Today, I began my job volunteering at an orphanage in Beijing, China, working with 7-year-olds who just started learning english. We played a game where, if you got caught, you had to sing a song. I got caught, so I chose the ABCs. They all knew the song perfectly, I missed 3 letters. FML
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Today, I was at work at a preschool. I was sitting outside with the kids and was getting bored so I started singing. One of the little girls runs up and puts her hand over my mouth and tells me to stop. I'm in a select chorus at my highschool and plan to major in choral studies in college. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, at a tutoring center, one of the tutors looked at my worksheet and laughed. She then showed all the other tutors my mistakes and they laughed along with her. The best part? They all speak Chinese and they think I can't understand them. I'm Chinese. FML
Today, whilst singing at school in front of 300 visiting primary school children I forgot the second verse to my song and let out an F*** word with the microphone still up to my face. FML
Today, I volunteered to help out at an elementary school. I accidentally elbowed a little girl in the face while playing tag. And an hour later, a little boy flew out of his swing because I accidentally pushed him too hard. They're both siblings and are my child psychology instructor's kids. FML
Today, while working as a swim instructor, I started singing the hokey pokey to get all the kids used to putting their faces in the water. One of the kids was covering his ears. When I asked him why, he said "because you were singing." He's 3. FML
Today, I called the Vietnamese teacher at my son's kindergarten by my Chinese colleague's name. Luckily, she didn't catch it. I'm not a racist, I was just tired after a long day. FML
Today, I sang at a retirement home with my school choir. Afterwards, we went to speak to the old people, just to get to know them a little. The first woman I shook hands with asked, "Are you a boy or a girl?" FML
Today, I sang the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song with a class of thirty 20-somethings because we're going to be kindergarten teachers. She made us do the hand motions too. FML
Today, I was volunteering at a neighborhood house tutoring a bunch of kids. Everything was going fine until one of them jumped on the table I was at, which broke and hit my knee. I swore in front of all the kids and my volunteer coordinator. FML
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fxdxhk90 0
I'm just surprised that you wrote this without any spelling errors.
Sportsfan86 3
How do you miss 3 letters? If you're voulunteering, you should know it.
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Comments (183)
Doopliss 0
My alphabet is a reflex.
freakshows 0
Wooow. How could you forget the alphabet?
avikakol 0
UGH - people, in china, children not only learn characters, but they learn pinyin. which necessitates them learning the alphabet. and they pronounce it the english way, too (which is kind of odd if you know anything about chinese phonology, but...). thus, i don't find it that curious that children know a children's song better than an adult.
musicismylife8 0
So, were only humans, we all make mistakes, and we learn from them too! Learn the alphabet, not knowing it sets bad examples! And to think you work in an orphanage!
Luneth101 0
#125 Are you bitching on Chinese people? I'm Chinese, and I guarantee, I'm smarter than you! ******* racist.
TheDark12 0
China wins again!
Andyangels27 0
they're taking over the stock market, funding our government and Now are better than us at our own language china will take over the world
AtoZandBeyond 0
There are more English speakers in China than in the U.S.
George_Fyve 0
heh, what letters did you leve out? FML? LOL? YAD?
jahaady 0
O. I C what your saying.