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By Anonymous - 07/07/2014 01:27 - United States - Gournay-sur-marne

Today, I went to see the school counselor to schedule my classes for school. She asked me if I knew how to speak English. My parents are Chinese and I don't even know how to speak Chinese. I've lived in America my whole life. Plus, I even spoke to her in English to ask about classes. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 02:01

Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML

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RageWolf16 31

Monday 7 July 2014 8:53

I hate the human race sometimes

Alikia96 20

Monday 7 July 2014 8:56

The racism is strong in this one

Comments

penpen1332 8

Monday 7 July 2014 19:43

This is pretty much what happens to me in public. I'm Vietnamese, yet I don't speak the language, and I have been living in America all my life. Everyone speaks very slowly as if I don't understand what they're saying. FYL, op

awkward_gothlady 32

Monday 7 July 2014 23:38

I hate it when people do that. I've lived most of my life in South America, and people sometimes talk to me really slowly, or if I don't react right away, it must be because I don't know Spanish very well, just because I happen to have blue eyes and light skin and light-colored hair. Then, I went to the Netherlands and had the opposite problem. People would talk to me as if I were a local, when I actually had only a very basic level of the Dutch language.

Strider207 5

Monday 7 July 2014 19:54

That racist bitch

awkward_gothlady 32

Monday 7 July 2014 20:19

"Yes, I do. Do you?"

HammyBear13 8

Monday 7 July 2014 20:26

What the heck is with all the racist cards being thrown around? FYL op, but maybe the counselor just wasnt paying attention. who frickin knows! Calm yalls selves with the racist crap.

LotsOfConfusion 9

Monday 7 July 2014 22:15

This doesn't like an FML on your part but an FML on her part. She's a moron.

JessieTaft 17

Monday 7 July 2014 22:16

Wow. That was rude

Johnson_Mcgee 1

Monday 7 July 2014 22:24

I'm sorry, I only know enough English to tell you that I don't speak English as well as this sentence explaining the previous one.

Sakuraashita 15

Monday 7 July 2014 22:54

Tell her, "Sorry, I only speak English, but don't worry I understand fluent Racist."

cinimod97 9

Monday 7 July 2014 23:35

你是中国人, 可是你不知道怎么说中文吗? 太不好,太不好。

Gunny20 25

Wednesday 11 March 2015 17:15

Translation: You are Chinese people , but you do not know how to say Chinese? Too bad , too bad .

mattmsk005 8

Tuesday 8 July 2014 0:38

You're parents are Chinese it's not to much of a stretch to think you are to, if this is the worst thing that happens to you, you must have a great life.