A TikTok video posted by creator @_balencii, captioned “Welcome to NJhighTea I guess #njit #college #firstday”, appears to capture a tense first-day-of-school experience in a college classroom. The video shows a professor lecturing students and a student filming from his desk, capturing his own reactions and laptop screen. The professor is seen sternly addressing the class, telling students, “You’re smiling, you think this is funny. Get up and move! You’re young, I’m the old man, I have a little trouble moving. You’re young and healthy, move!”
The professor continued his lecture, appearing frustrated that students were not paying attention. He asked, “Do you expect me to repeat an entire 3-hour lecture just for you?” The professor stated, “I’ve spent the past hour explaining it! You live at 40 degrees altitude of the north celestial pole! The azimuth of the north celestial pole! None of you are paying attention. I’ve spent the past hour explaining.” The student filming briefly showed his face, looking up at the ceiling with a slight smile.
The professor then addressed a disruptive noise in the classroom, demanding, “Someone is clicking a pen. Who is it? Whoever it is, stop clicking.” He instructed students to “fold your hands so that you can’t move them. Yeah, very good. Now you’ll help yourself.” The professor added, “Don’t you dare say, ‘How am I supposed to take notes?’ You’re not taking notes anyway, but you’re doing this. So there’s no difference, other than my lecture will not be disrupted.” The student filming’s laptop screen showed a course page titled “Academic Engagement Fall 2026” and then a product page for a Louis Vuitton “Passport Cover” priced at $605.
Professor Appears to Escalate Classroom Tensions and Discipline
The professor continued his lecture, appearing frustrated that students were not paying attention. The student filming looked up at the ceiling, then down, then smiled and pointed at the camera, appearing to indicate amusement or disbelief at the situation unfolding. The professor then addressed a disruptive noise in the classroom, demanding, “Someone is clicking a pen. Who is it? Whoever it is, stop clicking.”
He said in the video, “That the teacher whooped your ass, she would whoop your ass, and then when your father came home from work, he would whoop your ass, and after those three whoops, the classroom again.” The video then showed the student filming on his laptop, navigating a course registration page. The screen displayed several courses listed as “Registered” with a “Drop/Delete” option.
The student clicked the “Drop/Delete” button for one of the courses, appearing to consider dropping it. The professor continued, “But now word for word, questions and the answers, then there’s no excuse. Let’s say you live. And I should not dismiss class this early. We have a quiz to take.” He added, “For the moment, you will have a quiz, not to mention that I have to see those 3 students and discipline them.”
According to the video’s creator, the student filming looked up and asked, “Oh, wait, so are we taking the quiz now?” A voice off-screen, appearing to be another student, replied, “Yeah.” The professor then concluded his disciplinary remarks, stating, “Those 3 students who I have to discipline will see me now. And, uh, I think that we should— Every exam will consist of multiple choice.”
The video ended with the student filming’s laptop screen showing a text message conversation with messages that read, “I need to drop”, “UMKO”, “I GOTTA GO”, and “I CANT STOP LAUGHING”. On-screen text added by the creator read, “JUST IN THEIR BUSINESSSSSS THEY BEEN GONE AND LEFT😂😂 SAFE TO SAY I’LL B JOINING THEM”. The video’s public caption provided context, stating, “Welcome to NJhighTea I guess #njit #college #firstday”, suggesting the footage was taken at NJIT.
Comments on the video included varied reactions from viewers. One comment stated, “Straight to rate my professor I go.” Another viewer commented, “PROFESSOR LIBBY MY GOAATTTT.” Other comments included, “oh he’s MISERABLE 😭” and “DROPPING MID CLASS IS SO F–KN REAL.” Some viewers expressed concern, with one comment reading, “This man unironically seems dangerous.” Another viewer simply stated, “Dropping ts mid class.”
