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)
dustinelidavies 6
kids r so spoiled these days It's not even funny.I have a penny phone
DinosaurTacoTime 18
I didn't even get a phone until I was in Senior year in High School. Even then I just had it for emergencies. Also, its not because I'm old and phones weren't common at my time. I graduated in 2011.
CJB3228 17
This just makes me ashamed of my generation and future generations.
chynnatownn 11
Not sure why a 9 year old needs a phone. Fyl, I'm sorry!
FirestarPwns 8
I got my first phone in sixth grade because I walked home from school.
breezyblue33 19
Story of my life. But, hey, you didn't become a teacher for the money, right?
jblumz 15
They don't realize that when they turn 18 and reality hits them over their head, they won't have jack shit eithout their parents.
stitesy29 18
FOURTH GRADE?!
nurchok 15
In my grades 1 through 7, I wasn't allowed to use a calculator, cellphones did not exist (commercially at least) at the time...
unixdude 9
As someone who doesn't get four months off per year (but can afford any phone I want) allow me to say "Ha Ha Ha". If you want to be a ditch digger, don't be mad at those who can do better.