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By What am I doing with my life? - 22/05/2014 16:47 - United States - Aurora

Today, I collected my students' final essays. One of them submitted a printout of a screenshot he took with his phone. Too bad a browser address bar was still in the shot, along with a "click to read more" link at the bottom. My students are too dumb and lazy to even plagiarize properly. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/02/2017 00:00 - Canada

Today, my classmate told me she can copy an article from the internet and hand that in, as long as she cites it at the end. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/10/2017 13:36 - United States - New Castle

Today, a student turned in homework she copied off an online answer key. The wrong key. My students are too stupid to cheat right. FML

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By copycat - 19/03/2015 05:05 - United States - Norco

Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML

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By KateHGW - 09/06/2021 00:01

Today, I handed in an internship assignment that I have been working on for months. Once submitted, a pop-up showed, stating the assignment was 100% plagiarized. What was it plagiarized from? A student paper. My own, to be more specific - the exact same paper I had uploaded seconds before. FML

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By TeachingSucks - 17/05/2023 11:00 - United States - Cabot

Today, I'm grading final projects for a junior level college class. A student finally turned in their work, after months of encouragement and coaxing. Half of it was plain wrong, the rest had so many spelling and grammatical mistakes, it appeared to be written by a drunk autocorrect program. FML

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By dumbteacher - 23/05/2011 14:35

Today, my AP teacher once again accused me of plagiarism. Apparently the words "demise," "ultimately," and "rural," are too sophisticated for an 11th grade AP student to use and MUST have been copied from the Internet. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/10/2009 20:56 - United States

Today, I wrote the most beautiful college application essay ever, ten minutes before the online deadline. Instead of clicking "submit", I clicked the button next to it that said "return". The entire essay vanished into internet wasteland. FML

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By lauren555 - 27/03/2009 03:38 - United States

Today, after finishing a huge French essay, I realized my printer wasn't working. So, I emailed it to a guy in my class to print and then give to me. When I get to French, he said he had already turned his in early and never got my email. It turned out he used mine. I got an F on the essay. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/05/2014 18:57 - United States

Today, I met up with my group for class. We were doing some final checks on the project we've been working on all semester, when I realized something about one guy's work seemed off. I googled it and found out it's almost completely plagiarized. It's all due in the morning. 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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SemiAuto 21

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:00

I would've sent him a McDonald's application

Trin_Tran 26

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:00

Your students really do try their best .

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Trin_Tran 26

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:00

Your students really do try their best .

michaelaranda 28

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:06

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SemiAuto 21

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:07

I guess spelling and grammar are too.

nlm92 15

Friday 23 May 2014 0:01

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9echo 17

Friday 23 May 2014 0:11

If you're going to cheat, you should at least try to do a good job. Oh, and please understand I'm not saying that you SHOULD ever cheat.

Helpfulman 17

Friday 23 May 2014 4:55

I feel like I've hears this FML before...

incoherentrmblr 21

Friday 23 May 2014 8:51

That's even a new low for plagiarizing...

SemiAuto 21

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:00

I would've sent him a McDonald's application

R3TROxLOV3 32

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:03

I'm not sure if I would trust him to properly prepare any of the food.

cocacola999 27

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:04

I don't know, it's quite easy to plagiarise a cheeseburger.

pwnman 33

Friday 23 May 2014 0:04

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skittyskatbrat 19

Friday 23 May 2014 0:10

No, no, no. Send a SCREENSHOT of an online McDonalds application.

9echo 17

Friday 23 May 2014 0:13

Heck, I don't even think he'd be qualified to break up the homeless people having sex in the bathrooms.

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Friday 23 May 2014 0:40

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horneyhic 15

Friday 23 May 2014 2:45

How about walmart then

ohSNAPyall 26

Friday 23 May 2014 16:24

You're not promoting education. You're denegrating blue-collar work.

CallMeBloo 31

Friday 23 May 2014 23:49

I wouldn't send him a job application for anything. Jobs are scarce and precious in this economy. Most young people in need of money would KILL to work in food service. This jackass would waste his manager's time just like he's wasting his teacher's time. There's nothing at all wrong with a decent food service job. I hate hearing those jobs being put down.

acommonman 23

Saturday 24 May 2014 3:01

He would be too lazy to complete the application though

brooklynsbaddest 1

Tuesday 27 May 2014 13:46

He'd probably send them a picture of a plagiarized completed form.

PHP_fml 22

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:01

Some can't be saved, it's not your fault OP. Aslong as you do what you can for the students who try :)

MattM95 16

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:49

It's true. Some students just don't care.

chickenfeet223 11

Friday 23 May 2014 4:23

Ignorance is real

jennlody 28

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:01

I don't see how this is a problem, makes it easier to grade right? But yeah, teaching them must be a pain and for that, FYL.

xNotCreative 13

Friday 23 May 2014 0:06

It's actually not that simple. Plagiarism needs to be reported to the dean of the college and the student could potentially fail the class. That's how it is at my college at least.

Miss_Whipped 43

Friday 23 May 2014 3:09

It sounds to me more like a high school student did this. In high school, they'd give you a slap on the wrist and only tell you what your punishment COULD be if it were an offense in college.

cjwayy 22

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:01

Dear god. We need a new plague.

Rallred32 20

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:49

Oh, wow. So what if that plague doesn't kill ops student but everyone else? Then what?

cjwayy 22

Friday 23 May 2014 0:07

I think you already know the answer to your question, #20

skittyskatbrat 19

Friday 23 May 2014 0:09

No plague needed. Every time you go to the store, remove a few safety stickers. You know, the ones that say things like "Do not iron clothes while wearing" and the ones on knives that tell you not to stick them in your body...the blow dryers that warn you not to use them in the bathtub... The problem should sort itself out fairly quickly if enough people do that.

Miss_Whipped 43

Friday 23 May 2014 3:15

Especially the disclaimers on TV shows that tell you not to "do this at home." Masses of stupidity eradicated in one go. I'm all for that.

Wolf87535 4

Friday 23 May 2014 22:16

I think that stupidity IS the new plague...

dingostacy 14

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:02

He needs to be disciplined. Don't go easy on him. Especially if he is older. He should know better

katejones 8

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:04

What an idiot. Challenge for you to get students like that enthusiastic and motivated so they want to do the work and write .. Good luck! If you're looking for some inspiration I think coursera has quote a few free courses on education and in general coursera professors are really good.

foxwasalamb 24

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:08

i cant even. how do you not notice those things and think you have a sliver of a chance of getting away with it?

Rallred32 20

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:51

"I can't even." White girl alert. Go back to tumblr and Pinterest.

mom_of_5 10

Thursday 22 May 2014 23:15

He could wile away the hours Conferrin' with the flowers Consultin' with the rain And his head he'd be scratchin' While his thoughts were busy hatchin' If he only had a brain....