Today, I asked my college chemistry teacher for some much-needed help. Instead of explaining anything to me, she scoffed that if I don't understand something, I should "just Google it." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my professor asked me a question in class. Thinking it was a rhetorical question, I shrugged and said, "Google it." It wasn't. He stared at me in silence for the longest 10 seconds of my life. FML
Today, I was helping my kid with homework after work. I tried to Google “third grade long division explained simply.” Autocomplete filled in “because I don’t understand it either,” which I read out loud without thinking. My kid stared at me and said, “So… who’s teaching who?” FML
Today, my university professor admitted to sometimes just winging it when she's teaching. "Yeah," she said, "sometimes I just don't get this stuff either." No wonder I'm failing. 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, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML
Today, we were taking a bio quiz and I understood the subject, so the people sitting behind me asked me to help them out. Being a kind fellow classmate, I did. When the teacher got suspicious, she asked the class, "How are all of you getting the same answers?" everyone pointed directly at me. FML
Today, I was walking with my very attractive friend who I like a lot. She then told me that her roomate wouldn't be home tonight, and if I wanted, I could come over and study history. I didn't get it. I told her no thanks, that I was covered, and it was chem I needed to study. An hour later, I understood. FML
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
Today, I had a science test. A question asked, "What is the first stage of photosynthesis?" I didn't know, so just trying to be light-hearted, I wrote, "The plant must first believe in itself." My teacher didn't think it was funny, and gave me detention for insulting her intelligence. FML
Today, I was trying to finish an English assignment and I was not sure how to complete it, so I emailed my teacher to ask her for help. She told me to… flip over the assignment handout page for instructions. FML
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TupniTuptuo 29
If everyone Googled everything, no one would need to pay your teacher's salary.
jDCrackpot 7
If you're in college you're paying to be taught, not paying to google everything instead. Go above her and make a complaint and see if she still doesn't feel like doing her job.
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Comments (90)
sissycullen 4
Good job by you for asking questions. The only dumb question is the one that isn't asked.
baronsmommy 14
GTS, google that shit! Is that answer also acceptable for the medical field? Everyone uses webmd and believes they have a terminal illness anyway.
MissAimeeAngel 15
The exact same thing happened to me! But with my anatomy professor. I couldn't believe it! But it saddens me that apparently, it's not something uncommon...woe to all college students.
bethanybunny_fml 4
I'm hearing so many stories about bad college teachers! Mine are so nice/helpful o_o I would suggest telling her your paying $1000+ dollars for school, and you damn right expect her to help you! Or if you're shy, report her~ :p
Beckei 18
The education system in this country makes me sad...
merppp 1
My engineering teacher did that to me too.
perdix 31
I'm thinking your professor doesn't want to waste her time on a future English major.
Brandon_ryan 0
You can down rate the prof on many websites. Just saying
kotana191 8
if that doesn't scream 'lazy' I don't know what does.
perdix 31
Not even recommending Google would scream "lazy" even a bit louder. Now, you know.
MrsAlexander83 10
Go to the dean. It's her job to help you. In my Chem pre-lab though we were told to do the same thing. Its because we aren't really learning about it until we get there and it's just an opportunity for us to be somewhat familiar with it. I guess "reading over the textbooks" is a thing of the past! Good luck!