Today, while teaching my class, I hooked my laptop up to the projector and put on a documentary. I left it playing and went to the toilet. When I came back, the whole class was talking to my mother. She must've Skyped me while I was gone and someone answered the call. 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 was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. 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 was having a mass lecture, for 3 classes combined, all microphones muted. I wanted to go to the toilet, so I connected my headphones, and I did my job massively while listening to the teacher. Suddenly, the teacher said, "Oh, close your mic for the love of god." 85 students heard me taking a shit. FML
Today, I watched a YouTube video at work because I was bored. I forgot I was on a conference call and my computer's desktop was shared with 15 other people. No one said anything till it ended. FML
Today, I asked my mom to help my daughter with Zoom school while I handled an emergency. When I got back, I found out my mom went through my laptop containing all my documents, my emails and even the journal my therapist suggested I keep. She says she was looking for a Zoom link. Yeah right. FML
Today, I went to the toilet during drama class, not because I had to actually go, but because I wanted to play Monopoly on my iPod. I lost track of time and came back twenty minutes later. My whole class listened while I was forced to tell my teacher I'd been really constipated. FML
Today, I was on webcam with someone and the conversation died so I said "brb". I sat there for five minutes not realising I had left my webcam on. FML
Today, my parents left for work before I had to leave for school and I decided to skip. I stayed by the phone, expecting the school to call so I could pose as my parent and excuse my absence. The phone rings and I pick up. It's my Mom, calling to leave my dad a message on the machine. FML
Today, I was Skyping with a guy I'm really into. I'm not supposed to Skype at night, so when I heard my mum coming, I minimized the window. She walked in before I could mute my mic and started bitching me out for flushing my tampons down the toilet. FML
Today, I was on a conference call and digital meeting at work when I got bored and started surfing the Internet. Little did I know that my desktop was being shared. My boss was on the call and saw everything. FML
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Awesomeaxel 24
Oh come on. Thats pretty freakin awesome
cutycat136 28
Maybe give your mom a schedule of when you are teaching and tell her not to try and Skype you between those times
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THEDUDE1553566 24
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
You should hand out detentions for them touching your computer
JuliaaNoelle 26
You must be fun at parties
Kobeh 13
Your mom sounds adorable :)
thejonac 21
sorry for that but it must've been so cool
mustangbravo 27
That is pretty cool. As long as they didn't disrespect her then I say cool story.
RainCl0ud 22
This is why the 'Busy' status exists on Skype.
PhinIt2WinIt 24
some still ignore that
cocacola999 27
My grandmother would Skype every time I changed my status to busy, to ask why I was busy..Appear offline is your real friend if you don't want to log out.
RainCl0ud 22
@47 the point is when you're set as Busy, calls won't make noise or pop up on your screen.
keyofdestiny13 24
Or just go Do Not Disturb. Can't even receive calls then.
SAspring 17
I think we all thought this was going to end a lot worse.
amileah13 26
That's awesome haha
Im2Shy 16
Could be way worse. I was expecting you to say that someone in the class switched it to ****. P.s, both your mom and students sound cool.
clitoria 15
That's pretty funny. But I'm just gonna share my opinion real quick and say I hate teachers who show videos, use powerpoints, etc. You chose the job, why not make the class your own and actually do your own teaching? You could definitely be a fine teacher and this was just a one time thing, but I'm just saying :)
metalwolf 17
"use powerpoints, etc." I am assuming you are unaware power point presentations are very easy to make. Presentations can be very useful in helping teach lessons.
asdfghjklmoo 15
Videos are much more engaging to students than a teacher lecturing. Also, it was a documentary so it's showing research and factual evidence. Students will believe what they learn in a documentary more than whatever a teacher is telling them.
mustangbravo 27
thumbs up for the name
PhinIt2WinIt 24
sometimes it's better to watch videos and powerpoints because you do less work and it makes more sense than books or teachers sometimes
chinaski7628 32
If a teacher *only* shows movies (unless it's a film class), that's not good. But films and other digital media can enhance the curriculum. PowerPoints and things like that are pretty standard in most schools. I think most teacher evaluations have a "use of technology" component. We're expected and encouraged to use visuals and multimedia. The education technology industry a billion dollar business.
Exaspera 55
Many subjects, like art history, require a PowerPoint along with a lecture so that you can see what the professor is talking about. Videos add variety and, like what was said above, lend credibility to the subject matter. Besides, the damn PowerPoint doesn't make itself. Let's not criticize things we don't know about.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
In what way is using a power point presentation that they have made any different than a teacher drawing/writing things on a white board or one of those clear projection screens? How is it easier for the students to take notes if the only thing they have to go by is what the teacher is saying? With the speeds at which some teachers wind up talking I know I would have been occasionally doomed if they hadn't been using visual aids to make following along easier.
Exaspera 55
And then, besides teaching, we have to put up with folks like you who more than likely are texting/asleep/on FB Or reading something other than the subject at hand and wonder why you're flunking the course.
bonermonkey 31
On the contrary I prefer to experience a range of media in class, rather than just a book and a board. Soooo boring otherwise!
rldostie 19
I can't stand kids who don't understand how much time teachers put into prepping for a class. PowerPoint? That shit would take me forever to make. I'd have the research, then put it in words so the students could take better notes, then add pictures, visuals, and/or videos to keep the kids entertained. What to know what is really ******* easy? Just getting up in front of the class and speaking the whole while. Man, kids are just never happy these days. So glad not to be a high school teacher anymore. Loved my kids but way too little money for so much hard work with little to no appreciation. College professor all the way, baby!
Exaspera 55
And when you're a college prof you can drop them straight out of the class if they give you behavioral problems.
Vestin 18
Unsupervised physical access to your machine and live account huh? Let's hope you weren't teaching IT security. Otherwise, enjoy the keyloggers..