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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iSmellMusic 8
Teachers that don't know the proper words are probably one of my biggest pet peeves. I don't know if it's worse than a student saying "presentated" as opposed to presented, though...
mfayem 15
One of my college professors uses the word "irregardless" on a daily basis.
stewpididiot 11
A friend of mine used to say he was going to take some meat out of the freezer to "de-thaw"....&that running warm water on said meat would "expediate" the "de-thawing".... Another friend would say "chancefull" & "darefull"....
Darkmim 5
Does your English teacher speak any other languages? I ask that because to French speaking people it doesn't sound strange at all. That is even a common mistake made by English learning student. I am an English teacher (as a foreign language) but my mother tongue is French. Sometimes I make that kind of mistakes in French. I use an English word and make it sound French. I know it's weird but when you can speak several languages, it is normal to mix them up sometimes. Try to get what you can from her. She certainly has a lot to teach you and just forget about her mistakes. Nobody's perfect ;)
glengus 17
I thought if i wrote youses would be thrown out it would be too obvious. I'm glad I got some bites.
glengus 17
University Btw
princess93_fml 2
You are learning things... What not to say if you're ever a teacher and how to get a teacher fired.
shadowdragon1 1
Head x plodes
ihpp 22
My English comp professor from a few years ago could not spell helmet. She spelled it "helmut" and then argued with the class when we tried to correct her.
demonic_angel85 2
It sounds rather painful to sit through. It also reminds me of my government teacher; we actually have enough little phrases and words that she over uses/misuses that we've created a bingo game.