That is *so* awesome. I had teachers in middle school (where I was quite unpopular and picked on mercilessly) who would do the exact opposite—if I was clinging to one friend constantly, they'd deliberately move me to another group or partner me with someone else—usually someone who picked on me in and out of class.

For me, being assigned is 10x better than picking our own groups, if only because of the awkwardness of asking to be in a group or, worse still, being the only one not in a group and having the instructor look around for a group with an uneven number of members or who'll take an extra person. I know, rationally, that…

Same here! I was shocked my first semester in Uni when we were told to pick groups for a project, but then thought "Oh, it's just because this is a Freshman class..." Oh no. Every semester, at least one professor would start off with a group project or the uber-annoying "Everyone pick a partner you don't know and find…

Same here. I always want to say "No. Sorry. I suffer from depression and serious social awkwardness—I have FMLA capproval at work and everything for it—so if you make me do this, I'm going to file an ADA claim against your ass!"

As a socially awkward individual, I never had a problem raising my hand to speak—that was me and the teacher, one-on-one interaction that I was okay with.

Thank you! This isn't the first time I've been on Jezebel and seen something similar, and every time I do, I usually abandon the site for a while, until I've stopped being upset. The fact that you and a few other commenters see through the bullshit too actually gives me a reason to stick around this time. Thank you.

GASP, or "We bought all of the back stock from Wet Seal and then handed it to Josh M. along with a BeDazzler."

"It is *symbolic* of our struggle against oppression!"

This is why I hate Al Gore.

This is why I hate Al Gore.

"For example, if her name was Amy, I'd call her Blamy!"

Why I no longer work in retail:

When I lived in South Jersey, my local B&N (Moorestown) always had shit smeared on the walls or floor of at least one stall, and not for lack of cleanliness of the staff. I used to wait after going to the gym on Saturday and Sunday for my husband to finish up his shift at Circuit City (RIP) and I cannot tell you how…

I had my first abnormal pap before I ever had sex (was getting a pap to go on the pill because I was getting ready to lose my virginity, actually) and the fucking colposcopy and biopsies are the WORST. Luckily, mine was negative and I've never had an abnormal since...and was able to get the HPV vaccine when it came…

Let's all say it together now, ladies and gentlemen:

I'm not a vegan, and I still *hate* that veganism is the focus of this news story, because veganism did NOT kill this boy.

Don't forget Doctor Who: Rose & Mickey, Alternate-Mickey and his boyfriend, Martha totally having a thing for the 10th Doctor (and really, who wouldn't?) etc. In fact, I was actually disappointed in "Family of Blood" in that suddenly race had to be an issue.

They put the Republican primary debates up against the start of Monday Night Football? Now who's the pinko commie scum, Tea Partiers?!?!?!?!

A Caucasian friend of mine married an Asian-American woman a few years back, had a baby with her, and moved to Chicago. He was pushing their son around in a stroller one day, just kinda exploring the area I think, when a woman walked up to him and started making cooing sounds and otherwise doing the "OMG! Baby! Must…

Loestrin was the first BCP I went on, and for the dumbest reason ever — I was 18 and wanted to be just like my friends — I begged my OB/GYN to take me off it six months later and put me on OrthoTriCyclin because I wanted to have the cute sundial pack and get a custom case like my friends had.