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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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TrippingOnAcid 29
Logic.
Jellybellybeanz 22
Talk to him and see if maybe you can get the grade changed or something. That's not fair at all
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Comments (126)
CinderBrick 13
Same thing happened to me last week
janro72 10
maybe in comparison to the other essays that he looked over?
Epikouros 32
I never heard about teachers pre-checking essays, unless it's a thesis. Is that an American thing?
sammyjo06 14
So you're saying you can't ever get feedback on an assignment before you turn it in? Typically they won't read the entire thing (though some will, depends on the school/professor), especially not in depth, but most are available at the very least if you'd like some advice on your paper. Do teachers where you're from not bother to help the students at all? They're not there to just lecture endlessly and grade; they're there as guidance, as well.
bobbifein55 4
What a jerk! Don't believe anything he says ever! And ask him why he said it was well-written when you asked for his input!!!
ciitruskiwi 9
He probably didn't even read it the first time. Either way he is a bad teacher.
JazNim17 18
Does he have any reason to dislike you? My brother has an English teacher like that. He can't do anything to please her. I proofread his research paper and made him revise it over and over until it was something I would feel comfortable turning in (I'm an English minor in a university, he's a high school student)and she gave him a D on it. I took the paper to my hardest professor, and he told me the paper should have been worth a high B. I went up to that school with my professor's email in hand and didn't leave until she changed the grade. Maybe you need a second opinion too.
Benbradley 5
well written doesnt mean good topic, itmeans good grammar and punctuation
hazardmuffin 21
It may be well-written but that doesn't mean it's well thought out or interesting as far as concept and execution are concerned. It's kind of a dick move that he didn't tell you about any problems the first time, but if he was just looking it over, he may have only been focusing on the writing itself, not the content.
cassbird09 12
I don't know what it's called but was it graded when compared to the others in the class? If they did a really good job then your essay might not have been so good in comparison whereas it's a great essay on its own? I don't know. It really sucks OP. I'm sorry.
eRapper69 10
What an asshole teacher