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Questions tagged [school]

For questions involving interpersonal situations arising at, or because of, school and education.

Students at school may have conflicts with teachers or other students because of a variety of issues, both social and academic. This tag should be used to identify questions about such conflicts, where it is relevant that the situations take place at a school.

For questions about post-secondary education, use the tag instead.

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How do I tell students at a school I volunteer at to stop flirting with me?

Occasionally, I head out to volunteer to teach robotics programming at an all-girls school in my area. For context, I'm male and age 20, and the students are adolescent females in 7th and 8th grade (13-15 year olds). When I head out to teach, most…
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How to stop classmate from bullying me

I am Austrian, 17 years old. After that year, I have one last year left in my school. I have one classmate who never liked me very much. Since this year’s christmas our relationship got even worse. He won't stop insulting me or shouting at me. When…
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How to tell friends something goes against my religion?

I am currently in middle school, and as many of you know, profanity is thrown around in middle school like clothes in a dryer. My religion prohibits me from being profane, how can I tell my friends to stop swearing so that I am not influenced by…
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How to tell family members that they should not downplay your major?

My girlfriend is studying both math and Computer Science (CS) at the best university in Poland, which is literally the hardest way to get through university. The acceptance policy says that they only accept Olympiad winners and finalists, and even…
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How to politely correct a teacher?

I'm a high-school student in the United States, and from time to time a teacher makes a mistake while writing on the board in front of the class. Usually, the mistakes are minor, such as forgotten punctuation, but sometimes there are more major…
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How can I calm myself down when giving a presentation?

So, I have to give presentations in school, and of course the number of those presentations is just going to increase (I'm just entering highschool). I'm a classic nerd and my social skills are...well...um...not too great. I can talk to my friends…
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How to encourage a child with autism to practice reading?

I'm asking on behalf of friends of mine who have a daughter who is diagnosed with "high functioning" autism. Let's call her Jane. Jane went to a regular primary school but couldn't learn in this rather chaotic environment and had to repeat her first…
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How do I deal with someone who makes more of my disabilities than I do?

I am taking a class and the instructor knows I am hearing impaired. The only accommodation I need is to sit in the front and to the left of the classroom and I can do the rest on my own. Between reading lips and sitting close enough, I never have a…
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How to tell my professor that I don't understand the class and that I want office hours?

It's been a while (about 2 weeks) since I stopped understanding anything in class and I am afraid to tell the professor about my situation because she may get upset with me (which is obviously a not good idea). I feel the urge to tell her because I…
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How can I decline to help my teacher with their personal IT problem?

Background Note: Certain details have been changed for privacy's sake. I am the go-to person for tech help for my friends (and enemies), family, and teachers. I have helped everyone I know with tech since 3rd grade (I am currently in high…
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How do I correct my daughter's teacher's grammar?

An email I received from my daughter's 2nd grade teacher has a grammatical error. The teacher wrote "your daughter can meet with Amy and I" where he should have written, "your daughter can meet with Amy and me". The email was cc'd to other teachers…
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Fidgeting in a polite way

Okay, this sounds really stupid, but let me explain. There have been multiple times in class where I will be fidgeting in one way or another - clicking my pen, spinning the pencil on my desk, tapping my foot, etc - and I don't even notice. It really…
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How to tell a friend to stop being rude and an attention seeker?

I have a friend, Let's call him "Jack" and the problem I have is that ever since he has started watching some YouTubers, he has now wanted to act like them. If I was to walk down in street he will sometimes yell out stupid words to be "cool" and…
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Approach a friend's lack of sleep

A good friend of mine is working on a big project and lately he started doing all-nighters (actually, every day). This project is big. It's a group project with ~35 people. This friend of mine is in charge of the last part of the project, and it's…
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How to tell my classmates that I don't want to sit in the back row

I'm currently attending a five-year school about Business and Media Design. I'm in my 4th year and I'm 17 years old. In the last half year my classmates have become very annoying for me. Today it reached a peak. We have a very small classroom with 4…
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