Today, after I took my first set of exams, my professor posted on Twitter, scoffing at how stupid one student's answer was. The answer he quoted was one that I wrote. FML
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Today, my math TA showed the class how one of her "dumb" students answered a test question. Everyone laughed as she wrote out the students answer, including myself, until I looked down at my answer sheet and saw that I submitted an identical answer. FML
Today, I realized that my Twitter profile was very public when my business professor made fun of student tweets in class. My tweet went, "Totally bullshitting this business report" about the report I'd just handed in, worth a large portion of my grade. FML
Today, I found out I've miserably failed a college exam. My friend had agreed to pass me answers if I needed them, since I've hardly studied this year. We were on the phone when she said, "Oh, those answers were bullshit. Serves you right, huh?" FML
Today, I got a question wrong on an exam. The question started with, "In your opinion..." FML
Today, I finally realized how stupid I am, when I answered a question correctly in class and my teacher started clapping and cheering. FML
Today, after finishing a two hour essay exam that will determine the future of my career, I realized I misread the question. FML
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
Today, I worked up the courage to ask a question in a packed lecture hall. The professor repeated my question, except he'd misheard me and rephrased it into something wildly incorrect. The class laughed. Instead of correcting him, I nodded. Now half the class thinks I don’t understand the difference between correlation and causation. FML
Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
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That_Ginger 18
At least he didn't name you specifically.
JustinKirby 20
That's not right, he shouldn't post that kind of stuff about his students online.
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Comments (183)
more4me 27
what a douche ! People tend to overshare these days. Sorry, OP. Just out of curiosity, what was the quote?
ni0ve 9
He's a teacher. Also an employee. Also a human. We all bytch about coworkers, bosses, customers, patients, clients, etc. Give him a break.
Sweetdiculous 1
It could be worse... Your professor could have outed you. Cheer up, though, because if you really try, set your mind to it, prove to him that you're not an idiot. Prove that motherducker wrong!
Xotoolyxo 16
That's kind of rude of him. You should talk to the dean
kmartFTW 12
The professor has every right to post what he wants as long as the name wasn't used! its OP's fault for answering the question like a dummy!
2074red2074 6
That depends on the answer that you gave. If he gave you a real-world example and it was way off logically (for example if you calculated that a guy lifted a metric tonne) then you probably deserve it. Otherwise, he has the inalienable right to free speech, even if he offends you. This may shock you, but people will occasionally say things that don't make you feel so nice. Get over it.
Sparx1_1 16
OP is from Canada where the "inalienable right" to free speech does not extend to slander and public humiliation. Canada has anti-bullying laws to protect students from humiliating treatment (from students and teachers) like posting embarrassing comments in public media. The teacher could lose his job over this and if an investigation finds he has a habit of making nasty public posts he could end up facing jail time.
Zebediabolical 43
Canada doesn't have anti-bullying law. But some provinces do.
horneyhic 15
Also without identifying details like a name it's not slander or public humiliation
Zebediabolical 43
A couple of points. First of all, it would be libel not slander. Slander is defamation with a spoken word, libel is defamation in writing. Second of all, truth is an absolute defense against both. If it's true, it's not slanderous or libelous.
commandercolbert 6
some teachers can get fired for that!
missfryfry 10
Screenshot it and report it to the ethics board/dean/whoever is designated to deal with incidents like this one. Very unprofessional. If he needs to complain about his work life perhaps don't do it on a public forum where it can and should bite him in his ass.
ksks1234 33
This FML is so stupid.
hazardmuffin 21
So what was the quote?