Today, my teacher's comments on my essay read, "I know it's college, but you use a lot of unnecessary words with a lot of syllables." He basically scolded me for having a complex vocabulary. I go to an accredited state university. Nothing says "America" like under-achieving professors. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was warned that I was failing too many students and it had to stop, so I showed my boss all of the easy assignments a lot of students didn't even turn in. She told me to stop using so many "big words" in them. I teach at a four year University. FML
Today, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
Today, I turned in an overdue English assignment at college. My instructor accused me of plagiarism, writing that my sentence structure was "TO" good. Seriously? 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, 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, while home from college for the weekend, my sister started whining about how I keep using "big fancy college words" and making her feel bad. My sister is 27 and teaches elementary school. The word I used was "ludicrous." FML
Today, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
Today, I got a writing assignment back. After meeting with my professor specially after class and meticulously combing through every word of that paper, I got a low D. Turns out, he graded me down on every suggestion of his that I took. FML
Today, I asked my classmate to look over my essay. His comments were longer than the essay itself. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
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Paria12 2
He could have meant you just use them unnecessarily to sound smarter when they don't really make sense to use in the moment...
Pikachu17 13
'MURICA!!!
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diabian 9
Thanks government funded students loan that end up paying for these dumb teachers
babyshaft408 8
Dude u confused him. I bet it was USC. They only care for football
Namenlos_fml 20
Even in college there's such thing as pompous long-windedness.
allplayedout 20
I'm a college writing tutor. A great chunk of my job involves helping students edit their papers and present their ideas in a clear, organized way. I've heard stories like this through the course of my work--always the professors' fault. And I can say from experience that working with people like you is a more obnoxious task than working with people who can't write at all. The inability to accept criticism is a brick wall that will keep your writing from improving. The usage of six point vocabulary words does not make you smarter. Sorry to burst your bubble. Wait, no I'm not.
ellytoad 13
Simplicity is everything. Having a big vocabulary loses its superficial impressiveness once you're out of grade school. Now it's just handy for understanding other, unnecessarily complicated pieces of writing.
ashleeyka 13
Just because you know a lot of "big " words, doesn't mean its appropriate to use them in every essay. If it's too complicated to read then you will lose the reader's attention, thus defeating the purpose of the essay. I'm sure your teacher understood it and just didn't think other readers on your level would. Also, it's annoying to read something that makes it seem like the writer was trying way too hard. So, ydi.
alliegator13 12
the people who said ydi and the haters are mad because they arent that smart.
KiddNYC1O 22
Well, quit using your little thesaurus so much! :)
zombiekitten87 12
There's a difference between having a good vocabulary and being verbose.
ellytoad 13
Did it sound more flowery than this passage? "You, o slave, will hereby swear to honor our lordship in sickness and in health, and to honor his deeds with the proper respect afforded by your lowly rank and position. Take this scroll and sign it with the royal scribe's quill, not the one you keep in your chambers for correspondence. If you utilize the one you have, the ink will simultaneously flake off and smear the oath, making it unfit for storage." If so, I can probably see your professor's point...