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By Abr829 - 09/11/2009 06:33 - United States

Today, I had just finished writing an essay for English. I was proud of it and thought it was one of my best works. I decided to show it to my mom, who is an English major. She read it, turned to me and said, "You know, if you actually want to go to UCLA, you're going to need to actually try." FML

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By stillwaiting - 09/03/2009 20:48 - United States

Today, my mom called and told me I got accepted to my first-choice college. I got really excited and asked her to read me the letter. As she started to read it, she said, "Oops... uh, nevermind." FML

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By JZ. - 30/10/2009 13:34 - New Zealand

Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML

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By snappyPi - 28/01/2011 06:21

Today, I wrote a poem and was very proud of it. I showed it to my mom. After reading it, her response was, "What is this shit?" FML

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By Anonymous - 13/06/2022 04:00

Today, I had to write an essay for school explaining what motivates me to study. The more I tried to write it, the more I realized I've been wasting my time going back to school, and I never really wanted it. FML

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By atmac95 - 27/02/2010 21:28 - United States

Today, I am expected to write an 8 page essay, due tonight. The reason why I don't even have one page yet? My mom decided to take away the only computer I have the essay saved on because I have an 'F' in English. The essay is for English. FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/11/2010 04:41 - United States

Today, I received my acceptance letter to one of the most prestigious universities in the US, as well as a nice scholarship. I was so proud of myself, I eagerly showed my dad, hoping he would shed a tear or two. His only words were, "Just get a job so you can get the hell out of my house." FML

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By Anonymous - 08/12/2010 21:31 - United Kingdom

Today, I got feedback on an essay I wrote, by my mum who is also a teacher. She said it was 'worse than most of her pupils'. She teaches 10-year-olds. I'm a 20-year-old student at university. FML

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By 1940s wants their attitude back - 29/09/2020 20:01 - United States

Today, I excitedly told my mom how I got accepted to the master’s program of my dreams. She decided now would be a good time to proudly repeat for the millionth time how she gave up a full ride to the Ivy League to marry my father, and I ought to be a "good woman" and do the same. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/04/2022 12:00

Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML

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Monday 9 November 2009 12:23

Dude, my mother is a Science major, my anatomy teacher, and all that jazz. Doesn't mean that EVERYTHING she says is right, though. You should take the paper to your professor, cause knowing my mom, when I took my perfectly dissected fetal pig and removed brain to her, she got mad because it was better than the one she did a few years back. All I'm saying is, don't just take her words to heart, if you did great and you know it, you got nothing to worry about.

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e_rico112 0

Monday 9 November 2009 13:43

OH NO! your mom is actually trying to help you! that's so horrible! seriously, this is not an fml.

Sakke 4

Monday 9 November 2009 13:43

Stop whining? At least she's telling you the truth.

ExplodeTheStars 0

Monday 9 November 2009 13:53

Pffff, I had a very similar exchange with my mom and guess where I am.

tamoomoo 0

Monday 9 November 2009 14:22

And if you actually knew grammar, you would know to capitalize "English"...

BeeSkwaird 0

Monday 9 November 2009 14:25

... and to spells "shows" correctly, and to hyphenate "west coast [sic]" when being used as a phrasal adjective.

wellinever 5

Monday 9 November 2009 14:30

Oh the split infinitives! Let's give your mom the benefit of the doubt and assume that you are as bad at quoting speech as you are at writing essays. You are obviously not as good as you like to think you are. You do need to work harder and she's right to tell you. YDI

capricaz 0

Monday 9 November 2009 14:35

sorry but if she never went past college with her English major, her words shouldn't mean much lol.

unFmyLife 0

Monday 9 November 2009 14:39

Maybe she was putting you down on purpose to make you work harder. Your essay may have been the best one you've ever done, but your Mother thinks you can do better. All she wants is that you try harder. I had a lecturer last semester who was a hard-ass and nothing was ever good enough. It wasn't until the end of semester that he confessed how happy he was with my work and all his being an asshole was just a strategic move to make me push myself (and it worked).

StaticDown 0

Monday 9 November 2009 15:17

I agree. It usually depends on the perspective of the person, maybe it really is good but she's trying to push you harder, or who knows, maybe she's jealous so she said that. Also it could be that it's not to her liking and you wrote about something that she couldn't agree with or enjoy. Everyone has different opinions on things, last year I failed a class because I had a problem with the teacher, at my new university they made me take the same class again, I'm one of the top students and the teacher can't understand how someone could have failed me. Go to the teacher, don't feel bad, but know that you should always strive for better! Also maybe you wrote it too fast and when you read it you really liked it but you never went through it properly and fixed what could have made it even better!