Office Hours

Definition

Designated times when professors sit in their offices waiting for students who will never come, creating the academic equivalent of a birthday party no one attends. The three students who do show up are either lost, need a letter of recommendation, or are crying.

Example Usage

"I held office hours for two hours and one student came, but only to ask where the bathroom was."

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Transcript

An official record of every academic triumph and failure condensed into a single document that costs $15 per copy because your suffering deserves a premium. It's a permanent record that follows you forever, like a yearbook photo but with more Cs.

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