45 Funny Things They Never Tell You In High School But That You Learn Instantly In College
Middle and high school are full of constant references to the nebulous world of college, where iron-willed professors typically rule over the student body. Then you get there and everyday occurrences seem to be taken out of discarded sitcom scripts.
Netizens share their hilarious, chaotic and relatable thoughts on what going to college is really like. From zany professors, terrible diets to academic burnout and late night shenanigans, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to add your own thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
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In my previous profession a guy who was on the fast track nearly lost his job becaues of this outlook, was tasked with training up 6 individuals and told them if all of them pass he's not doing his job. Failed ALL of them because they didn't do the exam in the order he told them and was booted from training people forever. What a b*****d
Dying of thirst in the desert: "Well, at least we aren't in middle school."
I did it. All it take is discipline and not getting hammered the day before. No big deal
Congrats on writing this on a joke :-) I sincerely hope it made you feel better. However, jokes may not be the thing for you...
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I'm currently in school and I try to avoid any 8am classes, like the plague. Mainly because I commute to school, which is 2.5 hours away. Unless I were to drive my car the whole way, it would probably take 1.5-2 hours, but the cost of parking is insane.
Earliest class I had was 7:30 a.m. It wasn't bad. And it was art history lol
Earliest class I've ever had started at 7, but I lived an hour and half away from college, so I had to get up at five am. It was "introducción al conocimiento de la sociedad y el estado" (a deadly concoction of ideology, politics, history and sociology). I know I passed, but I can't remember one single thing. Nothing. Such a useless waste of time and effort!
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Loved my morning classes. They were small, of course, so we got more accomplished. By mid-afternoon, I was done. I was able to get a nap, do some studying, maybe pick up a couple work shifts,... and party.
I only made that mistake once during my first year. I'd go to math at 8am and afterwards go right back to bed. :)
100% accurate- I had to drop a class one semester, and I've never had to make an easier decision in my life!- that 8-"am class was gone off my list sooooo fast! (And that's despite loving on campus like 200 metres away from the uni!
My first year, I started at 7am, but then I found out that there were places on campus to get breakfast that open at 7, so I switched to 8...
We did that a lot at ECU even though it was very much one of the biggest party schools, especially during summer session. That way we could drive down to the beach and have plenty of time for surfing
The trick is to take the 8am classes in the first semester, when you're motivated. By the second semester you're pretty much over it, and then you can take the easy and afternoon classes.
8am classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are doable. Otherwise you WILL fail that class 🤣
One semester I had all my classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I was in class from early in the morning until after dinner time. Very little break time in between. But I had a four day weekend every week. Best Year Ever.
How did you have a 4 day weekend, every week, if you had classes on Fridays and Tuesdays? Wouldn't that be a 3 day weekend?
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My dad was a professor at the school I attended. First semester, he had the brilliant idea that I would take 8 am classes and we could drive in together. It didn’t quite work out
Sometimes there's no real choice. I noticed a tendency for some of the gnarlier math and engineering courses I needed for my chosen minor to be offered only at 8 AM - never later.
I'm a morning person and I only did this ONCE in college and I learned my lesson! My brain just isn't able to fully engage that early.
I am fascinated by this northern-hemisphere thing of getting to work or school at 8 or 9. In SA we are military grade. Rush hour starts at 6am and many people are at work 6:30-7. No, we don't leave at 4. We leave at 5-6-ish. When I was in the UK I was fascinated that there was almost no traffic till 9am. Weird.
My degree is in Agricultural Science, and my department regularly had classes that started at 7:00, and occasionally earlier than that.
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Workplace relations the next year discussed the "Trail mix incident"
Why is this so true though? Can someone explain. Is it because of aging?
I am 61, with a PhD, was a professor for 20 years and I still have those dreams!
As a non-American I had to google what the ACT was and then went into a rabbit hole of googling SAT vs ACT . It feels alien because round my parts we all take the same test, the "bac" short for "baccalauréat", an exam instituted in France by Napoleon himself in 1808 and then widely copied continent-wide under many different names. As it happens, in my country, Romania, it's named the exact same. And that's just to finish high-school and get your diploma. And then, because I decided to be an architect, I had to take an extra admission exam specifically for that university. And for the latter, I even remember the date: September 9, 2001. You can probably guess why I remember it - the next day after the test I went out with friends to celebrate, got back early in the morning and slept until 3 something PM. Walked in the living room just in time to see the second plane hit the WTC...
First, ask her if one of their parents owns the company where her "dream job" would be located. One never knows.
I went to a college with more students than my entire town's population. Overwhelmed, on the first day I stood in the quad with a map in my hand crying. Finally, someone stopped and asked me what was the matter. I said I couldn't find my class, and they said, that's nothing to cry about and walked away.
This is something that college/university DOES teach you: you're not the hot-shot you thought you were, lower your expectations.
My college had "Happy Friday Guy". Dude riding on an electric scooter (like Razor brand stand up scooter, no seat), dressed in a superhero cape & eye mask. Shouting as loud as he could around campus "HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!" Someone eventually gave him a Tshirt with the official HFG logo superman style. We loved him.
I still wonder what happened to 1000 word essay on Byzantian Christianity me 10 years ago and me now that takes a day to reply to "wyd"
Do this in the breakroom at work too. Throws the whole room off when a newbie doesn't know better and everyone moves their seat because of it.
wow that's advanced. Our idiots are still emailing attachments around with no version control.
I'm about to be a freshman... for high skl--everything comparing HS to college here is making me nervous, is it really that bad?
'No boys past 2am'? Is that code for 'your boyfriend can do anything you both consent to under this roof, except wake up here'?
More students should use office hours. It's a great opportunity to stand out in the professor's mind, to get your questions addressed, to earn participation points, to get one-on-one tutoring, and to get hints about how to most effectively study the course material.
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I was a college professor for 20 years (in the United States). So, it is definitely true that many professors will treat you, the student, like an equal. Because you are legally an adult and that means that you are now responsible for your own decisions.....So they won't nag you about getting work in on time, or making up missed tests. It is your responsibility to make sure you fulfill the course requirements. And that means that if you get a low grade, that is on you, too.
And one way to treat students as equals is to not have an issue when they skip your classes. They are adults, they can determine whether it is worth attending a professor's class. Some professors' classes are not that important, some profs can't teach. I skipped many classes, I still got my STEM Ph.D.... And I hated when profs would spend the first day of class reading the syllabus to us.
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College is a lot less stressful than highschool, you don't hate everyone in college.
I was a college professor for 20 years (in the United States). So, it is definitely true that many professors will treat you, the student, like an equal. Because you are legally an adult and that means that you are now responsible for your own decisions.....So they won't nag you about getting work in on time, or making up missed tests. It is your responsibility to make sure you fulfill the course requirements. And that means that if you get a low grade, that is on you, too.
And one way to treat students as equals is to not have an issue when they skip your classes. They are adults, they can determine whether it is worth attending a professor's class. Some professors' classes are not that important, some profs can't teach. I skipped many classes, I still got my STEM Ph.D.... And I hated when profs would spend the first day of class reading the syllabus to us.
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