Fuck you.
Thats number 1. And fuck the sorry people who raised you.
2nd:
I dont care what you learned in high school. You are not in high school anymore. You are in college. You need to do the work. You need to study.
So far so good. Keep up the good advice.
You need to come to class. Every day. You need to STAY AWAKE in class. Every day. You need to take notes in class.
When?
Thats RIGHT! EVERY day!
Ooooh, and there's where it ends.
Coming to class is often essential, but also often useless. Some professors are excellent speakers, but others couldn't talk their way into a hookers panties if their clothes were made of hundred dollar bills held together by lines of cocaine.
Moreover, some people don't learn well from auditory instruction. This makes lectures a frustrating, and often wasteful use of time. While attending class MAY offer the opportunity to take notes which allow you to later read your way to understanding, the truth is that if you have trouble with spoken education you'll have trouble taking useful notes.
Let's also consider that many colleges now teach far down to what's passing for average in our society. This means that lectures, and often entire classes, are below the level of education that they should be. I learn at least as much, and sometimes far more, outside of class by making a concerted effort to study UP to my potential.
Finally, let's talk about non-traditional students. If someone is 19, single, with no real responsibilities, then their ONLY job is school. It's reasonable to expect a certain higher level of commitment. However, when someone is 40, in a relationship, has kids, cares for elderly members of their family, has one or more jobs, has positions of responsibility within the community, etc then you need to climb off your horse and realize they're already doing things more important than ANYTHING they're going to learn in school.
Carry on.
I fully acknowledge public K-12 gave you a messed up attitude about life. I am sorry. BUT, you are now 18 and there is only person person on the entire planet responsible for your education. Give up? ITS YOU!
Maybe some day many years from now when you have lots of money you can go back and sue the school for failing to teach you not to be a lazy shit bag. However, in order to successfully sue someone you need to show damages. If you have the money and the ability to press charges you cannot say you were fucked up for life. You got a crappy education. Get over it. You have about 100 times the opportunity of the rest of the world, especially if you are male and have 4 functioning limbs.
Awesome and spot on. This is probably the truest, most important thing you say in the whole post.
When is homework due? When the teacher tells you its due. Not "I dunno". Not "I forgot". Not at the end of the semester or after your week long nap or any other time.
But then you go and mess it up. While it's reasonable to expect people to put effort into meeting their deadlines, life goes on outside of class (see my above point about non-traditional students). Moreover, homework is as much about checking for absorption as it is about furthering instruction. It's a feedback mechanism to gauge understanding. If someone already 'gets it', then homework is nothing more than a grade getter. Mind you, people all NEED to completely accept that their grade is 100% in their hands. If you're ok with a lower grade due to missed assignments, more power to you.
There is this thing, called the internet, you may have heard of it. On it, is more information than your grandparents could ever hope to understand and much more than your parents will ever be able to access. And its everywhere. You cant swing a dead cat without hitting the internet. You already have all the information you will ever need to write any paper. There is no excuse for not having your paper done. Ever. Most teachers dont even require you to print a paper anymore. It can be emailed, meaning no printer, no way to lose it, and if by some miracle you did lose it, you could duplicate and resend it in less than a minute.
Also totally valid points. The opportunities for education available to today's students are LITERALLY beyond comprehension. If the great minds of our past were offered even a fraction of what we have today we'd likely be living in Utopia by now.
3rd and possibly most important:
Stop whining. Especially to me. I'm 30 years old. I grew up with a whole generation telling me I was worthless cuz I couldn't work 8 hours and go to school and maintain a 4.0 GPA. I dont care about you. I dont care that you won't get any studying done or do any homework in the 72 hours between today and the next class. Dont look to your fellow students for sympathy that you cant be as spoiled as you used to be. Anyone who sympathizes is weak and ignorant just like you. They will be the folks holding you back whenever you finally decide you do want to do something.
I was in the Navy for 9 years. I have seen and dealt with shit you probably dont even wanna hear about. I had to slave away for a very long time just to get a measly 14,100 dollars for college. Now I sit in classes full of dumb, spoiled, ignorant people talking shit about how much everything sucks and how they dont get enough free handouts from the world around them. As far as I'm concerned you are lazy and useless and the Chinese are going to own your sorry butt long before you retire. In my two years at the local Pen for Dirty, Lazy Assholes (AKA Community College) I have seen 1 person who actually bragged they had worked for anything they got, and she was home schooled.
Do NOT tell the teacher you refuse to do the work and still expect to get an "A". Not only does that commit several logical fallacies (which you will never be smart enough to understand fully) but it also dredges up some serious anger management issues I still have not yet fixed.
I think she's a dumb bitch too. But not for the same reason you do. You think she's evil because she actually expects you to do as your told and she will fail you if you dont learn what you are supposed to.
I think she's a dumb bitch because she didnt throw your stupid ass out during the first week. She's fucking up my education because she has to spend 10 minutes every day yelling at people. I think teens should actually have to earn their way into college, with work, not taking a placement test. Everyone needs to be denied entrance for at least one year after they leave high school. Right off the bat I think that would clear out most of you morons. The rest would be damn grateful for their opportunity.
Finally, just like you didnt work to get through high school and you clearly didnt work hard enough to actually earn the Lexus you are driving, you have not yet earned the privilege of talking shit about anyone. Especially not the teachers. Yes, its true most of them are professional academics and I admit its kind of hard to respect them. Having said that, they have done more work and accomplished more glory than you will ever know. They might be annoying, but you are going to be completely useless until you finally do something real with your life. You have no reason to ever say anything bad about them. Among their many trials they've had to put up with fools like you for a number of years. That alone should be grounds for a fat pension.
Dont even think about criticizing me. I worked way too hard to get here and I know I work much harder than most of you on a daily basis. The faculty arent allowed to strike student but I have no such reservations. And I'm fairly certain I'd get lots of leniency for a 1st offense and my service to America.
/ old man rant
Bravo.
Overall I completely agree. There's just a few allowances that you need to come to by understanding the differences in people's abilities, and the warrants underlying their motivations.
Facebook
Twitter