Education

I’ve always thought being a college professor would be a great job – you get the benefits of the teaching school year but you don’t have to deal with literal kids (and their parents) on a daily basis. I know there are things like the administration and stress over tenure, but one thing I didn’t...

Reddit’s Unpopular Opinion thread is the place to be for people who think they know a better way to do things, or a way things should be done – that said, oftentimes it ends up being more of a popular opinion than people thought. Validation! This guy basically wrote a dissertation about why teenagers shouldn’t...

The old gags really are the best – I mean, there’s a reason something becomes a classic, wouldn’t you say? The only thing better than figuring out that you’ve been gotten by the dihydrogen monoxide gag, and are therefore in on the job now, is being able to dupe someone still unsuspecting of what’s coming....

Most of us want to be good friends, when we can. We want to do right by other people, and if we can make someone feel better instead of worse, we usually do. That said, throwing a test at school is a big ask, especially for those of us who care about our grades. These...

On Seinfeld, Kramer calls Broadway understudies “the substitute teachers of the theater world” and refers to them as “a shifty bunch.” As someone who substitute teachers on a fairly regular basis (but teenagers only, please) I would like to take offense at the sentiment and comparison, but I’m not sure I can. Subs, in my experience, are...

I used to think that being a college professor would be one of the best jobs in the world. You get a flexible schedule, you get to read about, publish, and teach about something you’re super into (you would have to be to get a Masters or PhD), and your students are old enough to...

No doubt about it, if you go to college, money is usually pretty tight…and that’s a huge understatement for a lot of folks out there. So, every college student should be well aware of everything single thing that they can take advantage of while they’re studying hard and trying to get through school. People on...

Were your college days pretty much filled with scraping by, eating ramen, and drinking Hamm’s because you were always low on money? Well, you’re not alone, my friends, because that’s the way it goes for countless numbers of young kids out there just trying to get an education. And that’s why these resources that folks...