Today, I got a history project back that I worked very hard on. The teacher didn't bother to write any feedback, besides, "Did you even understand the assignment?" on the back. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, I asked my professor what happened to the assignment I gave him several weeks ago. Turns out he lost it, and graded me zero as a result. Now if I want a mark, he says I'll have to hand-write it all over again, but that I "probably shouldn't bother," because it was "a bit shit, really." 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
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
Today, I got my language final exam back. It was a 10-page essay front and back, and I saw that I received a D. The teacher told me the plot was too hard to follow and it jumped all over the place. It turns out he forgot to read the back of every page. FML
Today, my teacher gave me a 0% on my personal narrative in my writing class. His only comment on the whole paper was, "Too long, didn't read." FML
Today, I tried really hard for once on an assignment. I was told it was my worst work yet and that I may as well have turned nothing in at all. 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 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, I got my grades back. I got a very poor evaluation for my lit class, which was odd because it didn't match the impression from my end-of-class meeting with the professor. It does, however, include a nod to the supposedly-anonymous negative class review I gave her, though. FML
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ChenEighty 20
Is it possible that you answered the wrong question or something? I've done that, where I've gone off on such a long tangent it seemed like I was writing a different essay, and the rest was History.
jerryj 27
Leave it back on your teacher's desk with a message: "did you even understand my essay?"
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ChenEighty 20
Is it possible that you answered the wrong question or something? I've done that, where I've gone off on such a long tangent it seemed like I was writing a different essay, and the rest was History.
scooterdude720 19
Haha the rest was "History" I caught that one :)
toaster123 11
good for you...
Black_Knight80 13
teachers are assholes sometimes OP Better luck next time.
meli1195 31
Are you one of those people who blame their failing grades on the teacher even though you know you deserve that bad grade?
DropTheDaggerxx 31
There's nothing worse than those people. Give a teacher a hard time for doing their job and then complaining about getting a low grade when you didn't even do your work. Some people are so entitled that they don't realize education is a privilege and think good grades should just be handed to them.
tiernang 21
One of the teachers I had graded on what she thought you deserved, rather than what you got. I got a better grade than I should have sometimes, but also worse other times. It seemed to even out in the end.
people_annoy_me 23
That's not entirely true, #50. When I was in year 7, I had the worst English teacher I'd ever had, and despite listening in class and revision, I got terrible grades at the end of the year. The next year I had a much better teacher, and I got much higher grades.
jerryj 27
Leave it back on your teacher's desk with a message: "did you even understand my essay?"
Marley_000 14
My English 104 prof once wrote "This NEEDS citation" beside the line "Mary Shelley was a prominent literary figure of the Victorian era" on an essay of mine... She also docked me a letter grade on said essay for that line. Sometimes you just can't win.
jimmy_poison 19
#52: hate to break it to you, but your prof was right. Any statement like that should be supported by a reference to evidence. Just because an author or artist is well known now, doesn't mean they were prominent or even known in their own time
elcee1987 18
Yeah but that was in a beginning English class. I'm in law school and my professors will just stop reading if I have a sentence that isn't properly cited, but that's okay because I expect to be held to a higher standard now. An English 104 teacher should be more chill.
iwadasn 33
If your 100-level teachers never held you to things like citations, you wouldn't be able to do them now in your higher-level classes. Your English professor did the right thing to prepare you for the future.
mikuxxhatsune 32
Yeah preparation is good, but losing a whole grade beacuse of that one mistake? That's way too harsh for just one mistake.
Rainhawk94 27
Ask if theres a possibility for a re take,if not,take advantage of extra credit opportunities
Ipreferskittles 6
that sucks OP I'm sure you did okay, your teacher it's just a prick. I'd probably punch him in the face
ChenEighty 20
Violence solves everything~! Of course, words don't.
Pentium_4 27
what if OP's teacher is a woman? you wouldn't want to punch her in the face, right?
mansfield_j 27
See I used to think the same way, but then I found out that I had two teachers with military background in the Marines, not always the best thing to do
SgtAssCheeks 21
This makes me think of that old FML where OP wrote hours long on a history assignment about Prussia but the teacher had asked to write one about Russia...
MidnaLink 35
Switch the words "Russia" and "Prussia".
SgtAssCheeks 21
it was a coin toss, and I lost the draw :(
Noble_Six 3
Russia and Prussia are nothing alike. That would not work.
ShadowlessSpear 21
Hence the FML, dumb ****.
GuyNoOneKnows 13
Even if you didn't understand the project he should of still given feedback on what you did wrong, some teachers just want to watch your grade burn
shesaywha 19
If OP didn't understand it then the only criticism which could be given is that it's all wrong which is pretty much what the teacher said.
Kalipczo 21
Hm reread the assignment and the work you did, if it still makes sense to you then go up and talk to your teach. Maybe he/she just misinterpreted what you wrote and when you explain it, you could get some points back.
tj4234 36
That's not how it works. Essays must be clear and concise, and the points easy to understand. It is highly unlikely that op will convince the teacher to change the grade...
Kalipczo 21
Op never said it was an essay
mpkpm 19
"Worked very hard" has such a different meaning in today's world I feel.
amisenho 11
That's why they changed it to, "Work smarter, not harder."
underthesea12 24
If you are going to work hard then you should also do the assignment right.