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By Noname - 10/03/2009 15:46 - United States

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

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Comments

sp1ke30 12

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:50

I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say it was them

MaicieElizabeth 10

Wednesday 14 January 2015 5:09

Soo these are kids that spend most of their life being told that they're wrong, and one of the few times they're right you decide to lie to them and tell them that once again they're wrong just to keep yourself from feeling dumb. how do you think they feel everyday. YDI.