you ever tried to keep a straight face while explaining to the grown-ass woman who was responsible for keeping you alive for ~18 years that chipmunks and squirrels are different animals?
In high school during a Spanish class as student asked "Do Spanish-speaking people think in Spanish?" After being told yes, her follow-up question was "Are they born speaking Spanish?" The teacher kept a straight face explaining that foreign language speakers learn their language the same as the student learned English, but there were a lot of other students laughing and brutally mocking her.
Ah yes, the two types of guitars.
Dumbest thing I ever asked was, "do you prefer playing electric or air guitar?" I really meant to say acoustic, like my dad's.
Air guitar. I don't know how to play the acoustic or electric guitars, but I never get a wrong note on the air guitar.
Did you change your birthday?
At the bank.
Teller: Is your phone number still 123-4567?
Me: Yes
T: Is your address still 123 Easy st?
M: Yes
T: Is your birthday still 01/01/2000?
M: laughing I sure as hell hope so
I can't even make fun of these. One time I asked my husband where the Newport Ferry sailed to.
Newport, obviously.
I think we all have slip-ups in our brains sometimes. It's part of being human, and hey, they stay alive as inside jokes for generations to come
At the end of my middle school career, I took a few placement tests for fun, just to see where my smarts were at the time. I scored far higher than expected, even in Math -which shocked everyone--so I ended up in advanced courses heading into high school. By the time I reached my senior year, I was several credits ahead so I thought I would try my hand at Chemistry. At that time in life, Chemistry was an elective. It only took a week or two when I realized...
"Oh Merciful Jesus, how the hell do I get out of here?!"
I ran like I was on fire from a lab explosion. Formulas. Numbers. Chemicals. No thank you.
Redditor u/nonconformistnugget wanted to hear about the subjects in school that were not worth the effort or stress by asking... What's a red flag that screams "drop this class immediately"?
I'm not doing your job!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY1MDAwNy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MzY1MjEwOH0.u0jECC6fSF9ovKnLlsv25-qSKN-jmOrKyJNDtH2LkT0/img.gif?width=980" id="e2c6d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bd0b91cd6795913cd4d0875a1dbd418d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />professor Diogo GIF by DescomplicaGiphy<p>Professor starts off the first day with "I don't believe in teaching." Proceeds to explain that we should just teach ourselves advanced physics out of the textbook, and he has office hours if we really need it. Four people (myself included) had signed up for the class. I peaced out of there immediately. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf5vkh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">clacha14301</a></p>How about a Magazine?
<p>First day being asked to read a 300+ page novel by the next class. I'm sorry, I also have a job and 4 other classes, the world doesn't revolve around your class. I went straight to the registrar's office and dropped.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gng4lp8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KEC112992</a></p>Déjà Vu
<p>When the first day's intro is way over your head and includes concepts and terminology you've never heard of, and you look around and realize your classmates seem comfortable and familiar with what the professor is saying.</p><p>That's when I realized it was not the class for me. Happened to me twice. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gneknm5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BubbhaJebus</a></p>Too Much at Once
<p>Freshman me, first math class. The prof whips out a "The first few classes will be easy, so it's not really worth showing up the first month, but the school makes me do this as an introduction so here we go." Then he filled the entire 4 panel blackboard for a single exercise. I dropped out after a month. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnficrs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CantMakeAppleCake</a></p>It's an "F" for You!
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY1MDA4Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNjA5NjI0MX0.AJdG-uVAkBrWaocVR6FI73OVwGAo9xcNPti1TPJYcvg/img.gif?width=980" id="21313" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="67c2e3214a00ff3838ab497dd22653e7" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="362" />failing season 4 GIFGiphy<p>The teacher being proud of having a low passing rate. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gne109k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Suba21547</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gne109k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a><span></span>'not many people pass my class'</p><p>Maybe improve your teaching. Sure classes like organic chemistry will have lower passing rates bc it's memorizing a lot but come on, you want your students to <em>understand</em> your class. It's a teaching job, not a fail everyone you don't like job. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gneg63y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">xanara0</a></p>I Choose Option 3
<p>"You'll be competing against one another for your grade," said in lower level classes.</p><p>Or</p><p>"This class will be done in all group projects." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnebjnh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">WhiskTheSofa</a></p>The Replaced
<p>Took a college course where the teacher printed a name tag for you on cardstock. Had to keep it in good condition the entire semester and got points taken off if it wasn't on display on your desk or if it became damaged. No replacements allowed. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf1i43?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">fukitimout</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf1i43?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>Oh I had a version of this but we were allowed to make our own, so long as it was legible. So I at least got to frantically fold together the little toblerone shaped identifier before some classes with lab paper lol. (Yes it had to be shaped like that). </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnfodxo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">custardthegopher</a></p>40% is too much...
<p>"Look to your left, look to your right. Only one of you will pass this class." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnfhdkp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CantMakeAppleCake</a></p><p>I've seen this way too many times in this thread, which is a good indication of how common it actually is. My question is, what do teachers get by doing this? I had a prof like this once who just derived some sort of sadistic pleasure from knowing that she had failed 40% of her class and that they'd be stuck with her for <em>another</em> semester where she might have the chance to fail them <em>again.</em> Disgusting, honestly... why become a prof at all if all you're trying to do is play mind games?! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gng3we4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FossaRed</a></p>Expectations
<p>Microprocessors class. Online with no actual zoom sessions. Just email. Might as well be a self-paced instructorless course.</p><p>Resources include links to crappy or nonexistent YT videos, and a giant pdf of some outdated mind-numbing textbook, 80 pgs of assigned reading per week. Instructor has does not engage. </p>Required Mess
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY1MDExMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNzU4NjU2MH0.KWvt24_8gs21xaBvI6GnUB2HsOsr17hRsoj5iMiP4oQ/img.gif?width=980" id="33dd3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4a877d8916d0c08a5b1fb341cd701345" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="348" data-height="420" />excited book GIF by TikTokGiphy<p>I was in college a long time ago, before you signed up for courses online and the burden was on the students to check out all the pre-requisites.</p><p>I signed up for what I thought would be an elective course to fulfill graduation requirements, only to find out that this course had two pre-requisites I had not completed.</p><p>The very first class was incredibly confusing. I dropped the class after checking the course catalog again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gngjjkn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">yakusokuN8</a></p>Oh the Quizlet...
<p>When the teacher is absent for half a freaking year then assign a crap ton of work and doesn't even teach. Then you come to find she takes all assignments from a quizlet so you 1, can cheat on all tests, and 2, you can just teach yourself and say thank you to the original quizlet owner bc they teach better than your crappy chem teacher. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf8pgi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Depressed-Milk-Tea</a></p>Be a Grown Up
<p>Professors who refuse to let students use the bathroom during class. Or just generally treating college students like they're children.</p><p>Listen, craphead. If I'm 22+ and paying to attend your lectures for my degree, I'm going to go pee when I need to. Get off your high horse, this isn't middle school where I need to ask for a hall pass. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnfn0ev?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ur_boy_skinny_penis</a></p>It's All Too Much
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3NDY2OS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTMzMzExM30.h_xPzHulZ7o6xzNLla41NP6BsdJ1M1ZFDaIqVK33bvQ/img.gif?width=980" id="36230" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8fb48aaa6b852120307789c2b0a97ed1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="406" />Over It Drinking GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphy<p>Tried really hard to get in limited seats in Japanese class. </p>For Nothing
<p>"None of your other courses matter - this is the most important course to you" yep sure prof. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf5da8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RogueN3rd1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnf5da8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>My capstone/senior project class senior year, the prof said, "For the next sixteen weeks, you belong to me." It was valid, since it was my senior project that did require a ton of work, but I was just like... uh, sir, I have Many other commitments that also need my attention. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gng2v1u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> JORDY_NELSONS_A</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JORDY_NELSONS_ASS/" target="_blank"></a></p>Can you explain?
<p>Oh God years ago, I was taking a math course in college and multiple people had gone to admin because the prof had such a strong accent none of us could understand him, even after requests to repeat things and to slow down his speech. He was as frustrated as we were. Everyone failed as even the assignments weren't clear. At the tail end of the semester, they finally got an interpreter. We all passed because we'd been put in an impossible situation. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gne4ol9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pentacostal-Haircut</a></p>And you education is?
<p>I had a professor that pretty much had his students do the work for him. We were put into groups, he gave us a list of topics and each class 2 groups would do a presentation.</p><p>That dude didn't teach one class himself. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gne5yyp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">No-Association-7984</a></p>Huh?
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3NDY3Ny9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2MTc3MDk3OH0.TZ1DYMry-s_5SnansL4QYlC2ULq4e0T-g_yyw2Ka234/img.gif?width=980" id="2f4c6" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c0bd351bdff927cf5ded55c0c36341b9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="526" data-height="462" />Confused Excuse Me GIF by GIPHY NewsGiphy<p>I took an American folklore class taught by a Japanese prof with a THICK accent. I could have gotten used to the accent, but she was extremely soft spoken on top of it. It was an ASMR dream, but I couldn't hear shit. Quit after 3 classes. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnflitn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Fatricide</a></p>No "A's" for you!
<p>"I don't give out A's"</p><p>Attendance is mandatory.</p><p>Syllabus is a distant memory by the second class.</p><p>Your grade depends on anything outside your direct control (including - <em>especially</em> - other students).</p>You're not at Home...
<p>I had a professor who would come into the classroom 10 minutes before class started, take off his shoes, sit cross legged on a chair, and refuse to talk to any students before class started. He also was extremely condescending and wore hideous suits. He ran the class like a high school class, like you had to ask to go to the bathroom and stuff like that.</p><p>Worst part is, it was too late for me to drop that class by the time I spotted the red flags. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gnfleed?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">DownBad1</a></p>The Racket...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTY3NDY4MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NTIzMjIxNn0.NuB1MzBX-yX2zukvSI1HcELV-fJxJkKK8d_T-YAvERM/img.gif?width=980" id="a7c68" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ee8822943b5e7023081e76d952528814" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />think phylicia rashad GIFGiphy<p>Textbook is mandatory.</p><p>Textbook isn't available electronically.</p><p>Textbook is written by the prof. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ljn46y/whats_a_red_flag_that_screams_drop_this_class/gne3sqt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Billbapawpaw</a></p>I'm sorry. They are such simple words. And in their simplicity, they can heal deep and burning wounds. To be bullied is to be hated. That's what it feels like in the soul. When I was in high school I was overweight and closeted, so of course, I was easy prey. They would call me names with such abandon and violence then they'd laugh like they were participating in a comedy show.
The worst day was when glass bottles were torpedoed at my head for sport. And to this day, not one apology. But I carry it. I often wonder if they (and they know who they are) wonder about me and the fact that they may have gone a bit overboard.
Redditor u/Ronnybeans was hoping all the people out there who know they did another human dirty are willing to sit and discuss when they realized they had some apologies to make. They asked... Former bullies of Reddit, when did you realize that you went too far?Mama Said...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYzNTk5NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NDIwODcyNH0.tTLChuzTg9ocLuAUBFy9A8BoTemtlndwzzVn5JwvcnY/img.gif?width=980" id="c85e5" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0021fced5eea8b662bd9bad13f8c3e54" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="250" data-height="250" />sassy taraji p henson GIFGiphy<p>When I bragged about it to my mother, and she hit me. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glv8wku?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Vandal-463</a></p>You're the dumb one...
<p>Similar thing happened to me. I was complaining to my family about kids in my class who couldn't read and did an impression of their terrible reading, sounding out "the" with a stutter. I said they were dumb as rocks. I thought I was being funny, and my parents were like "that is actually really horrible, don't ever say crap like that again." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glx7qxc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CountBacula322079</a><span></span></p>Sins of the past...
<p>One day, after school, I was watching two bullies chasing their usual victim, and I had this weird moment of clarity. I could see everything that was about to happen, and that, if I moved to stand in a certain position, he'd have nowhere to run and they'd catch him. It was like some sort of weird pack instinct. So I cut him off, they caught him, and... I got this weird euphoric feeling. Didn't involve myself any further. Just walked away, felt like I was floating the whole way home. </p>becoming...
<p>When I realized I was becoming my father whom I loathe. I realized that I was taking my pain out on the person closest to me to feel in control. When I realized people were leaving my life, that is when I began to make the changes through mostly therapy AND analyzing what I need to feel in control (a better financial situation in my case and discontinuing a relationship with my father). I feel great now and treat everyone as best I can with respect.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvgepz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PurgatoireRiver</a></p>"this girl"
<p>I've said this story before but back in Secondary School, a group of us would bully this one kid anyways one day a we decided we would catfish him via MSN after a while he and "this girl" decided to meet up, it gets to that day and obviously we are waiting for him at the local cinema and as we are going down the escalator to the meeting point I spot him with some flowers and chocolate just waiting. </p>Swing!
<p>He hit me with a surprise left. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvwpbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">givebusterahand</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glvwpbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>I imagine that left your jaw hurting. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glw3nwi?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ne0hlithic</a></p>Gleeful
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYzNTk5Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDY0NTU5NX0.CAJWUFMLYBOLjZo0KwNB2oH0hYpoiIBAvZxR6jY00kg/img.gif?width=980" id="9ab62" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4d726eb8a1928b639d98814381772c78" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="398" data-height="224" />Santana Lopez Smile GIFGiphy<p>This is dumb, but watching Glee and relating too much to Santana. It would be like: "Wow, what a horrible person, how can she say... oh, I've said that... I've said and done WORSE than that. Damn." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glwbew3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Gryffndork</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glwbew3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span></span>For me it was kind of opposite. Watching Glee and relating too much to Rachel. That was more like "oh, so that's why everyone in school hated me." </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/lbofcy/former_bullies_of_reddit_when_did_you_realize/glx3tk3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SupaFroosh</a></p>I'm Awful
<p>There was a friend of mine, we talk a lot on discord. Then one time he vented up to me and said that he was harassing one of his neighbors, stuff like blackmailing, and verbal bullying. He said that he was just having fun. After some time, he haven't seeing him around. He just got the news that his neighbor committed suicide. </p>A kid named Charles...
<p>When I was in the 5th grade (mid 70's), I was an Army brat. A kid named Charles used to try to frequently beat me up. Once even kicked me in the nuts in Sunday school. One day, said he was gonna beat me up after school. I tried to hide, but he "escorted" me off school property. </p>The Bigger Fish
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTYzNTk5Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNzAxNTQ2MH0.pNBdrxaXE67XRMCaRSFE4FYM0CpbXEuvG_EGSRKdj6g/img.gif?width=980" id="1040f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="771b0cb10115aba9aaf60d4aa4b7f781" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="300" data-height="242" />big fish GIFGiphy<p>Not me but in my old middle school when I was a seventh grader I had P.E. class which was all mixed up with boys from different grades. </p>Not every school offers comprehensive classes on "adulting", but wouldn't it be hugely beneficial?
Examples of such classes would include maintaining financial stability and healthy relationships; and preparing for job interviews in a professional manner – and yes, even cooking and cleaning.
According to Study International, adulting classes are not only offered in universities but also in schools through private courses and in libraries.
But what if adulting classes were mandatory additions to the school curriculum?
Wondering about the logistics of learning basic life skills as part of an academic requirement, Redditor anafaurberto asked:
"How would you feel about school taking up an extra hour every day to teach basic 'adult stuff' like washing clothes, basic cooking, paying taxes?"
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
"My rural a** school did this in the 00s.... home ec, sewing, taxes, cooking, woodworking, etc. Could even get into metal working, accounting, quilting, pottery, etc if you wanted to."
Value Of Education
"My school did the same. I was a good student but at that age you just don't realize the valuable information they're giving you, you kept the information long enough to pass the tests and then you went and got alcohol poisoning in a field while your parents thought you were at a movie with Nicole and Becki."
Fun With Pasta
"My home ec class had groups of three students try to make one pot of spaghetti and every single group's spaghetti was inedible in different ways and it made me afraid to try cooking again."
Meanwhile, In Australia
"This is kind of the basis for home ec (the main subject I teach) as it is these days in Australia. It's moved towards solution-based problem solving. Students learn about how ingredients interact with one another under different conditions, they learn about nutrition, they learn about technology in food (ranging from how UHT works to GMOs to drones in agriculture), about ethics in the food industry, food security, marketing, sustainability, etc. It's a huge subject. In their last couple of years they can choose to do a subject that is focused on cooking and the hospitality industry but they can also choose more academic subjects around food and/or health so up until then we cover all the stuff they need to know and be capable of doing to go either way. Kids fresh into high school start super basic and make a couple of very easy things with the real purpose of teaching them to be safe, work both independently and with others, write and follow a plan based on a recipe, and clean up properly. It's also when we start teaching them why they need to use brown vs white sugar and keep eggs out of the fridge for baking, etc. At my school it's mandatory in their first year and after that they can choose."
Swedish Options
"We have this in Sweden."
"Sewing and woodworking are the two options of 'crafting' class. You get to try both and then pick one to stick with."
"We have 'hemkunskap' (maybe it's called something different now, this is middle school/junior high stuff and I'm 30 this year so been a while), directly translating to 'home knowledge,' where, at least when I did it, mostly did cooking, but there was some classes and tests on washing clothes, cleaning and such things. Some home economy as well."
"There was nothing on taxes afaik, but here I pay taxes by logging into our equivalent of the IRS's website and press a button."
Definitely 'No' To Extra Class Hours
"My school had a class like that, most of the classmates didn't pay attention and now complain 10 years later that they never learned about taxes and credit card interest. Also some parents were super upset about the school 'overstepping' their boundaries by teaching basic budgeting, I can't imagine that situation has gotten any better in the last 10 years. I'm not against the class being taught, but at the at the end of the day you have to realize that all that stuff is easily learned once you are an adult with just a minimum amount of research - if someone isn't taking the 15 minutes it takes to learn how to wash their clothes properly or watch a youtube video for a basic recipe as an adult when they actually need to do those things to function, no way in hell as a teen would they pay attention to a class that tried to teach them that. It's still a good idea to have the class, but it isn't some magical fix everyone seems to think it is.
I am against the adding an extra hour of school though on top of regular school though."
Attentions Spans
"Right? I mean, there's a class on budgeting and credit cards already. IT's call Math class and everybody hates it and doesn't pay attention. I blew people's minds in high school one day by actually USING the quadratic formula to find the maximum of something. That's like the first thing you cover when you get to quadratics."
"Other things that are teaching actual skills like home ec or woodworking are fine and should be encouraged more. But everybody looking around and wondering why they weren't told about interest rates isn't paying attention in math class. Full stop."
Would Be A "Full-Time Job"
"I'd be opposed to the extra hour. But not the activities."
"School was already an 8 hour a day thing, pushing it up to 9 hours means it actually becomes longer than a full time job. And that's before you get to homework and sh*t like that."
No Obligation
"I agree. It could be done as an elective. These are things that could and should be taught by parents, but they aren't things all parents know, and not all kids have parents who would take the time to teach them either way. It should be available for kids who want it, but not required, and certainly not adding an extra hour to the school day."
Enough Is Enough
"Lets be real. It's already pushing overtime every single week. We just had to take our work home with us and spend an hour (or more) working on it every night. Hell, some kids push 50+ hours every week."
Here's The Point Of Education:
"Schools have these already and the kids in them don't care. It's not immediately relevant to their lives so they don't pay attention. Sorta like if I were to talk to you about the do's and don'ts of denture cream. You say, 'eh, I'll figure it out later when I need to know it' and stop paying attention."
"I've taught in several schools that have tried to teach social skills, kindness, meditation, financial literacy, etc. In every case, the kids did not care. It was their least favorite part of the day because it felt like a waste of time."
"The point of education is to teach thinking, not doing. A well-educated student can teach themselves these things. A quick Google search can teach you how to file taxes, cook, etc. But you can't Google how to do Algebra 2 and expect to understand what you read without some background in the subject matter."
"Edit: I got upvotes? Now I'm mad with power, so I'll say this:"
"I hear arguments like this post all the time, and I think the real issue is people not taking responsibility. 'I can't cook? That must be the school's fault! We need education reform!' No, it's not the school's fault. It's your fault. You could literally Google a recipe in 20 seconds. Stop blaming other people for your problems."
"People don't realize that the point of education isn't to teach facts, but the change your brain. For example, physics and math majors earn the highest scores in the MCAT, GMAT, and LSAT. It's not because they learned those things in class, but because their curriculum emphasizes logical thinking. When students slack in schoolwork, they're not just missing out on the opportunity to know stuff; they're missing out on the opportunity to be smarter."
– gman4734
It's About Developing The Brain
"People don't understand that education is more about developing the brain rather than retaining knowledge."
"You can easily obtain knowledge from reading a book or watching videos. But education forces you to do stuff like read and write a lot or practice a lot of math problems. Those tasks help develop the brain and develop critical thinking skills."
"Even undergrad programs in engineering are not really meant to retain knowledge. They are meant to wire the brain to think like an engineer. Most of your knowledge in engineering is going to come from training you receive in industry and just working in projects in industry."
A good majority of Redditors believed that any additional time spent at school for the sake of acquiring adulting skills was a waste of time.
The argument that students go to school to learn how to learn remained a compelling one, and that the discovery of how to cook or doing laundry was either a quick Google or YouTube search away.
Because spending more time at school than necessary is awesome, said no one, ever.