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Another day on my tutoring job

This guy who's got no idea about what is he doing here (I had a rant before), runs to me while I'm helping another student. He interrupts me, shoves a USB key to my face:
[Student]: can you do something for me? Can you upload something on my ftp coz I gotta go now.

/*Each student in out school got personal ftp and submitting under the right directory is usually a part of an assignment and cost grades*/

[Me]: I can't, it's against the school policy
[Student (annoyed)]: But I have to go!
[Me]: can't help you, sorry
[Student (still annoyed)]: So you're not gonna do it, huh?
[Me]: No, sorry
[Student (passively aggressively)]: So I guess I'll get a zero for this one.
And he says it like it's my fault!

And he walks away. Me and students I'm helping are shocked. The guy is in his at least 50s. And no common sense whatsoever.

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  • 5
    8y
    I just commented your other post with "missing respect". Same here. But different. This is just missing respect towards another personal being and arrogance. "My time is more valuable than your's or the other student's" ...
  • 5
    8y
    I don't think respect is the problem. but man, I feel sorry if you're in your fifties and still don't have a basic clue of taking responsibility for your own shit. I don't think this guy would know what authentic pride feels like, and it must be shitty to miss out on that.
  • 1
    8y
    Maybe he's got a job he has to run to. If thats the case, then giving a bit more leeway to him is normal.
  • 2
    8y
    It may just be the classes I have been in. But I have definitely noticed that "mature" students, who are retraining from a different profession, definitely seem more likely to feel entitled and more likely to do this kind of thing than younger students coming directly from another form of education.
    Has anyone else experienced this? It really peives me off.
  • 1
    8y
    @0max can't agree with you completely, mostly because it's pretty rare for older people to start learning programming from scratch and I haven't seen so much , I think. But yeah, it makes sense, it's hard to switch from a mentality, that you're older and you've achieved something elsewhere already, and now this child teaches you something you can't wrap your head around.
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