Today, I was teaching a class when a student pointed out that I'd used the wrong "your/you're" while writing on the board. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the kids I teach informed me that I had spelled my name incorrectly on the board. I looked at it and assured them that I had spelled it correctly. I'm 22 and a graduate student, they're six and mentally challenged. Guess who was right? FML
Today, while grading my kindergarteners' spelling tests, one kid spelled all the words wrong, including his name. FML
Today, in the class I'm teaching, I assigned my students an essay to complete for homework. One student asked me if I was deducting points for bad spelling. I teach English. FML
Today, I accidentally called my teacher "Babe." FML
Today, it was the last day of school, and I said goodbye to one of my students. She then told me how to correctly pronounce her name. I'd said it wrong all year. FML
Today, one of my students corrected the problem I had solved on the board, explaining that you do multiplication before subtraction. I teach the second grade. FML
Today, I went to my first class of the semester. After an hour of intense note writing, I realized I was in the wrong class. FML
Today, while my teacher was in the middle of a lecture, I accidentally made it so my laptop would display everything upside down. It took me the rest of class to get it right side up again. FML
Today, I walked into the wrong classroom, sat down, took notes for ten minutes, and only realized my mistake when the professor asked me to introduce myself and explain why I was there. I wasn’t even enrolled in the class. FML
Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML
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Maddoctor 10
I really hope you teach something other than english.
Ilovelife07 0
future forum troll
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Ilovelife07 0
future forum troll
Person1233 13
^ This, lol. You are in the presence of a grammar nazi in training.
arcadiaware 0
I hope it's cooking, because she is in fact a woman.
_Snooki_ 0
Wow people relax I’m pretty sure all of you have made a grammar mistake !!!
Secret_Fire_King 0
I used to correct teachers all the time in primary school.. They aren't too bright.. XD
CallMeHush 1
^^#1 is #1
fmylife0027 0
wow chill, its just one spelling error, kids correct there teachers all the time.
GlaoigharAirm 0
I believe they did.
uncleyuggles 0
is, in fact, a woman not us in fact a women
hairt 4
AHH YOUR DOG IS SO CUTE HAHA
Maxwellminpin 19
#101 no shit
Maddoctor 10
I really hope you teach something other than english.
choosemusic 0
... sad.
russita 1
wow, did you quit already? you do realize that teaching kids is a great responsibility, right?
FrecklesInside 0
I'm a teacher and it's the most difficult job. You have NO IDEA unless you've been one before. Seriously. Especially in difficult schools... anyhow, OP, I've never done this before, but if you have a good relationship with your kids, you could have just laughed it off. To all you other posters, it's REALLY easy to screw up while writing in a rush on the board. You're doing a million things at once when you're teaching. Again, you wouldn't know unless you've done it before. So, to mess up a word on the board while asking for input on what you're writing, having someone knock on the door, listening to the two talkers in the back and trying to tell them to quiet down, catching someone pulling out a cell phone to your side etc.... well, that's not so bad.
KayleeFrye 39
It would be one thing if the OP didn't know the difference between "your" and "you're," that would be inexcusable. However, a mistake is a mistake. It happens. I totally agree with FrecklesInside , you can't possibly condemn the OP for making a mistake. I'm a teacher too, and just today I made a spelling error while writing on the board. Not because I didn't know how to spell the word, but because I was trying to explain something and write at the same time. In addition, I had one person asking me to write a hall pass, another trying to ask a question, and I was also telling the noisy group in the back to quiet down. One of my students pointed out my mistake, I made a joke about it, and fixed it. No big deal. YOU try having your attention divided five different ways and see how YOUR grammar stands up.
mandark 9
I help teachers with spelling all the time. @24, I wish my teachers were hip to FML.
thesunshotme 0
^^this. (#24, #100) I actually don't think it's an FML. It's an easy - and minor! - mistake to make, especially if you're trying to speak, think, and write all at once. We're not perfect 100% of the time.
davidhasmorefun 0
sad part is that you're teaching these kids. good job. this is exactly why we shouldn't cater to the stupid.
wombats_fml 9
Oh well. A tiny mistake like that once in a while doesn't matter. The fact they've posted it on here indicates it's embarrassing to them, so it's probably a rare incident. My Geography teacher did it once or twice too. Not the end of the world, and it doesn't make them bad teachers!
allmidnighteyes 11
YDI for not being able to differentiate between you're and your. I bet you're also the kind of kid who ***** up the usage of they're, there, and their as well. http://i47.tinypic.com/sbsf15.jpg
Ilovelife07 0
lol, best pic ever
sweetpea129 0
so?
Person1233 13
Are you a science teacher? My Bio teacher didn't have the best grammar, but she wasn't stupid.
infinite_lolz 0
hah, mine too. In high school both my Physics and Maths teachers always made english errors. They didnt mind us correcting them.
darktooth 0
If you are a grammar teacher, this is an fml. If you are anything else, this is not.
ensemble_coeur 0
wow your so dumb I'm kidding, I'm kidding
dun_dun_dun 0
You used the wrong "your" also.
ensemble_coeur 0
I know. I was KIDDING
TheLetterZero 7
dun_dun_dun is Dumb_dumb_dumb.
polico_wolf 0
Idiot.