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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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BobbieH 19
How is a professor supposed to inspire you to do well if that's what happens when you do? Keep up the hard work! It's the best path to success!
kayteakay 26
I'm proud of you OP. Great job! :)
Glasshoney 9
What a dick!
econprof 2
Hi, I'm an economics professor (no kidding, really!), and I wanna say: Congratulations! That is really great. Many people consider economics to be a difficult subject, so getting the highest grade is awesome. And, I also want you to know that I signed up for an account on FML (after years of lurking), for the sole reason of taking the time to congratulate you. I think your accomplishment was really important. I wish you the best of luck in your life.
TacoloverSWE 23
American education system in a nutshell.
Holy_Code 7
Study, ace the next test, and when he criticizes you again, smirk, get the paper, and start fanning yourself with it. Your face should display a "STILL BETTER THAN YOU" expression.
pere 11
This could be completely wrong... but for some reason, the way this reads struck me as being about a male professor who doesn't understand why a woman would be good at/want to invest time into studying economics. I actually hope I'm wrong, and that the prof is just a jerk and not sexist. But plenty of those types of people still exist, sadly with some being in the education system. Good luck, OP. I'm an "overachiever," too, (aka. a hard worker!).
CyberGothic 16
If it was a Socialist professor being forced to teach Free Market Capitalist Economics then getting dressed down for working hard and succeeding is really par for the course.
AGuyNamedI 7
Been there, done that. With most of my technical professors. From my experience, there are two causes of this. 1) The professor doesn't take their job too seriously, and can't understand why anyone else would. (For example, if the professor asked for a 1 page, size 12 font, double spaced, and you give a 3 page, size 10 font, single spaced... This is not what the professor asked for, and it WILL upset them.) This would also fit if your academic level is above their own. (I have personally been penalized due to the educators lack of understanding of the topic... Until I walked them through it) 2) The professor is concerned that you are spending too much time on a particular subject. This could be a legitimate concern. If you're working yourself to death, even though you're in the 99th percentile, I'd be concerned too.
pike1346 3
Liberal U