Today, I got feedback on an essay I wrote, by my mum who is also a teacher. She said it was 'worse than most of her pupils'. She teaches 10-year-olds. I'm a 20-year-old student at university. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. 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, a friend of mine asked me to proofread her essay. "Don't hold back," she said. I took a look at it. It looked like it was written by a third grader, and she's in college. After spending a huge amount of time marking all of her mistakes, I gave it back. She got upset at me for being "extremely critical." FML
Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. FML
Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML
Today, I got an F because I’m an idiot and wrote my essay on WW1 instead of WW2. I offered to resubmit a correct essay, but my mom stormed to school to demand it be changed to at least a B, because it was a good essay, even if it was on the wrong war. God, she’s impossible and embarrassing. FML
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. 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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Jorindaaah 7
Maybe you aren't stupid, maybe those were just REALLY smart 10 year olds!
geovanni 9
WTF?
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lexi365 20
she could be joking?
elme0212 0
probably. I'm also pretty sure essays are not written in grade 5...
ERICA833 0
I wrote essays starting in 4th but they only had an into 1 body paragraph and 1 conclusions and a paragraph only had 3-5 sentences
DocBastard 40
Based on the phrasing of the FML, I have absolutely no doubt that your mother is completely right.
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Well the ops mom isn't much better, referring to herself in the third person and what not!
treesdevin 0
i think he juss quotedd wrong ....
morella_xx 29
I completely agree with Doc. The first sentence alone has three mistakes: a comma splice, a missing comma, and the ambiguous phrase of "also a teacher." If that's how you wrote your FML, I can only imagine how god-awful your essay was.
dudeitsdanny 10
It was pretty awfully written. Made it sound like the essay was written by his mom. And the also made it sound like there was supposed to be a different teacher involved. And people blame Americans for the butchering of English..
TechFire 25
Well, #52, that was just unnecessary. All languages have several dialects. Yours being the original doesn't necessarily make it the only good one. It's stupid, arrogant pricks like you that ensure that the human race will never be truly united, and will die out as a result. I agree with Doc as well.
dudeitsdanny 10
What? I didn't say that? I was pointing out that it's not just Americans who ruin English, but every country who speaks it has people ruining it. Did you even read what I wrote? Because, if you had, you'd know the English I speak is not the one from England. I didn't call either dialect superior, or inferior. I said the English butcher it just as much as Americans do. I also said that people blame Americans, not that I did. My god, people truly read what they want out of a sentence. I don't even know how to even reply to you. You obviously read "americans butcher" and posted without finishing. I'm quite fond of the fact that there's various dialects. Sometimes I say "bloody hell" and I'm American ;P i also call my couch a chesterfield. Kindly take the time to read the posts before replying next time.
TechFire 25
Sorry #80. I misread what you typed. it wasn't long after I'd woken up.
AMAZINashleigh 6
10 is the new 20 ya know.
AMAZINashleigh 6
Cops these days. Hmph.
millionaire93 0
yeah I know! I'm supposed to be like 27! why won't these clubs be let me in? :(
Doortje 30
It's an expression, get over it.
Rawaha 0
haha fail!!
pete93 0
it say's you're from the UK yet you say "mom" no wonder she ******* said that if you speak american
Shanokie 2
nope he definitely typed mum.
pete93 0
it did say mom but it got changed
Sparx1_1 16
You have to go to university to become a teacher... listen to your mom, she knows what the profs expect to see on an essay. She probably also knows exactly what your grade will be if you turn in that piece of crap. YDI for expecting your mother to lie to you.
Lisa89 3
so, IMROVE on it then...
killabee 0
lolololol.
ckjacques53198 0
you must be stupid. plus your mom is a douche
noogins 0
tell her you told your prof your mother is a teacher and she looked it over and said it looks great.