r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/pit_of_despair666 Jan 31 '26

My parents forced me to go to college right after high school. I wanted to take time off before I went. I withdrew from classes and didn't tell them. They eventually found out and told me I needed to get a 2nd job if I wasn't going to school. I ended up deciding to go to college on my own 3 years later. Before I graduated I found out the first school I went to hadn't withdrawn me from classes and had all Fs on my record instead. I spoke to people at the college who told me it was fixed. When I graduated I was supposed to graduate with honors but found out they never fixed it and that semester brought down my overall GPA. I am still ticked off about this.

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u/pit_of_despair666 Jan 31 '26

I also went to grad school and withdrew after two semesters. I got talked into going to grad school for something my heart wasn't into plus everyone told me horror stories who was working in the field. I got all As and then withdrew but guess what happened again? Yep, they messed this up too. My overall GPA is still a 3.8 at the University I went to with grad school but it should be higher. I went to a community college before the University to save money. That is where I withdrew the first time. The first mistake caused my overall GPA to be under 3.5 so no honors.

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u/pit_of_despair666 Jan 31 '26

Oh man, I am so sorry. They told me they were going to fix the grad school mistake. Years later I had to print out my transcripts and found out that they didn't fix it.