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!!
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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.