Today, disappointed with my results on a mathematics test, I went over it and realized my teacher had added up the marks incorrectly, leaving me with 17% less than I earned. The person who's supposed to be teaching me math can't even perform basic arithmetic. 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, I got back my math test. Instead of taking the time to mark the mistakes, my professor just circled the bottom half of the page and wrote "OMG." FML
Today, I got a big math test back. Good news: I can connect abstract ideas beyond what was taught. Bad news: I can’t do simple math, such as 30/-5. I failed. FML
Today, I got my precalculus final back from my teacher. I got a 17%. I told her that there had to be some mistake, because my classmate had the same answers as me and she got 100%. Not only did I accidentally admit to cheating, but our test papers had different questions. FML
Today, I got my first university math midterm back. I did so bad that my teacher put a sadface on the first page. FML
Today, my math teacher brought his laptop to tally up all our scores for our report card. He then displayed the results on a big screen in front of the whole class. The ones who failed were marked yellow. I was the only one marked yellow. FML
Today, I got my multivariable calc final back, only to realize that the ten points I got off was for putting 10 + 15 = 35 on a problem. My teacher wrote ten question marks and “No???? 25???? :(“ next to it. FML
Today, I learned, 90 horrifying minutes into a college exam, that my 85-year-old calculus teacher had spent the last three weeks teaching us the wrong chapter. FML
Today, while I was taking a test in class, there was a question that had everyone stumped. After what seemed like forever, the teacher finally noticed and said he'd typed the question wrong. I spent more than half the time I had to complete the test on a question that wasn't even written correctly. Yes, I failed. FML
Today, as I went into my calculus class, the teacher announced that someone had received a negative grade on the test we were getting back. I laughed and said, "Which f*cker managed to get a negative?" Turns out I'm the dumbass. FML
Today, I finished an exam in physics class. It counts for 40% of our grade. As I handed my paper in to my teacher, she said to the whole class while talking about me, "You did this wrong; this isn't how you do it." FML
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Top comments
XTheDesertSongX 17
Did you talk with your teacher and get everything sorted out?
J215B 33
What do you think the probability of that was?
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XTheDesertSongX 17
Did you talk with your teacher and get everything sorted out?
rgearon 8
No instead he went poopie in his room
J215B 33
What do you think the probability of that was?
falon142012 22
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
What do you think the probability is that I'm going to thumb you down? Lol.
mif_fml 27
#2, 17%
BradTheBrony 19
Times change. Fedoras are now for gelatinous neckbeards who constantly emanate the smell of Cool Ranch and Mountain Dew. (Or Cheetos and Monster.)
falon142012 22
Uh-oh, 14. I already have a fedora. First buried comment, now I'm a real FML user!
drake1138 21
I think probability has nothing to do with this :/
Laurenlou 24
Teachers make simple mistakes as well, OP. Remember that! Go talk with your teacher and get it sorted out, if you haven't already. Chances are they will be understanding in their mistake and give you the credit you deserve.
ComoEsJuan 24
I am a teacher; we make mistakes all the time. Some kids have this misconception that all we ever have on our mind is the subject matter. WE ALSO HAVE LIVES! ...oh who am I kidding...
Octwo 16
Hell if I was a teacher I'd give you extra credit for correcting my mistake.
TourettesGuyFTW 26
I'm a teacher, but rarely make mistakes during marking. Having said that, I am marking 8 & 9 year old work, which is interesting but not too taxing on the mind. Remember that some teachers will often mark into the early hours, tired and half asleep. A mistake here and there is ok.... isn't it?
17nate 9
#34, You're (presumably) a 3rd grade teacher, yet your username is TourettesGuyFTW? Where the hell were you when I was in 3rd grade?!
happyapy 16
I am a math teacher. I find simple arithmetic to be both beneath my dignity and beyond my ability.
drewflav 17
Isn't there a quotation floating around stating that even Einstein was lousy with arithmetic yet a mathematical genius?
feven 32
Wait what teachers have lives?
CurlyQute 17
Sounds like my old chemistry teacher who told us to "Check her math."
gmian 34
Teachers make mistakes too... I don't see why it's a bad thing that she told you to check her math.
Dynosaur_dollie 38
Seriously? She encouraged her class to pay attention and double check things because she's human and may have made an error? That can't be right we all know teachers are actually super smart computers that never make an error in their programmed field.
PenguinBitch 44
My chemistry teacher made an error too. Poor Mr. White. :(
emilycb93 12
Just don't say that to her when you're asking her to raise your test score..
ThomasBombadil 31
See, this is why I hated math so damn much!
17nate 9
Or maybe you hated math because you didn't study for tests and failed, perhaps?
jazzy_123 20
well people make mistakes so as long as you go clarify it shouldn't be too much of a big deal (:
mike3775 39
You sure the test wasn't graded on a curve?
cakefete2 31
A downward curve?
shredder8838 10
Maybe you got that crappy grade, due to crappy teaching?
sdroze1389 31
maybe the next miscalculation will be in your favor.