Today, a fifth grader gave me a note from his "father" excusing him from PE. It was riddled with spelling errors and shockingly poor grammar, so I rejected it as a blatant fake. Several hours later, I was informed by his very angry father that it wasn't actually fake. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I was called by my son's school. They said he'd been forging my signature and comments in his reading book. He didn't forge them. I don't know what's worse: my handwriting looking like a 6 year-old's, or being too cowardly to admit it. He has a week of lunch detention, but I still have my dignity. FML
Today, I had a note to skip P.E. that my grandpa had written because my mom was busy. His handwriting is terrible, so they didn't believe that he'd written it. I'd twisted my ankle and I got to run another mile for "lying". FML
Today, I was a TA for a history class and the class was taking a test. About halfway through, I noticed one kid had a small piece of paper in his hand. I ran up the row, grabbed his test, and ripped it into four pieces. Then I took the note from him. It said "I believe in you, -Mom." FML
Today, I got sent to the principal's office because my Dad decided that instead of signing his name, he would sign, "Ms. Bigtits", because he wanted to make sure the teachers were paying attention to what their students handed in. FML
Today, I have been teaching my 5 year-old step-daughter how to read and write. She came bounding up to me with a piece of paper and said, "look what I did". It was a letter that said "My dad misses my real mommy, not you". FML
Today, I received two withdrawal grades in school for dropping the classes due to a kidney infection that kept me in the hospital. I wrote a petition to the dean asking to remove the grades. He replied to send a doctor's note. I did so, and he then said that I was faking and the note was forged. FML
Today, I accused a student in my class of getting his dad to do his homework. It turns out that his dad died two years ago. FML
Today, I passed my math test with flying colors. My dad thought I had cheated, so he emailed the school and told them that I had. They lowered my grade. FML
Today, I received an email from an angry parent, demanding that I give his daughter an A on a project which I had given her a 0 on. The project was to pick an article related to science and to write an essay on it. Hers was a hoax article relating to Ebola patients rising from the dead. FML
Today, I found out why my history grade is so low: the kid in front of me takes my homework, writes his name on it, and passes it off as his own. FML
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mrlawlor7777 26
@1, says the person who doesn't know the difference between of and 've.
Shrike 24
"Should of"? Jesus. That's like nails scraping across the English class' chalkboard.
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Comments (95)
deathshead 19
last I checked you needed a doctors note to be excused from PE and a parents note to leave, but maybe thats just my school
yerawizardlizzy 27
That's how it was in my school corporation too. PE had to be a doctor's note, no excuses.
Nysha 17
"corporation"?
guineagirl96 38
Depends on the school. Some schools allow a parent's note for a day or two but require a doctor's note for longer than that (that was my high school's rule). That was never a problem for me, though, since my mom is a doctor.
catherinecas 30
In my parish a parent could only excuse you for 3 consecutive days. After that you needed a doctor's note.
be82tw 17
@57, The corporate organizational model is not just used by for-profit businesses. Many governmental enterprises, especially municipalities, and nonprofit organizations use this structure. I know that Indiana in particular has many of its schools organized into corporations.
WalkingWhovian 11
When a professional educator can't discern a parent's writing from a fifth grader's that a call from the universe to get one's shit together.
MidnaLink 35
Problem; most adults nowadays have handwriting that isn't similar to a 10 year old.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
The increase in focus on the ability to type has resulted in a decrease in the focus on the ability to actually write by hand. As a result the legibility of peoples handwriting is going down. Penmanship, like any skill, requires practice and if you stop practicing it gets worse. The fact that most adults type anything of any length or importance means they have very few reasons to practice their penmanship.
mayhemily 7
F the father's life for writing at a fifth grade level (assuming English was his first language)
justfml22 13
his father could have learning disabilities
greentide 9
wtf happened to needing a doctors note to excuse you from gym
ThatOneAstro 15
PLES EXCUS MY SUN FRUM PE CLASS HE HAS A SOR ARM,TANK U,MR.DAD
thebiteof87 27
Was english the dads second language? Do you know if he has a learning disability?
joetan 16
Sometimes kids do try to pull a fast one.. But in your case, he did not.. Fyl ?
curiouslilbird 19
Been there, OP! Communication between parents and teachers is such a minefield these days :/
SweetHonestLove 5
Should've called..