Today, I turned in an essay about a book I'd read over the summer. My teacher later called me to her desk and began to gush about how interesting the book sounded and asked to borrow my copy. The book I wrote about isn't real, and the main characters are named after my childhood pets. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I turned in an essay after staying up late to work on it. I was away when the teacher assigned it, so I'd asked my friend what the subject was. It transpires that she'd given me the wrong one, all because she was mad at me for not returning her pencil. FML
Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML
Today, I was filling out an application for a job at a local pet store. At the end of it, they wanted a paragraph about any pets I had. After a while, I found myself finishing a 3-page essay about them. That's the longest essay I've ever written. FML
Today, in class, everyone read my Creative Writing submission. It was a touching story about the unconditional love that exists between dog and his owner. Everybody unanimously agreed that it was probably about bestiality. FML
Today, I finished my position paper for my social studies class and read it to my mom to get her opinion on it. After I'm done reading it, she asks me if I copied it from somewhere because it sounded very professional and smart, and it didn't sound like me. FML
Today, I had to make up a story about my "friends" at school so my mom doesn't keep telling I'm a loser. FML
Today, I got cited for "internet plagiarism" and called to the dean's office. I'd been sitting a closed-book written exam, and my teacher had been breathing down my neck the whole time. FML
Today, my teacher started talking about me quietly to the stuffed cat, called Rufus, that she keeps on her desk. 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 was reading my students' Halloween stories I made them write for my creative writing class in high school. One of my students wrote about attacking me. She got my street address perfect and everything. FML
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Top comments
tuslaw12 13
Maybe you have a natural talent in writing. You should look into writing an actual book
OfficialEarth 12
Looks like it's time to write a book
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Comments (132)
ChristinePi 36
YDI She probably knew the book doesn't exist and was just calling you out on it to watch you squirm.
rhiley 26
she's onto you lmao
shadowl 11
YDI for not actually reading a book, but congrats on writing such a good story!
Tom925 8
Just say you can't find it
soulreaper12296 28
Even though this is an FML, sounds like you could have a good career as a writer.
EvilLittleMan 23
Shoot straight with your teacher and ask for guidance to make this fictional assignment a reality. YDI but make the best of it.
DA3Z 16
We can't have issues about the current school system and their lack of actual "teaching" if students refuse to do simple things like read a book. Sorry OP, you messed up!
chosha_fml 27
Can't believe the votes sometimes. People are not telling this OP, who totally cheated, that he deserved it, but they are voting YDI to a little girl getting pissed on by a tiger.
Ruthofpern 3
So write the book...you may have the next Harry Potter.
mairelys 21
Sounds like the teacher saw through your lie!