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By Anonymous - 01/12/2010 14:14

Today, I told my students that I would be taking a few weeks off because a member of my family is very ill. They all cheered. FML

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By spanishteach - 07/05/2009 14:50 - United States

Today, I told my students that I would be absent tomorrow because my wife was giving birth. They burst into applause... not to congratulate me on the new baby. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/02/2015 21:07 - United States - San Francisco

Today, my teacher announced that he'd be out for a week because he was going to Vegas. I happily said, "Woo hoo!" Then he finished his sentence by telling me it was because his dad had died. FML

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By live2dance4ever - 06/07/2019 14:00

Today, I went to attend my summer school class again after being out sick for a week. When I said "Here" during roll call, everyone started cheering and clapping. Apparently, my professor has been badmouthing me while I've been absent for pretending to be sick. I'm sure my grade will be fantastic. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/02/2016 01:15 - United States - Jacksonville

Today, one of my friends made it to school. He has been sick recently, missing days out of the week. When I saw him, I greeted him with, "Were you dying yesterday?" Apparently he wasn't, but his grandmother really did. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/10/2009 02:15 - United States

Today, I decided to take a personal day from class and e-mailed all of my profs saying I had flu symptoms. While standing in line at Starbucks later, someone behind me says "Glad you're feeling better. Hope you can attend class tomorrow, we'll discuss lying." It was my Ethics professor. FML

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By norestforthewicked - 02/03/2016 20:41 - United States

Today, I had to use a sick day from the school I teach at. While I was off, another teacher called me mid delirium, because my students were borderline rioting over the work I left for them. I'd asked them to read a book and edit the one-page essay they've had two weeks to work on. FML

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By projectfain - 22/05/2013 12:28 - United States - Akron

Today, I e-mailed the on-line instructor for my job, telling her that I had fallen behind in my work due to my grandmother's passing and the subsequent funeral arrangements, but that I would catch up this week. Her reply? "OK. Hope your grandmother gets better soon." FML

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By Anonymous - 17/03/2020 05:30

Today, my professor gave me a huge lecture in front of the class about showing up sick, about how I was endangering the lives of other students, and kicked me out of class. As I left, everyone applauded. I'm not sick, but suffering for horrible allergies. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/06/2019 06:00

Today, I had to get my picture taken for a volunteer badge at the hospital. My sister came home and told my parents that she'd had a horrible day at work. They showed her my picture to cheer her up. FML

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Rules are meant to be broken

By hospitalflunky - 28/03/2009 06:35 - United States

Today, I got an email from a professor saying he was going to fail me for missing the allotted absences, which is school policy. I pointed out I was in the hospital for two weeks with a life threatening illness and that he even came to visit me. He told me, "Rules are rules." FML

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Sammy_Baby 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 19:02

You shouldn't take that personal, students are always glad when the teacher is gone because it means less work and less rules (:

DEXter501 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 19:08

4, Maybe if you actually paid attention in class, you'd understand that it's "threw" not "throwed". You learn that in elementary school.

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cupcakeyumzz 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 22:21

jeez,what do you do to those kids? O_o

gigilvrs6 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 23:03

Hey, they need a break from teachers at one point.

millionaire93 0

Thursday 2 December 2010 0:31

agreed. but sounds like OP took it the wrong way and thought they were cheering for the Ill cousin. retard.

SmokingPanda 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 23:12

funny cause our teacher told us the same thing and we also cheered

TheCoolGinger 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 23:13

That's a typical reaction(x

iheart 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 23:45

dont take it so personally. that will happen every time in a middle-high school classroom. they werent cheering about your family member being sick, they were happy b/c that means a day off of note-taking and lectures and less hw. my 11th grade class doesnt cheer, we just do a really sarcastic/faked "awww"

madgolden 0

Wednesday 1 December 2010 23:53

Don't take it personal. They were cheering because your going. I'm sure they cared about your family member. Hope everything gets better. :)

IneffableLullaby 13

Thursday 2 December 2010 0:23

That's just how children in school act though. Don't take it too harshly -- I'm sure they're just cheering that you're leaving for a few weeks, NOT that your family member is ill. I hope your family member gets better soon.

EEric_14 0

Thursday 2 December 2010 1:03

u must be a good teacher!!

MonkeySpeaks 4

Thursday 2 December 2010 1:09

Im sure they were cheering for the week off. Not the illness. All they heard was "week off" an probably filtered out the reason why.

Daniruu 4

Thursday 2 December 2010 1:19

Have a really strict substitute teacher in your place. Then they'll HAVE to want you back.

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