The Pet Peevs of College...

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I thought it might be interesting to see what other student's pet peevs are regarding college, or anything else for that matter. Here are a couple of mine.

People who slurp their coffee in class.
Student who walk really slow in front of you in the hall.
Professors that write really small/chicken scratch.
Gunners.
Professors that love gunners.
When professors say they will take off of your grade if you're late and are then late themselves multiple times.
When the professor dose not change the quiz to account for the new version of the text book.
Loud people in the library.
Security that take their jobs a little too seriously.
Clueless councilors.

I will probably add more.
 
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Overpriced cafeterias. Seriously, $8 for lunch? I may as well go to a real restaurant.
 
chman said:
I thought it might be interesting to see what other student's pet peevs are regarding college, or anything else for that matter. Here are a couple of mine.

People who slurp their coffee in class.
Student who walk really slow in front of you in the hall.
Professors that write really small/chicken scratch.
Gunners.
Professors that love gunners.
When professors say they will take off of your grade if you're late and are then late themselves multiple times.
When the professor dose not change the quiz to account for the new version of the text book.
Loud people in the library.
Security that take their jobs a little too seriously.
Clueless councilors.

I will probably add more.
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Add this one. Students at the University of Washington who actually go to football games at Husky Stadium to see the most pathetic football team in America - which team is about to set the record for futility.

Stay in the library and study organic chemistry. Have some pride and stay away from the football stadium. You will have a better chance of getting a date.
 
searun said:
Add this one. Students at the University of Washington who actually go to football games at Husky Stadium to see the most pathetic football team in America - which team is about to set the record for futility.

Stay in the library and study organic chemistry. Have some pride and stay away from the football stadium. You will have a better chance of getting a date.
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This is true. I rarely go to football games, mainly because I find drunk people from the Greek system to be prevalent, not to mention the parking. However, we did not loose to LSU too badly for the first game, and they are a good team. A sign of hope?
 
People who make eye contact with you, or people who notice you there, but don't say "hi". Even though these are the same people who you helped last semester in their physio classes.
Lol, I'm starting to believe that this person is gonna acknowledge me as soon as soon as exam start rolling in.
 
chman said:
This is true. I rarely go to football games, mainly because I find drunk people from the Greek system to be prevalent, not to mention the parking. However, we did not loose to LSU too badly for the first game, and they are a good team. A sign of hope?
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yeah, I think Steve Sarkisian's got that program headed in the right direction. Plus, they have Jake Locker.
 
chman said:
This is true. I rarely go to football games, mainly because I find drunk people from the Greek system to be prevalent, not to mention the parking. However, we did not loose to LSU too badly for the first game, and they are a good team. A sign of hope?
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You have insight. My biggest mistake in college was joining a frat my freshman year. Now, I am forever a frat boy. But I do not advertise that at med school. Most of my med school classmates do not know that I was a frat boy. Good job on not going to football games at Washington. It shows good taste. And, no, they are not a good team.
 
searun said:
You have insight. My biggest mistake in college was joining a frat my freshman year. Now, I am forever a frat boy. But I do not advertise that at med school. Most of my med school classmates do not know that I was a frat boy. Good job on not going to football games at Washington. It shows good taste. And, no, they are not a good team.
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Luckily I had exposure to my friend's brother, who was in a frat, before I went to college. After I visited him a couple of times I knew that the frat life was not for me.
 
Sorority hos and fraternity bros.

(People with middle/high school mentalities)


They will follow you into the workplace. :scared:
 
ILikeDrugs said:
Sorority hos and fraternity bros.

(People with middle/high school mentalities)


They will follow you into the workplace. :scared:
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Well, there are reformed alcoholics and reformed frat boys, and we all need 12step programs and a higher power.
 
People (esp. if it's a professor) who talk about beer as if it is the one thing that binds humanity together.
 
Students who repeatedly ask really easy questions in large lecture classes in an apparent effort to make themselves stand out.

Students who smugly answer really easy questions on material that was just covered in the prior lecture.

TAs who pretend that they're important.
 
The creepy people in the library who sit RIGHT next to you at the same table, even though there are 6 other floors and 400 other tables.
 
HORRIBLE LAB PARTNERS! 👎
 
Omni said:
People who make eye contact with you, or people who notice you there, but don't say "hi". Even though these are the same people who you helped last semester in their physio classes.
Lol, I'm starting to believe that this person is gonna acknowledge me as soon as soon as exam start rolling in.
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haha this happened to me today
 
what's all this hate on frats?? I think it was the best decision to join one.....

anyway I hate when people answer the phone in the library and say really loudly "Oh HEY I'M IN THE LIBRARY".....NO **** SHERLOCK!!!!!!!
 
YouNeverKnow22 said:
what's all this hate on frats?? I think it was the best decision to join one.....

anyway I hate when people answer the phone in the library and say really loudly "Oh HEY I'M IN THE LIBRARY".....NO **** SHERLOCK!!!!!!!
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Some frats are better than others from what I have seen. Some are very academic, while others' members seem to major in underwater-basket weaving and beer pong.

The good ones probably give one great connections after college and lifelong friends, is my best guess.
 
chman said:
Some frats are better than others from what I have seen. Some are very academic, while others' members seem to major in underwater-basket weaving and beer pong.

The good ones probably give one great connections after college and lifelong friends, is my best guess.
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I'm in a social fraternity, I see it as a great way to balance academics and social life....but it takes good time management and prioritizing to succeed.
 
The kid next to me in bio who answers every question to himself.
People who put their feet on the back of my desk.
Frat boys/bros/white hats (if you're from mass you will understand this)
****ty textbooks
TA's who take their jobs too serious
Professors as old as dirt
 
dannyw said:
the kid next to me in bio who answers every question to himself.
people who put their feet on the back of my desk.frat boys/bros/white hats (if you're from mass you will understand this)
****ty textbooks
ta's who take their jobs too serious
professors as old as dirt
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+1.
 
Busy work, online assignments (which rarely require knowledge), teachers who grade your first paper extremely hard because they want you to do a re-write and then you turn the re-write in and it's the same exact paper and you end up with an A, teachers who refer to the caucasian race as the mayo and white bread of society, tuition raises, walking ridiculously long distances to class (they had to build the buildings 20 minutes apart?), engineering students, pre-medical students who come to class hammered and still get above average grades, loud people, people who cheat on assignments and don't get caught even though everyone in the entire classroom knows they are cheating, price of textbooks and everything else at the bookstore ex: 6$ for a 1 subject notebook, it's $0.25 at retail store, the females who flirt with you like crazy and do not put out a.k.a the teases.
 
In no particular order:

Textbooks (i prefer books with essays, research, etc. instead)
People who have conversations in class (while the professor is trying to teach)
The bookstore, overpricing books, and then giving you $8 to buy back your $300 book
People who shake their leg/tap their foot in class or during a test, shaking the entire row of desks
TA's who have a vengeance against undergrads
Monotone professors
Professors who have no time for students
Group projects
 
Nosy TA's who actually check to see what you're doing on your computer.
 
lstone13 said:
In no particular order:

Textbooks (i prefer books with essays, research, etc. instead)
People who have conversations in class (while the professor is trying to teach)
The bookstore, overpricing books, and then giving you $8 to buy back your $300 book
People who shake their leg/tap their foot in class or during a test, shaking the entire row of desks
TA's who have a vengeance against undergrads
Monotone professors
Professors who have no time for students
Group projects
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Good ones. I had this one professor when I was in c. college who was older than dirt and going deaf. So he would be writing on the board while giving important information, yet some people just wanted to have conversations and talk on the phone. I finally had to tell them to shut up after I missed that there was going to be an important quiz.

Some professors just don't know when to retire! And it always buggs me when students talk in class because I think; don't you pay for this in some form? Then I realize they are probably just wasting their parents' money and I get ever more angry?
 
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I drew this during class lol
 
Did you draw that because someone was doing that to you and you were sending a not-so-subtle hint? :laugh:
 
chman said:
Good ones. I had this one professor when I was in c. college who was older than dirt and going deaf. So he would be writing on the board while giving important information, yet some people just wanted to have conversations and talk on the phone. I finally had to tell them to shut up after I missed that there was going to be an important quiz.

Some professors just don't know when to retire! And it always buggs me when students talk in class because I think; don't you pay for this in some form? Then I realize they are probably just wasting their parents' money and I get ever more angry?
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Im guilty of this sometimes. Me and my friends sometimes take classes together in 300+ lectures and we just screw around
most of the time and just copy the notes. Some people do give the eye, but we sit in the back and were not
overly obnoxious. And no I dont waste my parents money I still get A's but sometimes you got to have fun in class!
 
Sauce1 said:
Im guilty of this sometimes. Me and my friends sometimes take classes together in 300+ lectures and we just screw around
most of the time and just copy the notes. Some people do give the eye, but we sit in the back and were not
overly obnoxious. And no I dont waste my parents money I still get A's but sometimes you got to have fun in class!
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This was a smaller class in community college. When people talked they were no more than ten feet away. Class is not just about the grade though, IMO, it is about what one learns. I like to hear what I pay for.
 
chman said:
This was a smaller class in community college. When people talked they were no more than ten feet away. Class is not just about the grade though, IMO, it is about what one learns. I like to hear what I pay for.
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Yes, I know what you mean. The classes we do this I always read the book and look over the lectures to make sure I got it down. Many times in classes such as chemistry, physics, o-chem you dont need to hear what the prof is saying just what the write. But some people do learn better hearing, I learn better seeing
 
Premeds.

No joke. I went through college hiding I was one because I was so ashamed at times.
 
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oaklandguy said:
Busy work, online assignments (which rarely require knowledge), teachers who grade your first paper extremely hard because they want you to do a re-write and then you turn the re-write in and it's the same exact paper and you end up with an A, teachers who refer to the caucasian race as the mayo and white bread of society, tuition raises, walking ridiculously long distances to class (they had to build the buildings 20 minutes apart?), engineering students, pre-medical students who come to class hammered and still get above average grades, loud people, people who cheat on assignments and don't get caught even though everyone in the entire classroom knows they are cheating, price of textbooks and everything else at the bookstore ex: 6$ for a 1 subject notebook, it's $0.25 at retail store, the females who flirt with you like crazy and do not put out a.k.a the teases.
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word. i hate smart people who have fun in college.
 
I remember during the last year of college, I was working 3 part jobs and still not able to make ends meet. My dad swung by my apt and dropped me off a box of cup of noodles, some chicken wings, and a bag of apples. Wtf kind of assortment of random crap is that. I mean talk about tough love.... This is why I hate rich kids. Many of them never amount to anything.
 
People who eat food with strong smells in the middle of a lecture that is right before lunch. (Or any time for that matter)

while you are at it I really do not want to hear your chewing over the prof's voice.

kay thanks bye
 
Nursing students talking at loud volumes about who banged who and who's taking what drugs while I'm trying to study in the library.

Cocky pre-meds who then cry when they get a B on a test and peg to a professor publicly, saw this happened and lol'd so hard.

Rich dumb sorority girls who can't drive and crash their Benz and BWMers into any moving objects on the street.
 
Look at me I'm the grad student who will be you TA. Despite the fact that I will be leading you through the lab protion of the course, I will be absolutely useless in every way imaginable. I wont be able to answer most of your questions, and those that I do answer, the answer is probably wrong. But look at me I'm a grad student.

Didn't happen in UG but in med school on several occassions - people eating carrots in the library. wtf? Could you possibly bring a more annoying snack?
 
People who talk just to hear themselves talk. I think they're worse than the people who ask questions to sound smart. Urgh...
 
shiftingmirage said:
Look at me I'm the grad student who will be you TA. Despite the fact that I will be leading you through the lab protion of the course, I will be absolutely useless in every way imaginable. I wont be able to answer most of your questions, and those that I do answer, the answer is probably wrong. But look at me I'm a grad student.

Didn't happen in UG but in med school on several occassions - people eating carrots in the library. wtf? Could you possibly bring a more annoying snack?
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chips.
 
chman said:
This was a smaller class in community college. When people talked they were no more than ten feet away. Class is not just about the grade though, IMO, it is about what one learns. I like to hear what I pay for.
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You pay $20 a unit, though. I know what you mean though and it pisses me off.

Nothing pisses me off more than when I'm sitting comfortably then someone comes and starts shaking their leg like they are in some kind of shock. We are not in 3rd grade anymore, have some self control. Its f'n annoying. Also, from what I have observed from some people is that there is a small population of shakers that shake both of their legs simultaneously. I call these people double douchebags, whereas the single shakers are appropriately named as well, douchebags.

Secondly, the person who constantly asks if this is going to be on the midterm. To that person I say, F you.

Thirdly, I know it's not your fault that you are sick but god damn it go outside and blow your nose. I don't want to hear your @#$ sniffle every 3 seconds. Stop wiping all that snot on your fingers while you're at it.

Fourthly, how can you not know that you smell real bad. I mean seriously, I smelt you a couple of feet before you sat down. Now if we take under consideration the Doppler effect, for this to happen I already know that if I smelt you that early that that means bad news bears for me.

/rant over
 
CoolWhipp said:
You pay $20 a unit, though. I know what you mean though and it pisses me off.


/rant over
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The cost of community college is roughly half as much as state school. Roughly $3,500 a year. Not much to some, but for someone who cannot get financial aid and has to pay their own way, it is a significant amount. Regardless, still pisses me off.
 
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