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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mansfield_j 27
That's when you say "no, because you didn't teach it well enough"
YellowKettleBell 31
Historically the masculine has served as the neuter, too. But in the USA, at least, teaching is a female dominated profession, so a reasonable assumption is that the teacher is a woman.
scooterdude720 19
Or you could say "the teacher" which works fine too.
mamadoc 4
You may have worked hard, but it sounds like you were too far off topic to be given constructive criticism. Blaming the teacher for the student's mistake doesn't help student learning. Take a deep breath, and acknowledge you may have made a huge mistake. Talk to the teacher, explain how hard you tried, and see if they will give you a redo.
acidicbases 3
That sucks, OP. Maybe you should go talk to the teacher to see how you can improve the essay?
vlalam 24
Hmm... So did u?
Witchylady 18
Teachers never consider the amount of time and effort a student can out into an assignment regardless of whether it hit the mark or not. Don't worry about her. Your a winner if you keep going the extra mile. Cause eventually someone will notice and that moment will change your life. A better job. Better pay, who knows. Keep up the good work and don't start slacking off now. You never know what's up ahead for you.
Axel5238 29
While this is true time and effort doesn't mean it is done right or within the guidelines of the assignment and it has to be. If the OP misunderstood something and didn't check with anyone that's something the OP should have checked before hand. When it comes to grades especially if it is a required class it has to hit the mark.
mamadoc 4
Put this in real life terms. Would you like a mechanic to work very hard on your brakes, only to discover they had no clue what brake parts look like, let alone how to install them?
blackonblight 33
Let's do it better. Your mechanic works really hard on your brakes, except your car was in for a problem with the steering that he didn't even look at, and there was no problem with the brakes. Or you go into surgery for an appendectomy and leave with your appendix still there but an ovary missing.
TcheQ 12
Clearly you didn't address the assignment criteria in the slightest
blackonblight 33
I'm guessing that you didn't understand the assignment, or got carried away with a tangent and never actually addressed the points you were intended to. If you seemed to have done an entirely different assignment, no amount of feedback will help you, because you aren't being graded on the work that wasn't assigned.Think of it in terms of job analogies. If your job is making smoothies and you made someone a cake, it doesn't matter if you spent all night on the cake. They ordered a smoothie. You don't get points for trying, you did the wrong job.
lexiieeex3 32
23- Don't be that asshole. Relax. It's only FML.