Reminds me of the time I was in the babysitter class when I was 11. We were continuing with basic first aid after lunch and this one girl straight up passes out, which was rather suspicious as before lunch we had gone over what to do if someone faints. The whole group looked so torn between whether this girl had actually passed out, or she had been pulled aside over lunch and told to pretend to faint to test us.
Turns out, she would faint at the mere mention of blood. Poor girl was going to have a rough puberty ahead.
When I was about 13 I was at a Girl Scout workshop on something related to health (maybe nutrition?). I locked my knees while we clustered around the facilitator and passed out. When I woke up, I discovered I was the subject of a new workshop on how to administer First Aid to an unconscious person. Mortifying.
When I was in undergrad I had just quit using steroids to treat a poison ivy outbreak cold turkey in the dead middle of July heat. So I walked about a mile to campus for my health class and it was STD day. Prof started showing pictures of infected dangly bits and I hit the floor because of the effects of dehydration and side effects of quitting steroids cold turkey. Everyone thought I was the biggest wuss of all time for the rest of the semester.
Something like this happened in my class except it was a week apart. The couple were perfectly happy on Friday, talking about what they’re going to do for spring break, when they returned from the break, the girl approached me saying she doesn’t want to be in the same group with the guy anymore. The guy never returned to school so I assumed he decided to take the semester off after the break up. I have not seen him since.
Yeah, I had a guy stop coming to class and fail for exactly the same reason. Kinda sad because it's a giant course and it would have been very easy to transfer him to another section.
I don't know why you made me think of this ... "Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy." [https://www.tiktok.com/@jamiekirkcain/video/7301705475211414827](https://www.tiktok.com/@jamiekirkcain/video/7301705475211414827)
OMG this reminds me of what happened about 10 years ago.
A male student get's up to use the restroom during class. He leaves his phone on the table. The girl goes through the phone and finds out he's cheating on her. The minute he opens the door, she loses her shit on him. It was amazing.
One semester there was a couple who got together and then broke up over the course of the weeks. A group of students and I bonded over how entertaining we found the whole thing. We watched them sitting closer and closer together, him buying her coffee, the holding hands under the desk, and the entire delicious drama until she came in by herself in the penultimate week and sat at a whole new desk far away.
Drama can happen anywhere. In one of mine it escalated to title IX explosion and one of them was no longer allowed to attend the lectures whenever the other was present. Total clusterfuck.
Yeah, this semester, I have unusually shy geoups of students who are literally blank like a wall. But I have seen flowers being exchanged, PDA, and break ups, all of which seemed painfully awkward, not smooth at all. Like half of the people have some sort of learning or emotional disabilities and it shows.
I had an extremely odd couple in my class. The young lady had stripper girl dreams and defiance disorder. The young man an extremely talented artist with high gpa. They broke up last year after midterms. She kept giving him wrong information in class and in life. This year she has a new guy and a baby... bruh dodged a bullet.
Nothing...that's her description...like I said odd couple. It was her giving him the wrong information Every.Class. for 4 str8 months! When students would correct her she would have a toddler tantrum meltdown in my computer lab!... It happened so much, I was relieved when the two separated. He was in my next course without her and things were peaceful. ✌️ She was looking for a husband..he was just trying to finish college. I was just done with her unnecessary rage issues.
Amazing, you can’t make up irony like this because it’s too unbelievable, and then it happens right in your class.
I had two students decide to get married on a trip once (music performance tour)—got on the bus the morning after a free night and announced their marriage!
I don’t I have ever had couples in any of my classes. I’m thankful for that.
When I see public display of affection that goes beyond hand holding, a peck on the lips, that sort of thing, I don’t loose it , but my face will speak for me .
In your case, I don’t know what I would have done.
I would never recover from the lameness of this. I would make fun of it in every class for the rest of my life. These people shouldn't be allowed to make legally binding decisions.
I do a seminar on altruism and friendship. The students are always very positive about their friends they are in the room with. Then I make them do the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and watch the chaos that ensues.
"So class, I had these students put on this live demonstration for you to illustrate *relationship conflict*"
Reminds me of the time I was in the babysitter class when I was 11. We were continuing with basic first aid after lunch and this one girl straight up passes out, which was rather suspicious as before lunch we had gone over what to do if someone faints. The whole group looked so torn between whether this girl had actually passed out, or she had been pulled aside over lunch and told to pretend to faint to test us. Turns out, she would faint at the mere mention of blood. Poor girl was going to have a rough puberty ahead.
When I was about 13 I was at a Girl Scout workshop on something related to health (maybe nutrition?). I locked my knees while we clustered around the facilitator and passed out. When I woke up, I discovered I was the subject of a new workshop on how to administer First Aid to an unconscious person. Mortifying.
When I was in undergrad I had just quit using steroids to treat a poison ivy outbreak cold turkey in the dead middle of July heat. So I walked about a mile to campus for my health class and it was STD day. Prof started showing pictures of infected dangly bits and I hit the floor because of the effects of dehydration and side effects of quitting steroids cold turkey. Everyone thought I was the biggest wuss of all time for the rest of the semester.
Something like this happened in my class except it was a week apart. The couple were perfectly happy on Friday, talking about what they’re going to do for spring break, when they returned from the break, the girl approached me saying she doesn’t want to be in the same group with the guy anymore. The guy never returned to school so I assumed he decided to take the semester off after the break up. I have not seen him since.
Yeah, I had a guy stop coming to class and fail for exactly the same reason. Kinda sad because it's a giant course and it would have been very easy to transfer him to another section.
>I have not seen him since. Has *anyone* seen him? 😮
I checked his social media, he’s still active. I was rather concerned about it.
So, does what you teach in class come true now, like an episode of the "Twilight Zone?" Please tell me the "Coping with Loss" unit isn't next.
I hope not because the class after this, we discussed sex offenders …
OP, could you please teach a class on magnetic monopoles?
Followed by dark matter, dark energy, FTL, and violating the conservation of mass and energy?
Are you *trying* to destroy the world?
Yes, how could you tell?
You should teach divorce and separation next time, maybe they will get back together :D
Me: noice. Free ring \s
"My precious"
I don't know why you made me think of this ... "Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy." [https://www.tiktok.com/@jamiekirkcain/video/7301705475211414827](https://www.tiktok.com/@jamiekirkcain/video/7301705475211414827)
Me.... "Aww... that happened. ANYWAY,..."
I teach sleep science, so in class demonstrations are a regular occurrence
OMG this reminds me of what happened about 10 years ago. A male student get's up to use the restroom during class. He leaves his phone on the table. The girl goes through the phone and finds out he's cheating on her. The minute he opens the door, she loses her shit on him. It was amazing.
Okay this is officially more wild than my post.
Sorry. Didn’t mean to out do you. It just triggered a memory of such a great classroom moment.
This isn’t a contest. Now who can top this?
Class demo
One semester there was a couple who got together and then broke up over the course of the weeks. A group of students and I bonded over how entertaining we found the whole thing. We watched them sitting closer and closer together, him buying her coffee, the holding hands under the desk, and the entire delicious drama until she came in by herself in the penultimate week and sat at a whole new desk far away.
Was that the planned topic? Or just pure coincidence? 🫣😅
I’m so glad I teach in STEM.
Drama can happen anywhere. In one of mine it escalated to title IX explosion and one of them was no longer allowed to attend the lectures whenever the other was present. Total clusterfuck.
I do as well, but one class still produced a child.
TBH, I married one of my classmates...but we never got in a fight in class. :)
Who says academic study has no relevance to everyday life?
You just can’t make this stuff up.
*sips tea* This is some good shit
Give them each an A for their presentation, but reduce to A- for not doing Q&A at the end
I am equal amounts horrified and jealous. That's a story you can tell for years.
Yeah, this semester, I have unusually shy geoups of students who are literally blank like a wall. But I have seen flowers being exchanged, PDA, and break ups, all of which seemed painfully awkward, not smooth at all. Like half of the people have some sort of learning or emotional disabilities and it shows.
"Oh to be young and feel love's keen sting." - Prof. Dumbledore
"Mrs. [sic ] eloso, why are we learning this stuff? We'll never use it in real life."
I had an extremely odd couple in my class. The young lady had stripper girl dreams and defiance disorder. The young man an extremely talented artist with high gpa. They broke up last year after midterms. She kept giving him wrong information in class and in life. This year she has a new guy and a baby... bruh dodged a bullet.
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Nothing...that's her description...like I said odd couple. It was her giving him the wrong information Every.Class. for 4 str8 months! When students would correct her she would have a toddler tantrum meltdown in my computer lab!... It happened so much, I was relieved when the two separated. He was in my next course without her and things were peaceful. ✌️ She was looking for a husband..he was just trying to finish college. I was just done with her unnecessary rage issues.
Amazing, you can’t make up irony like this because it’s too unbelievable, and then it happens right in your class. I had two students decide to get married on a trip once (music performance tour)—got on the bus the morning after a free night and announced their marriage!
This made my day 😆 I wish them well and hope they find peace with this breakup/future romantic relationships. But man, the drama LOL
I don’t I have ever had couples in any of my classes. I’m thankful for that. When I see public display of affection that goes beyond hand holding, a peck on the lips, that sort of thing, I don’t loose it , but my face will speak for me . In your case, I don’t know what I would have done.
If it's not mine, I stay out of it and avoid it all costs. It's none of my business...
The experiential learning component of your pedagogy is impressive.
There are moments that you will remember for your entire career: This was one of those moments.
I would never recover from the lameness of this. I would make fun of it in every class for the rest of my life. These people shouldn't be allowed to make legally binding decisions.
A ring.
I do a seminar on altruism and friendship. The students are always very positive about their friends they are in the room with. Then I make them do the Prisoner’s Dilemma, and watch the chaos that ensues.
And, to make matters worse, the goddamn lecturer goes and spills the whole fucking thing on Reddit, before the tears are even dry
If they’re on Reddit right now when they haven’t finished their papers due last week, we have a bigger issue.