Today, my English teacher used the word "interpretate" again. This isn't the only mistake she's made though; I've been so frustrated that I've started a list of them. It's over a page long. I'm meant to be learning things from this woman. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, the feedback my teacher wrote on my English assignment was so horrible that it took me half an hour and help from both my parents to decipher it. It turned out to be a scathing criticism of my "poor communication skills". I hate my teachers. FML
Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML
Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for ruining the report she was supposed to write with my "terrible spelling and grammar". I've checked it thoroughly, and all of her 'corrections' are wrong. She doesn’t believe me, and is refusing to look at a dictionary. FML
Today, my English teacher told me that I failed my grammar test. Her exact words were "You ain't gonna pass this class if you ain't gonna study." FML
Today, I got my language final exam back. It was a 10-page essay front and back, and I saw that I received a D. The teacher told me the plot was too hard to follow and it jumped all over the place. It turns out he forgot to read the back of every page. FML
Today, I received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML
Today, I had to listen to my classmate loudly argue a question she got wrong on a test for half an hour, repeating the same incorrect argument ad nauseam. She screamed at the rightfully exasperated teacher for being "biased" when he gave up, and started screaming again when I tried to explain it in a different way. FML
Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML
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ozpunker 20
'interpretate' is a perfectly cromulent word.
karlcolt45 19
I once had a teacher tell us about how, “pon-ti-is pee-lot had like, totally conspired against Jesus with Jonas" needless to say we had her fired
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perdix 31
You need to get literally orientated to the "cautionary tail" style of teaching where the teacher porpoisely makes errors to keep you on your toes. My daughter's algebra teacher pronounces "asymptote" as "asthma-tote."
Zebediabolical 45
*tale
Dojan 16
102 - he's joking. He wrote porpoisely instead of purposely, he knows the difference. ^_−☆
nicole23234 9
That sounds exactly like my teacher. So annoying how stupid schools can be!
Success4444 12
So... You never went to one because they were stupid? It shows in your attitude about the system rather than the individual.
patrickalamo 48
I had a college professor who constantly stated sexual orientation was a protected class. I corrected him 4 times in class. He agreed with me each time. I finally just gave up. I took my A and moved on.
SanpakuEyes 18
My brain just atrophied a little reading that.
glengus 17
you'd be throwded out of my physics class for that
Cupcake040 17
I think all the comments saying "get her fired" are a little too extreme, its hard enough to get a job and I doubt everyone here makes no mistakes at all. I had a teacher that called a spatula a "flippy thing -a-ma- gig", I corrected her but I wouldn't think of getting her fired over it.
alto2osu 1
Well, but was that teacher using spatulas for her job? If she was a culinary/home ec instructor, then she absolutely needs to know the vocabulary of her trade. I'm a high school English teacher, and we use the word "interpret" hundreds of times in a week. It's like going to a mechanic and having him tell you,"Well, we think you might have some troubles with that doo dad with all the big rubber band thingies." Does that inspire professional confidence?
Ceruleanst 5
Properly, a spatula is the rubber thing with which you scrape out a cake bowl, and what we colloquially know as a "spatula" is supposed to be called a "turner", which I think makes her closer to right.
glengus 17
She likely assumed everyone "would of" been too busy texting to notice. Oops I mean "would have" been.
KweenChelly 6
Ugh! I can't stand grammar nazis! Get a real life!
Schiffy 18
We wouldn't be here is people actually learned to use correct grammar in their everyday lives. You want us gone? Fix yourself first.
A7XCamaro 19
I'm going to assume you meant "if" not "is" You're not a good Nazi
chosha_fml 27
Later, the teacher writes: 'Today, work was so boring again I just started making words up. This is the 15th time I've done it. None of the kids I teach seem to notice. FML.'
Lomus 24
You seem to be a good grammar Nazi, correct that bitch every time. I have an English teacher who doesn't understand why none of us have seen (phonetically) "Pin-ock-ee-oo", it was brilliant when we said we had seen "Pin-oak-ee-oo".
Felcet 3
#58 - although I agree it is important to know one's language well, may I remind you that the original Pinocchio story is of Italian origin. So she is not doing anything wrong in saying the name in the original way. In Italian it is in fact said pi-nok-yoo, whereas in English like you well said it is pi-n-oak-ee-oo.