Today, a student's mother sent me an e-mail complaining that I was requiring her child to read a book containing mild profanity. She then demanded me to let him read an easier book. This would've been somewhat acceptable if the student wasn't in the 12th grade. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my 12-year-old daughter was suspended from school for doing a book report on 50 Shades of Grey. FML
Today, the mother of one of my students bitched me out about her son's poor grades. He lazes around all day, paying no attention and being a constant nuisance. But, she says it's not his fault, and demands that I give him better grades so he won't get "self-esteem" issues. FML
Today, my son's school actually called me to complain that despite his excellent test scores, he spends too much time reading, and has a wilfully overactive imagination, so could I please get him to stop ''reading and imagining'' so much, as it makes him hard to teach. Are they taking the piss? They must be taking the piss, right? FML
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, I had to re-grade a student's assignments because neither he, nor his parents can read "Spanish." I'd written in cursive. FML
Today, one of my fourth-graders came up to me and asked, "Can you please not put my test grades in the weekly folders? My mom likes to get mad when I get below a 90." FML
Today, I was bitched out by my 17 year-old son's teacher. It seems the idiot teacher made the kids advocate for his own political beliefs in a presentation, and my son ended his speech saying, "And it remains my opinion that our instructor is cramping my motherfucking style." Instant suspension. FML
Today, a student told me to fuck off. I work with 3 year-olds. FML
Today, I was reading a picture storybook to a kindergarten kid. She could pronounce more words than me, and corrected me. I'm about triple her age. FML
Today, my daughter was expelled from her school for beating another kindergartener with a Dr. Seuss book. FML
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voltroz 18
With this kind of mothering; some people will never grow up.
briang959 47
50 shades of lame?
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DjeePee 25
I love it when parents demand things from teachers. Here, some of my experiences from high school: "My son has failed his test miserably, you'll give him a new chance or I take it to court!" "I can understand my daughter searching for a poem online instead of making one. You should give her a new chance." "You can't punish my boy. He's a teenager, it's normal he breaks the rules."
anthony_Calderon 15
My favorite "can't you just let this go? My son is just being a boy. Boys will be boys!"
DinosaurTacoTime 18
#14 personal one for me. "How is it against school rules to threaten another child with a tank? How is he supposed to get a tank in the 6th grade? Why do you have this rule??"
randomname98 22
One I heard earlier today: "You failed me? Why the f*** did you do that? I even studied!" *Storms out of room* Yells from hallway: "Wow this is so f***ing gay!" My 11th grade chemistry class, folks!
Arwen_Evenstar 37
Ugh. "Boys being boys." The reason why the boys could do much worse things and be punished less than the girls. A double standard that shouldn't be used in the 21st century!
iwanttogotoparis 26
Maybe a religious family?
teentee401 37
Tell her that it is totally fine if he chooses to read an easier book, he just won't pass the class.
tj4234 36
What book is it?
Colon_Man 17
Everybody Poops.
feven 32
I bet her son isn't half as innocent as she thinks.
Jenniesaurus 14
Reminds me of one time in college when our English Literature teacher ran over the C-word in one of our books with a black marker because it was 'innapropriate' for us as students. Even though all of us were at least 18 at the time. Some people just don't know when to let teenagers grow up.
ImTheAlpha 30
Which c word?
littlekellilee 45
Cow
Colon_Man 17
Competence.
jlnotary 33
Corn
Ichiya 29
Centucky
Aquaman911 18
****
NostalgiaFreak9 43
I've read books for English where they use all sorts of words, like shit and ****, and my parents don't care. That's basically overprotective parenting in a nutshell.
Exodiafinder687 58
It wasn't anything too bad like "poppycock" was it?
jwb8711 13
My mom flipped out when we were reading "Go Ask Alice" in high school
thief1434 23
We NEED to know the book, OP!