Today, I submitted my 5000 word assignment. When I got home, my mother asked if I'd checked it through one more time like she always warned me to do. I hadn't, therefore hadn't noticed the paragraph on page 11 that she'd written, telling me to pay attention to the small details. FML
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Today, I realized I forgot to write a 5000 word essay for my English class. I tried to be calm since I had until midnight to finish, and it was only 8pm. I typed for three hours straight,and finished the assignment. I read over the instruction again, and realized it only had to be 500 words. FML
Today, my mom woke me up in the middle of the night to make me help my brother write an essay. I read what he wrote so far, gave him my suggestions, and went back to bed. She woke me up 30 mins later because he just sat and stared at his paper instead of fixing anything. Somehow that's my fault. FML
Today, I got my language final exam back. It was a 10-page essay front and back, and I saw that I received a D. The teacher told me the plot was too hard to follow and it jumped all over the place. It turns out he forgot to read the back of every page. FML
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? FML
Today, I finished my position paper for my social studies class and read it to my mom to get her opinion on it. After I'm done reading it, she asks me if I copied it from somewhere because it sounded very professional and smart, and it didn't sound like me. FML
Today, I was prioritizing my extreme amount of homework. I read over the front page of my psychology paper seeing that it was pretty easy questions, I decided to do it last. Little did I know there was a 8 page essay on the back of the page. It's 12:19 am. FML
Today, I wrote an email for a job offer. I checked it, double-checked it, triple-checked it, and then sent it. It's only THEN that I realised my CV wasn't attached. FML
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sarcasmsally 0
Omg who in the world would do such a thing... I would give my mom a sound tounge lashing if she ever tried to do something on that scale. Its your work, not hers. I say you walk around correcting her work for the next month, see how she likes it
mitis 0
If you're old enough to be issued a 5000 word assignment, aren't you also old enough to do it without mum helping?
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Sirducki 0
page 11? and 5000 thousand words, you must use one large font
dancingdoggy 4
It was probably double spaced - most teachers prefer that.
letitbe56 0
Or she double spaced it. That's fairly standard in America. Edit: Just saw where OP was from. Never mind. The double spaced part still stands, though.
SweetieLish 0
I was just going to say...even double spaced 5000 words wouldn't take up that many pages unless you were using 24 sized font or something.
d4m4s74 12
maybe he ment she rewrote paragraph 11
aphrodita 0
I don't get why that doesn't make sense. I just checked on a story I'm writing, which is way past 11 pages, and when I checked how many words there are from page 1 to 11 it was about 4 thousand. Arial size 12. Not double spaced. So it would be completely realistic for there to be a paragraph on page 11. Just saying.
IambecomeRAWR 0
I dunno, I wrote a 6500 word story which works out at 14 pages in total (take away 2-3 pages for empty spaces after chapters) in size 12, Times New Roman. If the OP double spaced it could quite easily reach 11 pages.
pitbulllove 0
Maybe there was pictures in the essay. I know I had to do one for college that was 4000 words plus grafics and ilustrations. Took up like 15 pages easy.
Starchild21 3
You guys are forgetting that depending on the type of paper she's writing, she might have had a title page, table of contents, abstract, references, outlying introduction, or any other form of added bs. _________________________________ www.myspace.com/rapid99
letitbe56 0
A 3000 word paper, double spaced, times new roman, 12pt, 1" margins comes to about 9 or 10 pages. A 5000 word paper would therefore be about 12-15 pages. If you think the font would need to be large for this to happen, you simply don't know what you're talking about.
lolwatlol 0
I hope you learned the lesson
pandemic_fml 0
If the documents you're working on are so important, why isn't your computer account password protected? What happened sucks, but look at it this way: Your mother has helped you learn a very important lesson!
katieisfantab 0
This is an FYL. Your mom had no business going through your paper like that. If she wants you to succeed, she shouldn't change your work. She should have at least told you before you turned it in. I know I wouldn't read my 5000 word paper right after I wrote it. The next day, sure. The mom really didn't have any business doing that.
Reefer_Madness 0
do as mom says, ydi for getting stoned
UsernameHere_ 0
Yeah, cuz anyone who doesn't read their 5k word paper immediately after writing it is automatically a stoner.
smith314 0
So uhhh... although it is a fyl, it is still true that you should have paid attention to smaller details.
misspeg 0
this is why I moved out when I was 17 so my parents couldn't be all up in my stuff...except they still manage to intrude somehow...smh
xx_irish_rose_xx 0
Well you should have read through it
RataBlanca 0
The way I see it, she helped you reach the 5000 words requirement. YDI for not checking before submitting it.
perdix 31
Ten bucks says the teacher never even notices Mom's paragraph. He or she will place the paper on a postage scale and if it weighs enough, you get an 'A.'