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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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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EmberStorm 2
Hey guys, OP here! Just wanted to clarify a few things. First, I teach 8th grade students (not the seniors I saw some of you guys wondering about). This is my first year teaching, so having this event take place on one of the first few days of school shocked me quite a bit, but I knew things at least similar to this might happen, since I was a teacher aid for a few years. After my student starting crying, I decided to tell him that there were other ways to make friends outside of class, whether it be during lunch or in a club. However, I did tell him that passing notes, no matter what cause, is unacceptable, and I let him go with just that warning. Other than this, though, the school year has started off spectacularly!
TallMist 32
Shhh.... You hear that? ...it's the sound of my heart breaking.
randomblahh 10
I wana read a follow up on this.
mwali02 32
How old are these kids??! Cut them some slack! This was so sad!!! :(
iKristien 5
You couldn't have known, OP. Teach them that making friends is awesome, but that it gets even more awesome when they do it during break. School is a great place for making friends but during class, there are rules that they have to follow.
sarah_jane 8
This is what kids HATE school, you shouldn't have said anything till it was so distracting the entire class wasn't paying attention to you, if it's just the two let them be!
middlenamefrank 8
If I recall correctly from that age, getting into trouble with someone else was one of the very best ways to make friends with them.
clair_brodie 35
Aww, this is actually rather sad.
llwad0717 13
i would of just told him that you just were warning him cause other kids cant get away with that. or you could of told him to do that in free time in class or after class like in the hallway.
Weasely 11
So that's how friends are made...