Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. FML
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Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, while grading my kindergarteners' spelling tests, one kid spelled all the words wrong, including his name. FML
Today, it was the last day of school. My students shared what they thought of me. Expecting to hear wonderful things, all of their complaints can be summed up in a few words: I'm a liar, a killer of dreams, I need to grow up, and I was a big disappointment to them. I'm a first-year teacher. FML
Today, it was my last day at my job. My team made a little party for me so they could wish me well and say goodbye, but when it came time for my manager to give a little speech, she couldn't even remember my name. I've been working there for two years. FML
Today, the kids I teach informed me that I had spelled my name incorrectly on the board. I looked at it and assured them that I had spelled it correctly. I'm 22 and a graduate student, they're six and mentally challenged. Guess who was right? FML
Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML
Today, I found out that I’ve been greeting a coworker by the wrong name for six weeks. The worst part? They never corrected me because they thought it was funny, especially because it turns out to be their mom's name. FML
Today, I accidentally called my teacher "Babe." FML
Today, I went to kiss my girlfriend on the cheek at school. I missed, and walked away awkwardly. Later on, a teacher stopped me and told me how bad I failed. FML
Today, my professor was doing roll-call. As usual, she didn't say my name because it's so close to the person before me. So to differentiate, she decided she would call the girl before me "the pretty one". FML
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HandsomeRatch 20
Sooo, why did she wait for the end of the school year to correct you?
Lizza330 28
It's not your fault. She should've corrected you.
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Comments (131)
AshCrash_xo 0
And how is this fml?
Hiphuray4peas 27
Sometimes having a hard to pronounce name makes it tiring to correct people's mispronunciation. People usually get my name of the 5th try... if I corrected everyone every single time I'd be ready to pull my hair out with frustration. It is what it it. Maybe OP should have made an effort to make sure all names were pronounced correctly on day one.... or maybe its not worth caring about at all.
laughingat 1
You failed as a teacher.
mollym241 9
Why didn't she correct you the first day..?
kimg0885 23
I hate that my preschoolers teacher never gets it right, she is supposed to be teaching her how to spell her name when she can't even say it... Madelin it's easy.i feel for the student
froggermea 5
Same thing happens to me, I have a russian name that's apparently hard to pronounce. I don't think so. I mean "LIDIJA" is not that hard to pronounce, the 'j' is freaking silent XD
Pifu_Lona 5
I think she deserved it. Either she was ok with it and than she just should shut the f**k up and don´t blame you. Or she should have told you before.
anarchist884 9
Most people would've corrected you first time you pronounced it wrong. Either she'd tried to correct you several times before or she thought it'd make you feel crap... which it really shouldn't!
Rocky007 15
Your assertiveness lesson finally sunk in.
1LuvsU 1
that sucks :o why would she have waited to tell you? to her and her friends it probably made you look stupid. lame