Kids: Today, a fifth grader gave me a note from his "father" excusing...

By shit.jpg - 25/08/2015 19:22 - United States - Waban

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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By Mac - 16/09/2009 17:05 - France

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

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By anonymous - 23/04/2013 05:25 - United States

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

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By Noname - 26/02/2009 15:30 - United States

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

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By PerpetuallyHappy - 25/09/2012 23:20 - United States - Rochester

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

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By yingyang2 - 06/01/2011 02:19 - United States

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

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Unbelievable

By snoozer - 23/03/2009 06:12 - United States

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

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By ITM21 - 09/03/2012 06:43 - United States

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

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By mathgenius - 08/10/2013 19:17 - Norway - Kolltveit

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

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By Anonymous - 12/10/2014 20:46 - United States - Gainesville

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

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By Tejanoswhy - 18/12/2015 18:16

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

Wednesday 26 August 2015 6:58

@1, says the person who doesn't know the difference between of and 've.

Shrike 23

Wednesday 26 August 2015 6:59

"Should of"? Jesus. That's like nails scraping across the English class' chalkboard.

Comments

BloodyGlass 10

Saturday 29 August 2015 7:44

How did the father handle the news that he would be returning to grade school?

earlytermination 34

Monday 31 August 2015 2:41

When I was in third grade my mom signed my homework sheet in the car while driving and I was accused of plagiarizing. Not cool, OP.

fantasyworld 37

Tuesday 1 September 2015 4:34

Unless English isn't his first language, that's pretty embarrassing.

vanellope681 0

Friday 4 September 2015 9:26

That's extremely akward.

Sciath13 14

Sunday 13 September 2015 9:02

Yip, some people really do have atrocious language skills... That must've been quite embarrassing, though

thesituations 1

Friday 4 December 2015 3:14

You are destroying the hearts and minds of children.

UpInAK 3

Saturday 21 May 2016 21:01

To everyone saying OP should have called the parent, just stop. This may be a country where every gets catered to, but nobody has to. If the father couldn't take the time to slow down and think "they might think this is a fake if I don't make it look good" then the father screwed up first. Any time you have to write a professional or semi-professional note, you should slow down and make it look good. Second step to that would be to check your grammar. Also, maybe the father hadn't provided contact information on the note. I know my gym teachers didn't have a computer to look up student information at my public school. Cut the teacher some slack. He was doing his job. Sometimes that means making a decision in the moment.