Today, my teacher marked a test question wrong, even though I was sure I got it right, so I went online to check. I found a government-approved website showing proof that my answer was correct. My teacher still counted it wrong, because, "We follow the book." That book's older than I am. FML
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Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Today, I got an Economics test back from my professor. I got a 17/20. I looked it over and noticed one of the questions was completely right. I checked the textbook he made and the answer was the same. I asked him why it was wrong, and he responded with, "I guess I changed my mind." FML
Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. FML
Today, I turned in my homework. Too bad I accidentally handed in the printed answer sheet I found online to copy from. FML
Today, I got my results on a recent, important midterm. During the exam, I'd noticed my instructor had accidentally left an answers page in the test packet, so being honest, I didn't look at them. It turns out she did it on purpose to help us pass. I failed. FML
Today, I got my precalculus final back from my teacher. I got a 17%. I told her that there had to be some mistake, because my classmate had the same answers as me and she got 100%. Not only did I accidentally admit to cheating, but our test papers had different questions. FML
Today, I tried to turn in a final exam online. When I went to check if it had been submitted, Blackboard told me it did. My grade told a different story. FML
Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. 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 my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
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Welshite 40
That teacher follows the same logic as my ultra-religious parents.
coolthang8200 7
That book need to be update!
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coolthang8200 7
That book need to be update!
Jaballin 13
Indeed it do...
aliahh7 6
Teacher needs an update
Oh_No_Not_Him 25
Agreed - see also comment #3!
YourOpinionSucks 22
Throw down a copy of Mein Kampf and tell her that pre WWII Germany had followed the book. See what the old bitch has to say about that.
Alcenta 8
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Tough. You always go by the book. That's how you make it past school, even if the book is wrong you answer the question that way anyways.
evilplatypus 39
As a teacher, I thoroughly disapprove of this response. Right is right and wrong is wrong.
Mauskau 36
So if a book told you 1 + 1 = 3, you would happily go through your life at school (and possibly after school) believing that even though it's incorrect and can proven incorrect pretty much everywhere else?
MrSassypants 34
You always go by the book, no matter what. I still believe the world is flat and anyone who tells me otherwise can be tossed off this blue pancake we call Earth.
Jeffame7 9
The real question is which book would follow such logic (1+1=3). Many of you all follow a certain book (bible)that isnt really the truth to be honest.
SiraSiemens 21
1 + 1 does equal 3... at least in biology or for extremely large values of 1 ;)
viperAUS 15
yeh nah right is right wrong is wrong
KebabRemover 6
Just pretend to believe it.
Cauldroup 13
22, shoehorning an annoyed-by-the-Bible comment into a different discussion doesn't make atheists (or whatever you are) look better. Please don't worsen the situation. Thanks.
chocoladisco 1
Or in math when we regard the group mod 1. Since in this ring every value is 0. since 1 = 0 => 1+ 1 = 0+ 0 = 0 = 0 + 0 + 0 = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
Welshite 40
That teacher follows the same logic as my ultra-religious parents.
lonelyincrowd 11
I saved your comment and this fml then showed it to everyone I know. If only there were more people like you who have the capacity to think and not follow a book 1000's of years old.
Welshite 40
It's quite sad, really. I've got nothing against any religion, but I do have something against teaching and perpetuating ignorance. This past weekend I asked to see my homeschooled brother's schoolbooks. It was...tragic. Truly. One chapter was titled "Evolution: A Retreat From Science." It even specified how evolution wasn't science, and was incorrect. According to the "science" book, everything currently living is derived from the animals/people on the Ark. Don't ask me how that makes sense.
Tripartita 45
If anybody else is trying to figure out how to hug this comment, I'd recommend screenshotting, printing, and taping to a friend or loved one. I find it hilarious that they don't teach evolution but believe people evolv—erm, I mean "derived" from the ark's passengers. It sounds like a discount version of reality. Can't afford Charles Darwin and his evolution crap? Why not try Charlie Dobbin's "derivation"!
jakewill7 7
No reason to bash ppl's lifestyle out of the blue when it was never brought up in the first place
lationas 25
They're not bashing anyone's lifestyle. They're only critical of religion, and the ignorance that goes hand in hand with it.
PrincessZelda_HR 22
I'd like to point out that it, thankfully, does not go hand in hand; I do believe in god, in some form or another, and when I started homeschool in high school due to migraines my mother and I went to great lengths to find books that aren't perpetuating that garbage. After all, after so many years and translations, the bible must be 99% metaphorical; I look at them like inspirational stories (hey, some of the stories are fun too, otherwise they wouldn't make kids' books outta 'em!) TL;DR - not everyone decides to believe in either science or religion, they can work together ;)
chewyca99 14
Its pretty ignorant to say that ignorance goes with religion when in reality it goes with any belief or non belief. Ive met more people on the Internet saying the same false shit and generalizing religious people than Ive seen "ignorant" religious people. Why cant people just stop bashing religion and just live with the fact that people are different?
Oh_No_Not_Him 25
For the first time ever, I'm sorry I can only thumb this comment once! Bravo!
kenyrabit 25
Elaborate; we'd all like to learn.
LostInTheZone11 29
Sounds about right for Nebraska.
Stuby14 19
You ignoramus, you've clearly been listening to the propaganda from shows such as The Big Bang Theory.
PumaGator 18
Chill, damn it was a joke
Calingaladha 21
#14 Isn't it a little dangerous to use your entire vocabulary in a single sentence?
AaronP11 11
Tell your parents and then your principal. Also tell her that Pluto used to be a planet in our solar system and now science says it isn't.
lollyasaurus 10
I think it's recently been reclassified as a planet again.
r83839 22
It's a dwarf planet.
22IrishGirl22 16
It has been recently classified as a planet again. I'm not sure they teach it though as one of the main planets in our solar system like they used to. They do consider Lake Erie to still be one of the 5 Great Lakes here in the US correct? Because, I know for the longest time, they wanted to get rid of that too because it was simply, too small.
NYGiants1925 22
You could try talking to the department chair.
junhojamesko 7
You have school in the summer?
19990231 29
Cool thing called summer school.
Stripez234 16
Summer school sounds far from cool
Armeniangirl_fml 15
it is. it sucks
raven_of_azarath 35
Until you get to college. Then it's the best and worst thing ever. You get done sooner, but you have to cram 15 weeks worth of material into 4-5 weeks.
Unlucky1232 20
so this is implying that your school not only marks you incorrect for right info but that the school is teaching with inaccurate text books. pretty sure that can take it to the board of education or sue them.
maikeru1979 23
no because without The Department of Education whether State or Federal giving the school the Tax dollars they are supposed to be getting(this is a whole other argument) the Board of Education cant update the books because every cent they get goes to repairing only the MUST HAVE things heat/cooling, water, food, lights, bathrooms then usually comes the football stadium or whatever the schools big sport is. and only then is money set for books, and the arts(band, choir, art, woodworking)
soactually 4
I kind of sympathize with the teacher, here. I worked in a school that mandates the use of the (very outdated) standardized books and curriculum. Our kids' tests and scores are reviewed to make sure everybody is being taught the same thing. As a result, in my groups, I had to teach the kids that we have new information but that their test answers MUST follow the book. I may not have liked it (it's a big part of the reason I no longer work there), but my job depended on the kids' scored tests aligning with what was in our official textbooks.