Harvard grad students may be smart, but still need someone to hold their hands when it comes to going to the bathroom
Sep 8, 2009
A high GRE score doesn’t equate to high levels of common sense – or at least that’s how administrators at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences feel. Upon arriving for school this week, grad students at the school who reside on campus were presented with the usual garb of campus gear – school IDs, housing rules, safety precautions, fire exit locations – and a guide to proper bathroom etiquette. In case they weren’t smart enough to figure it out themselves, students at one of America’s most highly respected and prestigious universities were actually presented a pamphlet of appropriate and inappropriate actions for toilets, urinals, sinks, and showers.
The checklist included rules such as:
- Don’t leave bodily fluids on the toilet seat
- Don’t stand on the toilet seat
- Don’t collect or store urine and then dispose of it later in the bathroom or shower
- Don’t urinate, defecate, or excavate the naval cavity in the shower
- Don’t urinate, defecate, vomit, or wash feet in the sink
- Urinate in the urinal with the proper aim
- It’s OK to smile at yourself in the mirror
Well I’m glad someone is teaching our Ivy League students not to stand on the toilet seat! That’s been a real issue bothering me for awhile now. If you are interested in educating yourself like a true Harvard student, click here to read the full list of bathroom rules.
haha!! that’s how i feel sometimes. like i need to bring my work wiht me!!
Thanks very Good Sharing
I just can’t help myself to laugh about this blogpost.
That is disgusting, I mean the list of don’t dos in the toilet just sounds like behaviors of 7 years old child, not graduate students!
Some have to kick into their brains the common sense I guess!
Just another sign that book smarts and common sense are not the same thing. Everyone needs to be taught some manners, and bathroom etiquette is definitely a priority in shared spaces.
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I agree that when someone is smart is does not necessarily mean that he has common sense. Smart people can sometimes be stupid too.
True, or they just have a lack of consideration for others.
I agree that not all intelligent people can be independent. They still need guidance support and advices.
I think a lot of people (mainly men) do need to be reminded of this from time to time but clearly this little pamphlet was intended to be a light joke so it’s all good. I think toilet wipes should be provided for those who make a lot of mess.
Wipes might be a good idea. Thanks!
This serves as a reminder for the students. It does not mean that they’re not smart or they don’t have common sense, this just means that some people are really messy.
As we all know, Harvard is very popular because all the students who are studying there are intelligent and smart. However, they must still be taught when it comes to toileting.
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Lol what’s wrong with using a laptop while sittin on the toilet?
This cracked me up! The campus must have been encountering really bad toilet etiquette for them to come up with such a list! Great sense of humor, Harvard!
A very funny post thanks
Wow! That’s very interesting. I guess if anyone gets punished for standing on the seats, they can’t say they weren’t warned. Common sense is no longer something you should expect out of people, even Ivy League students.
Good one, Harvard! Train ‘em well before they enter the “real world.”
I guess they had some precedents in the past with all the mentioned things on the list. How else they could be so exact (:
I would have to assume that students who partook in the above listed “inappropriate” bodily deposits were either drunk or hazing requirements