The past six months have been a strange time of adjustment for everyone. Overnight, we had to give up many aspects of our everyday life that we took for granted, such as seeing friends, eating in restaurants, and going to work or school. However, thanks to modern technology, we entered an era where taking classes or work calls from your lounge's comfort became the new normal, and wearing a formal top and pajama pants became the new dress code. But as useful as online classes and meetings have been, they come with certain risks, like all technology. Many people fell victim to forgetting to turn off their cameras and microphones when they thought they had, which led to some pretty awkward situations. Read some of them below, as teachers and students share their best 'forgot to turn off the mic' story during virtual learning stories. Online learning is cool and all, but CHECK YOUR MICS, people!
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If you've followed us for a while, you'll know we love a good recreation. Whether it's couples who reenact famous movie posters, or people passing their time in quarantine by recreating famous paintings, we've got your covered. And now we have a new recreation gem for you, in the form of some Czech students who reenacted strange scenes from medieval books and it's hilarious. I'm not going to lie, this might be my favorite reenactment yet.
The past few decades have brought change at a rapid rate; with the development of technology, children today live a totally different life to those who were born even two decades ago. And one group of people who sees this shift over time, are teachers. The teachers of Reddit have shared the biggest differences between 2000, 2010, and 2020 students. Scroll through for their insight into the changing generations right before our eyes.
Online learning is something students and teachers alike have had to get used to over the past month or so. It's become the new normal and it definitely has its ups and downs. Being able to attend class from your bed (as a student of course) is great, but teaching from the other side of a screen isn't that easy. But nestled amongst frustrating parts are some pretty wholesome moments and the teachers of Reddit came together to share some of them. Here are the best ones, below.
School might be closed, but for many, classes are continuing online. There are some teachers who are nailing the whole online class thing and others... well, not so much. These students have taken to Twitter to vent about the teachers who are far stricter online than they are in the classroom, proving that online teaching just isn't for everyone.
School should be a safe place, where students go to study during the day in peace. But between the fighting teenagers, kids daring each other to do stupid stuff, and the general way that school kids fool around thinking they're invincible, accidents are bound to happen. An AskReddit thread asked people to share the disturbing things they witnessed at school and some of them are pretty bad!
The difference between a positive and a less than ideal school experience is often down to the teacher you have. A subject that is usually deathly boring (maths anyone?) can be brought to life by an enthusiastic teacher, and make their students love the subject. We've found some teachers who certainly have that passion and we only wish we had teachers like when we were in school.
Students at North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, have cracked the code of making school slightly less boring. How? By dressing up as their favorite pop culture characters and memes for their school ID photos. Story via Detroit Free Press.
As an expression of gratitude towards the last part of the "Avengers" movie series, some students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned the Great Dome on campus into Captain America's shield few days ago. They managed to drape a dome-sized shield symbol over the structure; although how they did it remains unknown. Even Chris Evans, who lives near by, approved. Via: ABC13
A 21-year-old student at the U.K.'s Robert Gordon University was so eager for her interview with Microsoft's University Recruitment team that she showed up an entire month early.
Laura MacLean had prepped for the interview for weeks. The management and marketing major's Skype interview with Microsoft was scheduled for February 18th, 2019. On January 18th, MacLean sat by her laptop waiting for the Skype call. After staring nervously at a blank screen for 15 minutes, she decided to email the recruiter.
@Avitable was sitting very patiently waiting for students to arrive to learn the exciting world of Algebra! He even brought them candy! (A+ for this teacher!) But, sadly it seemed no one cared enough to EVEN SHOW UP! But not to worry, @avitable decided to update his Twitter feed and document the whole event... and made one heck of a funny story from it!
