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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Comments (109)
Gandalf_Baggins 4
YDI your mom got you goog for not heeding her warning
Boy_Flow 0
I'm sorry, but this is a crappy FML i really don't see what the big deal is. It's not like your gonna get docked points from the assignment or anything, and your teacher isn't gonna show the class your mom writes notes in your papers, plus its more words for you. So ya, this is a crapy FML
WTSchool 0
I'm pretty sure she IS gonna get points taken off. I mean... who wants to see random writing on a student's essay? I'd take points off.
whiteblackman 0
ur moms a douche. FYL
jordan75_fml 0
why would she write that on ur assignment that's pretty stupid
WTSchool 0
YDI for not listening to your mother. FYL for your mother writing directly onto your essay. Now I don't know which to choose.
persimmon 0
whaa?
charlotte100 2
your mother is rude for doing that shit.
puppytaco64 8
What is p11
kitsune3 20
...page eleven. It's not that hard.
bethm300 5
Look at it this way- it was a 5000 word essay...your teacher probably won't end up reading the whole thing, unless you're her/his only student...my teachers have told me before that they just skim the paper, and that was for a three page book report. It's all good.
sororitytaylor 24
It ticks me off when people say you deserved it. Who writes a 5000 word assignment and then reads it over? I doubt any of the people who say you deserved it would have looked it over. And your mother had no right to do that. Hopefully your teacher just skims it, or understands what your mom did and can laugh about it. Because NO ONE writes a huge essay and then reads it over for mistakes - if I do, my brain shuts down and doesn't notice any of the mistakes, I have to read it later, when I haven't been focusing on it.