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University student tries to plagiarize classmate's work, classmate turns the tables and makes her look like a fool: 'Five years later, I discovered [the professor] routinely showed it to students as a warning'

When one university student reached out to a classmate for help with her paper, she had no idea she was about to walk right into an epic prank. Desperate to finish her report before the deadline, the student asked for a look at her classmate's work, claiming she just needed some guidance on structure and presentation. What happened next was nothing short of astonishing. After receiving the original paper, she sent back her version for proofreading—only to have her classmate discover that she ha…
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Live-in Landlord refuses to return deposit, inspiring tenant to win it back in court: 'I just wanted my deposit back'

It's always best not to let money come between friends, and it's even better not to let money come between distant acquaintances because, in those situations, you don't even have that tight of bond to keep things even-keeled when the going gets tough. Making matters worse is the fact that you're not complete strangers who can handle business without letting it get personal. You're better off not knowing them at all so that all parties can remain objective because you're never going to look at f…
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Student trickster uses his kindness to get a 10/10 on a school project he doesn't contribute to, in a tasteful turn of events that makes this petty revenge wholesome

‘The least you could do is repay me’: Student is left to do the heavy lifting for a school project, decides to trick his group mate into getting him a 10/10 on their next project and ends up on top

this is more like r/WholesomeRevenge
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'One student recently pushed me to the limit of my stupidity tolerance': Professor declares this generation at an all-time low after recent conversation, and it’s hard to disagree

Is this generation really the worst? In a now-viral story, a professor shared that while he usually tries to keep an open mind with his students as they're young and have limited life experience—but one particular conversation left him convinced that today's generation has officially hit a new low. But if we're being honest, every generation has its cringey moments. Gen Z may have influencers, but millennials had their MySpace profiles, and Boomers? Well, let's just say we all have our share...
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'We notified our managers... We were all told no': Teenage burger restaurant workers call out en masse on prom night

Prom is too important to miss just because your fast-food boss says “no.”
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'You are a real pain on Fridays!': 20+ messy teacher moments for the back-to-school season

'You are a real pain on Fridays!': 20+ messy teacher moments for the back-to-school season

Back-to-school season is among us, which means that we are officially dealing with the best and worst teachers among us. Look, as the child of a teacher, I have an immense amount of sympathy for most educators. However, in every industry, there are people who are straight-up trash at their jobs. You can find these individuals in business meetings, behind the front desk of a doctor's office, and in our classrooms. Unfortunately, there is no known cure for stopping some people from being bad at t…
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21-year-old university student wonders if they're wrong for refusing to contribute to expenses while living at home with her parents: 'They feel that it is my duty to contribute to the household...'

Whether or not you're still in school, you're an adult at 21 years old, and as such, it stands to reason that you should be significantly contributing to your living situation. There may be some situations where your family might be wealthy enough that you can get away with not contributing, but for most, the reality of most family situations will be that this is not the case, and at 21 years old, you will need to be contributing. Readers here voted for the university student not to be in the w…
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Enraged student eagerly complies with entitled professor’s misguided instruction, wiping out three years' worth of research

Enraged student eagerly complies with entitled professor’s misguided instruction, wiping out three years' worth of research

It's a commonly overlooked reality that being kind is easier than being unpleasant. Besides, the impolite individual is the only one who will eventually suffer the consequences. The story that follows is from a displeased student. The original poster (OP) describes his encounter with a lecturer who exudes entitlement. As a student, OP gained expertise in handling a variety of personalities. But nothing had prepared him for the smug professor who was unwilling to give his students the time of da…
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'He's the biggest leech I ever met': Student keeps ordering pizzas to neighbor's apartment, neighbor gets even and messes with their internet

'He's the biggest leech I ever met': Student keeps ordering pizzas to neighbor's apartment, neighbor gets even and messes with their internet

Starting a feud with one's neighbors is never a good idea. This tenant started receiving pizza deliveries intended for his neighbor, who was a college student. It was an innocent mistake until the tenant discovered that this was not a one-time occurrence. It happened repeatedly and incessantly. To make matters worse, the tenant later learned that this same dude was also using his internet instead of paying for his own service. This epiphany would lay the groundwork for some much-needed petty re…
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'I chose not to mention that': University professor lets student fail himself after he never attends a single class

'I chose not to mention that': University professor lets student fail himself after he never attends a single class

Academia doesn't like liars, as one student found out the hard way. Colleges love to talk about how much they value original work: no cheating allowed! It's never been easier for students to lie about their work, letting computers write their papers for them. And a lot of those students get caught too, flunking their classes and sometimes having to drop out over that indiscretion. This student also lied to his professor, but it wasn't about a paper. Instead, this kid had gotten into that bad ha…
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Students stand up to landlord for refusing to repair heating, withholding rent and later winning lawsuits against them: 'The judge finds for us for double damages'

For some reason, there's a log of predatory landlords going on in and around universities. Something about the melting pot of higher-density areas, where tens of thousands of desperate students are vying for limited accommodation. The entire system further holds student tenants hostage based on the fact that they need references from previous landlords to get accommodation for the upcoming year. The problem is that, as a young student, you're very limited in your options for previous references…
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Students get terrible teacher fired by doing exactly what he says: 'He was fired later that day...'

It sometimes happens in life that there's a discrepancy between your own abilities and what you imagine them to be. This overestimation can have wildly different repercussions, but sometimes, it just earns you a role in management. See, that unearned confidence seems to translate really well in interviews with people who have no idea that you don't know what you're talking about, meaning that the false bravado can land you a job you were never really cut out for. (Cue managers everywhere lookin…
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Student tricks classmate who keeps stealing his answers, cheater flunks the next test: 'He never copied my tests again'

Student tricks classmate who keeps stealing his answers, cheater flunks the next test: 'He never copied my tests again'

In every high school, there are a handful of students who not only do the bare minimum when it comes to work, but they're also pretty lame when it comes to cheating. Look, no one is going to outright condone stealing someone's answers on a test, but if you're going to be the fool that does it, at least be less obvious about it. This Redditor figured out that his classmate had been stealing his answers for the past few exams and was starting to worry that his teacher would think that the wrong p…
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Teacher gives student late penalty despite submitting his assignment 13 minutes before the deadline: 'I will not be removing the late penalty deduction'

Teacher gives student late penalty despite submitting his assignment 13 minutes before the deadline: 'I will not be removing the late penalty deduction'

How can students be expected to follow the rules when their teachers refuse to do the same? Learning should be a two-way street, am I right, folks? Here, we have a student who promptly submitted their assignment 13 minutes prior to the deadline, only to discover later on that he was given a late penalty on his final grade. After confronting the professor about what he assumed was an innocent grading mistake, the professor dug his heels into the ground and refused to budge. In fact, he claimed t…
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'Fine. I'm out': Jealous professor demands student stop helping other members of staff saying that they're "too involved," student backs off causing havoc

Not one of us is as infallible as we'd like to think. Draw a line in the sand for where you think you've been right or wrong in disagreements in your life and then take a couple of steps backward. That perspective will probably show you that you're not really as “corect” as you might think and that line is probably closer to where you're now standing. After all, we're all determinately fastened into our own narritaves and tend to have
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Student gets back at classmate by adding too many absences on teacher's attendance sheet, delaying his graduation by a full year: 'That is diabolical'

Student gets back at classmate by adding too many absences on teacher's attendance sheet, delaying his graduation by a full year: 'That is diabolical'

This one goes out to all the folks who were picked on in school and who dreamed about the consequences for their high school nemeses. As some folks suggested in the comments section, perhaps this student took things a bit too far, buy I guess it goes to show that picking on other classmates is a dangerous game. One should never underestimate how they might get back to you, even if they are smaller and more shy. In this instance , the two students attended a school with a strict attendance polic…
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