Do people really stoop this low when someone dies?

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Yesterday one of my schools most beloved teachers died in a car crash and the school spent most of today talking about her. I never had her as a teacher and wasn't as heartbroken but there were tears flying everywhere today. All day kids were getting free passes to sign the giant poster for her memorial or skip reading to go to the flagpole and pray. Some teachers let kids skip some of there classes as a refuge. Now I didn't do any of those since I never met her and I would feel like an imposter.

I could not get this feeling out of my head that some kids were just doing all of this to skip class or not read. Some kids I think were fake crying or pretending to be sad for attention. It is bothering me a lot how a human can step so low just so they get out of work. Some kids were absolute jerks and laughed when one of our Muslim teachers sung in his native language in honor of her. Some kids blurted out how they are glad that she died. Stupid idiots without a soul who never met this lady.

I just cant believe the human filth in this world.
 

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Althought what you are saying could be correct, I wouldn't confront one of the kids who you thought was "Pretending" because, y'know, they may actually be really upset. As for the idiots who cheered upon her death, they're just assholes..
 

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Most of the world is populated by douchebags. There's normal douchebags like you said, and intellectual douchebags who do things like this but with more class. It's really is sad to see things like this take place.
 

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I know what you mean, we had one of our teachers die of cancer a few years ago. I was fortunate enough to have him as my English teacher in his last year (and he was an amazing teacher too, very funny). But when he died a whole bunch of the girls in the younger year levels who would have never had him as he only taught the older students were crying and not going to class and stuff. And that got to me because it seemed like they were using his death to their advantage.
 

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"i just can't believe the human filth in this world"

i can people are dicks
 

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Whether you want to believe it or not is irrelevant. Best thing to do is accept that people like this do exist and just get on with your life. Getting mad over it won't help.
 

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.... That's weird, my school's secretary got hit by a car and died today.
But yeah, I'm not sure how many of the students here are actually sad, and how many just don't care. I don't think they'd go as far a laughing, though, I'm in a tiny private school so everyone knows everyone else.
 

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You sir (or madame, I really can't tell), clearly have never taken a sociology class. That will kill your hope and liking for mankind.

Anyway, yes, the human race is a giant attention hog. We thrive on some sort of recognition or acceptance. Also, if we can get by with as little energy use as possible then we do (imagine you either fighting a tiger for food or picking an apple for food. Which would you do?).
 

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eTuners said:
Althought what you are saying could be correct, I wouldn't confront one of the kids who you thought was "Pretending" because, y'know, they may actually be really upset. As for the idiots who cheered upon her death, they're just assholes..
Basically this. The world is full of these kind of assholes and you just kinda have to deal with it. Or just give them a well deserved ass beating.
 

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StonkThis said:
Humans suck :\
Pretty much this.

People stoop this low all the fucking time. Human beings fill me with contempt most of the time, and things like this is the reason why.

Welcome to the misanthrope brigade.
 

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Man you should've seen the aftermath of September 11 at my school. Everyone was suddenly related to someone who died, and even if they weren't, they were "too emotionally unstable" to attend classes, and went to the auditorium to "pray". Needless to say, I haven't heard so much horsing around and praying at the same time. Dispicable.
 

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chronobreak said:
Man you should've seen the aftermath of September 11 at my school. Everyone was suddenly related to someone who died, and even if they weren't, they were "too emotionally unstable" to attend classes, and went to the auditorium to "pray". Needless to say, I haven't heard so much horsing around and praying at the same time. Dispicable.
I'm not an American, though if any of them really were faking it, that's yet more digust I feel. Regardless of anything else, people died. If others take advantage of that to 'get off work' when they shouldn't, I hope to see them in their own special little hell.


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Or just give them a well deserved ass beating.
I'd say 'kill them with fire' but that would mean killing other people, and miserable creatures like that simply aren't worth the effort or the aftermath.
 

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two years ago, one of my good friends' boyfriend died in a car crash. It was about 3 weeks from finals week and she was upset. She told us that many of her professors asked if she wanted to skip the final, and she responded that, she "didn't want his death to be an easy pass, because he wouldn't want her to take the easy route," and she "didn't want to take advantage of him like that." She ended up still passing her classes with B's and A's.

they were close, We thought they were gonna get married.

That is how to properly mourn a person. Yes you can cry, and if you love them you will. But don't take advantage of them.
 

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crudus said:
You sir (or madame, I really can't tell), clearly have never taken a sociology class. That will kill your hope and liking for mankind.
Amen to that. Most of the time all you can do is act the way you think is right, and expect everyone else to be jerks. That way you're never really surprised. Sorry about the teacher, Shurikens.
 
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chronobreak said:
Man you should've seen the aftermath of September 11 at my school. Everyone was suddenly related to someone who died, and even if they weren't, they were "too emotionally unstable" to attend classes, and went to the auditorium to "pray". Needless to say, I haven't heard so much horsing around and praying at the same time. Dispicable.
I don't know about you but I used to live in New York and was in Grade School during it. So any attention whore would get a Class- A1 ass kicking.

Then about 4 years later I moved to Florida and during the Memorials I was the only kid who actually knew anyone(Among the people I asked) and everybody else was still crying their eyes out while im sitting here listening to them say how they will never be the same.
 

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heh
This happens all the time, someone will take advantage of someone else's misfortune. It's sad, but it's not like its possible to do anything about it
 

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Shurikens and Lightning said:
I could not get this feeling out of my head that some kids were just doing all of this to skip class or not read.
Of course some were, although I think we can all agree the vast majority were a bunch of self-righteous pricks pretending to care about shit to make them see mature to their peers and make themselves feel better about themselves as they're actually complete bellends who probaly wished that teacher died at some point and also have rich people guilt. It's kinda like when Robbie Williams appeared on Children In Need the other day, he doesn't actually care about children or people in need, he just has an album coming out so needs to make himself look good.

To summarise, most 16-year-old-girls (wanted to link to ED article for comedic effect, but The Escapist fails at markup) want to pretend they care about shit to seem emotional and some other stuff. Fair play to you for not getting drawn into it.