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
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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
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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
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Comments (59)
IWishIWasObama 12
You're the worst teacher ever!
laden_swallow09 35
Shaddup. OP did nothing wrong.
ourtneyc 14
What grade do you teach?
CaletheLion 15
Don't they have phones?
batman155 5
asshole
Soninuva 41
Put them in detention with each other, they'll quickly become friends.
JaeJae_88 10
a memory you will never forget?
sallen14 8
Teachers like you are assholes. At least they weren't talking.
marcello89 1
I'd say OP did the right thing. If he hadn't asked the kids to meet with him, he wouldn't have known what was really going on. It's a good idea for a teacher to take the time to get to know their students.
mcsammo11 12
that sucks op, and BTW I hope you teach a younger grade and not seniors in highschool.
Eco93 10
teachers never consider all the options... school teaches you to read and write all the rest is either irrelevant out of date or worse... children don't need your education they need to live. to be kids
thehorseproject8888 8
They definitely also need an education.
Shade1982 21
Yeah, they really do need education. Or they're going to grow up to be one of those people who are asked to point out Moscow on a global map and point to central africa...
TallMist 32
Boyinaband wrote a song about this, actually. It's called "Don't Stay In School." All his points are so damn true.