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5 Kinds of classmates that should burn in hell.

There are classmates we just tolerate. We pretend that we love them; we chat with them on the class WhatsApp, dodge them tactfully in group discussions and even attend parties with them. Deep down, we just wish these classmates should burn in hell. Here are the wretched classmates who are thorns in our class life. 

1. The talk talk talk and talk classmate. This classmate must talk. It doesn't matter whether the issue has been explained in a satisfactory way or not. They must, and I repeat must talk in class. Their hand literally lives in the air. They go like "excuse me teacher, I was thinking... Damn! We are listening not thinking here. After they have been answered and another point is made, their hand is raised again. "I beg to differ...” Argh! You are not a beggar for heaven's sake. You are a student. When a question is thrown at someone and they can't answer it correctly, they are always standby with answers-wrong ones of course. "Let me help her/him" they say. What are you? A helper? 

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