Today, I got the best grade in class on my economics midterm. Rather than tell me I did a good job, my professor criticized me in front of everyone about how I was working "too hard". FML
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Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Today, I had my final economics exam, and needed to ace it, or else I would fail the entire module. After studying all day yesterday, and pulling an all-nighter today, I managed to pull it off and get a perfect score. Unfortunately, my teacher didn't believe that it was possible, and accused me of cheating. Now I may be thrown out of college. 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, I got my first university math midterm back. I did so bad that my teacher put a sadface on the first page. FML
Today, the grades for one of my courses were released. The class average was higher than that which the department allowed, so the professor had to scale everyone's marks down to meet the policy. I ended up failing because my class was too smart. FML
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML
Today, I got an Economics test back from my professor. I got a 17/20. I looked it over and noticed one of the questions was completely right. I checked the textbook he made and the answer was the same. I asked him why it was wrong, and he responded with, "I guess I changed my mind." FML
Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML
Today, I went to get my midterm essay grade thinking I couldn't have made lower than a B. Got to class and my douchebag professor gave me an F. He wrote "Best essay I read, would've been an A if it was the right topic." I wrote on the Industrial Revolution, instead of the Scientific Revolution. FML
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Zoldyck 17
And that is the reason why I'll never understand the way school works. P.S., He's probably jealous because he couldn't get those grades himself. Keep it up OP :)
CrazyLaughs4Me 17
What a jerk, can't accept an over achiever when he sees one ;-)
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Comments (92)
KittyyCattyy 9
Isn't that what teachers normally want?
viva_la_blondes 15
Yeah this honestly doesn't really make sense for a teacher to say.
diving_fml 30
And people wonder why Americans are lazy, even the teachers are teaching to be lazy
sarah5745 41
You are taking one example to be the judge of the thousands of other teachers in America. I call pretty that childish
magickitten 26
#21 - you're a grammar Nazi's dream!
sarah5745 41
I call 'pretty that' childish. Goddamn, I didn't notice :/
magickitten 26
Someone on FML with a sense of humour?? I salute you! You're a rare kind.
soullyfe 33
I can't help but wonder what he says to those that fail...
doodlecloud 27
Was gonna say, if you didn't do well he'd probably moan at you for that too....might as well do well of you're gonma get moaned at either way!
Zander7501 3
How rude.. Don't listen to people who criticize you.
allybae_aye 8
He shouldn't make you feel bad at all, and I doubt the people in the class looked at working "too hard" was a bad thing. To me, effort is key. Good job!
Nymeria_fml 25
He must have thought that the grade you got in relation to the amount of time you spent studying wasn't too economical.
Aethyn 2
How can it be that no one who uses this app has ever heard of sarcasm? The professor was most likely joking. My teachers do it all the time. Bad teachers for trying to make their job slightly more fun.
Psycho_Babydoll 26
We weren't there in person, OP was. I'm sure that OP would have been able to tell the difference between their professor joking and genuinely critizing them. I'm sure that had it been the former, this FML wouldn't be on here.
ShadowlessSpear 21
But then again, OP *could* be one of those super academic students that don't understand what a joke is.
mt631 18
I'm curious to know what he expects of his students. Most professors I've had encouraged over achieving. I guess Pink Floyd was right. "no dark sarcasm in the classroom...."
blazerman_fml 17
Im afraid,He might have a point.Children nowadays are forced to work relentlessly just to get a good grade they forget lots of other important things in life.I know fiends of mine who would spend more than 14-16 hours a day with school,private tuition and extra classes.When I meet them now. Its obvious to both that it was pointless.Some of them even burnt out and almost flunked the exam!The key is to work hard enough to do well and understand the concepts to apply them to real life situations and not tire yourself out.This being said I know most of the teachers don't care about their students and just release personal frustration on them.But then there are actual teachers who care.So he might just have a point.Good luck OP.
suri23 11
WTF?