Work: Today, I got a history project back that I worked very hard on....

By student101 - 26/03/2014 03:37 - United States - Sun Prairie

Today, I got a history project back that I worked very hard on. The teacher didn't bother to write any feedback, besides, "Did you even understand the assignment?" on the back. FML

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By fluent in two, unlike you - 25/03/2014 18:42 - Mexico

Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/02/2012 21:10 - United States

Today, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." FML

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By badessaymyass - 17/04/2014 19:59 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML

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By stupid - 24/12/2018 18:00

Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML

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By df22 - 03/07/2020 20:08

Today, I got my language final exam back. It was a 10-page essay front and back, and I saw that I received a D. The teacher told me the plot was too hard to follow and it jumped all over the place. It turns out he forgot to read the back of every page. FML

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By This guy - 21/02/2016 02:53 - United States - Jackson

Today, my teacher gave me a 0% on my personal narrative in my writing class. His only comment on the whole paper was, "Too long, didn't read." FML

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By i tried so hard - 08/01/2016 15:54 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I tried really hard for once on an assignment. I was told it was my worst work yet and that I may as well have turned nothing in at all. FML

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By ScreweD- - 16/11/2015 21:39 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML

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By oh dang /: - 25/05/2011 11:34

Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML

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By FUKDOUG - 15/01/2009 01:47 - Canada

Today, I was trying to finish an english assignment and I was not sure how to complete it. So I emailed my teacher asking and she said flip over the assignment handout page for instructions. FML

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ChenEighty 20

Wednesday 26 March 2014 12:24

Is it possible that you answered the wrong question or something? I've done that, where I've gone off on such a long tangent it seemed like I was writing a different essay, and the rest was History.

jerryj 27

Wednesday 26 March 2014 12:26

Leave it back on your teacher's desk with a message: "did you even understand my essay?"

Comments

Alastor13X 8

Thursday 27 March 2014 21:12

I would have left him some feedback like: "No, can you better explain what I am supposed to do, or what I did wrong?" I'm sorry but if they can't give constructive feedback to help students learn from their mistskes, then they don't need to be teaching anything.

pinkster2014 25

Thursday 27 March 2014 21:25

#1- THAT'S THE EXACT SAME THING I SAID IN RESPONSE TO THIS FML. I just knew it'd be the first comment hahaha xD Anyways, I'm really wondering if they did understand the assignment. Normally the way you do the project/assignment will show if you understand it. So if it's off topic, you obviously didn't understand it, or you interpreted it completely different than she intended. I do that sometimes xD (interpret things differently than others)

pinkster2014 25

Thursday 27 March 2014 21:28

Also, one could assume that the teacher is male since the majority of my history teachers have been male, although that's just me...

blueflotsam 6

Friday 28 March 2014 1:08

I hate when that happens

SarahSehhati 40

Friday 28 March 2014 4:27

#59 just go away....

iwadasn 32

Saturday 29 March 2014 0:24

Apparently you didn't. You won't get very far in school or in life if you can't follow directions. It doesn't really matter how hard you worked if you didn't do the right thing.

imchacon22 19

Saturday 29 March 2014 6:04

Just say no in hopes of getting to do it again

pipipiyo 12

Monday 7 April 2014 22:15

Sorry OP I have had a teacher who would write very similarly and even diss students during class time for seemingly no legitimate reason other than to be mean.