Today, I caught two kids passing notes to each other in my class, so I told them to see me afterwards. When one of the kids eventually came up, I noticed he was crying. He looked up at me and sobbed out, "I was trying to make my first friend!" FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was passing notes in class with my crush. I started to pour my heart out and tell him about how I've liked him for years. I was caught by the teacher. He looked at it, laughed, and tore it up. He then looked at me and said, "I just saved you from years of embarrassment. You're welcome." FML
Today, at school, I was crying because someone I knew had died. My teacher pulled me aside and said, "I understand you're socially awkward, but don't worry, it gets better." FML
Today, I was paired up with a girl in my class for a project. She started crying. FML
Today, I started crying in class because of a sad part in the book I was reading. I got pulled out into the hallway and my male teacher asked, "Is it your special time?" FML
Today, my biology teacher assigned us partners for a project. I got paired up with one of the smartest kids in the class. When he found out I was his partner, he cried. FML
Today, a parent came into my class and told one of my 6 year-old students that their grandma died. Then the parent left. The kid started crying from the news, which then got all the other students crying. I spent the rest of the day comforting a class of kids crying over someone else's grandma. FML
Today, I was trying to get drama students to attempt to make themselves cry. I was not having any luck, until suddenly a girl burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably. I jumped up to applaud, saying what a wonderful thing it is to have such expressive kids. Turns out her grandma just died. FML
Today, I was doing my job and trying to teach a lazy bunch of 16-year-olds. A girl entered the room just 15 minutes before class ended, so I snapped, "Someone had better have died for you to be this late!" She immediately burst into tears. Turns out, someone had. FML
Today, my son told me that some kids had been picking on him at school. When I asked him to elaborate, he said that kids sometimes didn't say "Hi" back when he greeted them. FML
Today, I bullied a kid at school, just so someone would talk to me. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
ManBearPig44 11
Ah, it's not your fault OP, there's no way you could've known.
NopaDo 17
Didn't realize you had Casper the friendly ghost in schools, but honestly I feel bad for the kid :c
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (59)
ManBearPig44 11
Ah, it's not your fault OP, there's no way you could've known.
mds9986 24
The kid could have been putting up an act to not get in trouble.
TH_Insomniak 15
I'd be willing to bet money that's exactly what it was
ohSNAPyall 27
If they are your students (meaning that you're not a substitute teacher), I would think that a teacher might notice if a kid is having trouble making friends.
Seabass_Chan 33
Teachers, unfortunately, don't usually give a shit.
mads_fml 7
Well it's only been a couple weeks in...
lat187 18
Today was my student's first day back. Don't yet know who doesn't have friends
ohSNAPyall 27
Good point, 58. Hadn't thought about that.
kbecks87 16
I disagree #1 as a teacher part of the job is to notice who is having trouble making friends, who is being bullied, who is bullying, ect.
BlockOfRedStone 25
Plot Twist: These are High School kids.
izzajaneful 24
High schoolers don't pass notes anymore; they have phones.
rohan111993 13
Yes we do
NopaDo 17
Didn't realize you had Casper the friendly ghost in schools, but honestly I feel bad for the kid :c
MyDadLeftMeInKFC 21
You didn't know :( I'm sure they'll reconnect eventually
tormcn 26
Who's to say they cannot be friends after the fact?
oceanbrickfire 21
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
It's not your fault OP, you didn't know, and I'm assuming the two kids didn't know about the rule on note passing either
MandieL 27
Because they wouldn't have passed noted otherwise? Were you homeschooled by chance?
oceanbrickfire 21
#48, no I wasn't, I was in the middle of class, and the teacher told us to put our phones away, and I was rushing to type this. My bad.
VeganVampyre 27
The irony of getting in trouble for being on your phone in class while commenting on a post about kids getting in trouble for passing notes in class...
MlleMC_fml 19
If the kids can write notes, it's obviously not their first year in school. So yes, they should know very well that passing notes isn't allowed in class.
saifnaqvi11 21
Awww :(
phaelnb 26
Don't be too hard on yourself OP, some of my oldest friends were made by getting into trouble during highschool =)
JohnEvans 3
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Nice job Dumbass
MidnaLink 35
**** off. He didn't know. And basic rule is NOT to pass notes in class.
classicsparkles 17
Holding every student in a class to the same standard of not creating distractions and focusing on class work is kind of an essential role a teacher has. If they don't because a student might be "making a friend" then the class turns into a social hour and no one learns anything. Most schools have downtime for the purpose of students interacting, which hopefully the student will learn how to utilize. Part of fitting in and making friends includes behaving yourself and not passing notes or chatting when you should be working. If this upsets the student then they probobly just should step out for a few minutes to see if they can calm down or if they need to have a parent called to pick them up.
grogers311 20
This breaks my heart
Jryan952015 7
Just explain that making friend is fine but passing notes in class is against the rules.
laden_swallow09 35
Yeah, 11, he can make friends on his own time.