Today, I told my students that I would be taking a few weeks off because a member of my family is very ill. They all cheered. FML
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Today, I told my students that I would be absent tomorrow because my wife was giving birth. They burst into applause... not to congratulate me on the new baby. FML
Today, my teacher announced that he'd be out for a week because he was going to Vegas. I happily said, "Woo hoo!" Then he finished his sentence by telling me it was because his dad had died. FML
Today, I went to attend my summer school class again after being out sick for a week. When I said "Here" during roll call, everyone started cheering and clapping. Apparently, my professor has been badmouthing me while I've been absent for pretending to be sick. I'm sure my grade will be fantastic. FML
Today, one of my friends made it to school. He has been sick recently, missing days out of the week. When I saw him, I greeted him with, "Were you dying yesterday?" Apparently he wasn't, but his grandmother really did. FML
Today, I decided to take a personal day from class and e-mailed all of my professors saying I had flu symptoms. While standing in line at Starbucks later, someone behind me said, "Glad you're feeling better. Hope you can attend class tomorrow, we'll discuss lying." It was my Ethics professor. FML
Today, I had to use a sick day from the school I teach at. While I was off, another teacher called me mid delirium, because my students were borderline rioting over the work I left for them. I'd asked them to read a book and edit the one-page essay they've had two weeks to work on. FML
Today, I e-mailed the online instructor for my job, telling her that I had fallen behind in my work due to my grandmother's passing and the subsequent funeral arrangements, but that I would catch up this week. Her reply? "OK. Hope your grandmother gets better soon." FML
Today, my professor gave me a huge lecture in front of the class about showing up sick, about how I was endangering the lives of other students, and kicked me out of class. As I left, everyone applauded. I'm not sick, but suffering for horrible allergies. FML
Today, I had to get my picture taken for a volunteer badge at the hospital. My sister came home and told my parents that she'd had a horrible day at work. They showed her my picture to cheer her up. FML
Today, I got an email from a professor saying he was going to fail me for missing the allotted absences, which is school policy. I pointed out I was in the hospital for two weeks with a life threatening illness and that he even came to visit me. He told me, "Rules are rules." FML
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Sammy_Baby 0
You shouldn't take that personal, students are always glad when the teacher is gone because it means less work and less rules (:
DEXter501 0
4, Maybe if you actually paid attention in class, you'd understand that it's "threw" not "throwed". You learn that in elementary school.
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Comments (112)
machiko_fml 0
Not really an fml op. I would cheer too.
Hot_kid 0
agreed
perdix 31
There are cheering that your family member hangs on just until summer break and drops dead then. Kids today . . .!
Lisa89 3
either they are very small immature children, or you're a bad teacher.. or both.
sourgirl101 29
That's what people do. I've once dropped a bunch of wine glasses at work and the whole bar clapped and cheered. No one cared that I was hurt (at first). Don't take it personal. In their eyes, it was funny. Hope your family member gets well.
cloudy01 0
Us kids do nasty things. I once made my teachers family members I'll too.
Zebidee 9
Dude, seriously, I think you'll probably be needing every second of education you can get.
brootalxkeni 0
students lol
Sparx1_1 16
Wow... a lot of assumptions here that the OP is a bad teacher. Interesting though that most of the crappy comments were posted by people with horrible spelling (and not just typos) who don't know anything about syntax or grammar. People tend to be insensitive about anything that don't impact them directly. They don't know your family member, so all they can see is the benefit; in this case getting a sub for a few weeks which kids always think is a good thing. In a way YDI for letting this get to you.
wjohns5 0
you are either a hateful teacher or you are teaching like elementary school ydi
TheB0a 5
Don't take it as anything personal even if it's a teacher that students favor, no teacher = substitute teacher, which then equals cutting class and other stuff. Nothing against you or your ill family member.
jazzy2588 0
We Tennd To Do That To All The Teacherss..Sorry OP..&& YDi For Beinnq A Teacher.