Awkward, Students, Anger issues and Miscellaneous: Slipping up

Slipping up

By Noname - 21/02/2009 21:43 - United States

Today, I got an email from my professor with my grade for a paper. It said, "Solid writing, but you should have proofread your final draft more carefully." In a moment of annoyance, I typed in the reply box, "God should have proofread your FACE more carefully." My elbow hit the send button. FML

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By pissed_off_girl - 01/04/2013 02:59 - United States - Falls Church

Today, I had to proof-read a terrible paper containing a bunch of mistakes. It took me 4 hours and I didn't eat dinner until I was done. His response when he got it back was, "What the fuck did you do to my paper?! You bitch!" FML

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Despair

By TeachingSucks - 17/05/2023 11:00 - United States - Cabot

Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML

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By shaifox96 - 17/04/2015 03:34 - Canada - Saint Catharines

Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/06/2011 00:59 - United States

Today, my professor handed me back a paper I spent hours hours working on. At the bottom in red it said "D" followed by, "That was a gift." FML

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By tirf - 09/02/2015 22:58

Today, while correcting essays, I spilled ketchup on a student's paper. I managed to successfully turn it into a happy smiley face but when proudly looking at the result, noticed it was right next to the big "F" that I had graded it. FML

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By ScreweD- - 16/11/2015 21:39 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML

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The ole answer/forward conundrum

By Master's_degree_in_failure - 17/10/2020 22:30

Today, I "answered" an email instead of "forwarding" it. As a result, there is a chance that my Master's thesis supervisor gets a message from me starting by the F-word, and complaining about my bad work and inability to understand a deadline. FML

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Smart

By Anonymous - 22/08/2014 16:56 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML

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By stupid - 24/12/2018 18:00

Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML

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By englishfail - 15/01/2010 17:39 - United States

Today, I was teaching a class and my student pointed out that I used the wrong "your" while writing on the board. FML

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Melanie_fml 0

Sunday 22 February 2009 0:59

I suggest using the 'my little brother did it' defense!

matt0794 1

Sunday 19 June 2011 0:08

you do know the irony of your comment an your name right?

Comments

CaptainCrunch_fml 0

Monday 23 February 2009 6:46

#20 chill the **** out the writer was just trying to let out some anger, he/she didn't mean to send it. It was funny, get a sense of humor In fact, I've been laughing about it for the past five minutes. Let's hope your professor has a good sense of humor! I know that if I were him, I'd be laughing about it.

vitamin_f 0

Monday 23 February 2009 9:46

haha i agree with #1, that's seriously the best way to save your ass.

coolkicker1 0

Monday 23 February 2009 23:09

Nothin else to say except that sucks. Send an apology though with some bs excuse saying it wasn't your fault. Blame your room mate or something like that.

jewley25 0

Tuesday 24 February 2009 3:10

Lol thats funny. I was laughing aloud in my bio course .. aha love the comeback.. " god should have proof read your face " lol

tayl0r_fml 0

Tuesday 24 February 2009 21:25

I LOVE THIS ONE! good response. sucks you actually sent it~!

BeautyAndBrains 0

Wednesday 25 February 2009 20:21

Great "Your Face" line. It kind of sucks that it actually got sent, though. Bummer.

source_fml 0

Friday 27 February 2009 17:21

There is often a send button in email programs. There is no send key though, unless you were using some device designed specifically for email, in which case you wouldn't be able to hit it with your elbow.

Jospehina 0

Saturday 28 February 2009 4:42

I close windows all the time with my palm by accident hitting the touchpad of my laptop, thanks to tap to click. I also managed to start a video call by accident once while typing in msn. Say they were balancing it on their legs and their elbow sorta slid... I can see it happening.