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[–][deleted] 11.1k points11.1k points  (249 children)

When I was at school the teachers would only confiscate your phone, this guy went full "you can get your baby back at the end of semester. Until then it will be locked safely in my desk."

[–]lupulin59 3536 points3537 points  (43 children)

If it rings again, it’s mine.

[–]Swiftblue 1380 points1381 points  (31 children)

Man, adoption law has gotten wild since I last checked.

[–]doorbellguy 305 points306 points  (27 children)

Is it still adoption if the professor confiscated the baby for only one semester?

[–]joe4553 187 points188 points  (17 children)

More of a rental, once the baby stops being cute he will return it.

[–]neon_overload 97 points98 points  (5 children)

More of a rental

Kidnappers are gonna start using this terminology

[–]Poormidlifechoices 102 points103 points  (4 children)


Not a full kidnapping. Just a minor theft.


Underrated pun.

[–]Roxanne1000 11 points12 points  (2 children)

I have a question, is that even legal?? For teachers to confiscate private property for long stretches of time, refusing to give it back?

[–]gameboy17 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not really, but they make you agree to the school's terms of service - it's probably in there somewhere.

[–]mikeee382 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not a lawyer, but I'd guess consumer goods wouldn't fall under the same legal designation as "private property" -- like say, a house would.

Like I said, I'm only guessing, but I'd imagine they're allowed to do that and more, given the implicit consent parents give the teachers when they decide to have their children attend school.

[–]Kind_Of_A_Dick 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I had a manager who’d rub your phone on his crotch if he caught you on it while at work. He didn’t last long.

[–]ElizabethHopeParker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who works in a Hospital. Had I had my phone so treated, I would come back next week with a piece of paper which I would hand over to the manager: "Sir, I had the microbes on my phone analyzed and ... well, you might want to sit down for this..."

[–]datsyuks_deke 303 points304 points  (192 children)

That’s high school. They’ll do anything to punish students. But in college? Way more lenient

[–]DontKillMyVibePlease 260 points261 points  (156 children)

Had a dude bust out an Xbox controller once and start playing some game on his laptop,stupefied me that the professor just didn’t give a fuck. I mean I used to play like hearthstone/runescape in class and I felt bad doing that, I couldn’t imagine busting out a controller like this guy did.

[–]vlees 407 points408 points  (104 children)

High school teachers have an obligation to teach you stuff, University not so much. You pay them, feel free to learn. They have no obligation towards the government to actually make sure you don't waste your (parents) money.

[–]Chris_Jeeb 203 points204 points  (58 children)

Cause they know 10% of the class will send this:


This semester was difficult for me. Please disregard all my grades for the semester and weigh my exam 100%.


Student who never comes to class

[–]Captain_Linebeck 103 points104 points  (15 children)

My roommate has had a grade improved by only an email uncomfortably often. I’ve only seen him get denied once, and he replied to the denial, “can’t blame an undergrad student for trying right?”

[–]EatsonlyPasta 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Your roommate knows how the world works.

[–]Oblivious_Indian_Guy 37 points38 points  (9 children)

Yeah okay I need some examples of his emails. Clearly he's mastered persuasive writing.

[–]piexil 19 points20 points  (0 children)

honestly, if you aren't doing so well in a class, go to the office hours at least a few times before the end of the semester. I've had some professors be way more lenient with me after that (and I learned the subject better too)

[–]Scientolojesus 9 points10 points  (2 children)

What did his emails say exactly?

[–]_liminal 109 points110 points  (24 children)

Proceeds to get 35 on the exam

[–]RegressToTheMean 48 points49 points  (22 children)

According to my buddies who got engineering degrees, this is passing (for them)

[–]tonufan 42 points43 points  (8 children)

For some classes, it's not far off. I've had at least two ENGR and one math professor that getting a 35/100 is considered good.

[–]RegressToTheMean 27 points28 points  (7 children)

I believe it. Granted my experience was about 20 years ago, but around finals time, I would be working on 4 or 5 giant term papers and they would be hoping for a 35 or 40 curved up. It always blew my mind that the profs would design the exams that way

[–]hitchopottimus 35 points36 points  (3 children)

I know in some of my law school classes they used a similar concept: make it incredibly hard and complicated so that there was lots of room for variation in student answers and scores. The idea was that the curve and your performance compared to your classmates was all that matters, so by making it super hard, you create more opportunities for separation.

[–]IWuvMufins 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think the point is to find out who are the bad, the mediocre, the good, the better, the best, the einsteins and to still have a place for higher grade in case megamind shows up.

[–]ClunkEighty3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When the top jobs are available for next nly the top 2 of a class. You need to design an exam that differentiates the top 10 students. In my a-level maths class everyone got an A, which would have been true for quite a few top performing schools. It was useless for selecting your top 1% of mathematicians.

[–]MangoCats 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fun fact - the material is hard, really really hard, to wrap your head around in the first semester... people who know the stuff cold can get 95%+ on those exams without studying or even trying too hard during the test. It's curved up to acknowledge the human factor of difficulty demonstrating mastery of the new concepts. Or... you could just take the class 2 or 3 times in a row and really learn the stuff.

There's not a good way to make a test of hard material that's easy to get a 100% on.

[–]Wheat_Grinder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I heard tales of a chemical engineering course at my college (that I thankfully didn't have to take) which had a median score of 0 for each of the three exams.

[–]xcrackpotfoxx 12 points13 points  (14 children)

Do people actually do that?

[–]tonufan 23 points24 points  (6 children)

I know quite a few engineering students that make up fake anxiety whatever and request to have a separate room to test in. The professor can't be in two places at once so they get some alone time to look up answers on their phone.

[–]xcrackpotfoxx 28 points29 points  (1 child)

Jesus christ that's pathetic. My professors would leave the room all the time. I had quite a few that would give the test out and then go to their office and tell you to go up and turn in your test when you get done.

[–]OhNoItsScottHesADick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As often as they cheat during exams. They don't parade it around.

[–]Bleus4 38 points39 points  (39 children)

In Denmark you get paid to go to University, and while I haven't started there yet I recall hearing they don't give a damn there either, as long as you don't distract/disturb the other students you're left alone to your own responsibility.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (37 children)

In the Netherlands you pay ~2000€ a year, the government pays the rest. Teachers care, but classes aren't mandatory. Don't go to class if you're just going to play video games.

[–]Refugee_Savior 28 points29 points  (36 children)

Most of my college classes had lecture attendance worth 10% of your grade. Which is stupid. If I get a B in your class I deserve a B not a C.


I had two classes with attendance as part of your grade. For the first I missed the first tutorial and figured I might as well just do the resit where there was no attendance.

The second class wasn't mandatory, so I dropped it straight away.


Most of my classes in college in the US had attendance policies, but most of my classes had fewer than 20 people so it was actually enforceable. I don't know how you could expect that in a hundred+ student lecture

[–]Refugee_Savior 11 points12 points  (1 child)

iClickers and questions that were (usually) put up randomly during class. So if you slept throughout the lecture or weren’t paying attention you could get nailed with missing class as well.

[–]The-Inglewood-Jack 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But now you can answer those questions with an app or on a laptop without even getting out of bed.


We require all students to swipe in to every scheduled session. It's all electronic and there's a central database. Miss 6 and get a mandatory discussion with your academic advisor, miss 3 more and get a head of school discussion.

It's really to enforce student visas and thus, it's on some level a national database.

Just as an example: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/study/current-students/your-studies/student-engagement-and-attendance

We recently installed swipe access on every single teaching room on campus.

[–]StjerneIdioten 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Am university student in Denmark, can confirm :-p But at least in my line of studie they have started to introduce some mandatory hand-ins during the semester to weed out people who aren't even trying.

[–]Hugginsome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except when they become a distraction to other students.

[–]koryface 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He’s only helping other kids on the bell curve.

[–]XHF 12 points13 points  (7 children)

I don't understand why college students do that. I mean you're paying thousands of dollars for your education.


Most people pay thousands of dollars for the degree, not the education.

[–]Bloody-smashing 19 points20 points  (28 children)

Our lecturers guilt trip us if we do anything except pay attention to the lecture. They have a semi breakdown and start talking about how we are supposed to be professionals and they feel sorry for our future patients if this is how we treat our lecturers.

[–]evitagen-armak 78 points79 points  (2 children)

Of course. There is actually a person down there trying to help you learn and it's very disrespectful and distracting to the rest of the class as well.

[–]Bloody-smashing 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I get that and i don't watch Netflix or play games while in lectures but a few do and everyone gets guilt tripped for it. We get sent some very nasty emails that are fair enough if the majority were doing it but it is only the minority.

[–]radioactive_muffin 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Welcome to everything for the rest of your life. Only a few idiots will spoil: class, sick time/overtime, the government, race/religion.

[–]CrivCL 43 points44 points  (20 children)


It's not a guilt trip if you're supposed to be being trained to have someone else's well being in your hands.

[–]alphanurd 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I've had one professor who will stop his lecture and state at you until you leave the room if you fall asleep or play on your phone or computer at any point during his lecture. I get that.

[–]Bloody-smashing 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I remember when I was in first year there was a girl who would fall asleep in one lecturer's lecture without fail. One day he stopped the lecture and pulled her up on it. It was because the lecture with this guy was always after lunch and she was sleepy.

I'm not the perfect student and I really struggle to sit still during lectures but I try not to be on my phone etc. If it's a two hours lecture though I really struggle. If it's fourth lecture in a row I struggle.

[–]iChugVodka 10 points11 points  (24 children)

Never heard of profs confiscating phones, only warnings or kicking your ass out of class

[–]Kennfusion 9 points10 points  (3 children)

When I was an adjunct professor my rules were simple...turn off/silence your phone. My rule was, if your phone rang during class, I got to answer it. Very rarely, but every once in a while I would get to talk with someone's mom, or boy/girlfriend and let them know they were in class, but would call them back after.

[–]lucaslower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sort of similar, though the student has to answer on speaker: https://youtu.be/R9rymEWJX38

[–]El_Giganto 33 points34 points  (3 children)

I shit you not, I had one professor in college that took people's phones. This guy was a massive douchebag regardless.

The guy didn't have a school email yet, nor did he have a school mailbox, so we had to bring our essays and reports in physically. We had a class scheduled on a monday, and he didn't turn up. He told some people, who told the rest of the class through WhatsApp, that the class would be rescheduled a day later, at 9 fucking AM when I already had an appointment. I tried my best to contact him, but of course it's impossible to do that. So I wasn't able to turn in my report and he fucking failed me when I had it in the next class.

I worked it out the second time, but that was so unecessary. Man what a dick that guy was. He was right that people should pay attention more in classes, but telling people to leave their class when they've lost concentration for a minute? Ridiculous.

[–]TheBoneOwl 11 points12 points  (1 child)

What did the school administration or ombudsperson say when you brought this to their attention?

Or did you not do that?

People in college/uni put up with a lot they don't need to. High school is one thing but you have many more options in post secondary.

[–]banned_from_politics 5 points6 points  (0 children)

we had to bring our essays and reports in physically

I had more than a couple of professors who required physical turn-ins even though they did have email and other electronic delivery options available. They knew they'd never see half their class if they didn't require them to turn stuff in physically, I guess.

[–]jdukes120401 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ha, heres your upvote.

[–]mayorbangtty 1861 points1862 points  (27 children)

Shit I thought the professor was flipping someone off

[–]AussieDaz 142 points143 points  (2 children)

I thought it was Larry David flipping someone off.

[–]YourJ 145 points146 points  (11 children)

Came here to find this comment

[–]PM_ME_EIN_SANDWICH 83 points84 points  (2 children)

I go to the comments to look for comments too

[–]GilesDMT 15 points16 points  (6 children)

I too came to find it, then left, came back, found yours. Now I’m posting this and plan to leave again afterwards.

I’ll probably go have a sandwich. Perhaps string cheese. Not really sure. Definitely a glass of water.

I’ll check back here later tonight. See you then.

[–]TheHorizonEvent1 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Yo can you make me a sandwich too?

[–]GilesDMT 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Oh, for sure.

String cheese wasn’t gonna cut it.

Turkey ok?

[–]ForresterQ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought Larry David was flipping someone off

[–]twinstralover 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Yeah thought it was on r/insanepeopleonfacebook


[–]pletentious_asshore 2759 points2760 points  (114 children)

Damn that's tough trying to go to school with a baby and no where to take it. There is no way I could do that and pass.

[–]_SLEEP_TO_DREAM_ 2108 points2109 points  (63 children)

You don’t know what you are capable of until you have everything riding on it. When I started school (as a “mature student” of 23), my oldest was not yet a year. It was my run from a life in retail. I had a 4.0 GPA, and held down a job. I landed my first job out of a paid placement that paid nearly twice what I had been making, and covered my tuition and books.

I am currently making serious progressions in my career, and have even been contacted by former professors for collaborative work. One of those same professors was the one who was so understanding when my sitter was ill, and it was the day of a presentation. I sat with my daughter out in the hall until it was time for my presentation, and then a classmate sat with her as I presented. I was so worried that he thought I was disorganized and unprepared, but I know now that he was shocked that I didn’t try to shuffle my presentation.

I consider myself fortunate because I know it’s not that easy for everyone. The path I chose was not an easy one, and required sacrifices. With progressions in my personal life and career in the last few years, it’s doesn’t look like it will be getting easier anytime soon. I am now putting that same baby through school. It wasn’t just my future riding on it, and for me, it mattered so much more than you might imagine possible.

[–]pascalbrax 206 points207 points  (9 children)

Stories like this reminds me how I'm spoiled and how I would have failed tragically at life if I was in your situation.

Huge respect.

[–]Iron_Maiden_666 201 points202 points  (6 children)

I think the point they are trying to make is you don't know if you would have failed until you are put in that situation. Humans are resilient like that.

[–]abqkat 50 points51 points  (5 children)

That's one reason that unemployment is so tiring and paralyzing, and why successful people seem to have 28 hours in a day and can keep up with many demands. It's truly interesting to see how people rise and fall to the demands that they face - I found that when I had unlimited time to do very little, I did very little of anything at all

[–]stellawheeze 45 points46 points  (2 children)

I'm a nontraditional 32 year old student preparing to start my nursing program in the fall. I have 3 sons, 2 of them have special needs. I can honestly say that I do better in college now than I would have straight out of high school. I have 3 little boys to motivate me! They are by far, the reason I work as hard as I do. Failure isn't an option when I have my children watching me so closely. Idk that I would have cared so much as an 18 year old.

[–]Gostaverling 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I agree, my wife and I tried for 6 years to have a child before I went back to college. Our first child was born the summer before my last semester of my BA. I remember riding the bus to school with her in a baby carrier, her diaper bag over one shoulder, my backpack over the other feeding her a bottle. I'd drop her off at daycare on campus (thank heavens for that service UW!) go to class and then pick her up and take her home.

Unfortunately, the daycare sprung a massive leak in a pipe and had to shut down for over a month. For the first few days there was no alternative so I took her carseat with me to class. I'm sure it was odd seeing a 28 year old man going to college courses with a 4 month old infant, but I needed to finish the last 18 credit hours and couldn't miss courses. (I finished with a 3.8 GPA).

[–]somefoobar 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Retail will make you do things you never thought possible.

[–]Joboj 72 points73 points  (10 children)

Sometime (i know this sounds weird) im jealous that i have had nothing like this happen in my life yet. You get so much experience, motivation and wisdom out of situations like this. I am a way too 'blessed' person and i fully realise that.

[–]nomnommish 121 points122 points  (3 children)

I know exactly what you mean. We haven't been put in a sink or swim situation where we could have been heroic. Or not.

But i have also come to realize that true heroism is in the everyday little things we do or choose to not do. No disrespect to OP's truly amazing efforts, but truth is, a lot of people want to be heroic when the task is big and flashy. Like being in an emergency situation.

But it is the little unfashionable heroism that takes a lot more discipline and fortitude. And it almost always goes unnoticed. In fact, even with OP, i strongly suspect it was not one thing but thousands of small everyday acts that ended up defining the kind of person she really is.

Anyway, just my two cents.

[–]Joboj 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I like this. Thank you.

[–]dwahen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well said

[–]TweektheGeek[🍰] 40 points41 points  (2 children)

When I first joined the military, I was a little jealous of people who got to see combat.

Then, I got to see combat.

Let me tell you, I had no reason to be jealous in any way.

I know it's a different situation, but the bottom line for my situation was this: I gained so much from my deployment that I could not have gained anywhere else. However, I lost so much more.

I'm no longer jealous of anyone who had to struggle to better themselves.

[–]Joboj 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Thanks for this insight. I fully realise it's a double edged sword. I just sometimes can't get rid of the feeling that you need to have been rock bottom to be succesfull. But i also am super gratefull that i haven't had anything bad happen.

[–]flergie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that you seem self-aware enough to see your blessings and realize you have it better than some goes a long way as well. To me, it means you aren't taking it for granted.

[–]PandaBeastMode 9 points10 points  (1 child)

I had a really good life until about 25. Now, in my 30's, I have a really great life. There's about a seven year span in there that involved a spouse with mental illness, domestic abuse while I was pregnant, divorce while pregnant, single parenthood, a layoff while deeply in divorce debt, working 3 minimum wage jobs while begging family for childcare, and dropping out a master's program due to all of the above.

It built character and made me incredibly appreciative of life. I know I can survive anything, I know if I hadn't gone through it, I wouldn't be where I am in my personality or career. But my god, I would do anything to protect my children from ever experiencing what I did.

I remember that "too blessed" feeling before bad stuff made my life harder. Go do something that challenges you- climb mountains, learn a language that seems impossible, challenge yourself to live on minimum wage and save the rest for a few weeks, only buy what food stamps would allow at the store to see how it feels. Build your resilience and your empathy and gain your wisdom, and be glad you got to do it by choice. I hope your life continues to be blessed!

[–]thejakeson 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yea? Well I just watched a mother spider literally sacrifice her body to feed her children so, that really isn't that impressive (I'm just kidding and you're the best mom and your story made me tear up and I wish for the best for you and your kid)!

[–]a1b1no 29 points30 points  (1 child)

As a teacher, we often see the stress on students' faces, and think,"should I ask? If only he / she'd give me an indication of what he's going through.."

Sometimes I ask mine to meet me and try to find out what's troubling them and if there's a way they can be helped.

We teachers see students like our own children; I wish kids never hesitated to open up to their teachers more..

[–]poop-trap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

While I'm sure that's true for 90% of the teachers out there, give a student one bad teacher and they tend to be guarded. Anecdotally, I love learning and was a good student (way back in the Paleolithic) and genuinely appreciated the vast majority of my teachers. I had a couple of bad ones between 3rd and 6th grade though, and from then on even if I liked and respected a teacher or professor I would never even think of opening up to them about anything personal. It's almost surely my loss, but it's hard to let go of that betrayal of trust.

[–]softmaker 26 points27 points  (0 children)

People are incredibly resilient. It all boils down to the fight in you - cultivate that drive, the lust for accomplishment. Unless you are incredibly sheltered and wealthy (or extremely lucky), It's almost certain that eventually at some point(s) in your life you will feel broken, intimidated and overwhelmed by hardship(s) or setback(s).

What you gonna do about it? Everyone makes mistakes. Or maybe it's just the randomness of life's lottery that got your ticket. Shrug it off, clean the dust and rise again to the fight. Make shame and peer approval become insignificant when facing your desire to rise. When there's a will there's a way.

[–]Average650 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Now imagine trying to hold down a job! Life can get tough out there.

[–]-Rosenkreuz- 1499 points1500 points  (57 children)

I teach in college and it’s a whole lot more annoying to see students browsing social media when I’m running a class. Bringing a child to school because one can’t find a baby sitter only tells me one thing, you want to learn and better yourself despite obstacles in life. The students who put up with this learnt a valuable lesson in empathy too. Win win for everyone.

[–]stone500 38 points39 points  (2 children)

I taught a basic computers course for a couple semesters. I always wanted to try teaching and this shitty for-profit college was stupid enough to allow me to give it a shot.

Problem is, I was teaching a computers course to a bunch of automotive students who did not give a shit about the course at all. Almost nobody paid attention to the lecture, and many people didn't even do the homework.

One student, though, was different. He was struggling with the material and got confused a lot, but dammit I could tell he was trying. I would stay late after class with him (where I wasn't getting paid anymore) and answer any and all questions he had for me. Anything I could do to help him, I would. And he would always say "I don't mean to take up your time, man. I can figure this out", and I would always rebuttal by telling him "Listen, you're here because you care, which means that I care. That's why I took this job"

I ended up quitting being a teacher after that semester. 93% of my students failed the class because they simply didn't do the final assignment. They calculated the percentage of the final assignment and decided that it wasn't necessary to complete the assignment in order to receive a passing grade. However, their math was faulty.

[–]DoctorSalt 27 points28 points  (1 child)

It was a calculated move, but boy are they bad at math

[–]stone500 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I think a lot of them didn't pay attention to how bad their grades were already.

I had one student that was trying to stop selling drugs. He showed up for the first day of class, the midterm, and the final. He had a generous 2% at the end of the class. Dude had the gall to ask me if he could get some extra credit assignments.

[–]Multitasker 142 points143 points  (5 children)

Nail on the head, have an upvote.

[–]merchillio 21 points22 points  (1 child)

Upvote, have a nail on the head

[–]Multitasker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nail, upvote head

[–]goodguypat27 26 points27 points  (2 children)

Thank you

[–]graffiti81 50 points51 points  (6 children)

I'm back at school after twenty years in a year-long technical certificate program. Total of like 35 credits.

From what I can see, there are three types of students. Those who try hard and succeed, those who try hard and fail, and those who don't give a shit. The don't give a shits piss me off.

[–]Hadge_Padge 95 points96 points  (2 children)

I hear you, but remember that being young is a weird time. People are trying to figure out who they are. They might be grappling with new issues they don't understand, such as depression or anxiety, in a context they've never been in before. At the same time, they want to make friends and keep up an image. Don't mean to talk your ear off, I'm just reflecting on my own undergrad experience.

[–]g_Mmart2120 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree! Transitioning out of adolescence is just an odd time. For most people they are thrust into an entirely new situation and are really trying to figure out how to balance their lives.

[–]UnwiseSudai 10 points11 points  (1 child)

You missed one.

Don't give a shit and succeed. People like to pretend you have to bust your ass in college but some colleges are just really easy and some people just get it in the harder ones.

[–]sweetnesssa 513 points514 points  (6 children)

This guy grandads

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[–]Lasthegud 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh no

[–]Ma1 352 points353 points  (5 children)

This math teacher had... the solution

[–]insovietrussiaIfukme 63 points64 points  (4 children)

It comes in handy right before the finals. I call it

The final solution

[–]nuanimal 53 points54 points  (3 children)

[–]insovietrussiaIfukme 37 points38 points  (1 child)

I did Nazi this coming

[–]conancat 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Of course we went from wholesome professor to Nazis. Godwin's law in practice.

[–]sleep228 62 points63 points  (6 children)

I just noticed that what is written on the board is "ממוצע" (memutsa) which is "Average" in Hebrew!

[–]IamATechieNerd 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The curve is normal probability distribution curve.It's a statistics class if I am not wrong.

[–]DeadNotSleeping1010 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Until your comment I didn't realize it was another language and just assumed it was typical professor handwriting.

[–]SirCatharine 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he’s a professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This happened when I was a student there. I had no idea until he was asked to give a speech at an end of the year party.

[–]MoshikoKasoom 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I knew I saw something..

[–]happyskittles 140 points141 points  (5 children)

I can’t stand those bad hair extensions from the girl in the front

[–]lovegAll0re 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Haha I’m glad somebody else noticed that

[–]PM_ME_YO_GAMS_GIRL 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Lmao. Ikr, she don't even attempt to blend them in.

[–]neverendingninja 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Swamp Thing is just trying to better himself and you're over here throwing shade

[–]Calixtinus 222 points223 points  (19 children)

This is actually a huge problem our Non-Profit has been working on for years. The College graduation rate of all girls who get pregnant as Teens is 1.5%. Thankfully, this Professor is making a difference in this family's life to change that. Good on him.

[–]zRedShift 65 points66 points  (5 children)

This is an Israeli college/university, the student population is much older than in the United States (due to the mandatory military service and an emphasis on "finding oneself" afterwards). The Israelis are also much more brash, and thus more likely to bring something that makes a ton of noise, like a dog or a child, to class. On the other hand, the professors are usually very laid back, some even doing the same, so this stuff can fly.

Don't know how much good it does though, since attendance is mostly optional, and skipping a lecture and studying the material at home isn't that much of an issue.

[–]Areumdaun 9 points10 points  (4 children)

People in Israel bring dogs to class?

[–]Extract 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I bet the blind ones do

[–]zRedShift 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Big time. And not just the students, but the lecturers and the tutors are on it too. In my campus there's a program where students train guide dog pups. They take them everywhere, incl. classrooms and lecture halls. They used to take their own pet dogs to classrooms as well, but that was recently formally forbidden.

There's a professor here famous for bringing his husky with him to the lecture hall, and in a tutorial I had last year, the grad student used to bring his miniature poodle to the classroom and he would run under the desks and "bother" random students.

[–]leepopsicle1 81 points82 points  (2 children)

Secretly its his kid...

[–]ChenTasker 28 points29 points  (2 children)

Is this Hebrew?

[–]Zi1 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yup, says "average" below the graph, the picture was probably taken in israel :)

[–]Slayerrrrrrrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just thought it was messy academics writing and didn't give it a second thought haha.

[–]koryface 18 points19 points  (1 child)

That’s his baby now. This is the price.

[–]CargoCulture 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"She has paid the Chalk Price!"

[–]jef_snow 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"Gimme that damn baby!"

[–]Rydene 36 points37 points  (3 children)

Pretty good, pretty pretty good!

[–]Porcupine_Nights 31 points32 points  (2 children)

Wtf is this Facebook

[–]MarshmallowTurtle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, it's a nice story, but I saw this so long ago (on Facebook) that kid is probably in kindergarten.

[–]IVIaskerade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Reddit is slowly turning into Facebook, yes.


OP deserves an A+ in reposting

[–][deleted] 69 points70 points  (12 children)

But for real tho, if your kid is disruptive, you have to leave. Everyone can understand that you can't just dump your kid somewhere, but at the same time, you have to understand theres 90 other people in there trying to learn.

[–]The_Frogs 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And paying a lot of money to learn as well.

[–]xaj13[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For everyone complaining about the child disrupting your learning, it sounds like you didn’t even read what happened. When the baby started crying she clearly started to get up & leave. She didn’t make her classmates sit through it, she didn’t ask the professor for anything. HE took it upon himself to help her out & while the baby is completely content in his arms. People like that are becoming way more scarce & it’s so sad to see such close minded people on this post. & btw I’m in college & know plenty of people without children who disrupt a whole lesson because they’re simply an asshole. Keep the negativity off this post. Thanks.

[–]doesntnormallydothis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Did the mom still leave?

[–]Nerobus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We aren’t supposed to let parents bring kids into lecture... I just hope the admin never come to my night class. I just want these girls to get a freakin education!

[–]Tumsterfun 30 points31 points  (1 child)

It's wrong for her and the kid to disrupt everybody else's class time. Tuition is expensive, and she's essentially stealing time and money from her fellow students. Can you imagine if this happened every class? Get real.

[–]HasFiveVowels 179 points180 points  (197 children)

Am I crazy here or is it extremely rude to bring a (potentially) crying baby into a college course? No one seems to be talking about this. My heart goes out for the mother but if you can't find a babysitter, that doesn't make it ok. Seems I'd more quickly take it to a movie theater than a classroom. And then you have the fact that the professor is tending to the child, which is distracting to both the students and the professor. It's an expensive learning environment.

[–]JJean1 43 points44 points  (3 children)

I am a college instructor and I have tried allowing students to bring their kids to class on the rare occasion where it is necessary. Only once had the child sat quietly the entire time. Every other time, the child was a disruption and I almost had to ask the last student to leave because the child was so loud.

Everybody thinks their child will be different and he/she will be good, but odds are they will not. It is a disservice to other students who have also paid for the class to have to deal with that. I now tell my classes at the beginning of the semester not to bring their kids to class with them.

[–]HasFiveVowels 35 points36 points  (1 child)

It's honestly surprising to me that you even have to say it. I'm being told I'm a shitty person for having this opinion but, to me, it seems that not bringing your kid to class should go without saying.

[–]JJean1 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The thing is you are up against the "succeed against all odds" mindset that I think people are hesitant to speak out against an individuals actions. Even now, I am having a hard time finding the right words to communicate what I am saying without that other group misinterpreting what I am saying.

It seems like that, since she is trying to better herself, she is therefore immune to any criticisms for her actions, regardless of how they negatively affect others.

[–]BlaeRank 102 points103 points  (12 children)

It's very inconsiderate but no one really wants to admit it because "good on her for still trying." or whatever

[–]HasFiveVowels 81 points82 points  (11 children)

I think that's exactly what's happening. And I agree - good on her for trying. But people don't seem to understand that good intentions don't make it ok.

[–]coma-toaste 38 points39 points  (8 children)

I tend to agree - my highschool had zero tolerance for bringing your baby to school for this exact reason - even if the child is completely silent it is still distracting for everyone else in the room, teacher included. This is a nice idea but if everyone did it would be complete chaos.

[–]syrinxOptimised 30 points31 points  (7 children)

or just don't have a kid while you're still in fucking high school.

[–]danny29812 30 points31 points  (2 children)

You can't get to mad at every highschool student who has a kid, especially in really religious communities. I still have never had "formal" sex Ed, they gave the full on religious version:

Don't have sex until you're married, there's hundreds of STDs and no true way to prevent pregnancy.

You can't stick a bunch of mammals, who are just hitting sexual maturity, in a room and expect them not to fuck because it makes baby Jesus cry. They're doing what evolution programed them to do. We need better sex Ed and more available contraceptives.

I agree with op though, don't bring your kid to class please. I know how hard it is for you, but pretty please with sugar and sprinkles don't bring your fucking kid to class.

[–]MrrrrNiceGuy 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I agree. People don’t think about things like, “She made a conscious decision to go back to college with a kid.” Which in my mind means that she knew she had to learn to juggle both. This isn’t unfair, it’s just life. Some of us have to go down paths that are harder than the rest of us, and we can all sympathize and maybe empathize, but that doesn’t mean we have to cater to that person. She needs to accept this is one drawback to college with a kid; you need to be responsible enough to have someone watch your kid and if you can’t, you don’t go to class. If this is a one time exception, email the professor you won’t be there and explain why. Most professors will be understanding and try to accommodate. Hell, most of my professors do that when I’m a good student in class and have to miss due to being sick. Now, if this is going to happen more than once during the semester, then she needs to rethink about being at an in-person college. Otherwise, she’s just jeopardizing her experience as well as others. At this point, online college would make more sense to me and it’s more doable for her.

In addition, there might be 20-40 or more people in that classroom. Just bringing in a baby is distracting enough but I never knew a baby to be completely still. No matter what, the baby is interrupting the classroom and I personally find it selfish. She made a decision that says that the other people’s time and money spent on this class are not as important. That tell me she’s irresponsible which is probably why she is a single mother who can’t find someone to watch her kid. Now, she might not be single and if she isn’t, it makes things worse because her man or her man’s family can’t watch the baby but she has time to be in college? Again, irresponsible and selfish decision making.

What if she is bettering herself? Okay, that’s great, but she’s doing it at a time with a baby that’s not even a toddler? So if she’s that desperate to better herself so soon, maybe she shouldn’t have had a kid or put the kid up for adoption.

What I’m ultimately getting out is that it’s hard for me to sympathize for someone when you’re only excuse is, “But I have a baby!” It’s not like a stork brought it to you and now you have to think fast on how to get a degree to get a better job to support it. She made decisions like the rest of us and she made a decision to have a kid. She also made a decision to go back to college which means she should be willing to accept the hurdles that come with it rather than making people to revolve around her life. No, that’s not unfair, that’s life.


I agree with you unless it was a class where attendance is mandatory. If not, just stay home that day. You don't miss that much in one class. We have to people that often bring their child to class as well, even though we have a uni kindergarden. It gets annoying.

[–]HasFiveVowels 11 points12 points  (1 child)

If missing a class will result in you failing - I agree. Go. I think it's still kind of rude but at least in that case it's like "sorry to be so rude but I kind of had no other option".

[–]gnrldissaray 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And that kid grew up to be Bill Gates

[–]Koreyanderseeds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also cry uncontrollably in stats.

[–]cxlleen 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Can we talk about those awful extensions in this woman's hair? I mean...

[–]doilooklikeacarol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Always see a professional.

[–]dntshoot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember this post from a few years ago

[–]gonetome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Curb your babysitter

[–]diet_pepsi_bottle 49 points50 points  (19 children)

So incredibly unprofessional and disrespectful and entitled to bring your fucking kid to a classroom.

Simply awful.

[–]Live_Free_Or_Diet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you didn’t bring enough for the whole class, don’t bring one for yourself.

[–]wolfman86 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Went from /r/humansbeingarseholes to /r/humansbeingbros. I mean who thinks it’s ok to take a baby to a lecture.

[–]Mockturtle22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before I read the caption I sincerely thought that he was giving the finger while holding a baby

[–]light_freetrial 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn I thought he was flipping them off

[–]Borngrumpy 10 points11 points  (2 children)

It's a dad thing, I had a poor lady next to me on a 6 hour flight with a baby and a young child, as soon as the plane took off, so did the baby. She was trying to juggle both and people were giving her the death stare, she was frazzled.

I told her I had 4 of my own and offered to take the baby, as soon as it hit my chest it fell asleep, I had my book and in flight entertainment and neither the baby or I moved for 6 hours, no changes or feeding, it slept all the way from Sydney to Singapore. She offered to take over a few times and I asked if she was willing to risk it, she left well enough alone. The only downside is you can't drink coffee holding a baby.