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#81
General / Re: Flash 5/MX/2004 Stories of...
Last post by cipher - February 7, 2026 06:09 AMNot the most interesting story but I took a summer course that was supposed to be web design / layout / html kind of stuff, had kind of a similar experience to Rtil. Just someone who was a primary teacher of something else teaching off a premade guide. If I recall I think the class was too small so they dumped it on whoever to I assume save money from hiring someone competent? Anyways it took less than a day to realize I knew more than said teacher did. Was able to drop it, got a refund, so whatever.
Not my first time being in a position where I knew more than the teacher on a strictly technical side at least. I bet that sort of thing was a lot more common with computer-related classes back in the day than it is now.
Not my first time being in a position where I knew more than the teacher on a strictly technical side at least. I bet that sort of thing was a lot more common with computer-related classes back in the day than it is now.
#82
General / Re: Flash 5/MX/2004 Stories of...
Last post by Ayyyyy - February 4, 2026 06:17 PMQuote from: wasp on February 4, 2026 05:52 PMSome time later I saw her at the mall and she'd dyed her hair blonde, which probably didn't mean anything but we joked that it made her prior disappearance rather more suspicious.
ahahahahahahahah.
Quoteapparently one day he was sighted outside the 7/11 adjacent to the parking lot of our uni, quietly sobbing while eating a donut. he knew he failed, but it wasn't his fault, really. he was a nice guy, he just wasn't cut out to be teaching, well, anything.
This was too good.
#83
General / Re: Flash 5/MX/2004 Stories of...
Last post by rtil - February 4, 2026 06:03 PMit seems like the running theme of flash "teachers" is that most of them were basically frauds. i should have been one! 
my absolute worst teacher in university was 100% my 2nd year flash course 1st semester. idk where they found this guy, but he barely knew anything about flash and was not an artist by any means. he had programmed some extremely basic game, of which i'm certain he just ripped the code from stackexchange or something. he was unable to teach us basically anything, and one day he even had me do a "guest lecture" of sorts where i probably taught the class more about how flash works in an hour than he could have all semester.
needless to say he didn't last and was fired after 1 semester, and an animation teacher took over the course.
apparently one day he was sighted outside the 7/11 adjacent to the parking lot of our uni, quietly sobbing while eating a donut. he knew he failed, but it wasn't his fault, really. he was a nice guy, he just wasn't cut out to be teaching, well, anything.
my absolute worst teacher in university was 100% my 2nd year flash course 1st semester. idk where they found this guy, but he barely knew anything about flash and was not an artist by any means. he had programmed some extremely basic game, of which i'm certain he just ripped the code from stackexchange or something. he was unable to teach us basically anything, and one day he even had me do a "guest lecture" of sorts where i probably taught the class more about how flash works in an hour than he could have all semester.
needless to say he didn't last and was fired after 1 semester, and an animation teacher took over the course.
apparently one day he was sighted outside the 7/11 adjacent to the parking lot of our uni, quietly sobbing while eating a donut. he knew he failed, but it wasn't his fault, really. he was a nice guy, he just wasn't cut out to be teaching, well, anything.
#84
General / Re: Flash 5/MX/2004 Stories of...
Last post by wasp - February 4, 2026 05:52 PMWe had a substitute math teacher who managed to teach nothing but matrices for like three months and suddenly disappeared while we were waiting for marks that would effectively determine whether we passed the year or not; I seem to remember when they did finally appear they were seemingly entirely random. Some time later I saw her at the mall and she'd dyed her hair blonde, which probably didn't mean anything but we joked that it made her prior disappearance rather more suspicious.
#85
the inflatable fun house / Re: last person to post in thi...
Last post by ansel - February 3, 2026 07:50 PMDO NOT... SEEK... THE TREASURE
#86
General / Flash 5/MX/2004 Stories of bei...
Last post by Ayyyyy - February 3, 2026 05:23 PMHello its me. Im back exclusively for my most favourite thing in the entire world:
Stories about Terrible highschool teachers or college professors Regurgitating Flash poo poo and looking like total idiots[/u]
Or just anything from 2000-2009 where anyone suffered through the same teachers getting it all wrong.
This isnt limited to flash; If you sat in computer science or the basics and the Teacher was a real cow
And All you learned from her premade lesson plan was how to copy and paste and summon the clipboard and waste everyones fucking time, because this literally took maybe 10 seconds to google at any period during 4 years of highschool.
I was like fuming at the end of that class, and it didnt even mean I'd get to learn how to code in anything cool; They promised Java and Networking as a Senior student but Im guessing because "Memo" wasn't a tech school all they really did was pat the girls on the back for "behaving--being obedient" , told the guys to play more basketball and behave during World war 2 ceremonies.
Honest, if I can be so candid; I bounced around a lot ( 8 schools ) before realizing the requirements wasn't whether I had the aptitude or not, but if I had the number of hours and credits required. It wasn't totally bogus, but it just kinda left me thinking "I dont wanna be a 22 year old highschool student, I'm gonna fuck off and try my luck in Northern ON instead".
And needless to say; I had nothing in common with Teenage single moms or fellas who smoked Players or Belmonts between class, or flexed about getting DVD movies off Kazaa; I was painfully nerdy back then -- I still am but its easier to hide now.
So yea; if you have any stories about FLASH or STUPID SCHOOL TEACHERS, go on --
Stories about Terrible highschool teachers or college professors Regurgitating Flash poo poo and looking like total idiots[/u]
Or just anything from 2000-2009 where anyone suffered through the same teachers getting it all wrong.
This isnt limited to flash; If you sat in computer science or the basics and the Teacher was a real cow
And All you learned from her premade lesson plan was how to copy and paste and summon the clipboard and waste everyones fucking time, because this literally took maybe 10 seconds to google at any period during 4 years of highschool.
I was like fuming at the end of that class, and it didnt even mean I'd get to learn how to code in anything cool; They promised Java and Networking as a Senior student but Im guessing because "Memo" wasn't a tech school all they really did was pat the girls on the back for "behaving--being obedient" , told the guys to play more basketball and behave during World war 2 ceremonies.
Honest, if I can be so candid; I bounced around a lot ( 8 schools ) before realizing the requirements wasn't whether I had the aptitude or not, but if I had the number of hours and credits required. It wasn't totally bogus, but it just kinda left me thinking "I dont wanna be a 22 year old highschool student, I'm gonna fuck off and try my luck in Northern ON instead".
And needless to say; I had nothing in common with Teenage single moms or fellas who smoked Players or Belmonts between class, or flexed about getting DVD movies off Kazaa; I was painfully nerdy back then -- I still am but its easier to hide now.
So yea; if you have any stories about FLASH or STUPID SCHOOL TEACHERS, go on --
#87
The Gallery / Re: May as well,
Last post by rtil - January 21, 2026 06:59 PM"are you frustrated?"
#88
General / Re: Just found out about repul...
Last post by Skater - January 20, 2026 06:32 PMQuote from: rtil on January 14, 2026 08:35 PMi live near boise idaho lol. cali cold is not that cold to me, relatively speaking anyway.
it does snow a lot up in the mountains near here, but not down here in the valley. we just don't get a lot of precipitation in general
Oh ok. I just thought of warm places and California always comes to mind XD
#89
General / Re: Just found out about repul...
Last post by rtil - January 14, 2026 08:35 PMi live near boise idaho lol. cali cold is not that cold to me, relatively speaking anyway.
it does snow a lot up in the mountains near here, but not down here in the valley. we just don't get a lot of precipitation in general
it does snow a lot up in the mountains near here, but not down here in the valley. we just don't get a lot of precipitation in general
#90
The Gallery / Re: May as well,
Last post by Dr. DiegO - January 14, 2026 01:50 PMHow convenient