Astronomer not astrologist. That is unless you want to go into the fortune cookie business.

you're not stupid.

Thank you, #2.

I think you just proved her point.

Okay, granted, he mixed up Astronomer and Astrologist... but there are a couple of things to keep in mind: 1. Astronomy and Astrology is actually a common error in the English language, even among smart people. Therefore, it is unrealistic to assume someone is stupid just because he made what is often seen as a "common" error. Just because you yourself do not make the error doesn't make it "uncommon". So it is possible that original poster merely misspoke and was confused. Also, to assume that this error disqualifies him from his dream would also be assuming he cannot learn, which is much more unrealistic. 2. Since none of us know the original poster... none of us are qualified to judge how smart or dumb the original poster is. Especially just based off ONE error. Most of you have spelled words wrong or used improper grammar... does that make some of you stupid as a result? 3. It is true that a counselor doesn't have to be a cheerleader, but the profession DOES frown on acts like this. Your job as a counselor isn't to make people feel bad about themselves. 4. LOOK at the sentence. There's a difference between "But you're stupid," and "You're stupid." The "but" implies that it was not the "astrology" confusion that made the counselor say this... this was obviously a preconceived notion in that case. And, of course, there's the idea that the counselor didn't bother to correct the person... does that make the counselor just as dumb, then?. In which case that kind of error doesn't suddenly negate or make him unable to strive for that dream.

I think it's great that the counselor spoke plainly - too many people are coddled and pampered when growing up, then expect the real world to be "nice". Yes, some people are too stupid to do X; get over it, and move on.

How cruel. The mix up is there but she could have corrected you nicely. >:

I think you are stupid. I'm not judging you for mixing up a word; I think you're stupid because you did something stupid, got called stupid, then posted on this site looking for sympathy impling that you didn't do anything stupid. Maybe if you wanted a better response you could have changed astrology to astronomy. We wouldn't have known. As for you commenter 151 Mr. Srhodes 1.I am willing to concede that it may be a common error, but in my vast experience of conversing with people I have never heard it. I say never because I would have called anyone out on it. As soon as I read it I questioned his intelligence. I didn't judge as you put it; I questioned. However, I am sure you had a lot of statistical data when you claimed it was a common error. You probably went out and polled 10,000 people and twenty-five percent didn't know the difference. I think his ability to learn can be called into question when he has been interested since the age of 12 and then didn't know what he was interested in. he then did not bother to question the guidance counselor and find his mistake but from the post seems to have just slumped out of her office dejected by this horrible horrible name calling. (I like how you have these nice numbered bullet points and then combined two ideas) 2.Knowing a person personally does not exclude knowing about a person. I know Hitler was bad; I know Bill Gates is smart. I have never met or talked to either of them. I agree one instance is usually not enough to judge, but don't get that confused with impossible. The people misspelling words and using improper grammar here are not trying to use them correctly. They know they are on a very loose medium of communication. However, if I were asking an authority figure about a career I am interested in I would be trying to use correct grammar and pronunciation. He didn't just misspeak he said something entirely different., something he supposedly was interested in and researched. 3.I really have no argument with this except that I question the wording. Like many people have said. It is possible the counselor gently said a less academic career might suit him better and the poster interpreted it as “you're stupid” and decided to write about it here on fml. 4.You may be right about this, but what a lot of commenters have pointed out is that the counselor may have been right. Which would mean this preconceived notion was exacerbated by the stupid statement prompting the remark. So preconceived or not the statement was directed at the incorrect (as in stupid) use of the word. 5.I'm gonna bullet these last thoughts since we are using bullets. How do you know the counselor didn't correct him? Like you pointed out, none of us were there. I hope the exchange was longer than these two sentences. Personally I think anyone that doesn't demand an explanation for someone calling them stupid is stupid. If someone called me stupid I would want to know why, so that hopefully I could change their opinion of me. If I didn't know something I would want to know. If there was a simple misunderstanding I would want to clear it up. So either the poster didn't ask for an explanation and is stupid for just leaving or he did ask for an explanation and is stupid for posting what he now knows is a stupid thing to say. 6.You say “In which case that kind of error doesn't suddenly negate or make him unable to strive for that dream.” I don't know which case you are talking about but I think the statement does make him unable to strive for his current dream. At the very least he needs to change his dream. If I say I love cars and have read about them but don't know what mpg or rpm means.(miles per gallon and revolutions per minute respectively) then I probably don't want to be a mechanic or a race car driver. Maybe I want to be a car salesman. His post makes it sound like he wants a job in research but maybe he really just wants a daytime job that gives him lots of free time at night to look up at the pretty shiny things in the sky. So I say go for your dreams just make sure you really know what you want.

I lol'd

Not too professional on her part. But she has a point. If it's the field you want to go into, you should know what it's called. You want to be an astronomer, not an astrologer.