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Without fail the class would end a few minutes early. As soon as I started making the sounds it was like dominoes. Ten minutes left in the lecture but everyone has all their stuff put away and are putting their coats on. I think of this often. May this knowledge set you free a few minutes early.

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Lmao, this happened in High School and the teachers were like: "Why are you all packing up? Class is not over" then when the bell rings: "tHe bELl doESn't diSmISS yOu, i dO!"

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 17 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What a waste of time and money, and holy unbelievably disrespectful. If it’s not undergrads just playing on their phone or computer the whole time they do this. Why even go to college?

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

It's college. You're literally paying to be there so you're short changing yourself and your classmates.

If want to leave early, get the fuck up and go. You're an adult. Act like it.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

College adjunct instructor checking in:

Your teacher is human. They are there because they want to help you get the information that you need to be a successful person as an individual and in society. They see the class packing up early and it really stings because they care about you and their subject’s impact on the world.

If you don’t want to be an educated member of a democracy, just save yourself the student loan bills and don’t come in the first place.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io -3 points 10 hours ago

I mean yeah but it's awkward as shit and might make your professor hate you, and no good can come out of that.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Joke's on you, the college was giving me a full ride 😎

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

So is OP’s mom, doesn’t mean you can’t still leave early if you want

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You were paying for that time that you wasted.

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This reminds me of high school and the teachers yelling at people who tried to do this. Most of them wouldn't let us put our stuff away until the bell and then the next teacher expected us to be there at the bell, amazing.

[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

In the UK we had to be told explicitly not to move before or after the bell rang, until the teacher said we were allowed to (which usually wasn't long after to be fair). Wed all been conditioned by American movies were they just get up immediately to leave, lol

American movies were they just get up immediately to leave

Real American classrooms are not like the movies lol. Hollywood is all a lie

[–] hotshotgotrhymes@lemm.ee 9 points 11 hours ago

Hahah i forgot that i did that too, more so because I was fascinated how well it worked. Kinda like a social experiment

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

During high school I'd always hang around the class room after class to chat with the teachers; mostly because a large part of the other students were bullying me at the time and I wanted to avoid them/take my mind off of things.