Today, I was sent to the principal's office because I refused to take my earbuds out. Those "earbuds" are my hearing aids. 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, I got suspended for bringing a "hazardous weapon" to school. They were earrings. FML
Today, I lost my earbuds on the subway to work, so I had to listen to my boss's terrible music all day. FML
Today, I got yelled at for having a set of headphones around my neck at all times, because it "makes me seem disinterested." Two things: 1. I have established myself as a very good listener among my peers; 2. I'm autistic, so I need the headphones readily available at all times to cope with loud environments. FML
Today, I was taken to the principal's office and bitched out about the dangerous weapon I brought to school. The "weapon" was a pocket fan. FML
Today, I was excited about showing everyone at work my new piercing. It's in an interesting place in my ear, and it's not that common. Before I had the chance to tell anyone about it, someone asked, "Are you wearing a hearing aid?" FML
Today, after telling my boss about my hearing problem, she simply told me to "listen harder". FML
Today, my hearing aids got wet because i was caught in the middle of a thunderstorm. So they stopped working. I didn’t hear this morning's alarm because I can’t hear the alarm without my hearing aids. FML
Today, I wore out yet another set of headphones. This is the third one in a year. I need my headphones whenever I go outside because I have sensory processing disorder, and a multitude of hearing disorders that painfully enhance my hearing. Guess I'm stuck at home until I can buy pair number four. FML
Today, I went to work as a home health-aid, and found out that my client turns his hearing aid off on purpose because he can't stand my voice. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a couple of days off to recover from a nasty ear infection which has left me hard of hearing. However, he didn't understand why that would affect my job and refused. I work in a telephone call centre. FML
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XxReddragonxX 7
how can they not tell the difference?
Yazoo77 16
What did the principle say? Talk to your teacher about her behaviour, and if she does anything like this again, report her.
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Comments (77)
disbatch 14
Discrimination, lawyer, call, immediately
pandalover69 26
Only if they refuse to listen and OP was to get in trouble for it. If the principle has half a brain they listened to OP and they didn't get in trouble.
Badkarma4u 17
No, OP doesnt have to be in trouble. The "humiliation" of being called out of class, and made to feel punished for having a disability. Is enough for a good lawsuit. Not to mention since an authority figure set the example and gave negative attention to OP becuse of her disability, that has opened her up to all kinds of bullying and cruelty from the students. This has made OP's life a living hell and she may have to be home schooled.
SMHsohard 22
114, I really hope you were being sarcastic. If not...no...just no.
jhuny 10
it might be better if you take them out. Then you won't have to listen to that idiot teacher.
missambitious 21
I'm HOH and wear hearing aids as well. I make it a point to tell all my professors at the begining of each semester about my hearing loss and that I do wear the HA's. I also have it documented at my school's disability office. Maybe, in the future, just make mention of it (on the side) to any teachers/professors. If you don't, get a copy of your most recent hearing test on file with a doctor's note explaining about your hearing loss. This should help reduce future events like this. Hope everything ended up working out ok.
pixierara 28
My cousin had a semi similar issue, his teacher kept yelling at him to hand over the iPod he had at his waist because she said he was messing with it in class. That part was true however he was sent to the principals before he was able to say that it was really his insulin pump for diabetes and he was checking his blood-sugar
toasterspoon 17
You'd think the teacher would check those kind of things
fantasyworld 39
Aren't teachers supposed to know about these things?
Abhinow 7
couldn't they hear you first?
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Only an idiot can't tell the difference between hearing aids and earbuds.
ChiChilalaOMG 10
yeeep. I'm deaf in my left ear. I feel u bro. don't worry. I got told off too.
sNOOBie_fml 24
If it's affordable in a lesson, take 'em out and show the teacher that it's hearing aid by not listening to his/her lecture. I hope things work out for you, OP. Hopefully the principal facepalmed at his teacher and said sorry for the inconvinence.
Kikiers21042 18
Omg I'm so sorry I've never had those problems with my hearing aids. Did you tell them what they were? Did the office understand and just send you back? That teacher is an idiot, your teacher should have known you were deaf. They send out notices letting them know and how to handle t
Hgomez2 0
I'm going to hope that it was a substitute and ignore the horrid generalizations about my profession.