Today, I was lecturing my high school students on the importance of a good education. I pointed out the janitor in the hall and told them if they didn't stay in school, they'd end up like him. Then one of my students raised her hand and reminded me that the janitor I pointed to was her dad. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my maths teacher was giving my whole class a lecture on 'if you don't pay attention at school, you will fail.' She then pointed out out a man working on the roof and said: 'if you don't listen, you will end up like that guy.' That was my dad. FML
Today, I was talking to one of my supervisors at my new job. He asked if I knew a professor at the school I recently graduated from, and I decided to babble on about how shitty of a professor he was and how much I loathed his class. He then looked at me and said, "That's my dad." FML
Today, the mother of one of my students bitched me out about her son's poor grades. He lazes around all day, paying no attention and being a constant nuisance. But, she says it's not his fault, and demands that I give him better grades so he won't get "self-esteem" issues. FML
Today, I lectured my second-grade class to be more descriptive in their writing. I gave them an assignment to describe something in the classroom. I was grading their work later, and one student wrote, "My class is taught by a fat teacher with gray hair." FML
Today, I was sent to an elementary school for safety day. One of the dads was asking about my job, when I told him about the long hours and high stress involved. He turned to his son and said, "Now see why you stay in school?" I'm a paramedic. With a bachelor's degree. FML
Today, I was doing my job and trying to teach a lazy bunch of 16-year-olds. A girl entered the room just 15 minutes before class ended, so I snapped, "Someone had better have died for you to be this late!" She immediately burst into tears. Turns out, someone had. FML
Today, I had to go to my 10 year-old son's school to talk about my job being a chef. As I was almost finished, I asked the kids "What would you like to do when you grow up?" Without hesitation one kid replied with a straight face, "Anything but being a douchebag like you." FML
Today, my philosophy teacher asked me about my parents. I replied that my mum was a cleaner and my dad was a bus driver. In an astonished voice, she said, "But, you're clever..." FML
Today, I was sternly told that if I didn't pass more students, I would be out of a job. I then went to my class to collect papers, and was stymied by how I could be giving passing grades to the 12 of 24 who didn't turn anything in. College students. FML
Today, I accused a student in my class of getting his dad to do his homework. It turns out that his dad died two years ago. FML
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kill3rs 0
Ydi. A lot of people end up with jobs like that because they can't get anything better and at least they have a job.
HandsomeRatch 20
Serves you right, OP. Why would you even say that? At least he ha s a job, you're not better than him or anyone else who does "dirty work".
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jtini001 4
that is a rude and uneducated thing to say about someone, you don't have to go to school to be smart or wealthy. most successful million/billionaires dropped out of highschool or never went to college. "successful" people don't have usually have a boss/regular job...
ucoolgirl31 20
That's horrible of you to say, even if it want her dad.
ucoolgirl31 20
Wasn't*
sexynarwhal 6
this reminds me of a story my grandpa told me. he was working for the phone company and his boss a second line came along to evaluate his performance. the second line is a higher up boss who happened to have graduated from the us military academy at west point. so, they went to fix this woman's phone and she was being a raging bitch to them, screaming, cursing and generally talking down to them. the second line asks her to please stop so they can do their jobs in peace. she goes into a rage and says something along the lines of "you can't talk to me like that, i have an education blahblahblah" so the second line says, lady, chances are i have a better education than you, i graduated from west point. she shut her mouth and lulz were shared until this day.
Trish01 23
That is an awesome story and I love how you ended it. lulz
coco5683_fml 0
What's funny is that the head janitor at the company I work for starts out making $22 per hour minimum... so you can make some damn good money just "being a janitor". Ass. YDI.
pastywhitekid 10
You totally deserve it. You have no right to judge him for his way of making a living. I know many manual laborers and low level employees who make a more honest living than some teachers and other jobs with higher education requirements. Hope you felt like a douche.
lilicoco_fml 5
Janitors make more money than teachers where I live. You deserve it for being a dumbass teacher, who probably should have paid attention in their classes to get their teaching degree.
spottyblanket 8
You shouldn't have done this even if you had a pupil whose dad it was. What does that teach kids? You are a teacher, you make a big impact on their lives.
KriiFahMoro 9
Lol, our school's head janitor has a convertible jet black 50's Saleen Mustang, and the rest of the janitors have nice cars. Shut your ******* ***** mouth, OP. Most janitors are happy with their job, probably because a lot of them make more than your sorry ass. YDI, dicknose.
nmx2 2
If you're giving your kids the "stay in school" speech, I'd update it a little bit. Create a Recession Version, so to speak. Here are a few tips! 1.) Don't judge. For all you know, this janitor could have a high school diploma, or even a college diploma. He could have been a teacher in another state or district who was laid off. 2.) DO NOT promise your kids that if they graduate and go to college, they'll never have to do menial work. That's just delusional. The great Christiane Amapour recently spoke at my brother's college graduation and, though I can't directly quote her, she told the recent graduates that they'd have to hustle to pay rent and loans. Take crappy minimum-wage jobs, possibly two crappy jobs. Get creative with ways to make money. In this ecomony, chances are your dream job isn't going to come along right away.
bry17121794 6
Hey you deserved it my moms boyfriend is a janitor