Today, at my job as a fourth grade teacher, I realized that most of my students have far nicer and more expensive phones than I can afford. FML
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Today, as I was yelled at by a middle school teacher in front of 30 6th graders for breaking the rule of "no cell phones in school." Luckily, I escaped being sent to the office after explaining I'm a 21 year old college student doing student teaching observations, not a middle schooler. FML
Today, during one of my first days as a teacher, a student stole my phone. FML
Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML
Today, I found out that, because I'm a student, the employees I train make more than me. FML
Today, I realized that with all the money I've spent on repairs for my iPhone through the months, I could have bought a phone that doesn't die horribly whenever I so much as give it a mean look. FML
Today, I realized I’m what they call “first world poor.” I own a phone and a laptop paid for with credit, and every time I use them it’s to check my emails to see all my new job application rejections, and to check my bank so I can watch my savings dwindling away. FML
Today, my second-grade daughter asked her teacher how much money she makes. FML
Today, I purposely set my phone off in class to make it seem like I had friends. FML
Today, my teacher yelled at me for using my phone in class. I apologized out loud, knowing that it would help me get off easier. She was yelling at somebody else. FML
Today, I went to my job as an aide for first-grade students. I went home with a swollen face after my student punched me because I was, "making the timer go too fast" and he wanted more iPad time. FML
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Top comments
Nolimit2217 32
I bet you're better spoken than them though!
DocBastard 38
What the **** kind of ****** up country do you live in where the average elementary school teacher only makes $51,000 a year, but the average professional baseball player earns $3.2 million? Which is more important? Which is more influential? My daughter's teacher is one of the most important people in her life right now.
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Comments (187)
Ziggy122 15
Even if it is a hand-me-down or supposedly for "emergencies only", what the **** does a 9-year-old need an iPhone for? I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 16, and that was a Tracfone while all the cool kids had those Razors that were popular at the time.
kder0aeon 9
nonetheless OP is still human and has a life apart from teaching. op should be able to enjoy some of the finer things in life.
utrax 23
Aaah, parents.
sergei_yusef 11
Who in the hell gives their 8 year old a phone in the first place? When I was their age, all I had was one of the first gameboys. You know, the ones with the cartridges that that you had to blow in to get them to work
BriCx 8
When I was in fourth grade my best electronic was a gigapet...what the hell is up with this generation?
RayRayYoooo 17
Really? :O my 6th grade teacher had an Iphone 4
TheBrochure 22
This is one for the Cool Story Brochure!
little_excel 5
I used to sub at a high school where 16 yr old kids drive BMW, Lexus and so on so I know how that feels. Parents these days
jimmywithsalt 19
I am so sorry, OP. That is truly depressing.
Al3xv3l92 24
Well that's only because they keep annoying their parents until they get what they want.
tWest13 10
Tablets soon to follow.