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Woman lounging in sunglasses caption "when a girl you met at a college lied about her name, age, and every single aspect of her life and you find out her real name and age and realize she's done this at multiple schools in North Carolina" (l) UNC College building with students walking (c) Google image search "sarah ferell unc" photo of woman side by side with "BOLO" over 2 photos warning of woman (r)

‘We were best friends for almost a year’: College student alleges a 24-year-old woman pretended to be a student—something she did four years earlier

'This sounds like a Netflix documentary.'

On Jun 11, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

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robot on wheels with balloons tied to it driving around a library

‘So happy that my tuition went towards a balloon robot that roams the library during finals week’: Private college roasted for balloon robot in viral TikTok, sparking debate

'Have to pay to print but hey at least there’s a robot with balloons to hopefully provide some serotonin.'

On May 23, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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Man smiling selfie thumbs up caption "Bro aged 20 years in Med school" "Started there" (l) Stethoscope on open book (c) man selfie caption "Bro aged 20 years in Med school" "Now we're here" (r)

‘No job will ever make me lose my youth like this’: Student shows how he’s changed while in med school, sparking debate

'I think that really shows what stress can do on the body itself.'

On May 19, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

Internet Culture IRL
man in white jacket with caption "Asking med students how much debt they're taking out" (l) woman grimacing with caption "Salomon: $150,000 Yolanda: $150,000 Gnyata: $300,000" (c) woman holding tablet with caption "Tanya $400,000" (r)

‘How are y’all so casual about it’: Med student shows how much debt each friend is graduating with, sparking debate

'Y’all don’t be feeling too bad for them.'

On May 13, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

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young woman crying with caption "POV: you're declining your acceptance to your dream university because fafsa wasn't enough to cover dorm costs"

‘The price of college in America is unfair as it is’: Girl has to turn down acceptance to ‘dream college’ because FASFA won’t even cover dorm, sparking debate

'The sad reality of a lot of Hispanic students wanting a higher education.'

On May 13, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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screenshot of online bank balances (l) (r) blonde woman looking bored (c)

‘This one actually made me feel decent about my finances’: College student shows friends’ bank account balances, sparking debate

'I would be panicking if I had any of these.'

On May 11, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

Internet Culture
student outside in parkinglot while students are cleaning bus for class (l) boxes stacked against wall the students have been delivering for team (c) student showing new football field (r)

‘American education is a joke’: High School student says his teacher forces students to do favors for the football team during class

'You're learning the current economic system: exploited labor.'

On Apr 30, 2022 by Elizabeth Rose

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laptop screen with presentation "Global Organizational Structures" caption "taking two courses that are presenting the exact slides word for word" (l) woman at laptop caption "e,ailing the director to complain that I'm paying $46,000 for this." (c) laptio screen with another presentation that is identical to "Global Organizational Structures" caption "taking two courses that are presenting the same exact slides word for word" (r)

‘I can get EXPELLED for plagiarism but y’all can do THIS’: College student discovers she was given identical slides in 2 different courses

'After graduating college I realized how much of a scam it is.'

On Apr 19, 2022 by Braden Bjella

Internet Culture IRL
Hot male teacher with coffee cup chalkboard behind (l) Woman greenscreen video over DM's with history teacher caption "hi makayla hope life has been treating you well after graduation. just curious to see if you're 21 yet and interested in grabbing a few drinks with a former hot history teacher hope to hear back from you." (r)

‘It’s literally ALWAYS the history teacher’: ‘Hot’ history teacher asks a former student if she’s 21 yet in romantic DM, sparking debate

'If you ran into each other that'd be one thing, but he's clearly been thinking about this for a while.'

On Apr 14, 2022 by Victoria Gagliardo-Silver

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Newport High School walkout

‘We want action’: Viral TikToks show students walking out of high school to protest handling of sexual assault

'The principal told her it wasn't her job to change the system.'

On Nov 23, 2021 by Nahila Bonfiglio

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Irritated young woman (l) leg in a brace (r) both with caption "how are u gonna dress code someone who can't even wear pants? now i'm missing almost my entire class for this BS"

‘How are u gonna dress code someone who can’t even wear pants’: Student with leg brace goes viral on TikTok for calling out dress code

'Missing almost my entire class for this BS.'

On Oct 6, 2021 by Sabine Joseph

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students holding protest signs

‘We should not be walking around in fear’: Video shows high schoolers protesting in cafeteria after alleged rape

On Sep 13, 2021 by Tricia Crimmins

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police putting handcuffs on a 5-year-old boy

‘This is why people need to beat their kids’: Cops handcuff, accost 5-year-old student (updated)

The child is also called 'mad rude' and 'a violent little thing.'

On Mar 28, 2021 by Eilish O'Sullivan

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breastfeeding online class

Professor defends himself after going viral for telling student not to breastfeed in online class

Many are pointing to the sexist double standard that has some men defending Jeffrey Toobin.

On Oct 22, 2020 by Siobhan Ball

Internet Culture IRL
teacher anti-mask student

Viewers are on teacher’s side after video of anti-mask student arguing with him goes viral

'I'm tired of this crap. You don't understand: This is a pandemic. It's serious.'

On Oct 11, 2020 by Esther Bell

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