Today, I found out that my writing teacher entered in one of my paper grades wrong. After many emails, she said she can't change my grade unless I fax her the original. I need that grade fixed so I can keep my scholarship. I can’t find the paper anywhere. That one paper could cost me $30,000. FML
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Today, I found out that I chose a wrong class and my 30-page paper worth 10 credit points that I wrote for that class is basically worthless now, and my graduation might be postponed another semester just because of that. FML
Today, I found out that my ten-page paper, which has taken me two months to construct perfectly and is worth 30% of my grade, was on the wrong book. It’s due tomorrow. FML
Today, I found out that I owe my college a little over $10,000. Why? Because, due to a slight misspelling of my name, the scholarship that I have been going insane trying to meet the requirements for is not actually giving me any funding. FML
Today, I was put on academic suspension only to find out my professor entered my grade wrong. I lost my financial aid and have to explain to my parents why I’m not in college anymore. FML
Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
Today, my teacher told me that she couldn't find my hand-written essay on the Renaissance, and that I have to re-do it all by tomorrow. I later saw my essay on her desk, covered in a massive coffee stain that made virtually everything unreadable. FML
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
Today, I met my teacher after school to talk about a paper on which he gave me a low grade. I told him that I felt it was wrongly graded and he agreed. He lowered my score. FML
Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML
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designedlikedice 0
This is why you save your papers on the computer.
SlightlySadistic 0
#1: By original, the teacher means the graded copy so that she can verify that the OP isn't BSing her about the wrong grade thing. And, OP, that really sucks. I hope you find it.
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randomusername 0
If your $30,000 scholarship came down to doing poorly on one paper, YDI.
nobody_special 0
Just calm down and try to find it! It's gotta be somewhere, take your time and carefully search... Good lucky buddy! I hope you find it
SuperSpore 0
#37: What if it was for a HUGE chunk of his grade. Then, it wouldn't be his fault either way. It was the teacher's fault.
rebelgirl167 0
FYL that sux dude
oloochi 0
Is it really OP's fault that his/her teacher's a moron? everyone who keeps saying YDI needs to kill themselves...it's not someone's fault that they have to deal with a mistake caused by an absent-minded person Sorry OP. **** your teacher's life and #64 you're an idiot. Do you understand how scholarships work? Are you even in college? get a ******* life dude
_mcs_ 0
I HATE HATE HATE when teachers do that. It's happened far too many times to me before. How hard can it be for a teacher to just enter the correct grade? I really hope you find it. Getting a C instead of a B is nothing compared to that scholarship.
Magnesiumbox 0
How do you know she entered the grade wrong if you don't even have the graded copy.
kamechick 0
YDI- you should always keep track of graded copies at least until the end of the semester. If for no other reason because these things happen. But its also immensely useful if you transfer schools and need to prove the course is equivalent to a new course. It also comes in handy for honor code concerns. It's sad, but it's your education so you should be keeping a paper trail. If you say a full time student can't keep track of all those papers, then you need to check your organizational skills (this coming from someone who both worked and took 18+ hours a semester in college). This is especially true if that paper is a big enough portion of your grade to bump you a letter grade (or even to move you from an A to A-!)
mattmag 0
This is why you save absolutely everything that gets graded. I have folders with every graded assignment I've had since I started college. Of course, if you're in high school, it's harder to keep track of every assignment and test.
oftheblue 0
not that i don't feel sorry for you, but ONE paper wouldn't cause you to lose it. you must not being doing well in that class overall and you should save everything from a class until final grades come out..then pitch it