School, Relatable and Education: Today, my mother told me she forgot what a verb is. I'm homeschooled,...

By asadwa - 05/05/2011 05:38

Today, my mother told me she forgot what a verb is. I'm homeschooled, and she's my teacher. FML

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By chee - 11/02/2009 23:57 - United States

Today, I told my mom, "I love you". She responded with, "What? I never told you I loved you." FML

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You deserved it 2 948

Not your day, is it?

By hiheyaiden - 03/03/2022 23:00 - Hong Kong - Central District

Today, my mom kept swearing and punished me while I was in an online lesson. I almost got punished by the teacher as well. FML

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You deserved it 110

Lose-lose

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom

Today, I found out that my mother has been seeing my maths teacher. I'm still failing his class. FML

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You deserved it 8 024

By purpleivy - 06/09/2011 18:53 - United States

Today, after a conference with my teacher who had previously accused me of not doing my homework, she finally discovered she'd been losing it all this time. I've been getting straight Fs for a month. FML

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You deserved it 2 446

By Anonymous - 08/09/2014 10:55 - Australia - Perth

Today, I was told by my teacher that she had 'given up' teaching me because someone had told her I have a mental illness, and that I don't understand what she says. FML

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You deserved it 3 864

Not missing out on much

By Anonymous - 30/05/2022 02:01

Today, my mom is obsessed with my academic success, as she was a highschool dropout, and actually gives me more homework than my school does, all so I’ll be more advanced than my peers. I barely know what a television is anymore, since it’s been so long I’ve had enough free time to watch one. FML

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You deserved it 175

By montextes - 25/07/2011 16:12 - United States

Today, my mom finally learned how to text. Now it's her way of communicating, even when we're in the same room. FML

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You deserved it 3 959

Slipping up

By englishfail - This FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

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

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You deserved it 48 537

By dumbteacher - 22/11/2010 14:47

Today, my English teacher told me that I failed my grammar test. Her exact words were "You ain't gonna pass this class if you ain't gonna study." FML

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You deserved it 7 561

Truth bombs

By Anonymous - 26/07/2025 06:00 - Trinidad and Tobago - Arima

Today, my mother-in-law came home drunk and said to my husband, "I told you not to bring a dumb girl home." I'm a kindergarten teacher with my own private school. FML

I agree, your life sucks 418

You deserved it 81

waveringatom 1

Thursday 5 May 2011 11:53

Tough Luck, bub.

metalhead3213 1

Thursday 5 May 2011 12:02

that's what schoolhouse rock is for.

Comments

huppypuppy 3

Tuesday 4 October 2011 6:45

Well do you?

A7X2012 0

Sunday 29 January 2012 15:05

Sounds like an easy class

apocalyptic_1125 0

Thursday 1 March 2012 0:08

"It's what you do" lol

InsanishDanish 10

Friday 9 March 2012 22:32

Some of you idiots have such a warped idea of what homeschooling really is. smh

klx125cross 9

Wednesday 8 August 2012 5:42

Feel for you! I'm also homeschooled!

Darknyan 10

Sunday 15 December 2013 5:37

I'm homeschooled as well. So much fun! :D

randybryant799 20

Tuesday 1 February 2022 1:16

I think you'll be ok. Just look it up.

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Today, it's been week since I won a Hackathon at work, while working from home, yay! Winners get trophies, which is cool. I asked my coworker who won if he got a trophy and another coworker decided to chime in with, "Only winners get the trophies." I won, but I just didn't get a trophy. "Oh, guess they ran out." FML

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Today, at the hospital, I had to tell someone he was going to die because I was the only one to speak his language. FML

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Today, when I woke up, I discovered that someone thought it'd be hilarious to set up an obstacle course of boxes and furniture in the dorm hallway. I have Crohn's disease, and the bathroom is at the other end of the hall. No, I didn't make it in time. FML

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Today, my wife told me to my face that I’m the reason climate change is killing babies. All I did was throw a snotty hankie in the bin instead of composting it to be used in her vegetable patch. FML

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Today, I adopted my second dog. When I called to tell my mom about it, she sternly told me that I was not allowed to get any more dogs. I'm 28 and own my own house. FML

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Today, I came home to see my husband talking to his penis. FML

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