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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Halloween
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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Comments (77)
TheDrifter 24
Ah, those were my favorite papers. My former English teacher would have other classes proofread essays and send them back to their authors with a few days for them to edit if they desired, "to help the creative process" as she put it. The ones someone obviously believed were pure brilliance, but didn't show even basic comprehension of the topic at hand were the most fun to read.
emoe_fml 2
You know sometimes you just need to sit down and ask the teacher, "Do you even understand how to teach?" Only because I feel that it has become lost to some, if not many, teachers.
prljm10 10
Next time pay attention to what the assignment was.
lexiieeex3 32
Your teacher was obviously rude, but try talking to her and asking for more constructive feedback. Explain how hard you worked on it and ask what it is specifically that you did wrong so you can do better next time and better understand the comment/grade.
lifesentence 11
this so vague how is it even an FML?
briang959 47
Meanwhile in another FML...Today a student of mine turned in their history project.....
WizzleMan17 11
No need to try too hard in school, always remember: The A students work for the C students and the B students work for the government.
meli1195 31
You're going places in life aren't you..
JonDG 12
i think you have it backwards. the C student works for the B student and the A student works for the government
worldclassrager 41
Let's hope you exceeded her expectations and she wanted to make sure you didn't need to go over the assignment
Ginmonkey47 2
Demand explanation on what is so wrong about it, don´t leave untill you undestand what exactly has to be different. If he-she gives you a hard time tell time remember that its bullshit, you are at school to learn. How do you learn? By attempting somehting and then get corrected by someone who masters it. You need constuctive feedback in order to do it right next time. I had this problem in college as well.
liza1922 7
You need to talk with the teacher there was obviously a miscommunication of what was expected.