Today, marks my fifth day being an English teacher's assistant. I spent it like the other four days: grading and editing terrible Teen Wolf, One Direction and Doctor Who high school fan-fiction. Six months until I get out of here. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, during a regular checkup at the dentist, I got a wisdom tooth pulled out which resulted in me looking like a fat hamster. Tomorrow is my first day as an English teacher in high school. FML
Today, the Chinese student I've been teaching English to got on stage in front of hundreds of people to read her final essay. She ended with, "What a fucking day." I don't swear, and I no longer have a job. FML
Today, I've been sick for five days and I have two college essays and a exam coming up, along with a few other assignments. I've been working non-stop for five days with less than six hours of sleep per day, and more assignments are flowing in as I am working. FML
Today, my teacher said that since I was sick last week, I had to do all the work that the others had done, which I didn't know about because no one said anything about it. So now I've got to watch a total of 5 hours-worth of documentaries, and write analysis of them. Before tomorrow. FML
Today, I was hired as a student assistant. I was excited, until I learned on my very first day that "Supporting the academic staff in their research" actually meant walking the professor's dog. FML
Today, my parents got a call from my English teacher. She told them that I have 14 days of detention because I've been cutting class. I've been there every day, but apparently she never noticed me. FML
Today, I had 15 teenagers literally laugh in my face when I asked them to be quiet. I'm a student teaching in a high school, which is the culmination of 2 years of my life and $20,000, and I might in fact actually hate doing it. 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, I kissed my 3.5 GPA goodbye because my English teacher was too caught up planning her parrot's birthday party to put in the credit I deserve for three different essays I completed for her class. FML
Today, I realized some of my English students have just been going to their Philosophy professor to help them complete their essays. FML
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DocBastard 40
Count your blessings - no Twilight.
ItsAUnicorn 27
Good luck with reading stories that start all innocent, cute and lovely... And always end with gay sex :)
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SuperMew 22
While it sucks for you, I am sure those students are excited to have written anything. In my creative writing class, a lot of people did not know how to create indepth characters, so we started by writing about a character we loved. I am sure the stories are rank with bad writing, but think about how much funny material you will have to share with friends.
glitterkuro 18
I agree. I don't think fanfiction is bad. There can be some amazingly written pieces and it's often a lot easier for kids to get passionate about characters that already exist and have full back stories. I mean, in creative writing for younger kids, tasks are often based on reading a story and then writing "what happens next". I'm not saying it's the best literature in the world, but it's a good first step and an existing framework (characters, their world) for kids to play with other techniques like refining narrative.
ifailsobadly 18
I see no problem with the Doctor Who fanfic :D
cantfixme36 28
If you ask me, one direction and teen wolf fan fic doesn't deserve to be in the same category as doctor who
Blavock 12
Sadly that is our future
johnpaisley 6
He hates doc who burn him
Psycho_Babydoll 26
I can't say I blame them, everything I write is Merlin fanfiction. If it inspires them to write, more power to 'em.
fatkidfalling 11
You deserve it. It was your decision to the be there.
FezzesAreCool 18
Doctor Who fan fic can't be that bad, right?
Kat_Styles 15
This actually sounds like the coolest teacher ever. If he/she lets you write fan fiction, you could probably get away with writing whatever you wanted. Where do I sign up?
SPN_girl 1
Hate to say it but your FML sounds like the kind of job that I would like to have