Today, I went to take my permit test. I had been studying for months and was familiar with the whole book. When I sat down to take my test, I didn't recognize any of the questions. I went home and found out the book I used to study was the book my mom used to take her test in 1970. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I took my road test. I'd never had driver's training and my mom taught me how to drive. I failed the test so badly, and when I got home my mom admitted to having taught me how to drive completely wrong because she didn't want me to get my license as she thinks I'm too young. I'm 18. FML
Today, I took an exam, for which I have been studying for weeks, I was confident at first, but then really struggled with it. I finished with about ten minutes to spare, turned to what I thought would be the end of my paper and found the first page of questions I was supposed to have answered. FML
Today, I re-sat an expensive exam I'd flunked 6 months previously. The same impossible multiple choice questions appeared, which I'd been unable to find the answers to, even with all my textbooks and the internet. FML
Today, I took a major test, worth half my grade, not realizing that there were questions on the back of the sheet. FML
Today, my parents finally took me driving after months of me having my permit. I got yelled at for asking questions. I only needed to know which way they wanted me to turn on the next street after they told me to turn, but not which way. FML
Today, I went to take my driver's test, and I did almost everything perfectly. The last thing was to back into a driveway. As I went to put my hand on the passenger seat to look over my shoulder, I got so nervous that I hit my instructor in the face. FML
Today, I was reviewing for a major nursing school exam I have this week. I panicked because none of the material seemed familiar, and figured that I must've missed something during class and now had to catch up. After 4 hours, I finally realized that I'd been studying from the wrong textbook. FML
Today, after having spent all of last night studying for an algebra test, I find out that the test was on a completely different chapter of my textbook. FML
Today, I took my driving test. It was all going well until out of habit from driving with my boyfriend, I reached over and held my instructor's hand. FML
Today, I failed to get my driver's licence. My father was the instructor. FML
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Magnoxidans 19
That seems like a pretty obvious thing to notice when studying, if nothing else a 40+ year old book would not look modern even in the slightest. Your own fault OP sorry to say.
AdamTodddBrown 11
And you still passed because it's all common sense BS that any idiot can do, right? Maybe not given that you couldn't tell a book from the 70's from one today....
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Comments (72)
T_Seg_101 18
That's a shitty one...
kristinjeaneen 21
...It didn't read or look outdated at all? YDI
tygerarmy 35
As long as your in the US, most states written driving test are a joke. And other than cell phone laws, the basics of driving haven't changed. If you didn't still pass YDI.
Demon_Adrian 1
YDI. A car is a dangerous instrument, that could kill a human being. As a driver you have to look if all security devices like brakes, lights and seatbelts function properly. If you even fail in simply looking if you have a fourty years old text book, you are not responsible enough to drive a car.
smillereth 6
Umm... dude, your comment is totally irrelevant to the FML itself
kennethlwinter 3
No, it's not. He's pointing out that if you can't even check a simple date, you can't be trusted to check the important things and are therefore considered too stupid to drive. Maybe read things before commenting.
deathstroke990 22
I don't know what state you're in (or if you're in the US even I can't tell with the new update) ok but anyways as someone studying for their permit, here? it says the year on the cover? I'm almost calling bs
Shade1982 21
It says US, but I've seen plenty of books with the year on it. Especially since pretty much ALL existing books have a publishing date in it...
bobafett892 23
I'm from Mississippi as well and the driving test is a joke. I didn't even finish the test because I auto-passed halfway through. As long as you know to stop at stop signs and to put your emergency break on when parking on hills, you should have still done fine.
JADsen 11
That really sucks. If all else fails the book should be online
jacobmc123 18
I'm pretty sure that all DMV offices will have a book/pamphlet that has everything you need to know, and it's free. All you have to do is walk in and get one
beantownchivette 8
In Massachusetts, you have to pay $5 for the book(at least when I took it 8 yrs ago, the price has probably gone up since then)
Dale_shackleford 13
It's free on the Internet
anarchymaniac 22
Sorry to hear that op. Maybe you should try the books online better. It might be more convenient.
Rosebudx 32
When I went to get my permit test, I too recognized few of the questions and was quite nervous, especially when I kept getting them wrong. Finally, when I had one question to pass or fail, the trooper called me over and complimented me before changing my test. It turns out that I had just almost passed the test to become a driving instructor because he gave me the wrong one.