“Vet school is a sea of studying, testing, drinking and most of all: DRAMA,” reports an anonymous vet-to-be in Ames, Iowa.
Of course, as New York magazine reports this week, Facebook is taking run-of-the-mill classroom sniping to a whole new level of micro-bitchiness. If you have the patience (or the Adderall) to follow it, our submitter gives us a play-by-play of one recent status-update smackdown.
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#1
aaa
I have to say, Nick is my hero since he seems to be the only person under 30 who seems to get it. Even though his grammar does not live up to my Nazi standards.
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:13 pm rating: 8
#2
Wade
I wonder if I can fit all that on a piece of flair.
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm rating: 20
#3
marcopuffin
I worry they’re going to bore the animals to death. BTW is this what “putting them down” means?
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:19 pm rating: 5
#4
amazon
I love self-aware passive aggression.
Ceci n’est pas l’agression passive
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:57 pm rating: 4
#5
Shanoney
Wow . . . this reminds of me the last two years of college in a classroom full of 35 other females . . . (note: that many women in one group not a good idea) oh the drama that went down!
I wonder if Jessika (http://notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/) even knows the definition of “study session”? Sheesh, you are suppose to ask questions!
Apr 1, 2008 at 5:59 pm rating: 2
#6
Canthz_B
Jessika just may feel awfully silly when she’s a practicing vet and needs a consult.
This kind of manure has a way of sticking to a reputation.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:01 pm rating: 5
#7
Total Douche
I want to know where this bitch plans on practicing, so I NEVER take my fucking dogs to her. Seriously, this whore needs a beating administered by Cesar Millan, and he should have Daddy maul her face off for being such an uptight bitch.
“The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask” should be tattooed backwards on her forehead so she sees it every god-damn time she looks in a mirror!
And the questions were FUCKING DELICIOUS!
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:15 pm rating: 4
#8
Ricehead
If this is the type of crap one has to put up with in VetEd, I would hate to see what Med. school would look like. Thank goodness for holistics!
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:20 pm rating: 0
#9
porcupine
They’re so catty, hounding each other like that. What a pack of bitches – now they’ve left Jessica feline bad because they snapped at her. The way Vanessa keeps rabbiting on about her pet peeve is beastly. She’s so dogged about it too- stubborn as a mule. Although JeessiKaa doesn’t seem like the quiet mousey type either – she comes within a whisker of being plain ole aggressive, and I think her attitude is A-paw-ling.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:39 pm rating: 22
#10
porcupine
Does anyone else see the advert at the top of the screen next to this – “help stop animal cruelty and suffering”? Maybe we could help by planting something illegal on Vanessa and getting her kicked out of vet school. Otherwise she’ll be inflicting herself on a whole lot of innocent kittehs.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:42 pm rating: 1
#11
Quite Contrary
I can”t wait for one of them to interview for a job and, as part of a background search, this dialog pops up and haunts them.
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:14 pm rating: 1
#12
vet girl
I can’t believe our classmates’ drama is on this site! And here I thought the review session went well… Vet school is worse than high school. I’m just trying to get out alive!
PS. Nick is awesome.
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:57 pm rating: 4
#13
Wade
As an aspiring veterinarian, Vanessa shows that the review sessions have paid off. She is now able to identify a bitch.
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:34 pm rating: 20
#14
stefanynina
Maybe if Jessika asked more questions she would know how to spell her name right!
Grade one must have been hard on Jessica.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:03 pm rating: 4
#15
Tyler
It’s actually kind of hard to tell whose side to take on this. It could go either way. Jessika could be one of those people that hate when others ask questions, or she could just be annoyed by that one or two people who ask questions for either no reason, or they really should go talk to the teacher/teachers assistant at another time. If the later is the case, then those other girls are really over reacting…heck, even if Jessika is stuck up, those other girls are really over reacting…
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:13 pm rating: 1
#16
Sarah
I bet Jessika rejects friend requests and “prunes” her friends list once a week to make sure everyone there is acceptable. She probably also invited people to the Zombies application, to throw in a bit of hypocrisy.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:28 pm rating: 0
#17
Brian
I wish the person that submitted this would let them know that it’s out here. I can see them wanting to make their case and then whole thing would re-flash in the comments here. I’d love a front row seat!
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm rating: 2
#18
unholyghost2003
Ugh. Why I never went to study groups. The only options seem to be 1) feeling like a ‘tard who slept through every class 2) feeling like the only asshole who paid attention and has more than two brain cells to rub together.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:59 pm rating: 2
#19
Olivia
Team Jessika. Yeah, she was being an ass, but Vanessa was going way overboard. (On a seperate note, I feel like I’m writing about some teen drama…)
Also, to Vanessa’s “you should think before Facebooking comment”: Bitch, you should read your entries before posting them. Seriously – tiepoez make your posts look so not-smart.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:15 pm rating: 2
#20
Lauren
‘Bout time some Facebook stuff showed up!
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:25 pm rating: 0
#21
shoelessjo
no you fools, review sessions aren’t for asking questions, they are for summarizing the course content into one or two lectures a short time before the exam.
All of you who say it’s ok to ask lots of questions at a review session misses the point entirely. It’s review of the ENTIRE course, not a Q and A session that deals with specific issues.
if you have stupid questions* , be sure that no one else wants to hear them, and save them for the f***ing office hours! That’s why profs and T.A.’s make sure to be in their office for 3-4 scheduled hours a week. To answer your idiotic questions!!
*Stupid Questions – these are questions that ask professors about irrelevant details that while related to the lectures are besides the current point of the lecture. You will probably learn more about these details in more advanced courses or maybe they are presented in the text but not important enough to address in the lecture.
Really, I see fools like Vanessa in my lectures all the time. For example, the guy in my computer science class who finds a lecture on how data is stored in memory the perfect time to ask about how a banks memory system works… “dear professor, how can a bank hold so many names in its database!” Whereupon the professor goes on a rant about bank computer systems, while the class becomes increasing irritated at the students incessant nodding at the professor during his explanation, and the fact that we aren’t learning anything that will be on the exam.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:27 pm rating: 2
#22
Smartie Pants
I don’t want to stick up for the enemy here, but I was thinking maybe Jessika just didn’t want CERTAIN people asking questions at the review sessions.. not that that’s fair or anything, but I can somewhat relate. You know, when there are certain people that ask the most ridiculous questions, or even ask questions just so they can THEN answer them?! Annoying! But this was hilarious anyway, I love Facebook drama too! hahha
Apr 2, 2008 at 2:36 am rating: 1
#23
Suhayla
THIS is drama? Ha. Ha. Ha.
Back in my day, drama was when people slept with other people’s boyfriends or husbands, or sabotaged others in significant ways. Even nerd ‘drama’ should be more compelling than this — come on. Where are the torrid affairs that are a mainstay of universities everywhere? Don’t you guys have to compete for money, or critique each others’ work?
Stop trying to make this immature nitpickery sound significant by calling it ‘drama.’
Apr 2, 2008 at 6:27 am rating: 2
#24
claw71
This is why review sessions are such a joke. I can understand Jessica’s frustration because there is a such thing as a stupid question and it is often asked by lazy people who were texting their BFF in class.
Of course posting your frustration on Facebook is pretty stupid too. Strap on some ovaries and study on your own.
Apr 2, 2008 at 7:35 am rating: 7
#25
GhostWriter
Jessika started it– her first comment begins with that most trite modifier, “really“. She doesn’t just happen to wish, she really wishes! It’s quite obvious that she’s not shittin’ you about her wish here.
Captilizing STOP, and following it with a, “please stop” is a manic-depressive bonus. I only wish she had continued with a, “YOU DUMBASSES seem a little dumb to me”.
Apr 2, 2008 at 8:12 am rating: 1
#26
Elyse
Man…This is really awesome because a) that’s my hometown and b) both my mom and grandma worked there. If they think they have it bad with classmates, they need to wait until they’re dealing with the people who work there!
Apr 2, 2008 at 8:49 am rating: 0
#27
Wade
Wade is wondering if Jessika will Mass SuperPoke Vanessa, Nick, Drew and Naomi by pitching a bitch at them.
Apr 2, 2008 at 9:02 am rating: 5
#28
Shayla
I just want to point out that “Suhayla” is not me, for those of you wondering.
Other than that, I’m staying out of this.
Apr 2, 2008 at 9:04 am rating: 0
#29
rhinogirl
As a survivor of Vet School, i’m going to guess these squablers are in their second year (aka- the year of hell) when the pressure and tension reach an all time high. When I went (before the age of Facebook) they way to “air” your grievance was to go complain to the Dean. As you can imagine, he just loved people interupting him to complain because someone was writing too loudly or had sat in your seat. It got to the point where some of my classmates on exam day would steal the seat of those with the highest gradepoint average in attempt to mess with their head and cause them to not do as well on the exam so the grading curve would be more generous. Fun Times kids, fun times.
Apr 2, 2008 at 9:57 am rating: 0
#30
VM2
Way to make our school look really good, guys…
Apr 2, 2008 at 10:06 am rating: 1
#31
another VM2 at ames
FYI, this is VM1 class drama. not to say the other classes are drama free…
Apr 2, 2008 at 10:11 am rating: 0
#32
unholyghost2003
VM2′s
mellow mellow, I really doubt that some stressed out snarkiness makes anyone think less of your school or its students. No need to distance yourselves.
Apr 2, 2008 at 10:17 am rating: 0
#33
Canthz_B
And now, for extra credit, Jessika will show us how to cross-breed a bitch with a jackass.
Apr 2, 2008 at 10:17 am rating: 8
#34
Funky Warm Medina
if they’re the type of ‘question askers’ that used to piss me off in class (i.e. much like shoelessjo was referring to), then team jessika all the way.
not once, twice, but four times vanessa? geeze p.a. much?
Apr 2, 2008 at 11:23 am rating: 0
#35
Heidi
Good Grief! WTF! Looks like the PAN comment board! hahahahaha
Apr 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm rating: 0
#36
Jane
i was an pharmacy technician instructor for a techincal college for four years and i agree with jessika, there are questions that pertain to the entire class such as: “should we do all of the review questions on page 75 or just the even ones?” however there are questions that should be left to office hours.
once i was reviewing a lecture on the male reproductive system and a student raised her hand and asked “what is that white stuff that comes out of the tip of the…”
i cut her off right there…but i can understand poor jessika’s frustration
Apr 2, 2008 at 3:14 pm rating: 1
#37
bkrause
Jessika is my roomate.
this Website is hilarious.
Apr 2, 2008 at 3:50 pm rating: 2
#38
Sam
I’m not surprised to see people like that in a college, of all places . All the people that graduate and get their 1st job brag about every stupid class they took except the one they FORGOT to take that teaches them “people skills” . LOL YOU FAIL AT LIFE JESSIKA (and so does your name) .
Apr 2, 2008 at 4:01 pm rating: 0
#39
ISU CVM VM1
I am a member of this class, though I wasn’t involved in this drama. Just for clarification, we were asked to hold all questions until the end of the review session. The plan was to go through all the exam objectives, then have Q & A at the end. Going through the objectives alone takes almost 2 hours. We got sidetracked several times by questions, prolonging the review session for those people that didn’t have questions. That’s how this whole thing got started.
P.S. I enjoy the drama … checking facebook every 5 minutes for status updates is more fun than listening to a boring neuroanatomy lecture about motor coordination.
Apr 2, 2008 at 4:05 pm rating: 0
#40
Writer, Rejected
Facebook: The next generation’s forum for passive aggressive wars. Love it!
Apr 2, 2008 at 9:51 pm rating: 1
#41
nicole
sweet, i love this post!
facebook really is the future of passive aggressiveness.
i have a roommate who sent me a long, negative, accusatory message on facebook 3 days after i got pissed at him for doing something, which then erupted into a crazy, huge mess that eventually involved law enforcement…
facebook is dangerous. but i love reading the drama just as much as the next person.
Apr 2, 2008 at 10:02 pm rating: 0
#42
ISU VM1
I’m in this class and not actually involved in this drama. Technically, the review session was for going through a list of certain topics, in a format where the professor reads the question and gives the answer. Part of the reason questions were asked to be held for later was becasue the professor came in on her own time, after hours, and wanted to keep things from getting too long. Another reason is because in the previous review session, students kept asking the same question over and over again, and every time the professor said “that won’t be on the test.” And the thing is, most of the other questions can be easily answered by looking in the textbook or in the class notes. So really, Jessika is right, but it probably wasn’t a great decision to express her frustration on facebook. This is because, for some reason, a large majority of our class takes a simple expression of vexation as a personal attack. I don’t know why.
Apr 2, 2008 at 11:15 pm rating: 0
#43
known unknown
My guess would be less time checking in on Facebook and more time checking in on Textbook would fix a lot of this?
Either way, I loved it! Start to finish, they all rock. Vet School and Facebook! Whoo! These are totally the folks I want expressing my dog’s anal glands.
Apr 3, 2008 at 12:39 am rating: 1
#44
Jinx
You have to love how almost everyone on here was all “Jessika (I hate that spell, too!) is a bitch! How dare she not allow people to ask questions!” Then, it’s found out they’re being retard and asking the same questions over and over, when they were asked not to ask any in the first place. Considering how they overacted to her comments, I’m not surprised they’re retards. If I ever get a vet named Vanessa, I’m taking my pet else where.
Apr 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm rating: 0
#45
forsoothsayer
this is exactly like law school – which is just as much drama exacerbated by the natural aggression of law students. thank god, thank god, i went there before facebook got popular. i can only wonder how much worse it would have been – we all brought laptops to class.
Apr 7, 2008 at 4:46 am rating: 0
#46
Katie
So my boyfriend lives in a house with four other people, and one of his roommates (who is certifiably psychotic) regularly starts fights with his other roommates by posting inflammatory status messages on her facebook. Frequently, the roommates do not find out for days that she has in fact been fighting with them because they don’t check facebook very often.
It’s fun.
BTW, I love this site!
Apr 17, 2008 at 2:38 pm rating: 1
#47
Observer
Where I live, “Jessika” is the correct spelling, and nobody’s ever going to take you seriously again if you name your kid “Vanessa”. And as for the general intelligence level of the commenters on this site, I don’t know what to say. Let’s just hope that I’ll never ever have to meet anyone of you in real life.
May 31, 2008 at 2:06 am rating: 1
#48
bobby
team vanessa.
Jul 25, 2008 at 1:29 pm rating: 1
#49 making time for the important things in life…like facebook apps | passive-aggressive (and just plain aggressive) notes
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Sep 5, 2008 at 1:11 pm rating: 0
#50
dave
love the facebook back and forth. communicating without actually talking.
Sep 5, 2008 at 4:13 pm rating: 0
#51
AgentCooper
Nick’s grammar isn’t the worst, I’d still pass him.
Jan 12, 2009 at 3:07 pm rating: 0
#52
JT
I kind of get Jessika’s pain.
I had a mandatory computer class at my uni. Actual question: “So when you move the mouse thing, then the little arrow moves too?”
Who said there were no stupid questions?
Of course, Jessika’s review session might not have been mandatory.
Aug 16, 2009 at 10:12 pm rating: 0
#53
vanessika
Has a certain ring to it. Like meoow
Aug 29, 2010 at 8:21 pm rating: 0
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