Stay in school, kids

Polos, khakis, and boat shoes as far as the eyes can see

What kind of student were you in high school and college? When we talk about different types of students, we tend to only focus on two ends of the Bell Curve, both of which I wouldn't say I liked when I was in school. The first type is the overachiever. Don't get me wrong, I think it's noble and wonderful to try hard in school and get good grades, but I do not respect you if you're crying in class because you got a B+. The other type of kid is the delinquent, and those kids also irritated me. T…

Wittiness is next to tardiness

The luckiest man in the world

Chat GPT has caused a lot of new problems in the classroom. If plagiarism was a problem before, it's definitely a problem now. Luckily for teachers, Chat GPT isn't the greatest at writing essays, so they can usually tell when it's being used. If an essay says “As an AI tool, I cannot tell you XYZ,” you're probably in the clear for failing that student for plagiarism. Unfortunately, there is very little technology available for detecting whether AI tools are used. If you ask Chat GPT is a piece…

Congrats to the Class of 2023!

A strange place

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is different for everyone, and there are many different types of postgraduate academics. There are the people who are in it for the long haul and for the love of the game, aspiring to be academics forever. There are those who go into grad school straight after un…

Memes with a case of RBF.

It's that time of the year again: the absolute worst three weeks of the year for every college student . You don't even have to say it to know that finals week is upon us, and students at universities around the world are super bummed out about it. This is the first December I haven't had to deal with finals week since I was a mere preteen, and I'm incredibly stoked. You're telling me I no longer have to kill myself for 4-6 classes during the most depressing time of the year? Sign me up; being…

“College was the best part of my life” is a sentiment often expressed by weepy alumni. It can be a lot of pressure for college students to have the best time ever because college is supposedly the best part of their lives. I sometimes wonder whether college was the best part of my life, and it's all downhill from there, and I must answer that with a decisive no.

Do the dishes, I beg

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is largely different for everyone, but there are certainly different types of postgraduate academics. There are the people who are in it for the long haul, and for the love of the game, aspiring to be academics in school forever. There are those who go into grad…

We're not equipped

Older daughters are often forced to be third parents for their younger siblings. Many parents have more kids than they can reasonably care for, putting excessive pressure on their older children during their teenage years. Teenagers already go through enough stress, trauma, and anxiety without the element of rearing children. They didn't ask to be parents, yet they are forced to perform that role as if it's their duty. Redditor u/Dangerous-Host9819 is one of those eldest daughters. Her mother e…