u/yasmine_2306

 So this happened today and I'm still sitting in my car in the parking lot cringing.

I'm in my second year of college and I've been doing really well in this intro psychology class. Top of the class well. So when my professor made a statement I was pretty sure was wrong, I raised my hand and corrected her. Out loud. In front of everyone.

She paused, looked at me, and said "Can you explain your reasoning?" So I did. In detail. For about 90 seconds.

She waited for me to finish, then pulled up her slide, zoomed in on a citation I had completely missed, and said "You're describing the 1973 study. This is the 2019 replication that overturned it."

The entire lecture hall went silent. Someone coughed. I slowly lowered myself into my seat and stared at my laptop for the remaining 45 minutes.

TL;DR: Tried to correct my professor in front of the whole class. Became a cautionary tale about reading past the abstract.