Today, I sent an email to my teacher asking if a source was a primary source, he replied yes. I got my grade back for my essay and it was worse than I expected. My teacher said it was because I didn't use a primary source. I showed him the email, to which he replied, "Well, I was wrong in the email." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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, I lost a grade on an essay, because according to my teacher, I put much more detail into my analytical essay than I should have. FML
Today, my teacher marked a test question wrong, even though I was sure I got it right, so I went online to check. I found a government-approved website showing proof that my answer was correct. My teacher still counted it wrong, because, "We follow the book." That book's older than I am. FML
Today, I got back the essay I wrote about how my country's education system is fucked. At one point, I made a spelling mistake. My teacher wrote a note about it, basically calling me illiterate, and telling me to pay attention in school instead of whining about it. She misspelled "school". FML
Today, I met my teacher after school to talk about a paper on which he gave me a low grade. I told him that I felt it was wrongly graded and he agreed. He lowered my score. 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 received a terrible grade for an essay I worked really hard on. I had two friends, one being an English major, check it over. However, apparently I "clearly didn't use spellcheck" on this essay just like the last one I submitted to her. FML
Today, after finishing a huge French essay, I realized my printer wasn't working. So, I emailed it to a guy in my class to print and then give to me. When I get to French, he said he had already turned his in early and never got my email. It turned out he used mine. I got an F on the essay. 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, my English professor bragged to my entire class about how good my essay was. He kept on saying great things about it for the duration of class. To my surprise, he'd given me a C-. When I asked why, his only response was: "I'm a hard grader." FML
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ilovesoccer1610 31
You should talk to the principal
Peacelove0404 26
He shouldn't be taking points off of your grade for his own mistake. That doesn't seem fair
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Comments (80)
101jumpergirl101 7
Talk to admin.
NamelessGhoul 11
This is why college sucks.
genshift 8
So he screws up, and you pay the price? The only lesson learned here is that he's a crappy teacher.
imbedderdenu 23
I would contact the dean.
Nightingale1429 15
No OP, your life doesn't suck. Your teacher does.
kowsee 22
Wow... Teacher is a jerk
DA3Z 16
How are students supposed to learn if teachers don't know the answers, or admit they made a mistake so both parties can learn from it? Hated teachers like this, went out of my way to make them look useless.
FilleNoir 21
I had a teacher like that last semester. She tried to come for me about someone else's assignment and say I had a failing grade. But then realized her mistake And acted as if nothing happened!
Beepee04 10
I would speak to whoever is above him about this if he doesn't fix your grade. It's his mistake, you shouldn't be paying for it.
masschris 17
Id put up a argument about that.