Today, in a large church youth group, we were told to write our current biggest trial on a piece of paper, crumple it up, and throw it in pile. I wrote "My mother's death and having to leave my friends and family." The one I picked up just said "math." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was a TA for a history class and the class was taking a test. About halfway through, I noticed one kid had a small piece of paper in his hand. I ran up the row, grabbed his test, and ripped it into four pieces. Then I took the note from him. It said "I believe in you, -Mom." FML
Today, my mother decided to "help me" by throwing out the stack of papers on my desk. Unfortunately, those were all my notes for my final exams. FML
Today, I had the worst day of my life. I'd studied science for the whole damn night, only to realize the next morning that it's a math exam. FML
Today, I cheated on my math exam. I still failed. FML
Today, I had to make up a story about my "friends" at school so my mom doesn't keep telling I'm a loser. FML
Today, I poured my heart out into what had to be my greatest set of lyrics for my band ever, at the same time my teacher was explaining chemical changes to the class. At the end of the lecture he picked up my paper, and set it on fire to demonstrate a chemical change. FML
Today, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
Today, my friend and I doodled on a sheet of paper trashing our English teacher. Later, I went to English class, and my teacher asked for us to take out a sheet of loose sheet of paper and write an essay. It wasn't until I had written on the whole front and flipped to the back that I realized I was using the doodle sheet. FML
Today, one of my classmates got bullied and the whole class got to wrote 2000 words about that. FML
Today, my distraught mom called me, saying my dad had killed himself and to come home right away. After cussing out my math teacher for trying to stop me and rushing back home in a taxi, I ran into the living room, only to find my parents laughing so hard they were practically in tears. FML
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P_to_the_AM 9
Everyone struggles with other things. Im sorry for you OP!
zinoxity 23
Wow man. I'm so sorry for your loss. But do understand, some people don't feel comfortable enough to share their real thoughts and feelings.
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sandergtf 4
so? im in college and if i dont pass my math test ill fail my year and get kicked out of the program. math is rly hard. this isnt a contest
fthislyfe 22
Some people just don't have that much of a problem, and they still think they're miserable. Which pisses me off.
docscientist 10
Having to state your biggest current issue doesn't exactly leave much room to say none. The person having trouble in math isn't confessing misery, they just don't have anything worse, or want to share anything else currently in their life.
diidiimi 10
Maybe the math kid will get your piece of paper and realize that there are bigger problems than theirs and it will be really helpful for them. Likewise, your getting the math kid's one might help you to realize that while life blows pretty hard right now and that there will usually be trials in your life, they won't always be as severe. The whole point of the activity is to realize that you're not alone in facing these things, and that your youth group and other people in your life are all there to help you and you to help them. ? Also, really sorry about your mom and having to move etc. I'll be praying for you. ?
CrazyManNo9 29
I am sorry for your loss. Losing a parent at a young age is devastating. I know, my father died in an accident when I was 7. I was fortunate enough to have a stable home even so. Moving away from family and friends is hard enough without losing your mother. My belief in God sustained me. I pray you have such an foundation in your life. God bless.
Ins0mau 20
Although nowhere near as bad as O.P's FML, if you have a serious difficulty with learning maths, it can put a serious amount of pressure/stress on a person and affect their self esteem, parents/teachers. Not saying it's comparable to O.P's problems. But people are trivialising it a bit. And not all teens have serious life affecting blows at an early part of their lives, luckily.
TipOfTheHat 10
Well, obviously dealing with someone less deep!
pborshay 12
You deserves it for going to church. Moron.
PYLrulz 17
When you start adding letters into math (ex: 1x + 2a(3y/4z)=b), math CAN become a trying trial
fogrunner 13
Maybe it had super-severe dyscalculia.
gene818 13
Aww, maths is the worst.