Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, after having spent all of last night studying for an algebra test, I find out that the test was on a completely different chapter of my textbook. 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 finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML
Today, the final for a class I'm in is taught by a decrepit old man who apparently has a flunk-out reputation. He spent the entire previous class making a study guide for the final exam, emphasizing, "THIS is on the exam. Know THIS." I studied it hard. Absolutely none of it was on the exam. Everyone failed. FML
Today, I found out that my mother has been seeing my maths teacher. I'm still failing his class. FML
Today, a few people in my class used calculators on the math final exam, even though it clearly stated at the top that they weren't allowed. The teacher found out, and now everyone has to retake the 200-question exam. I didn't even use a calculator. FML
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Today, I found out that I have been studying for the wrong final exam. One more hour until the test. FML
Today, after a conference with my teacher who had previously accused me of not doing my homework, she finally discovered she'd been losing it all this time. I've been getting straight Fs for a month. FML
Today, I was reviewing for a major nursing school exam I have this week. I panicked because none of the material seemed familiar, and figured that I must've missed something during class and now had to catch up. After 4 hours, I finally realized that I'd been studying from the wrong textbook. FML
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Queen_bee1234 21
His qualifications as a teacher just don't add up. Hope you can work out your problems.
DocBastard 40
I may be speaking in hyperbole and I hope I don't go off on a tangent, but I think this is a sine that sumthing is wrong with how he functions as a teacher. Looking at it from another angle, obviously you can't count on him to teach you the right material. I hope he eats some humble pi and retires as he is clearly past his prime. Good luck.
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Comments (91)
perdix 31
Maybe your teacher has Old Timer's Disease. I guess you are going learn the hard way about limits as they approach zero.
ChenEighty 20
I hope that was a play on words...
perdix 31
It was. I've always found it a remarkable coincidence that Alzheimer's afflicts old timers.
ChenEighty 20
I only asked as some people think that's the actual name of the disease, not taking into account the name of the woman the disease was named after, Lois Alzheimer.
Zebediabolical 45
Actually /his/ name was Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer.
Rizzen 27
cant you report him?
Rainhawk94 27
Report him to Microsoft
Never_Land 10
That sucks OP try talking to some and explain that your instructor did not teach the material he was supposed to, hopefully they give you another shot
Never_Land 10
Someone*
olpally 33
85 year old teacher?? Dude needs to retire. That's ridiculous.
Zarcissa 34
I was thinking about that, too. Here in Finland you reach the retirement age at 63. After that it's up to you if you continue your work or retire, but most people seem to chose the latter.
chris4u2nv5 19
My grandpa is 65 and we don't allow him to hold the remote control. He needs to move on.
Bano360 25
I wouldn't trust an 85 year to teach a class
Dodge4x4Ram 46
bad teacher,,I don't mean the sexy movie either
smackaroonial 20
As a sophomore in high school I was taking chemistry, and for the first term we learned about the mol literally every day. At the start of the second term we had a different teacher. Turns out the first teacher had Alzheimer's and we had been stuck on one days lesson for weeks!
moosetracks22 10
Take it up with the Dean. You have a legitimate problem and can challenge the grade.
yeti37 16
Simple. Just put an "i"'after all of your answers and say its the imaginary number that makes your answer correct.
dingleberrysteve 6
on touche