Today, I had to find simple words to explain to the idiot I was tutoring that "1/4" is not of a greater value than "1/3" just because the denominator is bigger. FML
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Today, one of my students corrected the problem I had solved on the board, explaining that you do multiplication before subtraction. I teach the second grade. FML
Today, I was babysitting, and a little girl asked for help with her homework. I cheerfully began an explanation, only to freeze mid-sentence. I could not for the life of me remember how to do long-division. I'm about to graduate from Cornell University, and her little brother had to correct me. FML
Today, I had someone place two separate to-go orders, so that he could use two of his "25% off" coupons. He couldn't understand why it wasn't 50% off his total bill, no matter how many times I plainly explained it to him. FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, I was asked to dumb myself down so the people I was training could comprehend what I was saying. FML
Today, while home from college for the weekend, my sister started whining about how I keep using "big fancy college words" and making her feel bad. My sister is 27 and teaches elementary school. The word I used was "ludicrous." FML
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, I handed a middle-aged woman her change of $0.75 with three quarters. She looked at the change bewildered and threw the coins down, asking if she thought I could get away with only giving her thirty cents. I had to explain to her how much a quarter is worth. FML
Today, I was helping my kid with homework after work. I tried to Google “third grade long division explained simply.” Autocomplete filled in “because I don’t understand it either,” which I read out loud without thinking. My kid stared at me and said, “So… who’s teaching who?” FML
Today, a McDonald's employee had to correct my math after counting out $2.37 in change. I'm in AP Calculus and am currently learning how to find the derivative of an inverse of a logarithm. FML
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makaramiracles 18
Well, there's a reason why you're tutoring them.
iShanny 13
Those little pie pieces always helped me. Try using real pie or pizza.
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Comments (107)
bfly81 7
Wow, you should not be a tutor if such a small thing will frustrate you.
Cebolamole 13
You don't seem cut out to be a tutor.
ale2309 16
Your a tutor, it's your job, and that's messed up. It takes a lot of guts to ask for help when your struggling with something, and it's people like you that are the exact reason why people don't ask for it.
chocolatelvr 5
Fractions can be pretty hard! Your job as a tutor is to help kids with what confuses them, rather than making them feel stupid- if you do that, they'll certainly never want to learn! And hey, things could be worse- a sophomore in my pre-calc class last year didn't know what a fraction bar was!
happyapy 16
Fractions are damned near impossible to teach.
boringsoup 1
Your such a little ass wipe. I tutor a kid who didn't know that either, but explaining it in a respectful manor and not calling him an idiot wether or not it was out loud. This is your job, if you can't handle working with struggling kids get a different one.
metalcrazed 21
Wow,I feel really bad for that student. I had problems with math and a lot of people made me feel horrible because of it. Having a tutor that thinks you're an idiot for not understanding must be really terrible. Maybe you shouldn't be tutoring,things like that can lead to low self esteem and emotional issues for years.
DogeMan 14
Someone needs to go back to 5th grade
Aliadel 12
1/3 is bigger then 1/4
minutestomadness 5
you just have to draw everything in the pie and they'll get it, I always always better with 1/3 is about 33.33% and 1/4 is 25%.. other than that they are doomed for the rest of their lives