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By desperate - 05/10/2012 09:47 - Malta - Paola

Today, as an introduction to the history of China, I asked my APA World History class to write a 500 word essay on a historical Chinese person. Out of a class of 18, five of them were about Mulan. FML

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By englishornah - 23/04/2015 02:53 - United States - Somerset

Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. FML

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By wahwah - 23/10/2009 06:51 - United States

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By Anonymous - 09/09/2009 04:27 - United States

Today, I realized I forgot to write a 5000 word essay for my English class. I tried to be calm since I had until midnight to finish, and it was only 8pm. I typed for three hours straight,and finished the assignment. I read over the instruction again, and realized it only had to be 500 words. FML

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By Noname - 28/02/2009 20:57 - United States

Today, I got a 31% on a Chinese test at school. I moved here to New Jersey from China two months ago. FML

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Friday 5 October 2012 15:55

I bet a lot of them were about Jackie Chan as well

SerendipityRose 26

Friday 5 October 2012 15:56

See, I would have been more creative... Mine would have been about Mushu.

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t765234 10

Saturday 6 October 2012 5:47

An AP class and only 500 words? All three of my AP world exam essays had at least twice that amount. You're going a little soft on them.

love1026 6

Saturday 6 October 2012 8:31

theyre letting everyone in AP classes now ),: theres a bunch of stoners and stupid jock and preppy idiots in my AP classes... its like the teachers have to dumb the classes down because of the idiots... ),:

Ashley91129 6

Saturday 6 October 2012 9:29

Mulan is a historical figure. Unless the essays they wrote are based completely on the Disney movie, they're not exactly getting it wrong...

Tinuviel97005 0

Saturday 6 October 2012 12:21

500 words on one historical person? With three factual sources, including the original poem, I could probably knock out an essay speculating on the actual historical figure of Mulan in a couple nights. What is history but a bunch of stories told by people who were there, skewed by people with political agendas, and faded through time?

The_F3rris 11

Saturday 6 October 2012 14:21

Not surprised. Most people don't have a creative bone in their body. Or a brain for that matter.

kitkatieisme 5

Saturday 6 October 2012 18:50

Well, technically Mulan is part of a real Chinese legend...

Kiyda 11

Sunday 7 October 2012 1:27

Dude, why is this on FML? Mulan was a real person and you haven't told them about any others.

PhilMcHawk 7

Sunday 7 October 2012 12:28

APA World History?! And you're only giving them 500 word essays on super ******* easy research topics?! Shit, no wonder they didn't take it seriously, OP. I could have you a 3000 word essay on Sun Tzu by Tuesday.