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)
AnimeAddict95 20
Kids are way too into technology nowadays. My two year old brother plays the DS that was given to me as a present some years ago because my mom said I didn't need it anymore.
alex_gen 39
That alone allowed the phones to be made...
AsianBomb_xo 10
lol we'll, that the new generation for you. but, despite all that. that doesn't matter(:
lasttimelawd 9
As a teacher, you have no right to bitch about not making enough money. You knew what you were getting into when you wasted 4 of college.
circlelranch69 1
I think your focusing on the wrong thing. A 4th grader still mostly thinks the teacher is larger than life. If it bothers you that much pull the ole "Yeah igit another year left on my contract." Chin up
Annjelina 11
You shouldn't worry over something like that, they're just spoiled.
MP500 4
That their parents paid for....who needs a phone in the 4th grade anyway!!!!
iiiPug 7
Well ladies and gentleman, that's welfare!
vuduguru 5
and that's bs that you as a teacher get paid so little but a football player can get a 25 million dollar contract for playing a game....
Zebediabolical 43
To be fair they're being compensated for dedicating their life to the sport they chose to the exclusion of almost all else.
LynxieLynx 17
wait what? 4th graders have phones? I got a phone at a late age... *facepalm*